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At any rate, Chirac has handed Euroskeptics new
ammunition
with which to target the "no" vote ahead of EU membership referenda in the candidate countries later this year.
We already have proven strategies for stemming the tide of violence, including gun and
ammunition
control, conflict mediation, “hot spot” policing, and drug-policy reform.
It has constructed port facilities, military buildings, radar and sensor installations, hardened shelters for missiles, vast logistical warehouses for fuel, water, and ammunition, and even airstrips and aircraft hangars on the manmade islands.
Qaddafi’s shopping list included “sniper rifles, bulletproof vehicles, crowd-control ammunition, and tear gas.”
Researchers are tempted by persuasive results that can attract the interest of policymakers, who are tempted by a selective reading of the evidence that can provide them with
ammunition
in domestic and international debate.
To be sure, Swedish politics has given Russia plenty of
ammunition
in its efforts to influence public opinion.
Some see incipient inflation (given the low unemployment rate); some believe the long period of ultra-low interest rates has distorted capital markets; and some want to “replenish their ammunition,” so that the Fed can lower interest rates should the economy slow down again.
If central banks save their “rate cut” bullets for a later day, they may find that their
ammunition
is useless.
He then submitted a detailed memorandum outlining the claim – and giving more
ammunition
to Jonathan’s critics.
Given the Kim regime’s past negotiating tactics, Obama is understandably reluctant to launch any new diplomatic initiative and may well believe that negotiating with North Korea would provide his domestic political opponents with
ammunition
to ruin his Iran deal.
As long as these maneuvers do not proliferate and turn into easy
ammunition
for the opposition of the moment, they may provide a safety valve for presidential systems.
Moreover, because unconventional easing was a strategy designed for an emergency that no longer exists, it leaves the Fed with no
ammunition
to fight the inevitable next downturn and crisis.
Not to worry, said Premier Wen Jiabao: the Chinese government has “adequate ammunition” to add to its $586 billion stimulus package, a plan meant to create millions of jobs via enormous government investment in transportation, energy infrastructure, housing, and other large-scale projects.
Had Gilani remained in office, he would have provided more
ammunition
to his opponents, who argue that the Zardari-led government has been leading Pakistan in the opposite direction.
Russian society will also pay a price, with the NSA’s surveillance programs giving the Kremlin
ammunition
to defend the expansion of state control over the Internet and other aspects of citizens’ personal lives.
With hundreds of tunnels connecting the Gaza Strip and Sinai, it is very difficult to control the flow of arms, ammunition, and possibly foreign fighters.
As a result, while the US will continue to provide intelligence, air support, and
ammunition
on a case-by-case basis, as it did recently in Libya and Mali, Europe will increasingly have to act first and alone.
Much of the shotgun’s
ammunition
comes from the United States, which perceives keeping the military in power as being necessary for the short-term battle against the new Taliban groups.
Monetary policymakers have plenty of weapons and an endless supply of
ammunition
at their disposal.
Moreover, unlike the West, which has used up most of its traditional countercyclical policy ammunition, China has maintained ample scope for fiscal and monetary-policy adjustments as circumstances dictate.
Unfortunately, the stubbornness of the ECB and the European Commission is now providing
ammunition
to populist governments in accession countries that are counting on currency appreciation to escape the fiscal discipline that adopting the Euro would imply.
But there is no need to wait until central banks have run out of
ammunition.
But, having cut off the downward slide of 2008-2009, they ran out of intellectual and political
ammunition.
Doing so raises the distinct possibility that the Fed will lack the
ammunition
it will need to counter the inevitable next recession.
The need to wrestle with macroeconomic-policy issues could easily cause talks to bog down – and give protectionist lobbies the political
ammunition
they need.
Some states have delivered automatic weapons, ammunition, and rocket-propelled grenades.
Now that the world economy has largely recovered from the crisis, it is time to end this policy – not least because the ECB is running out of
ammunition.
Policymakers will continue to throw whatever
ammunition
they can find at the problem, but it will take time for the deleveraging from the boom to run its course.
Placing him immediately on a “watch list” for weapons – frequently updated under strengthened laws – could have prevented him from purchasing the gun and
ammunition
he subsequently used.
Europe’s debt crisis – and its leaders’ apparent inability to take coordinated action – gave the Kremlin additional
ammunition.
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