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But, following the US-led invasion in 2003, southern Iraq was opened to forces known as Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) – militant gangs and individuals committed to archaic Islamic rule and suppression of women’s rights.
Except for some odd and hapless individuals, there have been no underground armies, separatist terrorists, campaigns of civil disobedience aimed at unseating governments, or even any mass demonstrations.
Moreover, individuals close to him and his administration have recently become entangled in the net of judicial manipulation, which suggests that he may be losing control over the police and the special courts.
It may even serve to strengthen trust in the true independence of judges, who are badly needed as an instance of last resort, when the rights of individuals is at risk--and hence the very rule of law itself.
For most of its history, the Security Council has been the prisoner of great-power maneuvering; the General Assembly a theater of empty rhetoric; the Economic and Social Council a largely dysfunctional irrelevance; and the Secretariat, for all the dedication and brilliance of a host of individuals, alarmingly inefficient.
Individuals respond to the incentives created by the variety of early-retirement and retirement programs.
If a society does not offer individuals a community life that takes them beyond themselves, values only production and the bottom line, and opens itself to immigrants without asserting and cherishing what is special and valuable about Danish, Norwegian, or French culture, it is asking for trouble.
Logically, therefore, individuals need to save much more to guarantee their income in retirement.
Individuals may have come to value future consumption, in retirement, over current consumption – the reverse of the traditional relationship.
Total German assistance to the Israeli government, Israeli individuals, and Israeli private institutions has been roughly $31 billion, or $5,345 per capita, bringing combined US and German assistance to almost $20,000 per Israeli.
An economic and political system is to be judged by the extent to which individuals are able to flourish and realize their potential.
As individuals, we are part of an ever-widening circle of communities, and we can realize our potential only if we live in harmony with each other.
Europe has succeeded in part because it recognizes that the rights of individuals are inalienable and universal, and because it created institutions to protect those rights.
In a sense, this is not a difficult phenomenon to explain; metropolises like New York City, with their multicultural populations, multinational corporations, and multitude of talented individuals, are rife with opportunities.
For example, the bill’s provisions would permit the state to prosecute individuals who have downloaded a state secret from WikiLeaks.
The Globalization of ScienceSAN FRANCISCO – Science provides an invaluable source of guidance to individuals and governments.
But there has always been another, much smaller, group of asylum-seekers – those individuals forced to flee their home countries by persecution, often on religious or ethnic grounds.
The disease imposes substantial costs on individuals, families, and governments.
Costs to individuals and their families include drugs, travel to and treatment at clinics, lost time at work and school, and expenses for preventive measures.
A tax cut to low-income individuals or increased unemployment benefits would have provided far more stimulus to consumption, just as a temporary investment tax credit would have boosted capital spending far more than reducing taxes on dividends did.
Societies – including governments and individuals – care about a range of things, from health care and security to fairness and freedom.
In fact, for many individuals, particularly in wealthier countries, the top priority is not simply becoming richer, but rather living a richer life, and it is toward the latter goal that they will channel their time, income, and creativity.
Yet, for all of their differences, these governments – and the individuals who will lead them – face many of the same challenges.
Our report also suggested that organizations should look to provide support to those who needed it, bearing in mind that individuals respond to and recover from trauma in different ways.
Neither the vast majority of US soldiers nor Americans as individuals have done anything wrong in Iraq (apart from the invasion itself), and thus might balk at allegations of collective guilt for the atrocities.
Even if the UN Security Council could establish an ad hoc tribunal to try the abuses of American officials in Iraq, this would still address only the guilt of individuals, not the problem of each American's own responsibility for having participated, directly and indirectly, in a culture that generated the torture of prisoners.
If empathy makes us too favorable to individuals, large numbers numb the feelings we ought to have.
The following month, the US Treasury sanctioned more than 20 Russian individuals and companies – including the oil and aluminum tycoons Oleg Deripaska and Alexey Miller – causing the affected firms’ share prices to fall.
In order to succeed, we must capitalize on the expertise of individuals and groups that have been quietly, diligently, and independently studying such diseases.
Now, virtually anyone can enter an Internet café and enjoy a capability that was once available only to governments, multinational corporations, and a few individuals or organizations with large budgets.
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