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In the national ratification referendum that followed, citizens were allowed to vote against the military-sponsored draft, but not to argue against it publicly.
Some historians argue that Indonesia’s moderate form of Islam reflects the way in which foreign traders introduced it, as early as the fourteenth century.
When push comes to shove, they argue, the world’s major trade powers will avoid a mutually destructive approach, opting instead for negotiations that yield a still-free but fairer regime.
Indeed, many observers argue that the eurozone’s lack of a common fiscal system is its main problem.
If you look at the new map of Europe, it is obvious where the focus must be: Northwest Russia already shares borders with both the EU and NATO (a fact often missed by those who argue against "expanding NATO right up to the borders of Russia").
As I argue in my recent book Mind, Modernity, Madness, the reason for high concentrations of severe mental illness in the developed West lies in the very nature of Western societies.
Yet those who examine the impact of the Bush administration on human rights practices internationally often argue that Bush’s reelection will do long-lasting – perhaps irreversible – damage to the human rights cause.
As central banks venture farther into uncharted territory, advocates argue that at worst they will do no harm.
So, when central bankers argue that they are the only game in town, they are ensuring that outcome.
Even those who insist that market economies gravitate toward full employment are forced to argue their case within the framework that Keynes created.
But a second, more current reason relates to lobbying from businesses, which argue that corporate competitiveness depends on cheap labor.
Supporters of free markets will argue that if local landowners wish to sell their land, that is their choice to make.
The Cold War has ended, they argue, but that only means that the world is divided in many more ways than before.
Still others will argue that the charges she faces in connection with a financial scandal in France will distract her from IMF business.
The poor countries argue that broader liberalization in the EU, the US, and Japan alone would yield benefits worth up to $142 billion by 2015.
Patrick Honohan, the governor of Ireland’s central bank, has labeled the interest rates on Irish government bonds “ridiculous” (meaning ridiculously high), and IMF researchers argue that default in Ireland and Greece is “unnecessary, undesirable, and unlikely.”
One well-known example is that, starting in the 1980s, CBA was used to argue that the returns on primary education were much higher than the returns on higher education.
The Bild revelations knock a gaping hole in the Russian argument, so the Kremlin can be expected to challenge the authenticity of the document or argue that it has been misinterpreted.
Providing humanitarian aid to the Donbas, the Kremlin is likely to argue, is a major undertaking that requires the input of numerous ministries and agencies, including the FSB.
Apologists will also argue that Bild is in the pocket of right-wing, anti-Russian German interests, and that the paper is just a tabloid – not to be taken seriously.
Likewise, France’s recent presidential election bolstered those who argue that Europe must grow its way out of its debt-heavy public sector, rather than aim for immediate fiscal orthodoxy.
But the United States Treasury and the Office of the US Trade Representative continue to argue that macroeconomic issues should be kept separate from trade negotiations.
Let the Negotiations BeginHaving successfully integrated ten new members in May – including eight former communist countries with significantly lower levels of economic development – some argue that the EU should stop there.
Macron’s critics have enlisted the help of legal experts who argue that the laws already on the books are sufficient to contain fake news.
Some argue that the patent system should simply be dismantled.
But I would argue that his speech actually encourages the kind of sexual aggression that can result in the savagery that took place in Delhi.
China’s response to the intervention was to feign outrage, describing it as an illegal intrusion into its sovereign waters and a sign of American hypocrisy; the United States cares when China builds artificial islands in the South China Sea, the Chinese argue, but not when Vietnam or the Philippines do the same.
Trade agreements, their proponents often argue, can help rein in such wasteful policies by making it harder for governments to dispense special favors to politically connected industries.
Those who argue that America is in decline have a difficult case to make in economic terms.
Those who argue that ritual slaughter is “foreign” to Polish culture not only know nothing about their country’s history; they also exploit and reinforce anti-Semitic sentiment.
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