Circle
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But it's not quite a circle: no government would allow a repeat of the liquidity collapse seen in the 1930's, or the failure of banks and companies on a scale that puts the entire financial system at hazard.
In short, the draft constitution is an attempt to square a
circle.
But the resurgence of nationalism in Japan is only fanning Chinese nationalism, creating a vicious
circle
from which the two countries are finding it difficult to escape.
The question now is whether the vicious
circle
that began in China over the summer will continue.
Since the Democrats’ victory will most likely depend on these states, the Democratic candidate who can square this circle, or the Republican who can break it, may well win the presidency.
In fact, history could be said to have come full
circle
in the space of a quarter-century, from the fall of communism in Europe in 1989 to renewed confrontation between Russia and the West.
The operative view in central-banking circles has been that the so-called “wealth effect” – when asset appreciation spurs real economic activity – would square the
circle
for a lagging post-crisis recovery.
The “no” vote not only forestalled attempts by President Mwai Kibaki and his inner
circle
to tighten their grip on power, but it also confirmed to ordinary Kenyans the power of the ballot box.
And, evolutionists, confronted with this response, tend to
circle
the wagons and insist that everyone is in agreement.
It was at this intersection of test and trepidation that today’s vicious
circle
of geopolitical turmoil was set in motion.
But others in Putin’s inner
circle
would prefer to lock up Navalny for the fourth time this year – no surprise, given his proven capacity to disrupt the Kremlin’s authority.
Among the soft-power skills are emotional intelligence (self-control and the ability to use emotional cues to attract others); vision (an attractive portrait of the future that balances ideals, objectives, and capabilities); and communication (the ability to use words and symbols to persuade both an inner
circle
and a broader audience).
History has not come full
circle.
Indeed, the process has come full circle: today's complex designs for new semiconductors would be impossible without automated design tools.
Only then will Afghanistan be able to break out of its decades-long vicious
circle
of violence, insecurity, corruption, unemployment, drug trafficking, and aid dependency.
Just as a
circle
can be rotated about its center at any angle, changing the position of each of its points without changing its form, symmetric laws apply to changed situations without changing or losing validity.
That upward mobility is the key to keeping in motion a virtuous
circle
of middle-class expansion and economic growth.
To strengthen the second
circle
of his power, Putin seized control over the state corporations one by one, beginning with Gazprom in May 2001, by appointing loyalists as chief executives and chairmen.
Then there is the third
circle
of power, comprising Putin’s most powerful cronies – the top four appear to be Gennady Timchenko, Arkady Rotenberg, Yuri Kovalchuk, and Nikolai Shamalov – and their companies.
This has naturally created a fourth
circle
of power, over which Putin has no control: the offshore tax havens themselves.
According to a member of Putin’s inner
circle
during the early years of his regime, the latest purge simply reflects the president’s idea of effective management.
The time that he took to decide what he would say attests to the difficulty of squaring that
circle.
But progress is now at risk of slowing, or even reversing, owing to a vicious
circle
of economic failure and violent disorder.
Had he made it to Madrid, Litvinenko’s deposition would have focused on the business connections between the bosses of the so-called Tambov crime syndicate and members of Putin’s inner
circle.
Primakov's resignation and the formation of a new cabinet restored the disrupted equilibrium despite all the talk about the roll of clans and their interests played in the decision and its evaluation as political gambling by the presidential
circle.
The distorted markets imposed on Russia by the new oligarchs created by Russia's market "deforms" (I refuse to let such monstrosities parade under the name of reform) has brought the country back full
circle.
Thus, what we may get is both deepening and widening of the EU – something that today seems like squaring the
circle.
Read the memoirs of the tsarist prime-minister Sergei Witte and you understand that, paradoxically, a liberally-minded progressive bureaucrat was back then, just as some in the small
circle
of officials around Yeltsin are today, the lone pillar of reform.
Studies show that, decades down the line, these children would be more productive, make more money, have fewer kids, and begin a virtuous
circle
of dramatic development.
As a strong candidate to join the Standing Committee of the Politburo, China’s inner
circle
of leadership, Bo’s sudden demise was stunning.
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