Exception
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Nicolas Sarkozy’s just completed trip to Washington may be an exception, because the French President may be preparing to bring NATO a highly valued present for its 60th anniversary in the spring of 2009: France’s return to NATO’s integrated military structure, from which Charles de Gaulle withdrew in 1966.
With the
exception
of international terrorists and remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime, almost everyone, including Iraqis who eye America's occupying forces with suspicion, wish to see the task of rebuilding Iraq, both politically and materially, fulfilled.
Nothing could be further from the truth than the claim that Europe and Europeans, with the possible
exception
of the Greeks, are in denial.
Churchill’s famous adage that democracy is the worst political system, with the
exception
of all the others, has been borne out across the continent.
Alstom in particular and France in general should not be an
exception
and should be held to the same standards.
The UN is no
exception.
Thailand’s public sector is historically plagued by frequent military coups, managed with rare
exception
by incompetent generals and civilians who rule with condescension towards the people who pay them to serve.
Until now, with the
exception
of Greenland, the EU has experienced only enlargements, which is why no one really knows how Brexit will take place, how long it will take (Greenland’s exit took three years), and what implications it will have for the UK and the EU.
But everywhere in the Arab world, without exception, reformists have been jailed, killed, or reduced to political impotence.
But there is a notable
exception
to this pattern: Libya’s decision in December 2003 to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
Growth in health-care spending was slower in every OECD country in that year, with the
exception
of Germany.
In the Arab-Israeli conflict’s long, tortured history, they have reviled no Israeli prime minister – with the possible
exception
of Ariel Sharon – more than Netanyahu.
But, unlike previous Israeli prime ministers (again, with the possible
exception
of Sharon), Netanyahu has emulated the Palestinian political strategy of sumud, or steadfastness.
The latest round of talks in Durban, South Africa, in December was no
exception.
But as China’s society progressively emancipated itself from direct state control – with the notable
exception
of sectors viewed by the CPC as crucial to maintaining its monopoly on power – citizens increasingly appealed to the law for protection against arbitrary administrative interference and to limit the bureaucracy’s discretionary powers.
Hong Kong, which Friedman held up as the exemplar of a free-market society, remains the
exception
to the mixed-economy rule – and even there the government has played a large role in providing land for housing.
With the qualified
exception
of the first, all riots were local, relatively minor, and lasted barely a day or two.
But with the
exception
of Spain and parts of Eastern Europe, they have until very recently interacted at a distance and outside Europe's boundaries.
The US is not the only
exception
in this miscalculation, and the gaps are systematic and large, as Federico Sturzenegger and I have shown.
There is also a tradition of designating a specific issue or problem for special attention, and this year will be no
exception.
When Economic History Improves With TimeCAMBRIDGE – Seldom does a dense report from a statistical agency take your breath away, but the latest publication on the United States’ national income accounts from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is the
exception
that proves the rule.
China is, with the
exception
of Tibet, a satisfied and confident status-quo empire.
The Report on economic and monetary union in the European Community, which laid out the euro blueprint, was presented in April 1989 – a time when no one (with the possible
exception
of some Kremlin strategists) was thinking about German reunification.
Today’s crisis is no exception; nor will the next one be.
(Italy and Signor Berlusconi are a big
exception
here.)
This could result from the arsenals of any of the ten currently nuclear-armed states, with the
exception
of North Korea.
Generally speaking, Central and Eastern European countries have performed better economically than the ex-Soviet countries (with the
exception
of the Baltic states).
The Cold War, the third major conflict of the twentieth century, is no
exception
to this rule.
With the
exception
of a few guerrilla groups, organized crime is the only strategic actor in the region that has the capacity to dispute the state’s claim to a monopoly on the legitimate use of force.
In five years, if ocean decline continues and adequate prevention measures have not been implemented, the international community should consider turning the high seas – with the
exception
of those areas where action by regional fisheries management organizations is effective – into a regeneration zone where industrial fishing is forbidden.
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