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Staying in France was intriguing to a young Kurata, but the struggles of visas and paperwork deterred her.

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Global companies looking to build factories in India appreciate the country’s vast workforce and its potential as a consumer market, but they are often deterred by bureaucracy.

The agency’s broader recommendations in the past, he said, “deterred healthcare providers from talking about the risks and benefits of vaccination for the individual patient or parent.”

Nothing deterred the terror group from its fundamentalist goals, even as Hamas siphoned billions meant for civilians—including U.S.

McGill, who has slipped to 57th in the world and was playing in his first final in eight years, was not deterred by losing the advantage.

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