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However much the country was hated or feared, one could not deny that is was a major player on the world stage.
Already, Libyan rebels in the east have exacted revenge on Qaddafi loyalists, many of whom worked for his feared revolutionary committees.
Still, until nearly the very end, I feared that the authorities would "trick" us in some way, and I was not personally eager to participate in the new political structures.
Many more are feared as violence among the main sectarian groups escalates.
Look East To Save Europe's Social MarketAs expansion of the EU approaches, many Europeans see in it only things to be feared: masses of economic migrants, and poor countries demanding subsidies.
In both countries, majorities voted against adopting the euro because they feared that national welfare norms would become curtailed.
Back in the 1970’s and 1980’s, many feared that players would become obsolete if and when computers could play chess better than humans.
Europe already feared that rising youth unemployment in the region would create dangerous instability along Europe’s southern flank.
Similarly, in World War II, Japan feared for the stability of its foreign supplies of oil and other natural resources.
The feared hyperinflation, so far, has not materialized.
The Last Stand Against PopulismJERUSALEM – There was a time, immediately after German reunification in 1990, when many French feared Germany.
Offering debt relief, it is feared, could undermine the credibility of governing parties and provide a boost to extremist movements.
For this reason, closed and closing societies have always feared sexual liberationists, and have sought to link political dissidence with sexual anarchy.
First, Assad’s regime had backing among not only Alawites, but also Syrian Christians and other minorities who feared a repressive Sunni Islamist regime.
Mosaic law was, so the experts said, the only constitution recognized by Jews, and so it should be feared, in the way modern critics of Islam fear Sharia law.
The answer appears to be that it feared negative reactions from the three governments involved in the merger talks, and believed that its own authority would suffer from any public rebuff.
Even for those taxpayers who had feared a tax increase in 2011 and 2012, it is not clear how much the lower tax payments will actually boost consumer spending.
This is not an unreasonable question to ask, and where previous US presidents have feared to tread, a populist demagogue has rushed in.
During the Cold War, when the West feared attack by the Soviet bloc, the US and Europe were united through NATO in standing up to that threat.
Giving birth was so risky that they feared for their lives.
The globalization of higher education should be embraced, not feared – including in the US.
Obama may have come to understand that when you are the leader of the world’s only superpower, you need to be feared just a little if you are to be respected.
The Kurdish and Arab Shia religious parties sought a very weak central government in Baghdad, the latter because they feared a return to Sunni minority rule.
America's recovery from unpopular policies in the past, such as the Vietnam War, took place against the backdrop of the Cold War, in which allied countries feared the Soviet Union as a greater evil.
India, long feared to be a spoiler, has said that it is ready to adopt a significant national action plan to move towards a trajectory of sustainable energy.
Furthermore, countries like the United States would not agree to limit their emissions if they feared that carbon-emitting industry would simply migrate to developing countries.
When Ireland joined the EC back in 1972, they were so poor that many feared they would become a burden for the other members.
If the government feared her alive, it was petrified of her dead.
May’s government had resisted the vote precisely because it feared that it would have to provide more details about its aims, either repeating disingenuously the Brexiteers’ pledges, which the EU would quickly declare unacceptable, or owning up to the Brexiteers’ (and its own) deception.
Ishihara, who has since resigned from office to launch a new political party, is well known for nationalist provocation, and Noda feared that he would try to occupy the islands or find other ways to use them to provoke China and whip up popular support in Japan.
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