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And while it has actually been observable since the turn of the millennium, it has gained momentum since the Brexit vote.
China and India gained considerable economic power, and close neighbors in previously isolated communist states were rapidly integrated in the European economy.
The US gained by turning to China for low-cost goods that helped income-constrained consumers make ends meet; it also imported surplus savings from China to fill the void of an unprecedented shortfall of domestic saving, with the deficit-prone US drawing freely on China’s voracious appetite for Treasury securities.
Naturally, members of the old establishment, with their inside knowledge and connections, gained much of the privatized property.
In the sixteenth century, control of colonies and gold bullion gave Spain the edge; seventeenth-century Holland profited from trade and finance; eighteenth-century France gained from its larger population and armies; and nineteenth-century British power rested on its industrial primacy and its navy.
One thing is certain: there is nothing to be gained from fearing a dystopian future that we have the power to prevent.
One consideration is the need to neutralize the strategic advantage that Iran gained from the US overthrow of Saddam Hussein in neighboring Iraq – a development that helped to empower Iraq’s Shia majority.
Just as recycling has gained currency through both regulation and a new social consciousness, vendors who learn how to sell healthy food to schools may someday tap a much larger adult market, whether because of regulation, a change in expectations, or the simple fact that their customers have grown up.
The creditor countries would have to shoulder big losses from write-downs, but they would still end up with more than they would have gotten had the crisis countries remained within the eurozone, because these countries’ new prosperity, gained by leaving, offers the only chance of recovering any assets at all.
Due to the erroneous policies of the Bush administration and the bursting of the super-bubble, China has gained too much power too soon.
Indeed, Karachi is sometimes called an “instant city,” having grown 50-fold as a result of several waves of migration since Pakistan gained independence in 1947.
Trapiche moved the families to a nearby town, where they gained access to electricity, water, sanitation, and schooling, but if they want to continue to fish, they have to travel a long distance.
Prescriptions like these – as with those for a jolt of inflation – have gained ground because the obvious solutions to economic stagnation have been tried and failed.
Rather, it comes from the way in which the know-how that China has gained in fashioning domestic cyber oversight is proving invaluable to it in its efforts to engage in cyber intrusion across its frontiers.
For example, J.J. Allaire founded the weight-loss Lose It! iPhone app for himself and has gone from 195 to 170 pounds (88 to 77 kilos) and gained some 4.5 million users in the process.
Low externalities imply limited benefits to be gained from centralization; deep differences among citizens imply that the costs of harmonization would be too high.
In the last election, Labour got 3% more of the popular vote than the Conservatives, but gained 150 more seats.
Through their leadership of the protests for two years, urban middle-class youth have gained their own legitimacy, and, with their technological and linguistic capacities, are able to dominate global debate about Egypt.
As justifiable as some of the ethical concerns may be, there are simply too many benefits to be gained from preventing hereditary diseases.
Today’s Pakistan emerged not in August 1947, when it gained independence, but rather in December 1971, when, after a bloody civil war, the country’s eastern region became Bangladesh.
On the contrary, consumers have gained an array of free services and conveniences.
Thus, budget deficits are the rule, and where they are largest, as in the Czech Republic and Hungary, they have gained priority over euro adoption.
He surprised nearly everyone by securing a decisive electoral victory, winning a third consecutive term in office after his right-wing Likud party gained a five-seat advantage in the Knesset over its main rival, the center-left Zionist Union.
For Pakistan's General Pervez Musharaf, Mohammed's apprehension is a mixed bag: it gained a pat on the back from Mr. Bush but simultaneously revealed the falsity of General Musharaf's claims that Pakistan is largely Al-Qaida free.
President Barack Obama’s nuclear-disarmament efforts have gained wide support in Poland.
In the Czech Republic, a minority right-wing government has not gained a confidence vote in Parliament after six months of bickering.
If the negotiations succeed, he will be remembered for his historic role in bringing peace, and will likely stand a better chance of realizing his presidential ambition, having gained parliamentary support for revising the constitution from the Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party.
Only one Trotskyite candidate received more than 4% of the vote, while the rest – including the French Communist party, which for more than 30 years received a stable 20% of the vote – gained less than 2%.
Japan has also gained international credibility for the fact that, for seven decades, its diplomacy has not once sought to coerce or intimidate any other country with threats of military force.
Despite all this pain, the remaining financial-market participants gained significant benefits from government bailouts.
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