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A long-term strategy must extend to research, with employees encouraged to look beyond the short term.
The current flare-up is largely due to the fact that Fatah, encouraged by the international community’s boycott of Hamas, never really accepted its electoral defeat and Hamas’s right to govern.
First, local forces opposed to Saddam should be encouraged.
The local forces to be encouraged - by special operations people and the provision of arms and training - are the leaders of the southern Shi'a and the northern Kurds.
Encouraged by the achievements of modern science, we came to perceive the future as being radically open.
I am encouraged that, more and more, Alliance leaders are coming to share the same view.
For example, Indonesian officials have encouraged reform in Myanmar, helped to bring about an end to the border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia, and pushed for democracy and human rights to be enshrined in an ASEAN political and security community.
Although 81% of the respondents said fear of job loss had no effect on their decision to buy a house, of those who said it did, the number who said it encouraged home purchase outnumbered those who said it discouraged home purchase by a margin of two to one.
Third, the reformed police service itself has been widely seen as the protector of the whole community, and young Catholics have been encouraged to join it by their priests and bishops.
Schlesinger’s unguarded remarks signaled that the Bundesbank was not willing to do whatever it took to preserve the system – a signal that encouraged investors to place massive bets against the British pound and Italian lira.
Encouraged by US President George W. Bush’s administration, Georgia had initiated NATO membership talks, impelling Russian President Vladimir Putin to defend the red line he had drawn the previous year.
America had a moral responsibility to protect the young people whom Obama had encouraged.
The banks would be encouraged to “evergreen” their loans: to roll them over when repayment falls due.
From a policy perspective, all 18 of the economies on our list have pursued pro-growth policies that encouraged a virtuous cycle of rising productivity, income, and demand.
This enabled a consumption binge, which meant that debt was created without a corresponding asset, and encouraged excessive investment in real estate, resulting in excess capacity that will take years to eliminate.
Addressing the technology sector’s gender gap must begin at the university level, with a diverse range of students – especially women – being encouraged to pursue tech studies.
In the heavily protected automotive industry, high import tariffs have encouraged foreign automakers to establish factories in Brazil.
His investors (including me) encouraged him to merge with a competitor that had a great salesman as its CEO.
It has exposed and encouraged tendencies the world never used to associate with the US: xenophobia, misogyny, pessimism, and selfishness.
The troika – the IMF, the European Central Bank, and the European Commission – encouraged the Greek government to insert the collective action clauses.
Perhaps anticipating these domestic vulnerabilities, Hezbollah encouraged and joined the resumption of National Dialogue discussions involving all of Lebanon’s main communities.
Many more aspirants are waiting in the wings, and would likely be encouraged by a Scottish “Yes” vote.
Children were encouraged to study math and science, and American know-how helped the US meet the challenge.
Second, the increase in oil revenue heightened Iran’s reliance on imports, which the government encouraged in order to fight domestic inflation.
Kazakhstan achieved independence at a time when international cooperation, free trade, and collective security were encouraged, and it has long worked to support these principles.
The private use of SDRs could also be encouraged, though that would likely be met with strong opposition from countries currently issuing international reserve currencies, especially the US.
And, on the world stage, Russia and China have been encouraged to believe that America will never push past a veto, effectively giving them the final word.
To its credit, the Brazilian government has revoked policies that had previously encouraged land clearing in the Amazon, and has mandated that 80% of privately owned forestland be used only for sustainable management of forest resources.
Clearly, some of the growth in 2004 was due to provisions that encouraged investment in that year—when it mattered for electoral politics—at the expense of 2005.
Having been encouraged by the government to experiment with Internet-based business models, Chinese firms are upending traditional practices.
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