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Of course, imposing caps on executive compensation is a blunt instrument for fighting inequality.
And, in many developing countries endowed with valuable natural resources, fighting to gain control of the government has proved a very attractive strategy.
That alone is a big step forward, given that, in big countries such as the United States, and possibly China and India, antibiotics are now used more for growth promotion in agriculture than for fighting infections in humans.
Here is another truth: the price mechanism is a much better way to allocate natural resources than fighting wars, as the Western powers did in the last century.
Supplying European countries as well ASEAN countries with JMSDF flying boats for sea rescue, patrol, and fire fighting will also now likely be approved.
The outside world is not helpless in fighting against China’s abuse of psychiatry.
And its export lobby is fighting fiercely to keep the exchange rate roughly where it is relative to the dollar.
Even through that long period of persecution, Greece’s far-left forces remained proud of their predecessors’ role in fighting the German-Italian-Bulgarian occupation, lauding their heroic efforts to save, even briefly, swathes of Greek territory from foreign exploitation.
But is fighting America's war a jihad, and are soldiers slain by Al-Qaida or other former allies also martyrs?
And Barack Obama’s administration expanded US commitments to fighting AIDS and malaria globally.
Instead, Burns, understandably worried that fighting inflation would bring a deep recession, decided to kick the can down the road.
This leaves them fighting the fires that break out, rather than managing the settings that sustain those fires.
The Realpolitik of the moment makes fighting over the presidency unlikely;America may well prevail.
If we want to place a high priority on fighting corruption, we should not settle for overly broad, well-meaning slogans.
By demanding the release of more than 1,000 prisoners in exchange for one soldier, Hamas is conceding the stark military reality of this imbalance: thousands of their prisoners, fighting with knives, explosive belts, and primitive rockets, are worth only one Israeli soldier.
Some are recalcitrant and are more than willing to see the euro rise because, with rate hikes off the table, the strong euro may be the only way left for fighting the incipient inflation they fear.
Indeed, many problems-maintaining peace, ensuring law and order, protecting the environment, reducing poverty, and fighting terrorism-require collective action.
Colombia and Ecuador broke diplomatic relations in March 2008, after Colombia’s army pursued FARC guerillas, who have been fighting Colombia’s government for decades, into Ecuadorean territory.
Above all, policymakers should ensure that fighting poverty remains one of their highest priorities.
With the US determined to withdraw its forces after more than a decade of fighting, the talks in Doha, Qatar, are largely intended to allow it to do so “honorably.”
He and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi are now fighting for space on the right, with the center-left Democrats leading in the polls.
Such a development would threaten growing unemployment in Europe and elsewhere, and make fighting the crisis much more difficult.
Women once had to fight for the right to vote, and we are now fighting for paid parental leave and equal pay.
Given that Syrians were socialized in a deeply authoritarian system, even those who are fighting for a democratic system are inexperienced in the art of coalition building.
They are fighting back and, at least in the rice fields of Uganda, they are winning.
So the potential of consumers to make a real difference when it comes to fighting climate change should not be wasted.
And SDG14 – “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development” – obviously cannot be achieved without major progress in fighting marine pollution.
Colombia Between the FARC and the PeopleLIMA – Colombian governments have been fighting the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for the past 52 years, with no victory in sight.
They rapidly identified and defeated the Shining Path army in Peru’s rural areas, where 95% of the fighting had taken place.
But wars have also brought beneficial change, because mobilizing people for fighting also mobilizes them for politics.
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