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Few consider China's rulers to be even remotely friendly, and this growing aversion to the mainland provides daring politicians with room to maneuver.
And women themselves are politicizing the issue, rather than blaming themselves for being too friendly, not careful enough, or in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Ten farmers grow the bamboo, and 25 builders craft it into environmentally friendly bikes that can be used on Ghana’s bumpy roads or exported overseas.
More generally, the government may now review requests for weaponry from friendly governments on a case-by-case basis, according to whether the sale risks instigating or fueling international conflicts.
But advocating engagement over isolation should not prevent friendly criticism, and in Davos I offered four reasons why Russia will not remain a major power in 2020 unless it changes its current behavior and policies.
Most Russian participants at the Davos dinner seemed to ignore these criticisms, but it was interesting to hear one important official admit that reform might progress faster if oil prices dropped somewhat, and another accept the point that criticism should be welcomed as long as it is offered in a friendly spirit.
Several factors can direct consumers towards more environmentally friendly behavior.
Even so, only 20% of Europeans believe that companies are doing enough to promote environmentally friendly options.
For example, in the United Kingdom, 54% of consumers buy more environmentally friendly products compared to two years ago.
Many people are willing to do their bit for the environment, but they do not always have the opportunity to consume in environmentally friendly ways, because sustainable low-carbon choices are more expensive and harder to find.
As a result, “there can be no genuinely honest and friendly dialogue with those countries that suffered considerable damage and casualties in the wars with Japan.”
Among a variety of rare-earth elements, neodymium and dysprosium are widely used as a magnetic material for motors in environmentally friendly vehicles and home appliances, while erbium is used as a dopant in optical fibers and cerium as an abrasive for polishing liquid crystal display (LCD) glass.
In fact, National Socialism and fascism were not especially friendly to liberal capitalism.
As long as governments were friendly and backed regional stability, there was no need for outsiders to encourage representative government.
America’s friends and allies need to start preparing for a less friendly America.
Arab democracy, he claims, has now become a domestic concern in the United States, which will make it hard for American presidents to sweep the abuses of friendly Arab regimes under the rug, as they did in the past.
The smart and friendly teenagers were eager to learn how to surf the Internet, just installed in their school.
Tillerson’s short but ostensibly friendly visit to China has been praised by many for its contribution to a smooth transition of the bilateral relationship.
And the cozy candles that many participants will light, which seem so natural and environmentally friendly, are still fossil fuels – and almost 100 times less efficient than incandescent light bulbs.
Those who think most about friendly relations with others have a “need for affiliation.”
He played a friendly football match with Macri the night before the new president’s inauguration.
Pneumonia also has not been able to play its friendly role for 84-year-old Samuel Golubchuk of Winnipeg, Canada, who for years has had limited physical and mental capacities as a result of a brain injury.
But instead of establishing friendly relations with Iran based on this new reality, the United States has consistently sought to restore its domination, even providing massive diplomatic, financial, and military support to Saddam Hussein in his war against my country during the 1980’s.
These developments, of course, follow from the US-led invasion of Iraq, which turned a vague and distant threat into an imposing neighbor whose intentions towards Syria's Baathist regime are anything but friendly.
would] afford a reasonable prospect of rendering the people on the frontier line between our territories and Afghanistan peaceful and friendly neighbors.”
Neither traditional “Jewish values,” nor Perry, are naturally friendly to gays.
Other European countries should want to make Britain’s exit as easy and friendly as possible.
Official pronouncements stress friendly relations between India and China, and some trade analysts argue that, given their rapid growth, the two giant markets will become an economic “Chindia.”
Because Bush was constitutionally barred from seeking a third term, the way was opened for more environmentally friendly policies.
During the Cold War, successive US presidents were perfectly happy to send in troops, directly or indirectly, to ensure that friendly governments prevailed in the Americas (and beyond).
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