Approaching
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The Haitian Ministry of Public Health reports that the number of deaths is
approaching
2,000, with the number of infections exceeding 80,000.
Some view the bombardment of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island as a bid to divert North Koreans’ attention from their country’s collapsing economy, or perhaps from the
approaching
death of their “Dear Leader,” Kim Jong-il, or to create a synthetic reputation as a military leader for Kim’s son and intended heir, the 27-year-old (or so) “Young General,” Kim Jong-un.
As one scientist friend puts it: if you are driving on a mountain road,
approaching
a cliff, in a car whose brakes may fail, and a fog bank rolls in, should you drive more or less cautiously?
Fast
approaching
is not only the March anniversary of last year’s disturbances in Tibet, but also the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan unrest in 1959 that led to the exile of the Dalai Lama and his supporters.
Syria, whose secular, militarized dictatorship most closely resembles the fallen regimes of Tunisia and Egypt, may not be next in line, but appears nonetheless to be
approaching
a tipping point.
In Spain and Greece, unemployment is
approaching
30%, while youth unemployment is nearing a staggering 60%.
With the Brexit deadline of March 2019 approaching, May’s “transition” extending into the distant future, and all of the tangible promises of Brexit receding like a desert mirage, both parliamentary and public opinion are shifting.
The French Cul de SacPARIS – As France’s presidential election looms, the country is
approaching
a breaking point.
The danger is that we may fast be
approaching
a tipping point.
And technology-intensive activity in the region is fast
approaching
that of North America and Western Europe.
But a shift is occurring: global markets already are more important than national markets for small and medium-size countries, and they are
approaching
that status for large economies.
The proportion of women receiving higher education is
approaching
the 60% mark, owing to an impressive 28% annual rate of growth in their enrollment numbers in 2010, up from a 20% increase in 1993.
There is a risk that Britain may now be
approaching
that point.
Hence the Keynesian solution: use monetary policy (lower interest rates) and fiscal policy (expanded government spending and reduced taxes) to keep the economy from ever
approaching
the precipice where deflation becomes possible.
This gives China the unprecedented – for a large trading country – ability to accumulate foreign-exchange reserves (now
approaching
$3 trillion).
Now, China is rapidly
approaching
a similar configuration.
Indeed, it is a key issue in Nigeria's
approaching
presidential election, given President Obasanjo's high-minded but failed struggle to curb it.
In this way, they have transformed the typical job search, and are now
approaching
the critical mass needed to move employment numbers.
It’s the scent of an
approaching
storm.
So, are we
approaching
the “tipping point” where automation fuels structural unemployment?
But another approach – “germ line gene therapy” (GLGT), which, by modifying sperm, eggs, or embryos, creates a heritable change that affects future generations – is now also
approaching
practicability.
In the coming decades, China’s GDP growth will slow, as occurs in all economies once they reach a certain level of development – usually the per capita income level, in PPP terms, that China is
approaching.
If anything, it is the calm before an
approaching
storm.
As then President-elect Dmitri Medvedev said in 2008 “no country would be happy about a military bloc to which it did not belong
approaching
its borders."
Most new members have met or are
approaching
their Kyoto targets, and they need rapid economic growth to catch up with the rest of the EU.
Europe would be ill-advised to become mesmerized by this
approaching
disaster.
I see production 10% below capacity, and I see unemployment rates
approaching
10%.
The outgoing Fradkov, surprisingly, put the matter best when he explained why he had resigned: with elections approaching, Putin needed a free hand.
Our planet is approaching, and even exceeding, scientific tipping points.
With national elections approaching, India’s government cannot afford to sacrifice these benefits, especially at a time of rising skepticism about its ability to maintain fiscal discipline and implement difficult reforms.
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