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Travel Web sites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holiday booking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse.
Similarly, Luxembourg
launched
a program in September 2017 that will backstop newly created permanent employment contracts for long-term unemployed people of any age.
For example, responding to the ACA’s incentives and flexibility, Arkansas and Oregon have
launched
bold experiments to revamp Medicaid, in part by rewarding health-care providers who deliver better outcomes and keep patients healthier.
The multilateral surveillance mechanisms
launched
last year by the IMF are a step in the right direction, but only if they become part of an institutionalized multilateral mechanism of surveillance and policy coordination.
Recall that the German government adamantly rejected the eurozone banking union and the European Stability Mechanism, both of which were ultimately
launched
(though some say it was too little, too late).
One of Turkey’s main objectives in Syria is to defeat the Islamic State, which has
launched
numerous terrorist attacks on Turkish soil.
As the US and its allies continue to face terrorist blowback, one hopes that Trump comes to his senses, and helps to turn the seemingly interminable War on Terror that Bush
launched
in 2001 into a battle that can actually be won.
The enormous investments
launched
in China’s interior as part of the government’s stimulus program following the 2008 global financial crisis have now become a burden and are increasingly showing up as bad debt on the balance sheets of the country’s banks.
But a dramatic change to European policy and economic conditions occurred in March 2015, when the European Central Bank belatedly
launched
a bond-buying program similar to America’s, but on a far larger scale.
Mao subsequently
launched
the Cultural Revolution, which devastated China and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Saudi Arabia – whose audacious young crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has Trump’s full support – recently accused Iran of an “act of war” after a missile was
launched
from Yemen toward Riyadh.
Consider the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, which was
launched
on the pretext that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
Instead of giving the group what they wanted – the release of 53 militants imprisoned in Israel and four other countries – the Israeli Army
launched
Operation Thunderbolt, rescuing the hostages at Uganda’s Entebbe Airport.
Morocco’s evolutionary approach to improving the country’s well-being – quietly and resolutely building on the political, economic, and social reforms
launched
more than a decade ago – is backed by an overwhelming majority of citizens.
Moreover, during his administration the much-admired Progresa social program to reduce rural poverty was
launched.
Ahead of the G8 summit in Scotland in July, a coalition of non-governmental organizations has
launched
the “Global Call to Action Against Poverty,” and the UK host has made Africa a top priority.
Initiatives aimed at fostering scientific excellence in Europe, like one recently
launched
in Germany that officially defined three universities, all in the southern part of the country, as “excellent”(qualifying them for extra funding), seek to make universities more attractive and thus more competitive.
The effort is part of a larger national strategy,
launched
in 2014, to provide 76% of adults with financial access and 56% with active savings accounts by the end of 2016.
Moreover, the Chinese authorities have
launched
a raft of reforms aimed at opening the economy and making it more market-oriented, and have announced plans to liberalize interest and exchange rates and continue to ease restrictions on cross-border capital flows.
Indonesia’s Forgotten GenocideCANBERRA – October marked 50 years since the Indonesian military
launched
one of the twentieth century’s worst mass murders.
In Lebanon, for example, the central bank has
launched
an unprecedented startup support initiative, Circular 331, through which it guarantees up to 75% of risk capital made available by local banks, amounting to up to 3% of their assets.
The countries most at risk of contagion – Portugal, Spain, and Italy – are less vulnerable now in the eyes of the markets; the European Union has established a bailout fund; and the European Central Bank has
launched
a large bond-buying program.
Philosopher Kings Versus Philosopher PresidentsLONDON – When I recently met Irish President Michael Higgins – sharing a platform for a speech in which he connected his newly
launched
“ethics initiative” to a book I co-wrote with my son, How Much is Enough?
When Israel
launched
a lengthy bombing campaign in Lebanon last month, it created so many civilian casualties that the early criticisms of Hezbollah by Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia became untenable in Arab politics.
A multisectoral coalition
launched
in 2017 could help drive efficiencies, but it will need additional support to succeed.
Israel has
launched
more than 4,000 start-ups – ranking second in the world in the number of companies quoted on the NASDAQ.
Nonetheless, the historical record speaks for itself: since 1953, North Korea has not
launched
a large-scale military assault on South Korea, and has limited its threats against Japan to belligerent rhetoric.
The European External Action Service (EEAS), which is meant to enable the EU “to speak with one voice,” was
launched
only at the end of 2010 and many senior positions remain unfilled.
For example, this April – after the US had
launched
its trade war with tariffs on steel and aluminum – the Development Committee of the World Bank Board of Governors endorsed a package that included a $7.5 billion paid-in capital increase for the IBRD.
China’s reprisals were not
launched
against the US, which deployed the system to defend against North Korea’s emerging missile threat and has the heft to hit back hard.
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