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The same holds true for Iran, where Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA plays directly into the hands of hardliners.
Such anonymity also holds for those who are left untreated in “triage” – the sorting of casualties when natural or man-made disasters strike.
Since a common diagnosis of the problems generated in the financial services business holds that human greed is to blame, a German think tank recently suggested that people with a genetic proclivity to high dopamine levels should be barred from taking leading positions in financial institutions.
It was an impressive attack on a view that, to the best of my knowledge, nobody holds.
The popular “discouraged worker” hypothesis holds that a slide into deflation is costly, because a long recession induces workers to leave the labor force altogether.
Her unpretentious manner and intellectual capacity (she holds a doctorate in physics) quickly won her the respect of many, even of Vladimir Putin, whose language she speaks fluently.
Or it could also mean that economists’ baseline model of the international economy – especially the assumption of “uncovered interest parity,” which holds that foreign interest income expressed in the domestic currency should equal the domestic interest rate – is simply wrong.
French police have since tracked down and killed the attacker in a shootout, and an old law of politics holds that the French will now rally behind President Emmanuel Macron – at least for the time being.
The sect holds the northern political and religious elite in contempt, and does not recognize the authority of the Sultan of Sokoto, leader of Nigerian Muslims.
But no one should be fooled, even if the Fed holds the bonds to maturity.
The Lee family has less than 5% direct ownership of Samsung Electronics, but holds a 31.1% stake in Samsung C&T, the group’s de facto holding company, which owns a 4.3% stake in Samsung Electronics and a 19.3% stake in Samsung Life Insurance.
The same holds true today, when countries, doing what they do best, produce more and exchange it for more of all other goods.
As things stand, China holds a stronger position than many people realize.
This transformation cannot be reversed: each FOMC member holds strong views about which direction monetary policy should take, and each is willing to dissent when needed.
As long as China fans the flames of nationalism and holds tight the reins of party control, its soft power will always remain limited.
As long as Asia holds its foreign reserves in dollars China’s desire to maintain a stable value for the reminbi will continue to offer tremendous advantages for trade and economic development.
But the answer holds important implications for policymaking and prospects for economic growth.
The Istanbul Cooperation Initiative of 2004, triggered by the trauma of the 9/11 attacks, holds far greater potential, for it transforms NATO’s relations with friendly states in the Middle East from dialogue to partnership – a level comparable to the Partnership for Peace program used to promote Central and Eastern European countries to full membership.
Above all, nutrigenomics holds out the promise of providing the healthy independence that everyone hopes for in later years.
Yet the EU holds back.
Suicide is not a crime in Canada, so, as Taylor put it: “I simply cannot understand why the law holds that the able-bodied who are terminally ill are allowed to shoot themselves when they have had enough because they are able to hold a gun steady, but because my illness affects my ability to move and control my body, I cannot be allowed compassionate help to allow me to commit an equivalent act using lethal medication.”
When the country holds a referendum on its EU membership on June 23, many voters may be unwilling to vote to remain.
Today, India holds the world record for the number of cell phones sold in a month –20 million – and for the most telephone connections made in a single month in any country in the history of telecommunications.
In this respect, developing countries’ experience holds potentially important lessons for policymakers and various stakeholders in advanced economies.
Thus socialists who propose the right to "free" education as a part of the constitution are cheating society and every individual about the balance of responsibilities that each really holds.
Overtones of the 1930’s are amplified, clearly exposing the Union’s predicament, because of an odd coincidence: the Czech Republic now holds the EU’s rotating presidency.
This global economic transition holds tremendous investment opportunities for the private sector.
Their emergence holds important implications for global governance at a time when the imbalance between existing problems/threats and the means available to states to guarantee their citizens’ safety increases.
At the same time, India has long advocated for the principle of “common but differentiated responsibility,” which holds that the industrialized countries that have contributed the most to global warming have a larger obligation to address it.
The prevailing wisdom holds that in order to return the inflation rate to a preferred level, any slack in the economy must be eliminated.
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