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Scientific research to develop products like irradiated sterile insects or the Oxitec mosquitoes proceeds progressively from more to less contained conditions – from the laboratory to
confined
trials to limited field trials.
But reform should not be
confined
to public retirement systems.
But intellectual/corporate piracy is not
confined
to Asia.
The “rare-earth threat” is not
confined
to Japan, as China accounts for over 90% of the world’s production, roughly 120,000 tons.
In Russia, roughly 125,000 people with mental disabilities are
confined
to institutions – for life.
During the hearings, Cambodia asked the ICJ to rule on the adjoining land, but the judges
confined
their decision only to the temple, as Cambodia originally requested.
There is no reason to think this problem is
confined
to the US.
Austerity in Small PlacesBRUSSELS – Interest in small countries’ economic policies is usually
confined
to a small number of specialists.
In functioning democracies, the political drama usually remains
confined
to elections and referenda – such as the British vote to leave the European Union and the US presidential election, won by the populist outsider Donald Trump.
The consequences of Trump’s trade strategy aren’t
confined
to Asia.
In contrast to Globalization 1.0, which was largely
confined
to the cross-border exchange of tangible (manufactured) goods, the scope of Globalization 2.0 is far broader, including growing trade in many so-called intangibles – once nontradable services.
But distrust of universalism in Asia is not
confined
to autocrats.
Serious problems are not
confined
to the developing world: “deaths of despair,” for example, are raising mortality among white males in the United States.
Given the current risk-sensitivity of oil prices, the pain would not be
confined
to the Middle East.
This contributed to the oil shocks of the 1970s, and reinforced the erroneous perception that hydrocarbon reserves were even more limited, and largely
confined
to the Middle East.
No doubt, the differences that now exist between America and Europe are profound, and are not
confined
to a temporary cooling of German-American relations or to a half-serious exchange of invectives about "gun-slinging America" and "old Europe."
Instead of commanding much of northern Sri Lanka, they are now
confined
to a shrinking pocket, and are reduced to mindless military stunts such as the recent bombing by light aircraft of the tax administration building in the capital, Colombo.
A government-appointed committee recently recommended that the board be
confined
to certification (or issuing audience ratings), with the power to censor content only in rare circumstances.
Not
confined
to Asia, outdoor particulate pollution claims over 3.1 million lives worldwide every year, five times the number of deaths from malaria and slightly less than double the current AIDS death rate.
And, in a world in which nearly half of migrants are now moving from one developing country to another, the problems are no longer
confined
to the West.
Meanwhile, the impact of robotics (another technology with digital foundations), is not
confined
to production.
But if economists were
confined
to the ivory tower, we might be unbiased, but we would also be ignorant of practicalities – and thus even less capable of predicting problems.
Nationalist statements that would have been
confined
to the extremist newspaper Den in the early 1990’s are now considered normal, “centrist,” even commonplace.
We are, I believe, part of a mysterious yet integral act, whose source, direction, and purpose, though difficult to grasp at times, does have meaning and purpose – even when one is
confined
behind prison bars.
With Tanzania’s journalists being threatened, assaulted, and kidnapped, our conversation remained
confined
to the mundane.
Choosing candidates has been an affair
confined
solely to political parties.
Under Communism, public debate was
confined
to private kitchens.
Groundwater
confined
in deep geological formations and in offshore aquifers may also be tapped.
Differences persist over whether a security architecture or community should extend across Asia, or be
confined
to an ill-defined “East Asia.”
Anti-immigrant sentiment is hardly
confined
to Germany.
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