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It is sometimes said, almost in the same breath, that Greece’s debt equals 153% of its annual GDP, and that Greece is insolvent.
But the world cannot hold its breath waiting for a change of heart by Putin and China, which is why a no-fly zone should be examined as a military option.
Having barely stopped to catch their breath, the US, France, and Britain – with the support of Wahhabi states like Saudi Arabia and Qatar – then moved to bring down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, fueling a civil war that enabled the Islamic State to seize territory and flourish.
When Economic History Improves With TimeCAMBRIDGE – Seldom does a dense report from a statistical agency take your breath away, but the latest publication on the United States’ national income accounts from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is the exception that proves the rule.
Ministers of Health continue to discuss the threat of HIV/AIDS in the same breath with cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
And behind his racist visage lies a broader Buddhist embrace of violence that takes one’s breath away.
Why Trump Can’t Bully ChinaCAMBRIDGE – As US President Donald Trump proceeds to destabilize the post-war global economic order, much of the world is collectively holding its breath.
Television coverage of athletes gasping for breath will hardly provide Beijing with the signature Olympic image it had in mind, and growing international anxiety over climate change and other environmental hazards will ensure that such issues receive considerable media coverage.
Europe on the Brink of Monetary UnionCAMBRIDGE: For several years Europe has held its breath wondering whether European Monetary Union would actually happen.
Friedman’s voice was a skeptical breath of fresh air at a time when the reigning viewpoint was a kind of smug pseudo-socialism that did not recognize the astounding power of markets to accomplish desirable aims.
Perhaps it is time for another breath of fresh air.
But we realistic optimists are no longer holding our breath: we may be disappointed, once again.
War to the last breath was declared by Kuvaev on the media, and he was soon echoed by the feral Makashov, who suddenly found reporters "acting worse than the worst of the Yids."
Don’t hold your breath.
The financial world is holding its collective breath.
Problem Solving in the AnthropoceneSTOCKHOLM – Take a deep breath.
You who ask me to give up our jihad,and to live a life of comfort and happiness,Don’t waste your breath.
Investment bankers wait with bated breath for the merger and acquisition league tables, even though the link between a high ranking and profitability is somewhere between loose and non-existent.
In short, if the macroeconomic moderation that dominated 2006 continues into 2007, look for further asset price inflation (but don’t hold your breath for the Dow to hit 36,000).
That is why much of the world – at least the democratic part of it – is watching this most unusual of French elections unfold with bated breath.
Yet the suggestion that governments should act directly to raise the price of lower-skilled labor is likely to be met with sharp intakes of breath and sotto voce comments that I must be mad.
But victims – whether current students or alumnae – would be well advised to take a deep breath, come forward, and tell their stories out loud.
The Destruction of the Republican PartyBERKELEY – It has been one and a half years since Donald Trump was elected to the US presidency, so now is as good a time as any for Americans to take a deep breath and contemplate their broken political system.
Religion and liberty are still mentioned in one breath, but often to promote extreme views.
An educated professional with a wife and two children takes a breath when he recalls a trip to Spain.
The election in April of Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci has brought a breath of fresh air to the island.
Even Eastern Europe, with erratic Russia at its center, will not likely make the world hold its breath -- at least for financial reasons.
She had been feeling sick for about two months, and when she went to a health clinic, she described symptoms such as weight loss, fatigue, shortness of breath, fever, night sweats, chills, loss of appetite, and pain when breathing and coughing.
Every Breath You TakeBANGKOK – Fearsome stories about migrating Indonesian haze, post-Diwali smog in northern India, and the return of the “airpocalypse” in China tell of Asia’s recent air-pollution woes.
At a time of resurgent nationalism, the “Prespa Agreement” – named for the lake that spans the borders of Greece, FYROM, and Albania – is a breath of fresh air.
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