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Apart from a small number of highly educated, secular Shia from Baghdad, Iraqiya never attracted substantial Shia support.
Voters are more likely to be attracted to candidates who have anti-establishment credentials and can safely be expected to depart from prevailing policies.
Why are millions of people worldwide – from Europe to the United States to Asia – so attracted to these characters?
A French No would sit well with the Union’s newer members from Eastern Europe, who know Chirac is not their friend, and who are more attracted by promises of rapid economic growth than social protection and corporate state mischief.
The resulting flows of global capital into European shares, property, and direct investment – all of which are now substantially cheaper than corresponding US assets – could easily outweigh the cash and bond investments attracted by rising US interest rates.
In particular, the so-called Washington Consensus, which calls for unfettered liberalization and privatization, and macroeconomic policies that focus on inflation, rather than employment and growth, have attracted much criticism over the years.
Navigating China’s New Silk RoadBEIJING – Since its introduction by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the “one belt, one road” initiative – an ambitious plan to revitalize the ancient Silk Road overland and maritime trade routes linking East and West – has attracted considerable attention.
But the summit has also attracted controversy over whether President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and his senior officials will be invited.
According to the City Department of Planning’s most recent estimates (from June 2009), the city attracted 647,000 immigrants over the last decade, mainly from Latin America and Asia.
In such chaos, it was difficult to do the reconstruction and development work that could have made Iraqi lives better and attracted support.
Northern Europe’s Drag on the World EconomyMADRID – In recent years, China’s current-account surpluses – which have averaged almost $220 billion annually since 2000 – have attracted much criticism from the rest of the world.
In the old days, such charges might have attracted a fatwa or two and, at worst, social ostracism.
So far, this problem has attracted little attention.
The New Shape of China’s EconomyBEIJING – China’s leadership transition attracted global attention in 2012, and deservedly so, given the country’s global significance.
The debate attracted significant social-media attention, with tens of thousands of tweets on the subject reflecting the passion that some Europeans – especially the younger generation – feel about Europe’s political evolution.
Once an entrepreneurial culture takes root, it typically spreads locally, as people learn about business and begin to feel attracted by it – even if it doesn’t yield an immediate or certain payoff.
Its two major banks had attracted huge deposits from abroad, largely from Russia, and presumably mostly from individuals who wished to escape scrutiny at home or elsewhere.
To be sure, expropriating Menatep made shares in Yukos – a company that by 2003 attracted more domestic and foreign savings than any other in Russia – virtually worthless.
The area that has attracted the most attention is finance, and for good reason.
When they were growing rapidly – especially compared to the advanced economies – they attracted massive amounts of capital.
India in AfricaChina’s increasing influence in Africa has attracted great attention in recent years.
In an ongoing global poll that has so far attracted 9.7 million responses, “an honest and responsive government” is the fourth most popular policy priority, with only education, health care, and better jobs rated higher.
Though landlocked, Ethiopia is comparatively well endowed with natural resources, not least its fertile farmland, which has attracted significant investment from Saudi Arabia, among others.
The Urban VillageCAMBRIDGE – “I want to be a part of it – New York, New York,” Frank Sinatra sang of the city that has attracted so many of the world’s most ambitious people, from artists and performers to businesspeople and bankers.
A World Economic Forum survey found that every $1 of public money invested in such initiatives attracted as much as $20 of private investment.
According to the Climate Policy Initiative, public financing for agriculture, forestry, and land-use mitigation attracted just $3 billion in 2014, compared to $49 billion for renewable energy generation and $26 billion for energy efficiency.
My short speech on Hungarian television attracted more than a million viewers, and social media platforms were flooded with outpourings of sympathy and support.
And that question has attracted surprisingly little interest.
But, while the sense of “efficiency” that attracted the mendicant Christian orders, the Dominicans and Franciscans, to staff the original universities was rather different, it is no less relevant today.
Recently, it has attracted fresh and widespread interest not only as a means to secure more tranquil labor relations, but as a practical means of business organization.
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