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196 examples of Folly in a sentence
But global health emergencies like the current Ebola epidemic highlight the
folly
of these fiscal priorities.
And the fact that the crime was committed within the territory of a rival like Turkey only compounds the
folly.
This is the context in which India's plunge into
folly
and peril took place.
If Iran gains nuclear weapons, it may, like Nazi Germany before it, be engulfed by murderous folly, threatening disaster for Israel.
A united front of Israelis and Palestinians could push the Iranian people, who until recently maintained good relations with the Jewish state, to rebel against the
folly
that seems to have taken hold of their leaders.
Of course, it is pointless at this stage to re-examine that tragic
folly.
They have also clearly understood the
folly
of violent resistance, and have made a dramatic shift to nonviolent action – with the acceptance (and possibly encouragement) of the international community – in order to maintain pressure on the occupiers.
The
folly
of continuing to pursue this program is particularly acute now, given the 25% decline in GDP that Greece has endured since the beginning of the crisis.
A few big players in the energy industry, showing no concern for truth (much less for our children, who will bear the consequences of our present folly), have teamed up with Rupert Murdoch.
Back then, the world was, for an instant, shocked by the
folly
of nuclear technology.
California is an example of long-run fiscal
folly
meeting short-run national and global economic crisis, resulting in chaos.
Right now, the latest “this time is different”
folly
is that, because governments are taking all the debt on their shoulders, the rest of us don’t have to worry.
Israel’s march of
folly
in expanding its West Bank settlements did not deserve a hint of soul searching on his part.
Russia’s assistance to Iran in realizing its nuclear ambitions also falls into the category of self-destructive
folly.
The
folly
of this decision is now painfully obvious, as is the fact that the contingency fund should be significantly larger – up to $500 million.
They have been saved from this folly, at least temporarily, by Putin’s proposal to put Syria’s chemical weapons under international supervision and then destroy all of them.
Now, under "Bush II," America is repeating that
folly.
Beyond placing hope in the revisionist power of chaos, the “Remain” camp is betting that “Leave” supporters will ultimately realize the
folly
of a “soft” Brexit, and retreat.
But, quite apart from these problems, the real case against negative interest rates is the
folly
of relying on monetary policy alone to rescue economies from depressed conditions.
Forty-one years later, Israel is still incapable of extricating itself from the corrupting occupation of Palestinian lands, and from the
folly
of settlements.
Macron understands the
folly
in the foundations of the eurozone.
Squandering the opportunity offered by Macron – which will not come again – would be the height of political
folly
and historical blindness.
The hawks in the ECB Governing Council, such as Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann and De Nederlandsche Bank President Klaas Knot, see the
folly
in this approach, but they are in the minority.
The barrage of Hezbollah and Hamas rockets has shown the
folly
of such thinking.
If neutralizing Iran is an Israeli objective, then Netanyahu’s Jerusalem policy is a strategic folly, for it offers Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an ideal platform to rally the Muslim world against Israel and its American allies.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher accurately foresaw the
folly
of a European monetary union.
America’s Threat to Trans-Pacific TradeMUMBAI – As if undermining the World Trade Organization’s Doha Round of global free-trade talks was not bad enough (the last ministerial meeting in Geneva produced barely a squeak), the United States has compounded its
folly
by actively promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
But seeing the
folly
in markets provides no clear advantage in forecasting outcomes, because changes in the force of the illusion are difficult to predict.
To allow this pillar to erode – or, worse, to tear it down – is a
folly
of the highest order.
This is precisely why Africa’s biggest
folly
is to believe that mineral resources and other raw commodities are automatically a source of wealth.
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