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Today, leaders are under extraordinary pressure to apply similarly inspired decision-making skills to an array of daunting challenges.
Thus, when Schroeder claimed special circumstances for Germany’s failure to meet the budgetary ceilings of the European Union’s Stability and Growth Pact, he seemed to be arguing that the restrictions should apply only to smaller countries, not to the big players.
This means that scientists can apply the CRISPR-Cas mechanism to correct problems in the genome – the equivalent of typos in a written text.
The same will apply for other powers.
China’s centralized government can, if it so chooses, ensure that animal-welfare laws apply throughout the country.
Similar questions apply to India and Brazil.
Think, for example, of a German (oral) test which was to apply only to immigrants from states belonging to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (the test in question was later withdrawn), and which asked, among other things, the applicant’s opinion about the fact that in Germany homosexuals hold high public office.
Next year, she will expand the hut, and will eventually apply for land and begin to build a brick house.
If either country were to apply for EU membership today, their bids would be rejected.
What is needed now is to test these innovative approaches to health-care delivery, build evidence of their effectiveness, and apply their lessons to other initiatives.
Ruling in the national interest, rather than for the benefit of favored sections or clans, we will apply the law equally to our supporters and our opponents.
Confronting this challenge will require us to rethink fundamentally what development should look like, which is why the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, unlike the previous Millennium Development Goals, apply to all countries – not just the poorer ones.
And, yes, European leaders must agree to take a fair share of those in need, by allowing refugees to apply for asylum in the EU directly from the countries in which they are currently residing.
Consider what happens when a large bank goes bankrupt in the US – an economic union where the Sandbu and Eichengreen rules already apply.
Against this background, the term “unconventional” does not apply to ZIRP and QE.
The benefits of this initiative quickly became apparent, with evaluation studies showing that participants became more accepting of the health significance of mental illnesses, more confident in their ability to help others, and motivated to apply their knowledge after completing the course.
In particular, the accounting, transparency, and fraud rules that govern businesses do not apply to elected representatives.
Rather than just extending insider-trading law to the US Congress (or to other legislatures), citizens should demand that all restrictions and reporting requirements imposed on the private sector apply automatically to elected representatives as well.
Or read Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely, and apply it to your own health and behavior.
But such benefits do not apply to unrestricted migration.
But when we examine the relevant assumptions closely, we find that they do not apply to the real world.
Only when David Irving has been freed will it be possible for Europeans to turn to the Islamic protesters and say: “We apply the principle of freedom of expression even-handedly, whether it offends Moslems, Christians, Jews, or anyone else.”Bringing It Back HomeCAMBRIDGE – An increasing number of American companies are making plans to shift their headquarters to Europe.
Why is it that the call for transparency seems to apply only to countries that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits, rather than to the one that she represents?
Yet one historical law does seem to apply: in an immense economic crisis, the voters stick with the people whose economic competence they have traditionally trusted – that is, the very people who led them to ruin.
What the West can do is apply pressure on Iran – and on other governments in the future – to assure and account for the safety of protesters.
(The last two requirements would apply even if no country defaulted.)
But as British politics vividly illustrates, this does not apply to currently dominant issues: the Tories and Labour are the only protagonists, yet both agonize over the choice that really matters – how to manage Brexit.
As we continually attempt to apply new technologies to improve human and environmental wellbeing, this distinction is vital.
For the first six years, the new framework will apply only to flights between countries that have voluntarily adopted it, which means that the ICAO will have to encourage adequate participation for the program to be effective.
This opt-in approach has some critics, but whether a program is categorized as “voluntary” or “mandatory” is beside the point, because international accords generally apply only to the sovereign countries that have decided to join them.
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