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Modi, it was claimed during the election campaign, would reverse the UPA’s “poor governance” and “policy paralysis,” introducing a radically new approach, based on his corporatist “Gujarat development model.”
The UPA’s critics long claimed that unsustainably low, state-dictated passenger fares and freight charges for rail services – which could not cover the cost of maintenance to ensure the safety of trains and tracks, much less enable expansion and improvement of service – reflected the government’s inability to make tough decisions.
It has often been claimed that capitalism rewards the qualities of self-restraint, hard-work, inventiveness, thrift, and prudence.
In releasing the five, the Obama administration claimed that it was simply doing what was necessary to secure the return by the Taliban of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl (who has now been charged with desertion).
Recent favorable economic data were, he claimed, the result of “the expectation of a Republican Congress.”
Critics of central banks have claimed that a sustained policy of exceptionally low interest rates, reinforced by huge doses of quantitative easing, have caused asset prices to rise indiscriminately.
His damage-control effort further backfired, because he falsely claimed that Clinton and her 2008 presidential campaign had started the birther rumor.
She compounded the problem when she claimed, falsely, that her predecessors had done the same thing, and that State Department security officials had cleared it.
In the tragedy that claimed the lives of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other Polish leaders, we can answer that question with certainty in at least one respect: history is to blame.
While Americans saw in Bahrain’s protests in 2011 a people’s democratic aspirations, no one in the region doubted that the real source of the troubles was a restive Shia majority (perhaps inspired by Iraq, or even, as Sunni Arabs claimed, Iran) trying to remove a Sunni monarchy.
At the time, the military’s leaders claimed that the attack was part of an effort to locate unidentified insurgents who were thought to be responsible for the slayings on October 9 of nine policemen at three border posts in the district of Maungdaw.
A “special dependent” exemption that could be claimed by heads of households (mainly men) for dependents (mainly women) who earned less than about $12,000 per year was eliminated in 2004, but a “dependent” exemption still remains.
After months of struggle, Yushchenko rightfully claimed the presidency.
Vietnam’s Chinese LessonsTOKYO – For 30 years after World War II’s end, Vietnam claimed the global spotlight.
Just four years ago, we were enmeshed in a brutal 14-year civil war that claimed 270,000 lives, destroyed the fabric of our communities, and reduced average income by over 80%.
The center-right European People’s Party, which gained a narrow plurality of 221 seats in the 751-seat parliament, has claimed victory in the election; and many others, including socialists, greens, and liberals, concur that the EPP’s Spitzenkandidat, Jean-Claude Juncker, has a moral right to be selected as President of the Commission.
Speroni claimed that Breivik’s “ideas are in defense of western civilization.”
He claimed that the ultimate proof of artificial intelligence would be met if a human interrogator were unable to figure out that he was conversing with a computer.
The ensuing ethnic clashes claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people, and displaced another 250,000.
Forty-four Huji members were arrested, two of whom claimed to have been sent from South Africa and Pakistan by Osama Bin Laden to distribute money to the extremist madrassas.
Le défi Chinois6e3bd40146f86f4031f85308Thirty-five years ago Jean_Jacques Servan_Schreiber's "Le Défi Americain" (The American Challenge) claimed that Europe was in danger of becoming a branch office for American multinationals.
It is often claimed in the Islamic world that, because one of the five fundamental duties of a Muslim is Zakat (charity to the poor), Islamic society is less atomistic, which limits inequality and social exclusion.
In the business-to-consumer market, Alibaba’s Tmall claimed a 58% market share in the third quarter of 2015, with JD.com taking just 22.9%.
And observer-state status contradicts the reality on the ground, in which the Palestinian Authority does not actually control the territories claimed.
At one level, Asian history has been dominated by rival elites from China, "Turkestan," India, Persia, "Arabia", Japan, and Java (to name but a few examples) who claimed to lead separate indigenous cultural entities.
The eurozone, it is claimed, should have its own budget to provide similarly automatic insurance to its members.
France, Britain, Turkey, and Canada expressed varying degrees of support for US President Barack President Obama’s call for military action, while Russian President Vladimir Putin called US Secretary of State John Kerry a liar and claimed that the evidence against Assad is inconclusive.
He claimed that he meant only that a two-state solution was not achievable under current conditions, as long as the Palestinian Authority is in a coalition with Hamas and as long as vacated territories bring the “rise of militant Islam.”
Overstating matters, as is his wont, Trump claimed, in effect, that Bannon had had nothing to do with his election victory, and that the two had almost never talked one on one.
A third key element, unattractive ethically but probably necessary politically to win the support of the US and others, would be a provision allowing any P5 member to veto when it claimed a “vital national interest” to be at stake.
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