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Sacrifice, too many Europeans believe, is not laying the groundwork for a better, more prosperous Europe, but is dragging them into a fatal tailspin.
The Case of Myrna Mack: Laying out Guatemala's CrimesInternational pressure encouraged Guatemala to become a democracy and also supported the 1996 Peace Accords that ended our decades long civil war.
Conditions are, if anything, even worse for laying hens crammed into wire cages so small that even if there were just one per cage, she would be unable to stretch her wings.
But he was not right in laying out his cards in public and emboldening the enemy.
As Haldane puts it, “banking became the goose laying the golden eggs.”
In Syria, a bloody civil war is laying waste to some of the world’s most magnificent ancient cities.
European countries should thus be focusing on resolving these real problems, rather than laying new debt traps.
Through the AIIB and the BRI, China is laying the foundation for a new regional and global order.
And with the technology train already hurtling down the track, we must act fast to mitigate current risks and ensure that we are laying the groundwork needed to avoid future threats.
It has already outlawed keeping veal calves in individual stalls,and, in six months, it will be illegal in all 27 EU countries, from Portugal to Poland and from Britain to Greece, to keep laying hens in the bare-wire cages that today dominate the egg industry around the world.
It must move on to the far more significant target of better living conditions and more humane deaths for bears and fur-bearing animals, as well as for cows, pigs, laying hens, and chickens.
Laying the foundations for increased trade among China, South Asia, and emerging Central Asia represents a better outlet for the Chinese construction sector than building more ghost towns at home.
Unfortunately, the numbers don’t add up and he is laying twin time bombs with the explosion of federal government debt and inefficient government micromanagement of the economy.
This competitive process is already laying the groundwork for more effective political activism not just in 2018, but also in 2020, when the forces emerging today will seek to disrupt Trump himself.
Less spectacularly, but perhaps more important in the long run, ECOWAS is laying the groundwork for regional economic integration, with the creation of a single currency now a stated objective.
By ensuring access to work, strengthening communication and digital access, and laying the groundwork for post-war reconstruction, the people of a shattered region can begin planning for a more prosperous future.
By contrast, the US Federal Reserve, beginning under former Chair Janet Yellen, and the Bank of England, under Mark Carney, have been laying the groundwork for policy “normalization.”
Economists at the Bank for International Settlements – an organization of central banks – were laying out the risks very starkly.
For example, China should use its current high savings to build up the country’s infrastructure and speed up urbanization, thereby laying a firmer foundation for future development.
It emphasizes the need to invest early, nurturing young children to ensure that they arrive at school healthy and ready to learn; to invest smartly, transforming schools with good teachers, good materials, and good management; and to invest for all, laying the foundation for just and equitable societies.
Such an approach would help to clear the air between the two sides, laying the foundations for stronger, trust-based cooperation in other areas.
Immediately upon entering into the exit negotiations, she started laying down unnecessary red lines.
While some short-term measures are needed to enhance stability, their impact will quickly fade without long-term programs aimed at building institutions and laying the foundation for a dynamic economy.
City officials usually respond to such supply crises by upgrading their water infrastructure, namely, drilling, damming, and laying pipes.
And yet today Germany is Europe’s economic hegemon, laying down the law to miscreants like Greece.
If India implements policies that boost short-term growth, while laying the groundwork for long-term performance, confidence should rise naturally.
These local plans are now driving sustainable development in the region, with knowledge sharing among municipalities laying the foundation for further progress.
This is a good basis for laying down a political construction which can be created after the elections and as a result of elections.
Moreover, they participated in consortia that invested more than €500 million in laying a trans-Pacific submarine fiber optic cable, which has been operational since 2010, and an 8,300-kilometer (5,200-mile) cable from Southeast Asia to Japan that came on-stream last year.
An ambitious transatlantic trade pact that is fully compatible with World Trade Organization standards and accepting of third parties should aspire to more than laying the groundwork for an “economic NATO.”
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