Approaching
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Even those who are comfortable that we are not
approaching
the end of the world and civilization anticipate a serious bump in the road.
Hamas and Fatah at the CrossroadsPalestinian politics is
approaching
the point of no return.
With relations in the region and with the West
approaching
something like normalcy, Serbs were beginning to feel, at long last, that they were finding peace with themselves and the world.
Young people who are long deprived of a decent job – and youth unemployment in some countries is
approaching
or exceeding 50%, and has been unacceptably high since 2008 – become alienated.
Roughly speaking, almost everyone in the rich countries, the formerly communist countries, and the Asian tigers is educated, with adult literacy rates
approaching
100%, as are people of means in the poor countries.
But the moment of truth for the UK economy is fast
approaching.
The British are fast
approaching
the tipping point that characterizes all unsustainable economic trends.
By
approaching
the negotiations that will start on June 19 in a conciliatory spirit, May could reach an understanding with the EU on the agenda and agree to continue as a member of the single market for a period long enough to carry out all the legal work that will be needed.
A Flat World and a Round BallWith the final stage of the World Cup approaching, now is a good opportunity for a mid-tournament appraisal.
Suppose that a million children all in one place seemed likely to be swept away and drowned by
approaching
floodwaters.
Yet, again, this does not mean that a bear market isn’t
approaching.
With presidential elections approaching, both sides will likely feel heavy pressure to make progress now.
For example, some of Italy’s largest banks have been diagnosed as
approaching
insolvency and requiring substantial recapitalization.
In the long run, do they want something
approaching
a federal Union?
It would also allow working hours to be reduced – finally
approaching
Marx’s dream of a society in which technological progress enables individuals to “hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner.”
Indeed, many observers detect
approaching
storms of epic proportions.
Indeed, Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commanders believe that covert war will inevitably become overt if Israel and the West truly believe that Iran is
approaching
a dangerous point in its nuclear program.
Around the entire planet, we are
approaching
some kind of singularity, with the market pandering to our fundamental short-term natures by offering us instant gratification and long-term destruction.
The US now uses an unmanned miniature version of the space shuttle to practice “proximity operations”:
approaching
other satellites without harming them.
The combined figure for Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, and Syria is now
approaching
many hundreds of thousands – perhaps ten times the total death toll of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1948 – while millions more are leading squalid lives as refugees.
A Drug War on Auto-PilotTHE HAGUE – The war in Afghanistan, now
approaching
its tenth year, may seem to many to have no end in sight, but Latin America has endured an even longer fight, one that has recently become much more bloody: the “war” against drug trafficking.
The latest Saudi-Qatari contretemps is hardly an example of the “Thucydides trap,” in which an incumbent hegemon is tempted to suppress a rival whose power is
approaching
its own.
With Italy
approaching
a decisive parliamentary election on March 4, such historical references are useful once again.
Of course, in the face of India's vast advantages in conventional forces, and the flexible nature of India's strategy, there is a grave risk that Pakistan will escalate its response hastily, even to the point of
approaching
its own ultimate "Samson Option" - use of nuclear weapons.
The UK seems to be
approaching
the scenario I outlined three months ago.
Even though the government is the largest buyer of their products, it is not allowed to negotiate prices, thereby fueling an estimated increase in corporate revenues – and costs to the government –
approaching
$1 trillion dollars over a decade.
In 1988, however, as the economy approached the peak of the business cycle, candidate George H.W. Bush was unconcerned about budget deficits, even though the national debt was rapidly
approaching
three times the level that it had been under Reagan.
The deadline for the Millennium Development Goals is fast
approaching.
While they may not like this kind of dependence, they dislike even more the alternative: a “fresh start” in which the cards are stacked against their attainment of anything
approaching
what was once viewed as a basic middle-class lifestyle.
Consider Japan, with a debt-to-GDP ratio
approaching
200% – one of the highest in the world.
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