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Bitter medicine is needed—perhaps a dose of EMU will provide the cure.
Another problem is that democracy might not accept such bitter medicine.
Although Bernanke is right to view a soft landing as the most likely outcome, common sense would suggest agreing on some prophylactic measures, even if this means that the US, China, and other large contributors to the global imbalances have to swallow some bitter medicine.
The bitter irony is that politicians only make the problem worse.
Production costs have been a subject of bitter dispute between Shell and Nigeria's government since the early 1990's.
After all, although many believed that his indictment by the Hague War Crimes Tribunal, announced during the bombing of Serbia, would make him fight to the bitter end, he yet accepted unconditional surrender.
A final but crucial issue is China, with which Korea has had a bitter history.
But 2004 was also a bitter failure for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who tried to bring his favored presidential candidate, Viktor Yanukovych, to power in Kyiv by supporting massive vote manipulation.
The failure was a bitter blow to the Kremlin, one that was neither forgiven nor forgotten.
When Iraq was liberated, most people, especially the poor, began to hope for a charismatic leader who would save them from the bitter reality of daily life.
In these destitute areas, where most Iraqis live, people are prey to bitter temptations.
If they fail to work together to stem the revival of bitter historical disputes, their relationship will remain frozen, playing into China’s hands.
Then the bitter political struggle will begin in advance of the elections.
Beijing Versus the BillionaireBANGKOK – China’s government and Hong Kong’s wealthiest man, the much-admired Li Ka-shing, have been waging an acidic spat – one that increasingly looks like a bitter divorce being played out in tabloid newspapers.
It is a bitter irony that John McCain, the war hero, is considered a traitor by the conservative wing of his party because he has a compassionate attitude towards undocumented immigrants.
Fully aware of the bitter legacy of Palestinian disinheritance following the 1948 war, Dayan refused to blame the murderers.
It may taste bitter, but only the IMF can provide the medicine Brazil needs.
Likewise, invasion and occupation of either North Korea or Pakistan would require massive armies risking a bitter conventional war and possible use of the weapons against the invaders.
For Russia, regime change in Syria – its last military outpost in the region – would be another bitter defeat; for Iran, it would mean losing its most important ally in the Arab world, implying even deeper isolation.
Iranians cannot forget the US-led coup that overthrew the nationalist Mohammad Mossadegh six decades ago, and Americans remain bitter about the invasion of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979, which resulted in more than 50 American diplomats and staff being held hostage for 444 days.
Today, the clique that surrounds Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas embodies the bitter deception which the peace process that began with the Oslo agreement has meant for the Palestinians.
Over the years “avoiding…the ultimate consequences” through limitations butted against the bitter legacy of the surprise attacks suffered by both the US and Russia in World War II.
It is a bitter paradox, indeed, that the developed democracies use the power of globalization to punish us commercially by discriminating against our citizens and exports.
In Syria, where sizable chunks of territory are already under Islamist control and the pro-Al Qaeda Al Nusra Front overshadows the US-backed Free Syrian Army, the Obama administration is staring at the bitter harvest of its previous policy choices.
These countries can perhaps learn from the bitter experience of Detroit, which issued $1.4 billion worth of municipal bonds in 2005 to ward off an impending financial crisis.
It would be a bitter travesty to abandon the Kurds to the mercy of the Iraqi or Turkish governments in their time of need.
Although football victories have sometimes united bitter opponents, such truces have been all too ephemeral, and usually end soon after the final whistle blows.
But, after about 10 years, the success story turned bitter.
The tightrope turns that characterized the last several years of his encounter with the West (threats of sanctions for non-cooperation with the Hague war crimes tribunal, holding back Western assistance – EU aid programs, Partnership for Peace, etc.) reflect this bitter antagonism.
In fact, they are bitter rivals and will divide opposition vote at the January 3 elections for the lower house of the Parliament (Sabor).
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