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Ever since its inception in the early sixties, the international human rights movement had been steadily
gaining
ground.
Indeed, the AfD scored well in eastern Germany – where three state elections will be held in 2014 – by
gaining
many votes from The Left.
Assad’s war aims have been reduced to avoiding decisive defeat and
gaining
international legitimacy, in the hope of a favorable political solution.
Thus, despite today's political quiet, major cleavage between apparently unchallenged leaders and shifting popular moods may be
gaining
strength below the surface.
The shift in UK goods exports away from the EU reflects a change in the sources of economic growth, with Asia, in particular,
gaining
primacy.
But the second is increasingly
gaining
the upper hand.
But on the middle chessboard, economic power has already been multi-polar for more than a decade, with the US, Europe, Japan, and China as the major players, and others
gaining
in importance.
When I first visited India as an American government official in the late 1970’s, I was struck by my Indian hosts’ fixation on
gaining
equal status with China.
In a new Cold War scenario, China would thus be the big winner,
gaining
a wide diplomatic berth to pursue its territorial ambitions.
While last September’s German federal election didn’t produce such a strongly pro-EU result – the far-right Alternative for Germany is now the largest opposition party, having secured nearly 13% of the vote – the main moderate parties still won the day,
gaining
more than 60% of the vote.
The Geoengineering FallacyBERLIN – As the world struggles to rein in emissions of climate-changing gases and limit planetary warming, a new technological silver bullet is
gaining
supporters.
But other CDR approaches are
gaining
support.
Kibera is just one example of the consequences of the rapid urbanization that is
gaining
momentum worldwide.
Only seven of 100 cancer drugs that reach the clinical-testing phase end up
gaining
regulatory approval.
But a war to prevent Iran from
gaining
nuclear arms is probably a quicker and surer route to the same destination.
Since
gaining
independence, Malaysia’s leaders have pursued policies that favored the indigenous Malay majority, at the expense of the country’s minorities, most notably the sizable Chinese and Indian populations.
With no panacea in sight, several other solutions are
gaining
traction.
Euroskeptics, it seems, are
gaining
ground everywhere, and a kind of xenophobia is on the rise.
But the Bank of England’s direct intervention prevented these images from
gaining
a foothold on our collective psychology.
This can lead to a better future for all, with citizens
gaining
better access to adult education, having more free time to pursue personal interests, and remaining productive and occupationally engaged far longer into their healthy lives.
Consumers are
gaining
more from cheap oil than they are losing from falling stock prices, so the net effect of recent financial turmoil on consumption should be positive – and stronger consumption should feed through to business revenues.
Instead, with populist politicians
gaining
strength in Central and Eastern Europe, enlargement has become a threat to the bloc itself.
Unless the status quo changes, the EU’s easternmost states – particularly Poland, where the idea of “Polexit” has been
gaining
ground – could withdraw from the EU to form a more autocratic alliance with Eurasia.
Israel’s leaders seem intent on
gaining
time both tactically, by resisting the soft pressure of US President Barack Obama’s administration, and strategically, by preparing the country for a new world in which emerging powers such as China play an increasingly important role.
Beginning with the astonishingly innovative economies that sprouted up in the 19th century, the tried and true method for
gaining
high prosperity – for an ample supply of engaging and challenging jobs – has been a system of innovative private enterprise in the business sector.
Today, nearly every resident of a developed country – and soon most of the rest of the world – can easily afford a smartphone, thereby
gaining
inexpensive access to a universe of human knowledge and entertainment that, until a generation ago, was far beyond the reach of all but the rich.
Collaborating with CorruptionTIRANA – Too often over the past decade, the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations have chosen to look the other way in Albanian-populated areas of the Balkans, willfully giving free rein to corrupt political and military officials in the vain hope of
gaining
local support for international efforts to strengthen “regional stability.”
One option that has lately been
gaining
momentum is a durable transitional agreement, similar to the EU’s arrangement with Norway.
Short-Term Talk, Long-Term CostCAMBRIDGE – The idea that financial markets are too focused on the short term is
gaining
ground in the media and among academics.
More people are
gaining
access to new, productivity enhancing technologies, more people are engaging in mutually beneficial trade, and fewer people are being born, thus allaying any continued fears of a so-called population bomb.
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