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Saleh received a strong endorsement from the GCC last December for his domestic wars, and Saudi Arabia has been in direct military confrontation with the Houthis, its army having
crossed
Yemen’s border.
The good news (fingers crossed) is that a full-fledged emerging-market financial crisis is unlikely.
In the meantime, Labour seems to be hoping for who-knows-what to turn the tide, while keeping their collective fingers
crossed
that they will not be eviscerated in Scotland, where the Scottish National Party is threatening to sweep the board.
Politically, however, most of them have
crossed
the threshold that has long limited their access to the kitchen of international decision-making.
When China Radio International covertly backs 33 radio stations in 14 countries, the boundary of sharp power has been crossed, and we should expose the breach of voluntarism.
One proposal calls for the European Stability Mechanism to adopt a system similar to that of the International Monetary Fund, in order to prevent lending to insolvent countries and force reprofiling or restructuring after a certain debt threshold is
crossed.
Sixteen cities have already
crossed
the World Bank’s threshold for high-income status, with annual per capita incomes of more than $12,616, and four – Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen – have global reach.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been above 19,000 since November, and countless news stories have focused on its flirtation with the 20,000 barrier – which might be
crossed
by the time this commentary is published.
A virus that previously infected the fruit bat has
crossed
over to humans, whose population growth and density is at odds with the support that the natural environment can provide.
My brother and I
crossed
the Tumen River, which forms part of North Korea’s border with China.
Korean popular culture has also
crossed
borders, particularly among younger people in neighboring Asian countries, while the impressive success of the Korean diaspora in the US has further enhanced the attractiveness of the culture and country from which they came.
For example, three years ago Ukrainians
crossed
the border with Poland six million times.
In 49 BC, Caesar
crossed
the Rubicon, engulfing Rome in civil war.
We Are All Climate Refugees NowNEW YORK – Modern humans, born into one climate era, called the Holocene, have
crossed
the border into another, the Anthropocene.
According to the best estimates, the income share of America’s top 10% probably
crossed
50% in 2012 for the first time ever, and the 22% income share that went to the top 1% was exceeded only in 2007, 2006, and 1928.
And on July 22, when the border with Colombia was reopened, 35,000 Venezuelans
crossed
the narrow bridge between the two countries to buy food and medicines.
In June, Obama announced that Assad’s regime had used chemical weapons against its own population and had thus
crossed
his administration’s “red line.”
Indeed, the bitter legacy of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, followed by the 2008 financial crisis, has made the United States not only reluctant to use its military might, even when “red lines” are crossed, but also seemingly unwilling to bear any serious burden to maintain its global leadership position.
Seventy years ago, 200,000 Soviet soldiers – overwhelmingly male and predominantly Russian –
crossed
the Volga River to the city of Stalingrad.
Obama learned this the hard way, when he drew a “red line” against Syria’s use of chemical weapons and then failed to act forcefully when Syria
crossed
that line.
Following Islamic State attacks against Kurdish enclaves, more than 120,000 refugees
crossed
into Turkey in a single weekend.
But sometimes the line really is crossed, all relevant players know it, and the consequences are potentially profound.
The Birth of a Power SourceOXFORD – Germany has just
crossed
the threshold of 20% renewable power – honoring its 2020 commitment to the European Union eight years ahead of schedule.
The Egyptians’ tanks could still have counter-attacked, but they were engaged by an Israeli tank battalion that appeared from well behind the trench lines, having
crossed
supposedly impassable sand dunes.
Then the Israeli tanks that had been shooting up the trench lines
crossed
over them to enter the box, and finish off Egyptian resistance.
World oil prices
crossed
$40 a barrel in mid-summer, and have since climbed to the mid-$50's.
Second, we need to make use of the perfectly functioning electronic chip already inside the ball to settle decisively whether a ball has
crossed
the field’s boundaries or its all-important goal lines.
And again, in the winter of 1950-1951, Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong intervened in the Korean War when the US army
crossed
the 38th parallel and advanced toward China’s border.
By the time Europe and China
crossed
paths in the Opium Wars of 1839-42, a technologically superior Europe had vast military advantages and so forced China into a series of unilateral, humiliating concessions.
The United States and Israel
crossed
the Rubicon in 2010 by launching the Stuxnet attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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