Acquired
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It is only logical, on this view, that Kim Jong-un wants to avoid the mistake made by Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and Libya’s Muammar el-Qaddafi, both of whom would still be alive and in power had they
acquired
deliverable nuclear weapons.
No individual since the end of World War II had
acquired
unchecked powers.
The Royal Bank of Scotland, founded in 1727, when laissez-faire philosopher Adam Smith was only four years old, has just become a socialist state-owned-enterprise thanks to the bank’s incompetent leaders, who
acquired
over-priced banks filled with toxic assets.
Orthodoxy reflects history’s painfully
acquired
lessons – the sum of what we regard to be true.
Sometimes we hear that UES has
acquired
a TV station or finances a political faction in the Duma via a subsidiary.
In 2005-2006, my firm
acquired
330-megawatt onshore projects in Germany and France.
Whereas China is a formidable exporter of manufactured goods, India has
acquired
a global reputation for exporting modern services.
The NIH and the US Department of Veterans Affairs, however, had heavily funded the start-up that developed the drug and was later
acquired
by Gilead.
Can Hamas, with its newly
acquired
position at the forefront of Palestinian politics, provide such a solution?
More recently, we
acquired
the messaging app Viber and bought minority stakes in the American ride-hailing app Lyft and online scrapbooking site Pinterest.
The fact that we all communicated in English smoothed these transitions, as the
acquired
companies’ management did not get the sense that a foreign company had taken over.
By intervening in Syria – a conflict of primary concern to Europe and the US – the Kremlin feels it has
acquired
leverage over Ukraine’s Western partners.
Insufficient options for construction can be the driving force behind a rising price-to-income ratio, with home prices increasing over the long term even if the city has
acquired
no new industry, cachet, or talent.
Our statistical analysis of the entry and exit patterns of entrepreneurs in the Brazilian ethanol industry shows that the more efficient
acquired
the less efficient.
Indeed, during this period, the US often could not defend its interests: the Soviet Union
acquired
nuclear weapons; communist takeovers occurred in China, Cuba, and half of Vietnam; the Korean War ended in a stalemate; and revolts in Hungary and Czechoslovakia were repressed.
The end of the conflict, like the requirement that Israel be recognized as a Jewish state, is a concept that has unnecessarily
acquired
mythical meaning.
Roman Abromovictch, for example, just
acquired
London's Chelsea football club--a witty way to join English society, no doubt, but an investment unlikely to offer the kind of financial returns he could make in Russia if his confidence in the country were undented.
To be sure, it has
acquired
some military capabilities to deter the US from intervening in the Taiwan Strait or the South China Sea, and it has improved its security cooperation with Russia and Central Asian countries through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The report concludes that “the US military has
acquired
an oversized impact on US foreign policy in Central Asia.”
Contrary to the prevailing perception in the West (especially among business leaders), the current Chinese government is riddled with clever apparatchiks like Bo who have
acquired
their positions through cheating, corruption, patronage, and manipulation.
One of the most obvious signs of systemic cheating is that many Chinese officials use fake or dubiously
acquired
academic credentials to burnish their resumes.
In the process, it
acquired
some new labels.
Just as China recently secured the Sri Lankan port of Hambantota on a 99-year lease, it has, according to Nasheed, quietly
acquired
17 islands in the heavily indebted Maldives for investment purposes.
Finally, along with the United Kingdom among European countries, France retains more of a global role than Germany has yet
acquired.
While the decision would have a significant political downside – that is, immediately diluting Scotland’s newly
acquired
sovereignty – its economic implications are mixed.
In the case of successful start-ups, the money paid when they are
acquired
or go public accrues to those who put the team together.
It has even
acquired
infrastructure in distressed eurozone countries like Portugal and Greece – a move that reflects a lack of strategic thinking on Europe’s part.
Most farmland is
acquired
through hereditary or communal distribution systems, and when new plots are allocated, they are typically smaller than those provided to previous generations.
Moreover, as rapid economic growth fuels a surge in the ranks of India’s upper and middle classes, many families are displaying their newly
acquired
affluence with lavish feasts at their children’s weddings.
Patents have become too difficult to license, and they are too often
acquired
for strategic reasons than for novelty, as was originally intended.
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