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The very
existence
of a free press is a constraint on government.
The Archaeological Survey of India, however, reported the
existence
of ruins beneath the demolished mosque that might have belonged to an ancient temple.
Leaders would be acting irresponsibly if they failed to employ the EU’s borrowing capacity when its very
existence
is at stake.
Whether the US government deliberately lied to the world about the
existence
of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction or got carried away by its own rhetoric is less important than the lesson to be learned: it is dangerous to put excessive power in the hands of a few.
Local climate change can, of course, exacerbate the situation, but given the scope for world trade and the
existence
of surpluses in many food producing areas, democratic governments can deal with the consequences.
But successful interactions between these sectors cannot be wished into existence, and it is essential that the role of each is clearly defined.
The Copenhagen criteria are met when the candidate country has achieved “stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and respect for, and protection of, minorities”; can ensure the
existence
of “a functioning market economy and the capacity to cope with competition and market forces”; and has sufficient “administrative and institutional capacity” to adopt and enforce EU law and “take on the obligations of membership.”
Nowotny, the president of the National Bank of Austria, suggested that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) might (if the German Constitutional Court allows it to come into existence) be given a banking license, which would allow it to borrow from the ECB and greatly expand its ability to purchase eurozone sovereign bonds.
In a true economic union, underpinned by union-wide political institutions, the financial problems of Greece, Spain, and the others would not have blown up to their current proportions, threatening the
existence
of the union itself.
Darwin argued that more organisms are born than can survive and reproduce; that this leads to a struggle for existence; and that success in this struggle partly reflects the physical and behavioral differences between the winners and the losers.
One traditional argument for the
existence
of God, the so-called "argument from design," stresses that organic parts are adapted, and argues that the only way they could have come into being is through the workings of some kind of intelligence.
But obviously, whether or not you do believe in the
existence
of the Christian God (or any other kind of god), Dawkins's gloomy conclusions do not follow.
Indeed, the
existence
of a European model continues to guide and encourage those pursuing transparent, democratic governance in many post-communist countries.
Instead, the main issue is the strategic threat to Israel’s
existence.
Now, with Israel’s
existence
under threat, peace with its Arab neighbors seems a more distant prospect than ever.
Because this war is directed against Israel’s existence, strategic and thus regional security will gain much greater emphasis.
Currently, Israel emphasizes massive deterrence, but it would be well advised to utilize the political and diplomatic possibilities presented by this war and take the initiative from a position of strength to offer a comprehensive peace to all those who are ready to recognize its
existence
and permanently renounce violence, not just in word, but also in deed.
The mere
existence
of a potential replacement could be a political death sentence for Xi, given widespread anger against him within the Chinese government.
But it may be a world in which people use their Klout Score (a measure of one’s online influence), their Twitter following, or a similar measure to justify their existence, assign value to their activities, and measure their self-worth.
Humanity has faced threats to its
existence
and the health of the planet before, yet we have managed to avoid the apocalypse, or at least postpone it, through ingenuity and invention.
The fact that the
existence
of exceptional circumstances can now be invoked to distribute the burden of any needed adjustments over more than one year is helpful.
For China, the
existence
of these two Asia-focused development banks provides the best of all possible financial worlds: low-cost investment funding from the ADB, which is backed by the developed countries’ high creditworthiness, and the opportunity to use the AIIB’s investment decisions to draw its neighbors closer in geopolitical terms.
Otherwise, they would recognize that the financial crisis has long become a political crisis threatening the EU’s very existence, and thus that a permanent crisis-resolution mechanism for debt-distressed members, while clearly needed, requires a permanent political crisis-resolution mechanism in order to succeed.
The main argument for UBI as poverty relief is, as it has always been, the inability of available paid work to guarantee a secure and decent
existence
for all.
The Earth is 45 million centuries old, but our century is unique, because it is the first in which a species could destroy the entire basis of its own
existence.
The joy of the bezzle is that two people – each ignorant of the other’s
existence
and role – can enjoy the same wealth.
The industry contends that the
existence
of these living wills – showing how a big bank’s collapse could be handled without causing global financial panic – means that “too big to fail” is over.
In other words, a competitive process is a process that induces change, even if the existing structures and vested interests would like to eliminate change in order to continue their
existence.
What occurred in the cage, according to this narrative, was the long-overdue defeat, by wholly necessary and defensible means, of a murderous terrorist insurrection that had threatened the country’s very
existence.
But the very
existence
of the EMF would distort credit-default swap spreads and yield differentials among EMF members.
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