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Men favored George W. Bush by 11 points in 2000, and women favored Obama by 13 points and 11 points in 2008 and 2012, respectively; but until now we have never seen double-digit gaps in both directions simultaneously.
Many countries changed their policies, but in directions markedly different from the reforms that the IMF had urged.
But reform momentum is tugging in two, quite opposite, directions.
On the contrary, people are often in an ensemble of different players, on a stage with various props, costumes, scripts, and stage directions from producers and directors.
But they are heading in opposite directions, because, whereas Pakistan understands why Asia is rising, Myanmar does not.
To complicate matters, the lag works in both directions.
Although bound to be controversial, especially in an election year in the United States, enough flexibility should be given to the renminbi in both directions when it is needed.
Party strategies are leading them in unexpected directions.
But the sad reality is that political, social, and economic pressures tend to push EU members and citizens in opposing directions; shared histories, it seems, are an insufficient basis for shared policies.
Although its future directions are uncertain, this 26-member forum trumps Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and ASEAN Plus Three, which includes China, Japan, and South Korea.
Opening the economy and freeing internal markets may well entail sizable redistribution between rich and poor, but in opposite directions in the two groups of countries.
Policy reforms shift the distribution of income in different directions in different developing countries, as expected, given the diverse starting conditions.
I’ve been awarded the Nobel Prize for something I seem to have said, or done, or thought, in 1934!”Discoveries can come from unforeseen directions, as seemingly unrelated and obscure research areas intersect unexpectedly.
To boost investment in both directions, a zone of monetary stability should be created.
As people pursue new directions in business, science, and the arts, they develop innovations and improvements that drive the economy forward.
Some of the factors that will shape our lives appear to tug in different directions.
The idea was brilliantly elegant: just as our universe is homogeneous (the same at every point in space) and isotropic (looking the same in all directions), it remains the same at every point in time.
This may reflect the high interchange in both directions between the Anglo-Saxon countries, or replacement migration in which skilled people arrive from elsewhere as the domestic skilled migrate to other Anglo-Saxon countries.
Moving to a model in which carbon emission levels and growth move in opposite directions – what we call a post-carbon economy – may start with agreements in Copenhagen to reduce carbon in the air.
Though scientists have traditionally tended to focus on either prevention or cure, defeating the HIV/AIDS virus will require researchers – and their funders – to collaborate to address the challenge from both directions.
For individuals, it can help turn the threat of redundancy into the challenge of venturing in new directions.
A Role Reversal for Myanmar and ThailandBANGKOK – Rarely do next-door neighbors move as rapidly in opposite political directions as Thailand and Myanmar have in recent years.
More populous countries have more business travel in both directions, but the volume is less than proportional to their population: a country with 100% more population than another has only about 70% more business travel.
Those who claim that America has a debt problem, and that a debt problem cannot be cured with more debt, ignore (sometimes deliberately) that private debt and US Treasury debt have been very different animals – moving in different directions and behaving in different ways – since the start of the financial crisis.
Few missed the irony of formulating two plans that pointed in opposite directions.
The threat came from two directions – from within the highest echelons of the Party leadership, where ideological differences over reform split the ruling Politburo, and from the urban masses, who, with Beijing’s university students at the vanguard, stood in open, peaceful revolt against state authority.
Causation probably runs in both directions here: cultural factors may have impeded economic growth, while poor economic performance (say, bad economic policies and over-dependence on oil) may have slowed the adaptation of cultural practices to the needs of a modern economy.
The real problem with this frantic conspiracy theorizing is that it leaves citizens emotionally agitated but without a solid ground of evidence upon which to base their worldview, and without constructive directions in which to turn their emotions.
Indeed, as China expands its military resources, it is taking increasingly bold steps to assert its dominance over sea-lanes in all directions – provoking both anxiety and ire among its regional neighbors.
Pulled in different directions by plutocratic funders and angry nativist populists, the GOP became ripe for a Trump-style hostile takeover.
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