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A slump, after all, is
defined
by a deficiency in total spending.
The distribution of competences between national and subnational levels, as well as the structure of taxation, was
defined
in a very different environment.
It means something much deeper and well
defined.
Indeed, many academics--not just professional knowledge managers--have endorsed recent steps to disaggregate the "unity of teaching and research" that has
defined
the university since the early 19 th century.
The AfDB will choose a new president in May, and it has not only
defined
the job clearly; it has also identified eight candidates and asked each to set out their strategy in advance of the election.
Indeed, unilateral policies can never succeed in a global world
defined
more and more by shared concerns rather than national interests.
But about two-thirds of the private-sector debt that is
defined
as bank loans and corporate bonds is actually held by state-owned enterprises and local-government entities.
The cornerstone of law is social harmony, and its ultimate purpose can be
defined
as promoting social happiness, a higher standard than mere harmony.
At the international level, the Nuremberg model remains available to generate further trials, though under the dubious conditions that victorious powers sometimes impose liability for crimes, such as “crimes against humanity” that were are not properly
defined
at the time they are committed.
In the past, the law
defined
the state-owned sector as the “foundation” of a “socialist market economy,” and the private sector as its “supplement.”
For liberals, by contrast, the nation is
defined
first and foremost by its legal commitments.
Trump advisers like Stephen Miller tellingly describe the construction of the wall as a policy driven by “love” – that is, love of the American political community, clearly
defined
in space.
As with other aspects of China’s transformation, it draws pragmatically on international practice, but is
defined
by its Chinese characteristics.
It is pointless to attempt to divine whether China’s effort to establish the AIIB reflects a desire to strengthen its global standing or is aimed only at advancing the country’s narrowly
defined
commercial interests.
It is a longstanding method of conflict frequently
defined
as deliberate attack on the innocent with the objective of spreading fear.
Earnings are different from most other economic variables, because they are
defined
essentially as the difference between two series: revenues and expenses.
The rule of law has been
defined
in a variety of ways, but most authorities agree on certain key characteristics.
They amplified the global conversation about development and
defined
its terms.
Before the disaster, Japan issued about $1.5 billion in earthquake-related catastrophe bonds as a risk-management device: the debt is canceled if a precisely
defined
seismic event occurs.
Worse yet, even this triple disaster often did not fit the definition of the seismic event
defined
by the bond indentures.
In theory, this shortcut is supposed to be used in rather loosely
defined
“emergency” cases.
Vaguely
defined
terms are a standard part of the totalitarian toolkit, and they always begin, as Hedges notes, with legislation that subverts the rule of law by enabling the arbitrary exercise of power.
This time, the UN would earmark part of the export revenues of any given AU member for specific and
defined
programs and budget contributions.
But, while some sources indicate that there are now more middle-class families in Africa
(defined
as having annual incomes in excess of $20,000) than in India, the continent also contains countries with the world’s highest levels of inequality.
But every so often, a “post-normal” scientific puzzle emerges, something philosophers Silvio Funtowicz and Jerome Ravetz first
defined
in 1993 as a problem “where facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high, and decisions urgent.”
I
defined
its objectives as opening up closed societies, making open societies more viable, and promoting a critical mode of thinking.
If the open society is to serve as an ideal worth striving for, it can no longer be
defined
in terms of the Communist menace.
The most recent major study on the topic found that, from 1990 to 2007, the penetration of industrial robots –
defined
as autonomous, automatically controlled, reprogrammable, and multipurpose machines – undermined both employment and wages.
Now the country has more than half of the world’s roughly 50,000 large dams,
defined
as having a height of at least 15 meters, or a storage capacity of more than three million cubic meters.
Palestinian identity – which has long been
defined
by a narrative centered on independence – hangs in the balance.
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