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But the Commission’s proposal is misguided, both in terms of its emphasis on investment and its proposed financing structure.
Before the crisis, the single-minded emphasis on reducing national budget deficits to less than 3% of GDP led to extensive abuse.
Snow’s emphasis on using data to guide his intervention is a principle that institutions like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation insist upon today.
Enhancing competition will mean putting emphasis on antitrust policy and reducing state subsidies.
It also is unlikely that American foreign policy will return to a narrow realism and drop all emphasis on democracy and human rights.
Traditional Chinese culture, with its emphasis on harmony between human beings and nature, was thrown aside.
Whether the debacle reflected the BJP’s unfortunate choice of coalition partners or its emphasis on growth when too many Indians had not benefited from it, the lesson for politicians was that growth did not provide electoral rewards.
The US Constitution’s Bill of Rights puts considerable emphasis on that right, specifying in the Sixth Amendment that in all criminal prosecutions, “the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury” and “to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him.”
Exhibit A is the current presidential campaign in the United States, which has placed more emphasis on trade than any such campaign in the country’s recent history.
Under Fayaad, the Palestinian Authority seems to be superseding the Palestinian national movement’s diaspora-based emphasis in favor of state-building within the territorial confines of the occupied territories.
Together with the emphasis on social values, it invites a process of harmonization of social protection.
A renewed emphasis on Westphalian sovereignty is spreading, leading some to predict that great-power rivalries will again be the order of the day.
For years, the emphasis has rightly been on persuading people that there must be sufficient “will” to tackle climate change.
One cause often proposed for this damaging phenomenon is the emphasis that many African cultures place on mutual respect.
Significantly, neither the Pope’s remarks, nor the Declaration on Euthanasia , place any emphasis on the importance of obtaining the voluntary and informed consent of patients, where possible, before shortening their lives.
In this effort of reflection, emphasis must be placed on the spiritual dimension and the underlying values of European integration.
But the current emphasis on nuclear power must be objectively reassessed, and dependence on it thereafter reduced.
Her ascent has been marked by a heavy emphasis on symbolism – her rule in Uttar Pradesh has featured the construction of numerous statues of Dalit leaders, notably herself – and a taste for lavish celebrations.
But the Commission now proposes to put the emphasis entirely on peer pressure – naming and shaming offenders.
The result is a litany of "post-utopian" values that include a stronger emphasis on individual freedom and personal responsibility.
Indeed, politics everywhere now seems dominated by the "war of lifestyles" that has emerged from today's emphasis on individual autonomy.
No to Green FundamentalismBORDEAUX – Climatology and its emphasis on global warming is a comparatively recent addition to science.
But, at the same time, the international community should place greater emphasis on policies aimed at inducing North Korea to launch serious economic reform.
“In addition to the risk involved by any violent method of progress,” Keynes argues, “there is this further consideration that is often in need of emphasis: it is not sufficient that the state of affairs which we seek to promote should be better than the state of affairs which preceded it; it must be sufficiently better to make up for the evils of the transition.”
As a result, Europe places a primary emphasis on the universality of human rights and freedoms.
Over those time horizons, the emphasis on the need for the US to export more and on the greater difficulty the economy will have in attracting foreign capital are on the mark.
The emphasis on loyalty is particularly glaring on the national-security front.
The Irish economy also benefited from its strong emphasis on exports and close ties with the relatively thriving economies of the United Kingdom and the United States.
And yet the difficult and trying times in which we find ourselves reflect the need to place more emphasis, not less, on the values we claim to uphold, and on devising ways to realize those values in our communities and countries.
Hillary Clinton has a detailed and thoughtful plan for financial reform, with emphasis on taxing leverage and increasing capital requirements.
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