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Its experiment with an Islamic form of democracy is now primarily an internal
affair.
Their mother, Kim Jong-suk, is said to have died from hemorrhaging while giving premature birth caused by her distress over Kim Il-sung’s love
affair
with Kim Song-ae.
This year’s final may well be a Latin American
affair.
But just about the only thing that seems clear about this murderous
affair
is that utterly alienated young men of any religion or ethnicity might suddenly rebel violently.
Maduro’s election in 2013, by contrast, was a very close
affair
that many people question; for one thing, the opposition was allowed virtually no television time, even if starry-eyed US academics insisted that Maduro won fair and square.
It would be a fatal error to believe that since we spend money on armed forces to this end, national defense is solely a military
affair
to which the rest of the population need not pay attention.
The Fall of the House of MurdochNEW YORK – During the four decades since the Watergate
affair
engulfed US President Richard Nixon, politicians have repeatedly ignored the scandal’s main lesson: the cover-up is worse than the crime.
Now, for once, comes a scandal that breaks that rule: the United Kingdom’s phone-hacking affair, which has shaken British politics to its foundations.
His wife is killed, and he stands accused of murdering her for an
affair
she briefly had with his friend.
But the revaluation is likely to be a one-time
affair
and the free floating of the renminbi is probably not real because a stable currency is very much in China’s interest.
Recalling the ways in which the pardon power has been used in the past highlights the perversity of the Arpaio
affair
and its singular reactionary purpose: to denigrate and, where possible, reverse Obama’s achievements and, indeed, his values.
But in today’s global world, what happens in Iran is more than Iran’s
affair.
The Reinhart/Rogoff
affair
was not just an academic quibble.
The demarcation of the India-Pakistan border by the British was a slapdash affair, concocted by a collapsing empire in headlong retreat from its responsibilities.
The first phase, roughly from January 2011 until March 2012, was largely an internal
affair.
But a capital-markets union is highly unlikely to end Europe's love
affair
with its banks.
The key danger for businesses, as the leader of a construction-engineering firm put it to me, is that planning for all of the possible Brexit scenarios can become an all-consuming affair, causing companies to lose sight of their larger strategic goals.
Revealingly, the writer Miranda Seymour’s recently published book Noble Endeavours reminds Britain of the centuries-old love
affair
between Germany and England.
Even if there were a government willing and able to carry out the necessary fiscal adjustment, the political fallout of the Petrobras
affair
has damaged Brazil’s credibility severely.
The relationship between Monti, a former university professor, and Italy’s politicians and political culture is a complex
affair.
It is worth recalling that purging him was a deeply divisive
affair
at the CCP’s highest levels.
In case you are worried that the Bond-Tatiana
affair
would spark too many off-color remarks from the collective eminences, the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel should keep things under control.
That appears to be the case with the Bo Xilai
affair
in China.
Good Governance Begins At HomeThe whole sorry Wolfowitz
affair
looks like it is finally drawing to a close.
Now, corporate executives will also tell you that brand management is a tricky
affair.
Indeed, the revolution was never a smooth
affair.
But, far from this being a one-off case, the Tymoshenko
affair
exposes a deeper malaise.
I will not attempt to correct – at least not right now – the mind-boggling falsehoods, nonsense, and petty insults that make up this grotesque and pitiful affair, which has caused a minor uproar in France.
Now that the dust from that dispute has settled, and with a new Commission in place, it is time to ask what lessons can be drawn from this
affair.
I hope that the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs will reconsider its behavior, and that the “Buttiglione affair” will remain only an ordinary political injustice against a single individual rather than the harbinger of second-class citizenship for religious believers.
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