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The
absence
of such knowledge invites trouble, often disaster.
Could the
absence
of actual spoken human conversation--a cornerstone of day-to-day human intellect and creativity--produce hallucinated conversations?
For one thing, there is a notable
absence
of expensive consultants folded into so-called “technical assistance” packages, a practice that has been a key focus of criticism directed at many funding agencies.
The government could, for example, double welfare payments to households whose male heads stay home, threaten to revoke land reform rights after years of
absence
in rural communities, and establish choke points on highways at the Tehuantepec Isthmus.
The continuing
absence
of such policies is the gravest threat to the euro.
But, in the
absence
of serious political reform, income inequality will widen as crony capitalism sinks its roots more deeply.
A quarter-century later, President George H.W. Bush, considering how best to roll back Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, drew an analogy with Vietnam, where the
absence
of an exit strategy had caused US forces to get bogged down.
EFTA had no soul, and that
absence
rendered it unable to compete with the incipient EU.
China is at the geographical hub of Asia, sharing land or sea frontiers with 20 countries; so, in the
absence
of Chinese participation, it will be impossible to establish a rules-based regional order.
Hathaway and Shapiro then go further, arguing that international cooperation in areas such as trade, environmental protection, and tax coordination has made remarkable progress, despite the
absence
of a centralized international enforcement mechanism.
Moreover, the eurozone recovery has been sustained, somewhat unexpectedly, even in the
absence
of continuous fiscal stimulus.
In the
absence
of a strong middle class, most South Africans during Zuma’s tenure were either rich or poor.
In contrast to normal or tolerable stress, which can build resilience and properly calibrate a child’s stress-response system, toxic stress is caused by extreme, prolonged adversity in the
absence
of a supportive network of adults to help the child adapt.
Gone are the utopian dreams of the 1970’s, when there were visions of life-long learning and paid leaves of
absence
to pursue topics that might be useful for further professional advancement – or might also include the sheer luxury of studying ancient Greek or Assyrian art.
This
absence
of perspective reveals the cultural ignorance that has turned recent US foreign interventions into political catastrophes.
The World Bank, using well over 100 indicators, introduced a composite index of good governance, based on perceptions of voice and accountability, political stability and the
absence
of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, the rule of law, and levels of corruption.
As Ethan Ilzetzky, Kenneth Rogoff, and I document, because of the
absence
of alternatives, the dollar’s status as the world’s major reserve currency remains unchallenged, making it easy for the US to continue to finance current-account deficits.
Whatever policies Chinese authorities pursue in Hong Kong between now and 2047, the goal will be to make the present – particularly the
absence
of political rights – look more and more like the future.
But here, too, it is the
absence
of attention to these issues, not necessarily the presence of migrants, that is the problem.
In its absence, bias and populism prevail.
You might think that America's
absence
contributed to the CHR's sorry state as, in the past, the US was often principled and outspoken on some issues, in particular regarding certain specific abusive countries.
In the
absence
of joint US-EU policies to maintain transatlantic cohesion, the West will quickly become a thing of the past.
Would France have made these moves in the
absence
of international protest?
Indeed, part of international investors’ attraction to countries like Vietnam and China is not simply that wages are low, but that the
absence
of democratic rights promises to lock in cheap labor for years to come.
After all, NATO expansion was essentially a political and strategic act, not a military one, given the
absence
of any significant threat against the countries of Western and Central Europe.
The paradox is that these countries would probably not contemplate such increases in the
absence
of NATO membership.
In purely military terms, the problem is not of the first order: Frances’
absence
from NATO’s command structure has not prevented effective, if sometime complicated, cooperation in coalition operations as in the Gulf, or Bosnia.
In the
absence
of the Soviet threat, American power is essentially untrammeled.
However, such a body would not prevent acrimonious debate, particularly in view of the
absence
of any of the "new" NATO members.
In the
absence
of a global Leviathan, stronger domestic legislatures are the key to resolving the world’s collective environmental problems.
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