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The boys wear jock straps on their heads; the sadistic older brother/military school cadet refers to the 2 main characters as donkey genitalia (not a
direct
quote; I'm too much of a gentleman to use the correct word here and if I did use it, it would probably be expurgated); and one character gets turned into a three-foot-tall clod of steaming manure (how symbolic).
A global economy includes not only the free movement of goods and services but, more importantly, the free movement of ideas and capital (everything from
direct
investments to financial transactions).
Both are hoping for a
direct
US war with Iran.
This is America’s intention; it is up to Europe and China to defeat it, in the interest of global peace, as well as in their own
direct
economic interest.
In April 2014, then-US Secretary of State John Kerry told the US Congress that
direct
talks between Israel and Palestine went “poof” when Israel announced 700 new housing units for Israelis in the West Bank.
In fact, Bush has already expressed his objection to unconditional
direct
talks with Iran and Syria.
Given unlimited time, less-developed commodity-rich countries would first invest in human capital and institutions, then
direct
their growing commodity revenues into infrastructure, and move on to diversify their economies by strengthening the agriculture, manufacturing, and service sectors.
Ukraine’s Western partners should also push for informal,
direct
contacts between Ukraine’s government and the diverse actors in eastern Ukraine currently labeled as “separatist.”
The US has even made
direct
overtures to the Taliban, in order to promote negotiations aimed at securing peace through a power-sharing arrangement.
China narrowed the trade policy gap with other developing countries, bringing average tariffs down to Southeast Asian and Latin American levels (about 10%) and establishing comparable openness to foreign
direct
investment (FDI).
Moreover, it is the largest recipient of foreign
direct
investment in Africa, and thriving Nigerian businesses – such as my own – have begun to expand internationally.
But the international community should
direct
its money to humanitarian causes, such as hospitals and schools, rather than backing American designs.
Ultimately,
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dialogue at the highest levels should be a key objective.
Direct
diplomatic and strategic engagement between the US and Iran at the highest levels is a proposition yet to be tested.
Even when, as in the UK, the cost of losses is not completely ruinous, the
direct
damage to domestic credit and to broader confidence can be enough to hold back the economy for a half-decade or more.
In fact, FIFA prohibits both
direct
and indirect taxation on all income from the event, exempting continental soccer confederations, host-country broadcasters, and FIFA member associations, service providers, and contractors.
Indeed, such
direct
democracy helped make California ungovernable.
For example,
direct
ballots on hot-button issues made prison sentencing mandatory, while simultaneously reducing taxes and funding for prisons.
And, instead of
direct
government investment of that amount, the administration wants to provide modest tax incentives for the private sector to spearhead various projects.
He naively ignored the harsh lessons of 20 years of abortive peacemaking, and insisted on sticking to the worn-out paradigm of
direct
negotiations between parties that, when left to their own devices, are bound to come to a deadlock.
Trump has repeatedly argued that America’s overall economic performance in 2017 should be seen as the
direct
result of his policies, and he has made a big deal out of the third-quarter growth rate, which was initially reported as 3.3%, then revised down to 3.2%.
There are even rumors that some of them have resorted to witchcraft to summon spirits from beyond the grave, and that Ahmadinejad has had
direct
contact with the hidden Imam (the Shia messiah).
But China continues to work hard on many fronts to cement an advantageous position in Latin America, including by pouring large volumes of
direct
investment into the region.
Indeed, whether or not its leaders acknowledge it, the European Union is now in
direct
conflict with Russia over its enlargement policy since the end of the Cold War.
That is because Russia’s re-emergence as a global power requires not just the reintegration of lost Soviet territories, but also
direct
access to Europe and a dominant role there, especially in Eastern Europe.
Every year, US residents take some of what they earn in overseas investment income – interest on bonds, dividends on equities, and repatriated profits on
direct
investment – and reinvest it then and there.
And bank bailouts, involving the
direct
use of public money to recapitalize failing institutions, are even more costly and politically unpopular.
Nonetheless, there is as of yet no clear evidence that the UN's human rights treaties have a
direct
measurable positive impact on the human rights practices of individual countries that ratify them, all else being equal.
Individuals and private organizations – including WikiLeaks, multinational corporations, NGOs, terrorists, or spontaneous social movements – have been empowered to play a
direct
role.
Indeed, there have been many smaller “booms” – in consumption, foreign
direct
investment, domestic stock markets, trade, travel, overseas study, military modernization, and international diplomacy.
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