The researchers say their work shows that rainforests are not just important for biodiversity, for the storage of carbon but for the very tangible issue of energy production.
The more tangible issue is that an adult with Down syndrome has many more options now, each based on an individual's capabilities.
In the real world, this isn't very likely--not, anyway, for the less tangible issues such as authorship and independence.
It requires reasonable financial resources and a management capability to deal not only with administration but also with the less tangible issues of relationships, organisational culture and motivation of staff.
If somebody from the government is misusing taxpayers' money, the majority of people feel more personally about it than they would about fighting for a less tangible issue like democracy or human rights.
By Cornelia Walther LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 16 August 2011 — On June 24, a fundraising gala organized following this year's Day of the African Child gathered over 100 local authorities, development partners, businesspeople, parents and children around one shared goal – making child protection a tangible issue in Southern DR Congo.
Beyond the quantitative and tangible issues related to inadequate income it also has equally important social, more intangible and difficult if not impossible to quantify dimensions.
"Then on the second level, there are real, tangible issues: what the European Union will finally offer, and the way in which it is offered," he said.
Ken Dautrich, a University of Connecticut political science professor who directs the university's polling institute, said the fact that Governor Rowland's troubles stem from tangible issues, makes it less likely the public will forgive him.
