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If you think I exaggerate, you have not been paying close attention.
But even with independently drawn districts, elections in many parts of the country will not be competitive, because voters from the same party often live in close proximity.
The EU's foreign policy should be guided by the following goals:fight terrorism;prevent local conflict;promote human rights and democracy;oblige unpredictable countries to become responsible;maintain close cooperation between Europe and the US;help poor countries.
Here, the European Union should clearly signal its readiness to take the lead in easing and lifting restrictions on Iran, though this obviously must be done in close coordination with Europe’s partners.
And, based on close consultation with both Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, it may yet be possible to move toward more cooperative arrangements in that strategically vital region.
Stationed for a decade as a KGB agent in the former East Germany, he saw Western democratic and business practices at close hand, and is believed to be committed to them.
As Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macao returned "to the embrace of the Motherland," Mao's commitment seemed close to realization.
Developed in close collaboration with the industry, it offers “detailed recommendations to help companies respect human rights and avoid contributing to conflict through their mineral purchasing decisions and practices.”
Despite their very different backgrounds, Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin are forging a remarkably close partnership.
Moreover, the interests rates charged on these loans are not linked to market rates, but rather to the bank’s refinancing cost, which is already close to zero.
This implies that QE would not reach, say, Spanish households, whose mortgages are indexed to short-term rates, which are already close to zero.
Instead, GDP has collapsed, with the Spanish and Italian economies expected to contract by close to 2% this year.
How they use monetary, fiscal, structural, institutional, and regulatory policies may differ, but each will ultimately be judged by how close he comes to achieving that goal.
Rather, it will have to be developed proactively, with a sense of urgency and in close partnership with the affected countries and the communities within them.
Europe needs a grand bargain, involving close coordination on structural reforms and fiscal and monetary policy.
Western observers placed the blame on Asian countries’ lack of transparency and on overly close relations between firms and governments – what they described as “crony capitalism.”
On the contrary, many of them are ostensibly America’s close allies.
The overriding idea is that the US and its close allies get to choose who governs in the region.
This was supported by close to 60% of Danes.
As 2012 comes to a close, it is in trouble, and every effort must be made to nurture and strengthen it.
Koichi Hamada, chief economic adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, provides a reminder that seems all the more relevant as the US experiment comes to a close: “The belief that monetary policy does not matter is the most dangerous idea in economic history.”
Even the Internet, it turns out, is not as borderless as it seems: one study found that Americans are much more likely to visit Web sites from countries that are physically close than from countries that are far away, even after controlling for language, income, and many other factors.
In this crisis, the stakes are high, which is why Germany, the UK, and France began negotiations with Iran two years ago with the goal of persuading Iran to abandon its efforts to close the nuclear fuel cycle.
Eradication is also difficult because TB is a highly contagious airborne bacterium; people living and working in close quarters – such as miners, prisoners, migrants, and refugees – suffer the highest rates of infection.
Persuaded as they are that France should act alone, they would close the economy to foreign competition, suppress financial markets, and send immigrants back to their homelands.
Integrating transformative technologies into our social and economic systems will require close collaboration between stakeholders in government, industry, and civil society.
Policymakers should maintain close collaboration with the technologists and entrepreneurs leading the revolution, lest they fall behind.
True, Germany’s trade surplus is 8% of GDP, and its current-account surplus is close to 9% of GDP, which is excessive.
Xi’s second major victory at the 19th National Congress was the promotion of two close allies to the Politburo Standing Committee.
Household spending supported overall growth close to 2% last year.
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