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By making these commitments, the MEF leaders, whose countries account for more than three-quarters of global emissions, would lay a firm foundation for success in Copenhagen.
Deification of the leader, once the foundation of the regime, is disintegrating.
Saving the HouseMADRID – A crack in a house’s foundation, if not repaired, can continue to grow, ultimately destabilizing the structure and rendering it uninhabitable.
Climate change, as we have known for years, is one such crack in the foundation.
We need to open our eyes, recognize the crack in the foundation, and face our responsibility to fix it.
The Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944, which laid the institutional foundation for the post-war World War II economy, was made possible because the United States and Britain called the shots.
In that sense, these incomplete contracts laid the foundation for market-oriented competition in China, before it was possible – owing to institutional and ideological barriers – to achieve clearly defined private property rights.
The foundation was to be a liberal, even post-modern constitution, complete with a guarantee of 25% of parliamentary seats for women.
Avoiding budget deficits, as Germany is now seeking to do, will be of no benefit to future generations if the price is the erosion of the main foundation of our prosperity: a peaceful and prosperous Europe.
What the new foundational document is called in the end is a minor point; what is essential for Europe’s future is that constitutional reform is revived and gives Europe a strong foundation.
The promise of rising material prosperity forms the foundation of the CCP’s claim to legitimacy.
The crises that wracked Europe from September 1992 to July 1993 laid the foundation for the final drive to the establishment of European monetary union.
While some short-term measures are needed to enhance stability, their impact will quickly fade without long-term programs aimed at building institutions and laying the foundation for a dynamic economy.
Over the past century – with the notable exception of the Great Depression – the US political system has been remarkably good at foreseeing crises long before they have happened, and at least setting the foundation for dealing with them when they have occurred.
Indeed, in a recent report, they call for progress toward a “deep, genuine, and fair” EMU; economic, financial, and fiscal union; and a political union that provides the foundation for the rest “through genuine democratic accountability, legitimacy, and institutional strengthening.”
The Gapminder foundation surveyed the UK and found that just 10% of people believe poverty has decreased.
The contemporary Sino-American relationship was born nearly a half-century ago on a foundation of shared concern about the threat posed to both countries by the Soviet Union.
Now, years later, the economic ties that had become the foundation of the Sino-American relationship have increasingly become a source of friction that threaten it.
And the precedent of the world’s two major powers working together to resolve a problem with regional and global implications might provide a foundation for the next era of a bilateral relationship that, more than any other, will define international politics in this century.
The road to the ongoing financial and economic crisis was built on a foundation of intellectual capture: not only regulators, but academics, too, became captivated by modern finance and its methods.
There can be no better foundation for modernization than WTO membership.
By forging shared sovereignty over issues vital to national security – namely, coal and steel – visionary leaders in both countries laid the foundation for European peace and security, while overcoming a long history of antagonism.
These local plans are now driving sustainable development in the region, with knowledge sharing among municipalities laying the foundation for further progress.
Without foundation, President Bush seems to foresee a future with rates far lower than those prevailing now, thanks to productivity growth – a delight the present generation deserves to share.
It should be afforded its proper place in the foundation of values upon which the EU itself is based.
Of course, the Nehru family name still commands loyalty among India's masses, but that is a shallow political foundation in a democracy.
Putin's Dictatorship of Law Begins LawlesslyBOSTON: Wide agreement exists among Russian intellectuals as well as foreign observers that one of the most important – if not the most important task – facing post-Soviet Russia is establishment of the rule of law, the foundation of democracy and a free market economy.
But anyone who thinks that my ideas constitute the intellectual foundation for the Bush administration’s policies has not been paying attention to what I have been saying since 1992 about democracy and development.
From this foundation, the economy has grown sustainably and the country has become a world leader in eco-tourism.
The resulting rise in productivity, competitiveness, and economic growth would establish a far more stable and successful foundation for increasing tax revenues.
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