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More than 40% of the electorate backs Trump, but with low unemployment nationally, only a small part of that can be explained primarily by his support in economically depressed areas.
Of course, African nations should not turn their backs on research from beyond their borders.
The Fed had investors’ backs on the downside and, with inflation under control, would do little to constrain the upside.
But that hasn’t silenced the EU’s critics, who complain that it was the child of unelected technocrats and of governments negotiating treaties behind the backs of their people.
Of Yemen’s four regional commanders, only Southern Command Chief General Mahdi Maqwala still backs him.
It bears down most heavily on the backs of the young, less educated, and women.
Today, it is difficult to find a single environmentalist who still backs the policy.
The longer we turn our backs, however, the more expensive solutions become and the less we can escape the fact that this is now our problem and our responsibility.
When China Radio International covertly backs 33 radio stations in 14 countries, the boundary of sharp power has been crossed, and we should expose the breach of voluntarism.
Each of us is responsible for our civilization; we cannot turn our backs and avert our eyes when freedom is stifled.
Perhaps more importantly, were Uribe to step down after his current term, he would still wield considerable proxy power at home, playing an integral role in choosing his successor – whoever he backs stands a very good chance of winning – and boosting his political supporters’ prospects in legislative elections.
It would starve education of resources and place the burden of fiscal adjustment on the backs of children on the front-line of the education crisis, undermining economic-growth prospects and fueling inequality in the process.
The rest of the world – led by the eurozone governments – would rightly turn their backs.
Of course, Al Qaeda is made up of unwelcome “foreigners,” but when US and NATO forces attack them, all unite – and Pakistan covertly backs that union.
Where are the set backs that could disturb an exciting vision.
Western leaders cannot simply wish the refugee crisis away by turning their backs on those fleeing terror.
Many civil-society elements in the Muslim world have turned their backs on possible partnerships with Israeli counterparts.
The international financial institutions should then turn their attention to crafting an aid package that does not require the budget to be balanced on the backs of the poor.
Troubled countries knock on the Fund's door for financial assistance only when all other creditors have turned their backs.
Netanyahu’s ChoiceRamallah – As the summit between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approaches, most of the discussion has focused on whether or not the newly elected Israeli leader will finally say that he backs a two-state solution.
Finally, mutual funds are at risk as well, because their supposedly safe investments may sour and the insurance that backs them now appears shaky.
The wind is at their backs.
There is an adaptive logic to being kind to those with whom we continually interact; we scratch their backs, they scratch ours.
It backs the Ethiopian army in Somalia.
Nonetheless, the regime’s responses to Lebanon’s economic problems have so far overwhelmingly favored the elites, suggesting that the crisis could end up being “resolved” on the backs of the poor and the middle class, and in a way that further consolidates sectarian politics.
A majority of the UK public wants to remain in the EU, and actually voted accordingly in the parliamentary election on December 12.Yet the election produced a large majority for the Conservative Party, which backs a quick Brexit.
The economic growth of the post-war era was born of broadly competitive markets, which had been created through regulations to break the backs of monopolies and powerful conglomerates.
Less than a year from now, US voters may turn their backs on Trump, thereby ending his administration’s systematic violation of the values that used to underpin transatlantic unity.
When the European anthem, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” was played at the opening session of the new parliament earlier this month, MEPs from the United Kingdom’s Brexit Party turned their backs, while members of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party chose to remain seated.
Employment rose by 2.5 million in May, while high-frequency data from credit cards and mobility tracking for May and June show sizable bounce backs from April lows, with activity in a few sectors approaching or even exceeding year-earlier levels.
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