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So the dictator promulgated a Constitution in 1980 which required that his
continuation
as President be subject to a plebiscite eight years later.
When the ballot counting was completed, Pinochet's
continuation
had been rejected by a margin of 55% to 43% (the remaining votes were blank or invalid).
There is no guarantee that the EU would agree to an interim
continuation
of free trade, and it seems certain that UK exports would face higher tariffs than its former EU partners in those third countries (placing British exporters at a competitive disadvantage).
Insofar as Israel’s new foreign-policy opportunities allow for the
continuation
of that suppression, they are not good for Palestine or Israel.
This black-and-white perspective may seem like a
continuation
of the Soviet-era worldview.
When is a loan a new loan, and when is it just a
continuation
of an existing line of credit?
But this would require a dramatic increase in education spending, including more funding for existing programs, like Education Cannot Wait, which supports the
continuation
of schooling for children in disaster areas, and the Global Partnership for Education, which provides grants to support education in countries with the most need.
Putin’s return to the presidency, following a period of de facto control as prime minister, was supposed to signify a reassuring
continuation
of “business as usual” – a strong, orderly state devoid of the potentially destabilizing effects of multiparty democracy and bickering politicians.
But it would be a mistake to assume that the reemergence of so-called “XXL powers” like China and India will simply bring a
continuation
of Western traditions.
A century earlier, the German military theorist Carl von Clausewitz had written that war is “a
continuation
of political intercourse carried on with other means.”
War is a
continuation
not of politics, but of political failure.
The belligerents in Europe and Asia 100 years ago could not turn to the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly, venues where diplomacy, rather than war, can be the true
continuation
of politics.
Of course, growth this year is in many ways a
continuation
of that achieved during Barack Obama’s presidency.
CAMBRIDGE – Is today’s slow growth in advanced economies a
continuation
of long-term secular decline, or does it reflect the normal aftermath of a deep systemic financial crisis?
Observers seize upon every new piece of economic data to forecast QE’s
continuation
or an acceleration of its decline.
Governments, companies, investors, and individuals all need to shake off complacency and take a more disciplined approach to borrowing and lending to prepare for the end – or
continuation
– of QE.
And the US could have less of a role in a new Middle East with new governments less forgiving than their predecessors about the
continuation
of the occupation.
But reform requires the
continuation
of the peace and security that is the bequest of US leadership.
Rather than constituting a break from the past, the quarter-century following the fall of the Berlin Wall actually turned out to be a
continuation
– indeed, a culmination – of what came before.
The nineteenth-century Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz is (too) often cited for his dictum that war is a
continuation
of politics by other means.
Business became simply the
continuation
of politics by other means.
Simply put, a technocratic focus on upgrading skills and operational capability, in the absence of improved governance of the security services, can be easily subverted by anti-reform coalitions, resulting in the
continuation
of regressive patterns of behavior.
The first scenario is a
continuation
of the current situation.
Sultan’s death is the first time that the burial of a Saudi royal has been delayed to give the ruling family time to decide on the next in line – a sign of internal discord (and concord on the
continuation
of dynastic rule).
In a sense, this will be a
continuation
of Germany’s long history of self-abolition.
Most people in the West regard Syria’s civil war as a
continuation
of the sectarian violence in Iraq.
Even if Russia and Iran are pursuing separate agendas in supporting Assad, both countries’ interests are inextricably connected to the
continuation
of the regime, not necessarily to Assad’s political survival.
In the end, the decision to build the Wall was a desperate bid both to secure the
continuation
of communist rule in East Germany and to appease his detractors.
In countries like Germany, which have been on the ropes since the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, a
continuation
of stagnation or outright recession would deeply strain budgets and credibility.
It has pursued manifestly expansionist territorial claims, most notably in the South China Sea, and shown a clear determination to resist the indefinite
continuation
of American dominance in the region.
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