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Yet this seems to be the distinctive operating style of Kirchnerism, torn between an elite born and raised in Patagonia, a few close allies, and everybody else.
Why are we suddenly experiencing so many close results in democratic elections?
Through the UN and other channels, Washington called on Tehran to close the fastest growing hole in international sanctions on Iraq.
The executives get the upside when things go well; when the downside risks materialize, they lose nothing (or close to it).
As September drew to a close, the US Supreme Court reached its decision in the case of Manuel Valle, who had been sentenced to death 33 years earlier.
In several EU countries, more than a quarter of the population has been unemployed for close to a decade, and political discontent is boiling over into extremism.
Microfinance can close this gap by providing the small loans that SMEs need to get off the ground and thrive.
But that window will close fast, because beneficiaries of specific reform policies have morphed into vested interests, which are fighting hard to protect what they have.
The key is to close the confidence gap and pave the way for meaningful dialogue.
Such tensions could spill over and impede trade, tourism, and investment, especially if incidents occur between rival air or naval forces operating in close proximity over or around disputed waters and territories.
More surprising, France dismissed a money-laundering charge brought against another billionaire, Suleyman Kerimov, though Kerimov, a member of Russia’s Federation Council, does maintains close ties to the Kremlin.
The ties of Berlusconi’s close aides and friends to Italy’s various Mafia clans are well documented.
The Case Against Helicopter MoneyMUNICH – Despite years of expansionary monetary policy, the European Central Bank has failed to push inflation back up to its target of “below but close to 2%.”
As a result, most advanced economies are once again producing at close to capacity.
By closing loopholes, we will finally close our ports and markets to illegally obtained fish.
Engineers have both an opportunity and a responsibility to close crucial gaps in the current system.
Close cooperation with national supervisors will be built into the framework.
In the real world nowadays, people are increasingly tempted to erect walls and close themselves off from “others.”
Turkey believed that by engaging Syria, it could lure the Assad regime away from its close alliance with Iran.
The meeting took place just months after Washington fended off Russian pressure on the Kyrgyz to close the base.
Close cousins included targeting the price level instead of the inflation rate, and targeting core inflation (the CPI minus volatile food and energy prices).
With the Chinese economy still growing at close to 10% per year, the government can afford to take more short-term policy risk in order to clear the way for its structural agenda.
Clearly, plants located near tsunami-prone areas need to be reconsidered, and some countries have power plants in disturbingly close proximity to seismic faults – and to large cities.
As the first week of the annual UN General Debate drew to a close, there was lofty talk of seize-the-moment imperatives – from climate change and sustainable development to renewed pledges of aid for the impoverished and the advancement of women around the globe.
But, given his credentials – he is a formidable Chinese linguist and creative policy thinker, with long and close personal relationships with key figures in both the US and China – his argument must be taken seriously.
Domestic industries that face foreign competition are beginning to close down or relocate abroad.
Many Palestinians have been killed under Israeli rule, but their number is not even close to the number of Muslim civilians who are still being tortured, murdered, and maimed by Muslim governments every day.
Non-deliverable forward contracts should be subject to close regulation and supervision in both source and destination countries.
Take the same country’s current-account deficit and ask how large a real depreciation is needed (making some assumptions about trade elasticities along the way) to close that external gap.
To understand what is happening, consider Evergreen Solar, the third-largest maker of solar panels in the US, which announced in January that it would close its main American factory, lay off its 800 workers there within two months, and shift production to China.
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