Broke
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Some 350,000 people have already fled, creating a humanitarian crisis on a scale similar to that in 2009 when the military
broke
the Taliban’s grip on the Swat Valley.
No health issues, except that a few years back she
broke
her arm catching a football.
Senator Bernie Sanders, in his US presidential campaign,
broke
the mold when he called for revising the Democratic Party’s position on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Notably, just a month ago the Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index
broke
the record that it reached on October 31, 2007.
A blame game
broke
out over who was responsible for “losing” Argentina.
And, speaking of political tensions, Greece's negotiations with the EU
broke
new ground.
There had in fact been a peace settlement a half-century before the fighting
broke
out – an effort to organize peace.
Draghi
broke
three taboos at once.
Abe’s actions in the Diet come on the heels of his performance at the recent G-7 summit in Germany, where he
broke
with Japanese tradition.
That changed decisively with America’s entry into World War I, when Woodrow Wilson
broke
with tradition and sent US troops to fight in Europe.
But US oil prices
broke
through the $50 ceiling last autumn, and by January they seemed to be heading for $70, with many traders forecasting a return to $100.
Then-Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono
broke
the ice in 1993, expressing “sincere apologies and remorse” to all those who had “suffered immeasurable pain.”
After years of simmering conflicts, clashes
broke
out in 2003 between rival ethnic and political groups, and between Darfur rebels and the national government, which in turn has supported brutal militias in “scorched earth” policies, leading to massive death and displacement.
These growth patterns were unsustainable, and when they eventually
broke
down, underlying structural weaknesses were laid bare.
When that growth pattern
broke
down, economic and political conditions deteriorated rapidly.
Currency movements, however, were merely the straw that
broke
the camel's back.
But a fundamental change in the Fed’s rules in 2008
broke
the link between its bond buying and the subsequent size of the money stock.
By dramatically increasing interest rates to fight inflation, policymakers
broke
the power of organized labor, while avoiding blame for the mass unemployment that monetary austerity was bound to produce.
The Rowhani FrontWASHINGTON, DC – On June 17, at his first press conference as Iran’s President-elect, Hassan Rowhani
broke
little new ground in the Islamic Republic’s relations with the West.
When Clodius happened to meet Milo along the Appian Way, a fight
broke
out between their guards, and Clodius was gravely wounded.
But, after the inauguration, all hell
broke
loose as Trump and Bannon began to implement their project in earnest.
Before too long, buying a “Kofi
broke
man” – a roasted plantain with groundnuts – by the roadside in Ghana could be a cashless transaction, one that helps the vendor prosper in the present – and save for the future.
Wide gyrations in exchange rates became a staple of international financial markets after the Bretton Woods system
broke
down in the early 1970s, and mega-depreciations were commonplace later in the decade and through much of the 1980s, when inflation raged across much of the world.
Two days after the story broke, the Volkswagen Group tweeted that it “explicitly distances itself from all forms of animal cruelty.
I was inspired to take the BAM across Siberia by Dervla Murphy’s book, Through Siberia by Accident, even though Murphy, an intrepid Irish grandmother,
broke
a leg slipping in the train car’s primitive toilet.
A counter-protest was organized, and street fighting
broke
out.
Rather than putting the racists and anti-racists on the same footing, Trump was saying that both sides were to blame for the violence that
broke
out.
Most recently, in December 2014, the administration abandoned an important part of the Dodd-Frank reforms – a move that directly benefited Citigroup by allowing its management team to take on more risk (of the kind that almost
broke
the financial system in 2007-08).
The bad news is that he made – and then
broke
– a similar vow on the NDAA.
What would happen if Greece’s partners, each time they confronted a decision that they lacked the courage to make,
broke
off discussions and demanded a week to allow the people to decide?
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