Claiming
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In defining competitiveness we are not
claiming
that one country’s competitiveness means another country’s lack of competitiveness.
Japan may have the upper hand in public relations having branded the US a "managed trader" and
claiming
for itself (amazingly) the "free trader" label, but Japan cannot win.
In the eighteenth century, Voltaire constructed an analogous argument,
claiming
that religion’s major virtue was its social usefulness.
Claiming
to be suffering from a disorder such as “sexual addiction,” or checking into a rehabilitation clinic for “treatment,” as Weinstein has reportedly done, fits with a classic Machiavellian response.
The bomber was Abdullah Asiri, a Saudi citizen and Al-Qaeda member who had returned from Yemen,
claiming
to have renounced terrorism and wishing to surrender directly to Prince Muhammad in his palace.
In the two months since the book’s publication in English, many an essay has been penned
claiming
that the Paris School of Economics professor’s grand oeuvre confirms earlier claims (usually the author’s own) about the perils of inequality in Latin America.
This enabled Lomborg to appeal the verdict, successfully,
claiming
that the Committee had victimized him for political reasons, given his recent appointment as director of a major national institute for environmental research.
Countries avoid action by
claiming
that it is someone else's job to lead.
So, instead of embarking immediately on a radical emissions-reduction trajectory, we can continue to emit massive amounts of CO2 – and even establish new coal plants – while
claiming
to be taking climate action by “supporting” the development of CCS technology.
Sinn sidesteps this argument by
claiming
that there is no legal basis for compelling Germany to choose between agreeing to Eurobonds or leaving the euro.
Rather than
claiming
the opposite, politicians should acknowledge that there are no quick fixes to the uneven geography of modern economic development.
Indeed, the issue of security dominated both the parliamentary and presidential elections, with all sides
claiming
to be the best qualified to counter extremism.
The British minister responsible for the test justified the idea by
claiming
that “the simple act of taking one’s turn is one of the things that holds our country together.
But the rate of increase in payroll employment fell in March to less than half of the rate recorded in previous months, and the number of workers
claiming
unemployment benefits recently jumped to a four-month high.
Kurds exceeded this number, with 95%
claiming
an improvement.
The world is far different from what it was last spring, when the Bush administration was once again
claiming
to see “light at the end of the tunnel.”
The absence of clarity about the frontier – China reneged on a 2001 promise to exchange maps with India – serves as cover for the PLA’s aggression, with China denying all incursions and
claiming
that its troops are operating on “Chinese land.”
Populist leaders feel vindicated, and they are not shy about
claiming
credit.
For example, in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, some Serbs justified their attacks on their neighbors by
claiming
that they were taking revenge for crimes committed during World War II by fascist Croats and their Muslim allies.
With the BJP-appointed speaker
claiming
that she could not count heads in the din, opposition parties’ motion of no confidence against the government was not even debated.
Any candidate
claiming
to represent the interests of developing countries must distance himself from these policies.
Horizontal PDPs are relatively uncontroversial, but vertical PDPs can unleash severe criticism, with skeptics
claiming
that they involve “picking winners.”
Until 2000, the government tended more to rely on the advice of the OSCE, but even since 2001, it has tried to buttress its position by
claiming
that it gets along better than ever with the OSCE and its mission.
He was bent on purging the judiciary and the public prosecutor’s office,
claiming
that they were aligned with the protesters opposing his government and their military backers, who had been overthrown in 2011.
Until recently, China seemed their ultimate destination,
claiming
an ever larger share of investment by Asia’s huge production networks.
Meanwhile, international bodies, including the International Monetary Fund and the G-20, encouraged struggling countries to implement loose fiscal policies,
claiming
that they were needed to overcome the crisis.
Has the wave of right-wing populism in the West really crested, as some are
claiming?
Entertaining gossip has mutated into an assault on privacy, with newspapers
claiming
that any attempt to keep them out of people’s bedrooms is an assault on free speech.
You know that a doctrine is in trouble when not even those
claiming
to defend it understand what it means.
It is important, therefore, that the disease is not forgotten even when it is not
claiming
victims.
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