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And, to make matters worse, certain key TB drugs can have adverse interactions with standard oral diabetes medications, rendering them less effective.
Still, it is possible to discern some similarities between them, in part because some of their disagreements are not as pronounced as they seem, and in part because the constraints that the next president of the United States will face are certain to limit what either man could do in office.
McCain appears to embrace the view that such meetings are something of a reward, to be offered when preconditions are met (Iran comes to mind) and withdrawn when certain lines are crossed, as Russia was judged to have done this August in Georgia.
Still, some countries may have room to raise tariffs on certain consumer goods.
If train traffic on certain routes increased, it suggested that army food supplies were being delivered, thus hinting at impending military action.
This means that tinkering with the content of porn could be in the national interest, under certain circumstances.
Some forms of authoritarian government can leave a certain amount of room for economic and other freedoms, and thus might be easier to live with than illiberal democratic populism.
Its members had significant economic, political, and social policymaking experience in the developing world, and despite their differences, they all agreed on certain crucial points.
One cannot be certain of such an outcome, of course, but it is now the best that one can realistically hope for.
But I have one vote, and I would not determine a certain candidate because the people themselves should choose their candidates based on their own knowledge.”
It’s simply that, having worked at a rape crisis center and been trained in the basics of sex crime, I have learned that all sex predators go about things in certain recognizable ways.
Prospective buyers of Italian ten-year bonds should look at the longer-term impact of deficit cutting on the debt level, which is pretty certain to be positive.
Lobby groups, activists, and the media promote certain causes – solar panels, the Zika virus, closing tax loopholes immediately – while less fashionable issues, like nutrition or non-communicable diseases, can slip beneath the radar.
Indeed, an excessive emphasis on national sovereignty leads to serious problems: after all, any international agreement, whether political or economic, entails a certain transfer of sovereignty.
Participating in the collective life of the international community of states implies bearing others in mind and, when necessary, giving up certain prerogatives of sovereignty.
States cooperate because it is advantageous for them to do so, but at the same time they lose control over certain internal matters.
On the European level, legitimacy is essential and – let’s be realistic – won’t be achieved unless and until Europeans overcome certain antiquated ideas about sovereignty.
Obama and his congressional allies enacted an $800 billion “stimulus” bill that was loaded with programs geared to key Democratic constituencies, such as environmentalists and public employees; adopted a sweeping and highly unpopular health-care reform (whose constitutionality will be determined by the Supreme Court this year); imposed vast new regulations on wide swaths of the economy; embraced an industrial policy that selects certain companies for special treatment; engaged in borrowing and spending at levels exceeded only in World War II; and centralized power in Washington, DC (and, within the federal government, in the executive branch and regulatory agencies).
Japan and South Korea will inevitably be sucked in as well.”Lee is certain that China’s leaders want to displace the US as the leading power in the Asia-Pacific.
No one can be certain which it will be, but Lee offers wise counsel for statesmen seeking to avoid a catastrophic war between great powers in which there would be no winner.
But there is no evidence of this; and once protests reach a certain size, such claims are likely to become highly implausible in the eyes of most citizens.
Mao’s hundred flowers may have bloomed only briefly, but today’s myriad species of Weltpolitik are certain to bloom perennially.
Indeed, certain aspects of the host-country environment may contribute to radicalization.
We cannot succeed on our own; this much is certain.
With regard to relations between France and the Arab world, one can be certain that Hollande would agree with the pro-engagement thrust of Obama’s 2009 Cairo speech.
Nevertheless, July was a cruel month for Pakistan, and more seem certain to follow.
As a result, effective measures to counteract the global talent gap – characterized by a labor shortage in certain sectors, skills mismatches (workers with qualifications that are no longer in high demand), and under-skilling (few or no qualifications) – are needed today.
Certain individuals, however, are more susceptible to the negative effects of its use.
This demands a certain degree of consensus, which often does not exist, especially when there has been a civil war.
And Europe’s last blinders about Putin seem to have fallen, with the result that serious sanctions are almost certain to be imposed.
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