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In terms of counterterrorism, the tragic events in Mumbai present an opportunity to ratchet up intelligence sharing, joint response training, and personnel exchanges to
defeat
the defining threat of our times.
Attempts to bring economic rationality and equity to American medicine date back to immediately after World War II, when President Harry Truman's proposal for establishing a national health insurance system brought cries of "socialized medicine" and quick
defeat
in Congress.
I do not think, therefore, that Obama will be too vexed by some of the criticism he faces at the end of his first year in office, though he will undoubtedly grimace at the
defeat
of the Democratic candidate in the special election in Massachusetts to fill Ted Kennedy’s old seat.
It was a victory for naked power – and a
defeat
for shared rules.
In its rush to find partners to help
defeat
ISIS, and thus to minimize its own direct contribution in the conflict, it emboldened parties with conflicting objectives.
As Obama put it, a limited ground operation to
defeat
the jihadists would only lead to “ideological extremes.”
The
defeat
of the military revolt was the first time that the republican authority of Paris had been asserted over the pieds noirs who had helped to bring down the Fourth Republic.
President Barack Obama’s instincts may be an exception here, but he is fighting powerful hidebound forces in the United States, as well as a demagogic populism, in the form of the Tea Party, that is far worse – and that might
defeat
him in 2012, seriously damaging America in the process.
When this vote occurs, probably in October, a tactical alliance of all opposition parties with a dozen pro-European Tories could well
defeat
the government.
If such a
defeat
looks imminent, May will probably move to avert it by herself proposing a referendum to make the final decision between her version of Brexit and the EU status quo.
We need to mobilize to
defeat
extremism.
A
defeat
for Renzi will be read as a victory for Italy’s two major populist parties: the Lega Nord and the larger Five Star Movement, led by the comedian Beppe Grillo.
Nonetheless, the US was unable to prevent the “loss” of China, “roll back” communism in Eastern Europe, prevent stalemate in the Korean War,
defeat
Vietnam’s National Liberation Front, or dislodge the Castro regime in Cuba.
Blair, still stung by his Labour Party’s
defeat
in local elections in early May, also welcomed the good news from Iraq.
Finally, the Iraqi government must begin dismantling the militia groups that still outgun the fledgling Iraqi army, and it must
defeat
the largely Sunni-led insurgency.
Reforms to alter the boundaries of Congressional districts to make them more competitive would help alleviate this problem, but few incumbent Congressmen will vote for changes that might increase their risk of
defeat.
Forcing the US to use its veto in the Security Council, or obtaining the support of more than 150 of the UN’s 193 member states in the General Assembly, would be a huge
defeat
for Israel and the US, which is why the Latin American votes are important.
The danger of a major confrontation has been heightened further by a series of factors: persistent high oil prices, which have created new financial and political opportunities for Iran; the
defeat
of the West and its regional allies in proxy wars in Gaza and Lebanon; and the United Nations Security Council’s failure to induce Iran to accept even a temporary freeze of its nuclear program.
Imagine that Trump had won the popular vote by a wide margin, but suffered a narrow
defeat
in the Electoral College.
Singapore quickly fell, in what is widely considered Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s most ignominious military
defeat.
It means engaging in costly behavior that is sufficiently extreme that a conventional politician would never want to emulate it, yet not so extreme that it would turn the reformer into a populist and
defeat
the purpose.
But the
defeat
of ISIS and the demise of its self-proclaimed Iraqi-Syrian caliphate won’t bring peace to the Middle East, or even an end to the Syrian tragedy.
After all, as the Syrian conflict has starkly demonstrated, wars usually
defeat
their own purposes.
But we never imagined the terrifying lengths to which the state – working hand-in-hand with the new oligarchic rich – would go to
defeat
our cause.
Seeing in Russia’s Cold War
defeat
the need to extol the non-Western roots of Russian history and tradition, Putin has fallen back on the same conservative values that emerged in response to the Napoleonic invasion of 1812, frustrating Peter the Great’s modernization efforts.
There was patent gloating about the German
defeat
everywhere, only thinly disguised behind strained expressions of solidarity.
Instead, it is a full-blown
defeat
for Germany, linked to its firm denial that German policy has sharply reduced the country’s influence in the EU.
But Germany’s defeat, however widely celebrated, holds much cause for concern.
We must have the backing of the Afghan people if we are to
defeat
the Taliban.
The right accepted its defeat, and the left has governed reasonably (maintaining the dollar as the national currency).
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