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But Hezbollah’s disappointment turned to
intense
concern when Syrians rebelled against Assad.
Yet, given
intense
opposition to further fiscal and political integration, progress, if it is to occur, will entail difficult and divisive negotiations.
That may be part of the story, but competition for talent and for customers seems
intense
between investment banks and others, yet they have collectively been extravagantly rewarded at the expense of those customers.
Moreover, the Board was forced to act under
intense
time pressure and lacked the information needed to challenge management recommendations.
But Myanmar and the other Mekong River countries are supposed to be the country’s “good neighbors,” and are completely within reach of Chinese power, so public anger over threats to the country’s interests in these places is
intense.
Its implicit mission is to discourage Iran from venturing across the Shatt river border, contested territory and scene of the most
intense
fighting of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war.
As such weather events become increasingly frequent and intense, the need to mitigate and adapt to climate change is becoming more urgent than ever.
Then came 9/11, when – under
intense
pressure from the United States to support American retaliation in Afghanistan or face the consequences – he was forced to disown his protégés.
Meanwhile, increasingly
intense
competition in the production phase drives down prices, so that the actual producers, whether employers or workers, receive diminishing shares of the value pie.
The US has traditionally been in the forefront of research and development in this field, but in recent years hydrogen has been elbowed aside by
intense
lobbying for other alternatives.
With oil exports accounting for nearly 90% of government revenue, the pressure on Saudi finances has been intense; the fiscal balance has swung from a small surplus in 2013 to a deficit of more than 21% of GDP in 2015, according to projections by the International Monetary Fund.
On the contrary, whereas many educators recognize the centrality of teaching skills and maximizing efficient use of classroom time, they also advocate breaks between periods of
intense
work to allow children to relax and interact with peers.
Yet coverage of the controversy by the news media and the blogosphere has been astonishingly
intense
– and simplistic.
A breakthrough might compel a phase of
intense
diplomacy, giving Iran a pathway to diplomatic normalization and opening the door for grand bargains that could begin to restore order and stability to the rest of the region.
Indeed, despite
intense
opposition from the US, China’s project in Gwadar may soon be followed by a joint project with Iran to lay a pipeline carrying 750 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.
Wen’s critique triggered an
intense
internal debate that resulted in a key strategic decision to rebalance the Chinese economy by shifting to a consumer-based model, as framed by the 12th Five-Year Plan of 2011-2015.
Whether he can be released from prison is now a source of
intense
speculation.
Such catastrophic events underscore the vulnerability of coastal regions worldwide to extreme weather events that produce
intense
storm surges (increased water depth at the coast) and large, powerful waves.
The reception seems more appropriate for a rock star than for a presidential hopeful: the crowds are large, the hugs
intense
(this is the Caribbean, after all), and the candidate’s shirt often gets torn in a melee of enthusiasm.
There is no doubt that Iran – with its long history of secrecy and dissimulation – deserves the
intense
hostility and distrust that its nuclear program continues to engender.
Indeed, with the ratio of royals to commoners now at one to a thousand (compared to one to five million in the United Kingdom), the challenge of managing princely privileges, salaries, and demand for jobs has never been more
intense.
It was at the peak of this unprecedentedly
intense
scrutiny that Secretary-General Kofi Annan seized the moment.
Feelings of
intense
insecurity are not related to bombs and sirens.
This would require
intense
debate and soul-searching, particularly in Germany, which, as the EU’s largest and best-rated economy, has been thrust into the position of deciding the future of Europe.
Even in Morocco, a king with absolute power as Commander of the Faithful has been forced by
intense
public outrage to move toward a system more inclusive of political Islam.
To be sure, the ratio is a factor that would help us to assess risks of negative feedback, since the government must refinance short-term debt sooner, and, if the crisis pushes up interest rates, the authorities will face
intense
pressures for fiscal austerity sooner or later.
In fact, successful centrist political movements belong to what sociologist Anthony Giddens called the radical center: they are ideologically
intense
and have distinct ideas of their own.
Without his determination, backed by a highly credible show of military force and skilful diplomacy, Iraq's military programmes would not now be exposed to a scrutiny more
intense
than that applied to any other would-be proliferator in the world today.
The best "serious consequences" of which the UN Security Council has warned should Iraq fail to comply with its obligations would be an even more
intense
effort to destroy its illicit weapons through continuous inspections of the country's offensive military capabilities: inspectors, not invaders.
British law firms that have apparently made a lot of money representing libel plaintiffs from around the world impeded adoption of the new law through
intense
lobbying.
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