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They need to remember that their global responsibilities are formidable; their overwhelming obligation is to find cooperative common ground; and there is limited tolerance for the naked pursuit of narrow self-interest.
What was attractive as a way of financing government in the second half of the 20th century becomes a formidable headache 20 years from now.
“The majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion,” and “undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.”
But Western leaders have hesitated to integrate China, Asia’s most economically formidable actor, into the international system.
The Saudi judicial system is one of the most formidable obstacles to women’s aspirations, relying on Islamic interpretations that protect a defensive patriarchal system.
Buhari has wide support in the north and Abubakar has a formidable and well-resourced party machine; but mutual distrust run deep in both camps.
Japanese companies have formidable R&D operations, but most will need to reconfigure them to obtain better returns and impact.
What was it that made France so formidable an enemy, particularly of Russia?
Winter was a more formidable agent of reality than even the German generals who helped the Russians in their successful defense against Napoleon (a lesson of which Hitler, fortunately, took no notice).
How could a small militia, numbering less than a few thousand combatants, survive the onslaught of the Middle East’s most formidable military machine?
But, even if Sarkozy looks stronger now than he did at the beginning of the election campaign, the challenges he faces remain formidable, and may be impossible to overcome.
Despite the obvious imbalance with the US in terms of modern armaments, it would be shortsighted to ignore China's own formidable military hardware.
Still, over the last half-century, the bilateral relationship has become a formidable one.
It has clout and respect in its own region with formidable fighting forces.
Until its leaders cease seeking revenge for old grievances and face up to the fact that none but themselves is responsible for China's current situation, the day when they will be able to reckon with the formidable new problems their country faces will only be delayed.
We now know that canonical macroeconomic models do not adequately allow for financial-market fragilities, and that fixing the models while retaining their tractability is a formidable task.
Although Chinese labor is becoming more expensive, China remains a formidable competitor for any country contemplating entry into manufactures.
At the same time, France has given a strong mandate to its new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, who is without question the most formidable political adversary the ECB has had to face in its brief history.
In earlier times with no formidable adversaries in the political arena, this was a harmless affectation.
He has been a forthright spokesman for women’s rights and a champion of environmental concerns, as well as a formidable advocate in arguing for debt reduction for the most heavily indebted nations.
This is, of course, a formidable task that may have to be accomplished at a time when Congress opposes monetary tightening.
In bringing about change, however, vested interests are a formidable sparring partner.
To be sure, Western China still needs to be urbanized and modernized, but that market may soon become too small, at least relative to Chinese companies’ formidable ability to deliver infrastructure projects.
India should also beef up its border security forces to become a more formidable barrier to the PLA.
Generally, cities in developing countries cannot afford architectural jewels such as Notre Dame; but they can have formidable pedestrian avenues shaded by enormous tropical trees.
Atiku, a formidable political operator, is positioning himself for his own presidential bid in 2007.
This new international group would possess a formidable military capacity, based partly on NATO and partly on a “new quadrilateral security partnership” in the Pacific between Australia, India, Japan, and the US.
Kerry’s formidable task is to persuade the Palestinians to accept a smaller state than they want and the Israelis to accept a smaller state than they have.
Achieving a two-state solution would be a formidable task even if Israel had not explicitly voted against it.
Moreover, his wife is a star in her own formidable right.
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