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But what we need now is precisely the type of new analytical thinking that spurred the great advances of economics as a discipline over the last two and a half
centuries
– and that led to major policy breakthroughs during the Great Depression.
For centuries, Western law arrived with colonial rulers.
This conception of power led in past
centuries
to kings handing over their subjects to slave traders.
For
centuries
Russia appeared strong and powerful.
Each valley is guarded by a dzong (fortress), which includes monasteries and temples, all dating back
centuries
and exhibiting a masterful combination of sophisticated architecture and fine arts.
The global population grew over 50% between 1800 and 1900, and then more than doubled over the following 50 years, with economies growing much faster than in previous
centuries.
Franciscan, Jesuit, and Dominican priests have been spreading the gospel in the region for
centuries.
In the absence of a common language and religion, the EU’s sense of “us” must be based on shared values and culture, born of
centuries
of interaction.
Two
centuries
on, the outgoing prime minister, David Cameron, may be remembered for losing two unions – with Europe and between England and Scotland.
Europe’s Migration ParalysisBERLIN – For many centuries, Europe was a continent plagued by wars, famines, and poverty.
We have known for
centuries
that free trade almost always benefits both parties.
The Plight of the RomaNEW YORK – The Roma have been persecuted across Europe for
centuries.
Hungarians and Romanians, after nine
centuries
of hatred and wars, are embarking on the same process.
Overcoming the legacy of
centuries
of slavery and racism to elect a black president in 2008 and again in 2012 seemed to embody the country’s capacity to reinvent and renew itself.
Venezuela, of course, is a serial defaulter, having done so more times than almost any other country over the last two
centuries.
Like the American revolutionaries two
centuries
ago, Indian nationalists fought for “the rights of Englishmen,” which they thought the replication of the Houses of Parliament would epitomize and guarantee.
For two centuries, far-sighted Ottoman viziers had argued for the need to spur Turkey's economic and technological development: back in 1453, Sultan Mehmet II's armies had conquered Constantinople, because Mehmet had built the most technologically advanced and powerful artillery in the world.
If those who hold power fear that change may bring unpleasant consequences, they will systematically obstruct it, which rulers in the Middle East proceeded to do for
centuries.
Now the scientific community must use its capacity for self-correction – based on new information, discoveries, experiences, and ideas (the stuff of scientific progress for centuries) – to address these threats.
Five
centuries
ago, Che probably would have been one of those priest/soldiers exterminating Latin America’s natives in the name of God.
BERLIN -- Two
centuries
ago the American and French Revolutions brought forth the natural law concept of inalienable human rights.
However, it took nearly two
centuries
of wars, political and social disasters, and decolonization before this idea became globally accepted, at least in theory.
In the following centuries, Europeans would use their economic, cultural, political, and especially military dominance to siphon off the world’s wealth.
Spain, for example, saw its best minds drained away for five centuries, notably following Fascism's victory in the Spanish Civil War.
In
centuries
past, revolutionaries were farmers or blacksmiths or merchants; now they are Google executives and Facebook friends.
If we learned anything from Iraq and Afghanistan, it is that a few years of politics, or institutional rebuilding, does not trump
centuries
of culture.
Those centuries, not the remnants of the Qaddafi regime, are likely to be the real enemy of change in Libya.
The sectarian dimensions of today’s Middle East, with its active Sunni-Shia fault line, are more pronounced than they have been in
centuries.
All states have an interest in stability, so it is hard to imagine that, in the absence of widespread, grave, and undeniable human rights violations, other states would recognize a region that, after being part of a state for many centuries, declared itself independent without the acquiescence of the country from which it secedes.
Moving Lombard Street to the Boulevard Haussmann could be more effective than any of the other attempts we English have made to harm our nearest neighbors over the
centuries.
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