heavy
... US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, elected politicians - with heavy input from bureaucrats and business executives - wield actual decisionmaking power. The economy experienced a major ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/a_fg.html
heavy
... breakup of the USSR in December 1991 and the collapse in demand for Kazakhstan's traditional heavy industry products resulted in a short-term contraction of the economy, with the steepest annual ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/e_ec.html
heavy
heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk
www.exxun.com/Kiribati/b_mp.html
heavy
influenced by continental air masses resulting in relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns; Mediterranean and alpine influences create regional variation; maximum rainfall between October and December
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/b_mp.html
heavy
sudden cloudbursts are common from October to April and bring heavy rain, which can damage roads and houses; sandstorms and dust storms occur throughout the year but are most common between March ...
www.exxun.com/Kuwait/b_mp.html
heavy
Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/b_mp.html
heavy
tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers
www.exxun.com/Liberia/b_mp.html
heavy
warm, dry summers and autumns; relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall
www.exxun.com/Macedonia/b_mp.html
heavy
... Ould Sid Ahmed TAYA seized power in a coup in 1984 and ruled Mauritania with a heavy hand for over two decades. A series of presidential elections that he held were widely ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/a_fg.html
heavy
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/b_mp.html
heavy
heavy use of agricultural chemicals, including banned pesticides such as DDT, has contaminated soil and groundwater; extensive soil erosion from poor farming methods
www.exxun.com/Moldova/b_mp.html
heavy
Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland
www.exxun.com/Montenegro/b_mp.html
heavy
... less than 1 fixed line per 100 persons domestic: the telecommunications sector is shackled with a heavy state presence, lack of competition, and high operating costs and charges; stagnation in the fixed ...
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/f_cm.html
heavy
... to help cushion the transition and provide for Nauru's economic future. As a result of heavy spending from the trust funds, the government faces virtual bankruptcy. To cut costs the government ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/e_ec.html
heavy
water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates; air pollution from vehicles and refining activities; acid rain
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/b_mp.html
heavy
... a 1905 referendum granting Norway independence. Although Norway remained neutral in World War I, it suffered heavy losses to its shipping. Norway proclaimed its neutrality at the outset of World War II ...
www.exxun.com/Norway/a_fg.html
heavy
frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August)
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/b_mp.html
heavy
... cocaine transshipment point and primary money-laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring of ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/i_ti.html
heavy
situation has improved since 1989 due to decline in heavy industry and increased environmental concern by post-Communist governments; air pollution nonetheless remains serious because of sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/b_mp.html
heavy
air pollution from heavy industry, emissions of coal-fired electric plants, and transportation in major cities; industrial, municipal, and agricultural pollution of inland waterways and seacoasts; deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/b_mp.html
heavy
tourism, light industry and manufacturing, heavy industry
www.exxun.com/SaintMartin/e_ec.html
heavy
... north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); in other parts, continental and Mediterranean climate (relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns
www.exxun.com/Serbia/b_mp.html
heavy
Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial waste; pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic chemicals; forest damage near Koper from air pollution (originating at metallurgical and chemical plants) and ...
www.exxun.com/Slovenia/b_mp.html
