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The debt dilemmas in Europe and the US prove yet again that elected officials will ignore long-run costs to achieve short-run benefits, and will act only when forced, in a doomed effort to circumvent the laws of economics and revoke the laws of arithmetic.
Recently, the United States Federal Reserve has even engaged in an unprecedented round of “quantitative easing” in an effort to accelerate the recovery.
But the key to his fortunes has been his effort to stoke the fears of the majority Sinhalese.
A more recent indication that inflation targeting has not caused the disinflation seen since the 1990s is the unsuccessful effort by a growing number of central banks to reflate their economies.
Unfortunately, monetary policymakers’ effort to operationalize the objective of ensuring that the value of money remains stable has taken on a life of its own.
In the 1920's and 1930's, the Belgian authorities enacted policies that defined the population along ethnic lines and favored the Tutsi in a deliberate - and successful - effort to divide society and fan resentment among Hutu leaders.
Obama’s Doomed “Reset”MOSCOW – When US President Barack Obama canceled last month’s scheduled summit in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he effectively terminated his four-year effort to “reset” the bilateral relationship.
The failure of that effort should come as no surprise, owing to its deeply flawed foundations.
When Venter and his team began their effort, genetic engineers had tools that were powerful but, by modern standards, crude.
But they can solve the problems of the world's poorest--with relatively little effort and with no noticeable negative impact on their own standard of living.
For the first time in history, the rich are so rich, and the poor so poor, that a tiny effort by the rich could end massive suffering.
Talent and effort should be rewarded, but two people of equal capabilities and dedication should not be treated differently just because one happens to be an insider, with a secure job in a big, successful company.
This effort was brushed aside by President Olusegun Obasanjo and NNPC officials.
It calls for enhancing agricultural productivity; upgrading value chains; exploiting local, regional, and international demand; strengthening technological effort and innovation capabilities; promoting effective and innovative financing; stimulating private participation; and improving infrastructure and energy access.
If the only factor that increases a professor's salary is the passage of time, why make the extra effort to excel?
Such a massive global research effort would also have potentially huge innovation spin-offs.
And the term “cyber war,” though best defined as any hostile action in cyberspace that amplifies or is equivalent to major physical violence, remains equally protean, reflecting definitions of “war” that range from armed conflict to any concerted effort to solve a problem (for example, “war on poverty”).
His former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has not only been convicted on eight counts of fraud and tax evasion, but, fulfilling Trump’s worst fear, he has also decided to cooperate with Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading the Russia probe and investigating Trump’s effort to block the inquiry into whether his campaign (and even administration) conspired with the Kremlin.
Beyond bolstering Japanese security and regional stability, such an effort would likely boost Japan’s GDP and yield major profits for American defense firms.
During Saddam’s reign, no effort was made to raise living standards for the poor.
But you have to work hard and make every possible effort in demanding your rights.
Above all, the government must spare no effort in convincing poor Iraqis of the value of democracy and freedom, and how important the constitution is in realizing their aspirations for a better life.
CEOs and senior management teams must revamp their operations, remind their colleagues of the strong business case for diversity, and make a much stronger effort to identify, train, and mentor talented individuals of all races.
I don't know what should be done, but I am supporting one effort, called Americans Elect, to push for radical change in the US.
That money is supposed to go toward reaching a broad public who will respond via the Internet, making small donations and joining in a national effort to suggest and choose a third candidate for president.
Google the weather where you live and you will get the forecast for the next few days as the top result, saving you time and effort.
Syria’s Christian minority would also be a victim of such an effort.
Sadly, in spite of a much celebrated peace process, Pakistan refuses visas to Indian peace groups and activists that seek to help in the relief effort.
They must demand a voice in planning and implementing the reconstruction effort and, along with international donors, transparency and public auditing of where aid is spent.
Furthermore, we agree that revamping the Security Council is an essential element of our overall effort to reform the UN, and we support early action to make the Council more broadly representative, efficient, and transparent, bearing in mind that the General Assembly is to review progress on this matter by the end of 2005.
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