In the obituary of Michael Andreevich Romanoff, the highest-ranking member of the Russian imperial family at the time of his death in 2008, it was noted that his family spent most of WWII at Craigowan Lodge.

In spite of the amount spent on health care in the U. S., according to a 2008 Commonwealth Fund report, the United States ranks last in the quality of health care among developed countries.

Speaking before a National Assembly session, Bagoudou said that the 42. 2 billion CFA francs spent on medical costs for road accident victims accounted for around 25 % of the 2008 budget of the Nigerien Ministry of Public Health.

This is because argues Schakel ( 2008 ) " it is difficult to tell whether the expenditure is coming from conditional or unconditional grants, whether the central government is determining how the money should be spent, whether it is setting the framework legislation within which subnational governments implement, or whether − indeed − subnational governments are spending the money autonomously ".

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In order to help them, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a new political approach to the economically challenged " banlieues " of France in 2008 saying that, " 500 million euros will be spent on the improvement of French public transportation ( an effort to make the ghetto less isolated ), an increase in police forces in the " banlieues ," a prioritization of creating new jobs for these underprivileged youth, a systematic crackdown on drug trafficking in the " banlieues ", and the establishment of new schools in disadvantaged areas for students who show particular promise.

She also spent a week performing the work at the Theatre Royal in Bath in September 2008.

From 1996 to 2008, it spent twelve years full of surprises.

By the end of 2008, spending had reached 148. 365 billion yuan, among which 64. 613 billion yuan was spent on construction, 68. 557 billion yuan on relocating affected residents, and 15. 195 billion yuan on financing.

Having spent a long time in the Tercera División, the club made consistent progress, reaching the first division on three occasions: 1999, 2004 and 2008.

In 2008, Monsanto spent $ 8. 8 million for lobbying.

Future U. S. Vice Presidential candidate James Stockdale and decorated U. S. Air Force pilot Bud Day were held as prisoners at the Hanoi Hilton, as was future Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, who spent parts of his five and a half years as a POW there.

From 1985 through April 2008, CRDA spent US $ 1. 5 billion on projects in Atlantic City and US $ 300 million throughout New Jersey.

* G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and former president of Georgia Institute of Technology ( 1994 – 2008 ), spent his early years in Douglas.

In fiscal year 2008, the town of Dartmouth spent 1. 5 % ($ 865, 864 ) of its budget on its public libraries — some $ 25 per person.

In fiscal year 2008, the town of Freetown spent 0. 58 % ($ 113, 681 ) of its budget on its public libraries — some $ 12 per person.

" In fiscal year 2008, the town of Brimfield spent 0. 98 % ($ 79, 593 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 21 per person.

In fiscal year 2008, the town of Chester spent 1. 04 % ($ 28, 512 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 22 per person.

In fiscal year 2008, the town of East Longmeadow spent 1. 4 % ($ 584, 361 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 38 per person.

In fiscal year 2008, the town of Granville spent 0. 68 % ($ 31, 979 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 18 per person.

In fiscal year 2008, the town of Southwick spent 2. 03 % ($ 316, 544 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 33 per person.

In fiscal year 2008, the town of Tolland spent 0. 97 % ($ 10, 271 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 22 per person.

In fiscal year 2008, the town of Wales spent 1. 28 % ($ 45, 480 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 24 per person.

All expenditures considered, the Chelmsford public schools district spent $ 10, 070 per pupil as of 2008, which was lower than the state average of $ 12, 449.

Such rates cannot be sustained, but despite reaching 26. 4 % in 2005 ( second highest GDP growth in the world in 2005 only to Equatorial Guinea ), and 2006 over 34. 6 % ( world highest ), in 2008 dropped to 10. 8 %, and dropped further to 9. 3 % in 2009.

On 4 March 2008, in announcing a partnership with Magna Steyr to outsource manufacture of over 2, 000 cars annually at Graz, Austria, the company stated " The continuing growth and success of the company is based upon Gaydon as the focal point and heart of the business, with the design and engineering of all Aston Martin products continuing to be carried out there.

* over 3, 047 m: 1 ( 2008 )

The government took no action, and handed the final parts of Bakassi over to Cameroon on 14 August 2008 as planned, but a Federal High Court had stated this should be delayed until all accommodations for resettled Bakassians had been settled ; the government did not seem to plan to heed this court order, and did set the necessary mechanisms into motion to override it.

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry ", became a catchphrase the world over ( the phrase was used again, first in Ang Lee's Hulk ( 2003 ), although in Spanish, and again in the 2008 movie The Incredible Hulk, with an altered version in Portuguese ).

In 2008 the CIA discontinued printing the Factbook themselves, instead turning printing responsibilities over to the Government Printing Office.

A 2008 expedition from the University of Washington's School of Oceanography collected sediment cores from the lagoon to study climate change over the last millennium.

The proportion of the population aged 15 and over attaining academic degrees grew rapidly since 2001, doubling and reaching 16. 7 % by 2008.

Georgia left the CIS in August 2008 after a clash with Russia over South Ossetia.

A 2008 New York Times report claims that Yemen has over 1 million of these discriminated and ostracized Al-Akhdam people, that is about 5 percent of Yemen population.

It was announced in April 2008 that Anderson, who had previously filled in for host Ned Sherrin from 2006 until his death from throat cancer in 2007, would be taking over as permanent host of Loose Ends.

Concerns over the historic episcopate have been sidelined since 2008, though they may re-emerge.

By 2008, Dartmouth had graduated 238 classes of students and has over 60, 000 living alumni in a variety of fields.

DC Comics and its major, longtime competitor Marvel Comics ( currently owned by Time Warner's main rival The Walt Disney Company ) together shared over 80 % of the American comic-book market in 2008.

In 2007, relations between the two have thawed in the fields of diplomacy and economic trade, only to collapse during the 2008 – 2009 Israel – Gaza conflict when the Iranian and Egyptian politicians exchanged blames over inaction towards the escalation.

Global mobile data traffic will grow at a CAGR of 131 percent between 2008 and 2013, reaching over two exabytes per month by 2013.

However, in 2008 the Food Festival was cancelled due to numerous complaints of disruption to residents and some businesses in the immediate proximity ; it has been replaced by a series of smaller events, spread out over the year.

In March 2008, La Niña caused a drop in sea surface temperatures over Southeast Asia by an amount of 2 ° C.

The former, located in Roissy near Paris, is the fifth busiest airport in the world with 60 million passenger movements in 2008, and France's primary international airport, serving over 100 airlines.

BBC Two showed an episode on 8 November 2008 as part of its tribute night to producer Geoffrey Perkins, who had died just over two months before.

In the United Kingdom, a study by Flynn ( 2009 ) found that tests carried out in 1980 and again in 2008 show that the IQ score of an average 14-year-old dropped by more than two points over the period.

Many international artists such as Banksy have left their work in Melbourne and in early 2008 a perspex screen was installed to prevent a Banksy stencil art piece from being destroyed, it has survived since 2003 through the respect of local street artists avoiding posting over it, although it has recently had paint tipped over it.