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She will continue to emphasize close relations with France because there is no alternative;Britain, absent from the euro zone and the Schengen border regime, remains the odd man-in of the EU.
And indeed, The Ordinary Virtues by the former Canadian politician Michael Ignatieff, which grew from a Carnegie study, indicates that even in the world’s most desolate and lawless corners, individuals have a strong sense of their own rights and also, if to a lesser extent, of the importance of treating those close to them with decency.
Together with governments, educators, donors, and other partners, we can help close the gap and achieve education for all.
There are two ways to close the gap between leading and lagging parts of the economy.
Most ominously, the window of opportunity for a two-state solution could close for good, because realities on the ground will no longer allow it.
As long as female candidates are forced to meet multiple, contradictory gender expectations, the US will never close the most prominent gap of all: that between America and the many countries that have already chosen a woman to lead them.
Second, despite Britain’s close economic links to Europe, leaving the EU would exclude it from the decision-making process determining the rules of the single market.
There was never any public explanation for this message, either, just rumors - that "Roma" was Roman Abramovich (this was long before the tycoon bought the Chelsea football team, becoming a world celebrity), and that he had close ties with then President Boris Yeltsin's inner circle, known as "the Family."
In the last three recessions, the Fed’s cumulative interest-rate cuts have been close to five full percentage points.
Win, win, win – and the media often help close the deal, focusing entirely on all the supposed upsides.
But older people, living outside large urban areas, have voted instead to build barriers and – to a significant extent – attempt to close off the country from the rest of the world.
If the world is ever to overcome HIV/AIDS, we must find ways to close these gaps.
Unemployment remains high in the eurozone, at close to 9%, but that still represents significant progress from the past decade or so.
As yet, the organization, led by Yasmine Sherif, lacks the necessary funding to help close the huge financing gap.
Most Chinese debt is held in renminbi; the country possesses massive foreign-exchange reserves of close to $3 trillion; and capital controls are still effective, despite having been eased in recent years.
Putin in DenialWASHINGTON, DC – As 2014 came to a close, an enormous financial crisis erupted in Russia.
One day after the result was announced, the country’s Constitutional Council, led by Gbagbo’s close ally Paul Yao N’Dre, annulled the results from seven departments in the north, declaring Gbagbo the winner of the election with 51% of the vote.
In particular, emphasizing a “shift to more assertive diplomacy,” Abe’s policy speech cited Japan’s initiative in proposing sanctions against North Korea to the United Nations Security Council, and its success in overseeing – through close coordination with the United States and other countries – the resolution’s unanimous adoption.
Gateway countries would establish, in close cooperation with the United Nations Refugee Agency and the EU, processing centers to register asylum-seekers and assess their applications.
Similarly, interest-rates are likely to remain close to zero for years.
European leaders gravely miscalculated at the start of Turkey’s EU accession talks, believing that close ties would make the Middle East’s conflicts Europe’s problem.
And lower inflation in Germany means that, to close the inflation differential, peripheral countries will need a bout of outright deflation.
This means that everyone will either be personally affected by a mental-health problem or have close contact with someone who is.
Research shows that whether or not a person obtains professional help is strongly influenced by the encouragement and attitudes of those close to them.
Africa’s Post-Brexit OpportunityLONDON – The entire world felt the shock waves from the decision by voters in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, and Africa was no exception, especially given its close historical ties with many EU member states.
Two months later, opposition units from Duma and Ghouta were close to cutting off Assad’s forces in Damascus from the north of the country, by controlling strategic hills and paralyzing the M5 motorway.
This seems paradoxical, because interest rates are close to zero in most advanced economies.
Obama has maintained close relations with Malaysia’s Najib (the two are reportedly golfing buddies).
This function, fulfilled mostly by DNA today, was probably first carried out by RNA, a close relative of DNA.
The government itself has led the way here, starting with its decision to close public administration buildings on Saturdays.
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