But so far, Mr. Jaquet admits, the Canadian medical establishment has not been terribly sympathetic -- in part because Canada has its own shortage of doctors.
The local official reasoned that his city has its own water shortage to worry about.
However, like elsewhere in the NHS, the unit has its challenges, of nurse shortages and more demand than it can safely supply.
The Beekman Hill Cooperative Association has its roots in the housing shortage at the end of World War I.
The Libyan war had its problems, including shortages of ammunition and fighter planes, and the participation in the fighting of only 8 of NATO's 28 members.
Can they do that?' " The airline industry has had its cycles of pilot shortages and surpluses.
And San Pedro de Macoris — renowned for its shortstops — has no shortage of stars with salaries to match.
China has no shortage, with its athletes prevailing here in diving, weight lifting, shooting, badminton, archery, table tennis, swimming, rowing, gymnastics, fencing and perhaps soon, even beach volleyball in a nation where bikinis were frowned upon until quite recently.
Zimbabwe's plight, in the context of its continuing political and economic turmoil, has made its food shortage the focus of concern in the news media and among donor nations at the expense of countries like Zambia, relief officials say.
