They could claim that those Asian countries with short-lived, unstable governments were ill-equipped to cope with a crisis and to impose the harsh measures needed to end it.

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In some Inland Revenue offices emergency measures had to be introduced to cope with the flow of tax credit claimants.

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To put it bluntly, the measures military leaders are contemplating to cope with budget cuts amount to a collapse in the global readiness of the joint force.

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The onslaught of media reports about high-living politicians contrasts with the struggles of many Italian voters who are straining to cope with tax increases, pension cuts and other austerity measures introduced to fight the crisis.

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For example, the task force said that the NRC should require plant owners to put measures into place to help workers cope with a loss of electric power and its on-site emergency backups, called a station blackout.

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The companies that are helping us cope with threats at home and abroad, those that are protecting us from calamity and creating preventive measures against it, indicate the way forward.

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