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Found in embryos and adult bone marrow, stem cells have the capacity to
divide
into other kinds of cells.
In the Middle East, one widespread argument, which even the Islamic State expounds, puts much of the blame for chronic conflict on the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the secret deal agreed 100 years ago by France and Great Britain to
divide
between them the soon-to-be-former Ottoman Empire.
And yet the economic
divide
in the US has grown much wider, with devastating effects on those without a college education, a group that includes almost three-quarters of African-Americans.
Asian economists who promote regional integration in Asia have observed the debate with amazement, in that the fault line is not based on economic philosophy like “Keynesians vs. Neoclassicals” or “Liberals vs. Conservatives,” but on a geographical, transatlantic
divide.
None of the dynastic monarchies, some of them far more repressive (like Saudi Arabia) were confronted by serious popular challenges, with the exception of small Bahrain, owing to a sectarian
divide
between its Shia majority and Sunni rulers.
Iraq after Saddam Hussein is no longer the unified Arab country that it was; the Kurdish regional government in the north controls a de facto state, and the Shia-Sunni
divide
may further destabilize the rump.
In Libya (created by Italy in the 1910’s), the deep regional
divide
between Tripolitania and Cyrenaica has impeded the formation of a coherent unified government.
Turning the eurozone into a transfer union with its own parliament would only deepen the
divide
between the eurozone countries and the EU’s northern and eastern member states: Denmark, Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
Neoliberal economics has reached a breaking point, causing the traditional left-right political
divide
to be replaced by a different split: between those seeking forms of growth that are less inclined toward extreme concentration and those who want to end concentration by closing open markets and societies.
Although it has been essential in establishing their national identities, these countries’ sectarian
divide
– Saudi Arabia is the Arab world’s leading Sunni power, while Iran is majority Shia – has not always been an element of confrontation in the region.
Call it the digital
divide.
Undoubtedly, the digital
divide
excludes much of the world’s population by age, income and residence from today’s computer revolution.
Within Lebanon, the Sunni-Shiite
divide
reflects broader regional frictions between the Sunni-majority Arab states, particularly Saudi Arabia, which backs Saad Hariri, the late prime minister’s son, and Iran, which supports Hezbollah.
There is now a stark
divide
between the struggling workers of the so-called Rust Belt and the high-flying billionaires of Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
But that could well
divide
NAM even further: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, invited to sit next to Iran’s leadership, used the occasion to denounce publicly his hosts’ policy in Syria.
Since then, Blair has become an adviser to banks (which need all the advice they can get these days), is touring the world to promote a sensible policy on global warming and climate change, has created a foundation to help bridge the
divide
between different faiths, and will lecture on religion at Yale.
And, given his current efforts to
divide
Europe, one can be sure that Russian President Vladimir Putin would do all that he can to encourage, and finance, such a split.
As income inequality has increased – dramatically in some countries, such as the US – it is moving to the forefront of the debate, reinforcing the traditional political
divide.
Why have they failed to unite moderates on both sides of the ideological
divide?
Russia could
divide
and conquer as it is doing already.
At a recent launch of a “school-to-school” link connecting an elementary school in the United States with one in Kenya, young children across an 8,000-mile
divide
shared a “read-aloud,” and then reflected in amazement and delight that they could share a story with kids in another part of the world.
Although this may mean that China is crossing the “divide” between the haves and have-nots of the world’s knowledge economy, it will not bridge that
divide.
While economic integration helped achieve a broader set of goals in Europe, elsewhere, economic globalization has contributed to widening the
divide
between rich and poor within countries and between rich and poor countries.
But its consistent preference for lining up on the other side of the
divide
– even when doing so runs counter to its own national interests – calls into question whether it has the internal fortitude to be a leader.
If they do not diffuse worldwide, they will widen the income
divide
between countries and regions.
And he can dismiss the prime minister, Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, who has exhausted many on both sides of the sectarian
divide
during his 40 years in power.
To compare median household incomes over time, the authorities
divide
these annual dollar values by the consumer price index to create annual real median household incomes.
Indeed, this ideological
divide
is likely to become more defined in the coming years, as the independence of central banks around the world is threatened by new rules and regulations; as China – and, more generally, Asia – export inflation (reflected in US import prices); as protectionism rises, hitting free trade hard; and as new productivity-enhancing innovations, such as the Internet, remain absent.
On the other side of the divide, Iran and its allies have put forward the banners of jihad and “resistance.”
Already, the dollar has created a
divide
in living standards between those who have greenbacks and those who don't.
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