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This implies that life, to the
extent
that it is the product of deterministic chemistry and of optimizing selection, is likely to arise, in a form similar to life as we know it, wherever conditions mimic those that surrounded its birth on Earth, thus justifying today’s interest in extraterrestrial life.
Second, legal theory must reconsider the
extent
to which powerful situational and systemic factors should be taken into account in punishing individuals.
The crisis has already increased the
extent
of such migration within Europe.
Emerging economies thus should be working to constrain debt levels, though the
extent
to which this is needed depends on growth, as strong and resilient increases in GDP reduce leverage ratios.
To the
extent
that the Bush administration has a coherent philosophy for domestic policy, it is the idea of the “ownership society” – the belief that intermediary institutions, whether governments, unions, or the benefits departments of companies, should get out of the business of providing social insurance.
Trade integration was initially supported by massive investments in regional infrastructure, financed to an important
extent
by a large, specifically created institution, the European Investment Bank.
Unfortunately, $1.5 billion is little better than what charity could do – and still only a drop in the bucket compared to the
extent
of the damage.
But, since the growth model in vogue at the time laid principal emphasis on capital accumulation, China was widely held to have the advantage, because it could raise its investment rate higher than India, where democracy limited the
extent
to which the population could be taxed to increase domestic savings.
The
extent
to which China will engage Afghanistan positively will depend in large part on whether China rids itself of the prevailing zero-sum mindset and facilitates America’s military withdrawal by doing what it can to stabilize the country.
Then, too, the US, and to some
extent
Britain, was associated with “Jewish money.”
Abe is an intensely conservative nationalist, still deeply reluctant to accept the
extent
of Japan’s World War II guilt (even when acknowledging, as he did in Australia recently, “the horrors of the past century’s history” and offering gracious condolences for “the many souls who lost their lives”).
But we should be cautious about moving beyond taking stands to taking sides in the region to a greater
extent
than has been the norm for decades.
To the
extent
that this is the case, it is smart policy for every state in the region to speak and act in a way that helps the doves and gives no encouragement to the hawks.
The Bo affair has revealed another source of the regime’s fragility: the
extent
of the power struggle and disunity among the Party’s top officials.
To the
extent
that we can identify growth triggers, they seem to be related to relaxing constraints that held back private economic activity.
Some hope reason will prevail at least to some extent, particularly given that markets are now pushing the green transition.
This put a firm limit on the
extent
of their conflict; all local conflicts were, in turn, contained by the larger conflict.
This attitude is exemplified in the proliferation of trials, investigations, demonstrations, convictions, and resignations relating to corruption, particularly in Brazil and Venezuela, and to a lesser
extent
Mexico and Guatemala.
Yet, to a greater
extent
than the prizes allow, research progresses through the work of many.
Two factors determined the share of each type of job – and thus the
extent
of inequality produced by the post-industrial transition: the education and skill level of the workforce, and the degree of institutionalization of labor markets in services (in addition to manufacturing).
Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, the most widely-used benchmark to gauge businessmen’s and experts’ beliefs about the
extent
of corruption in various countries, ranked China 78th out of 158 countries in 2005 – not much improvement from 2000.
To the
extent
that you are cc’ed, you can also see patterns among your friends or colleagues: Which topics provoke huge amounts of stress or argument?
These pressures brought to power a Soviet leader willing to adopt reforms whose full
extent
he hardly envisaged and which eventually led to the downfall of the Communist Party.
A key element of China’s strategy is the recently established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and to some
extent
the BRICS’ New Development Bank, established last year by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
To a large extent, this technological advance can be funded from international capital markets, rather than aid agencies or national governments.
And, to the
extent
that they acknowledge uncertainty, they tend to reduce unknowns to measurable “risk.”
Even Germany has, to some extent, fallen victim to populist forces.
Others – including me – failed to anticipate the
extent
of the rebound.
But the Center for Economic Policy Research, which published the e-book, and Project Syndicate, which distributes this column, are both (at least to some extent) donor-funded.
Apparently, the same wisdom can be applied (to some extent) to the European Union, whose agenda ultimately depends on key member states’ national politics.
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