Legacy
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In that case, we could gird ourselves with intelligence, reason, and courage; return in force to the political arena; and, inspired by the Enlightenment’s legacy, recast in today’s language the theorems of representative democracy, a political system that remains (and will long remain) without peer.
But Friedman also produced a less felicitous
legacy.
But thinkers like Friedman leave an ambiguous and puzzling legacy, because it is the interventionists who have succeeded in economic history, where it really matters.
Many Western economies must deal with the nasty
legacy
of years of excessive borrowing and leveraging; those, like Germany, that do not have this problem are linked to neighbors that do.
The PiS-led government, elected in 2005, inherited a fast-growing economy, but did nothing to strengthen that
legacy.
That is Sharon’s
legacy.
Citizens should consider the
legacy
they leave to their children, part of which is the financial debts they will pass down.
But another part of our
legacy
is environmental.
Whether China can develop and implement a viable new economic-growth model in post-crisis conditions depends on whether President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang can revive the
legacy
of their predecessors, Deng Xiaoping and Zhu Rongji.
Determined diplomacy, as much as goodwill, is needed to push ahead against an inherited inertia backed by a
legacy
of rage.
New START builds on a
legacy
of strategic nuclear arms limitation that goes back to the 1970’s.
Over the years “avoiding…the ultimate consequences” through limitations butted against the bitter
legacy
of the surprise attacks suffered by both the US and Russia in World War II.
Ronald Reagan's death forced many people to confront once again the
legacy
of Central America's brutal wars in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua of two decades ago.
It is not surprising that Lee’s
legacy
would become a symbolic flashpoint, given America’s history of race relations.
For US President Barack Obama, the breakthrough is a chance to cement his
legacy
as a transformative president, like his models Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt – even if, in ending nearly six decades of failed policy, he more closely resembles Richard Nixon, who presided over the opening to China.
The
legacy
of the nationalist tradition, obscured and manipulated by the Communists for decades, today presents itself in Romania with an aura of mystery and martyrdom before a public in the throes of an identity crisis and thirsting for a new communitarian mythology.
The
legacy
of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, like that of the Vietnam War before them, is bound to teach the US caution in the use of military might.
But the dire
legacy
of its two recent wars calls for a focus on internal improvement.
But raising Russian living standards remains central to Putin’s grip on power and his long-term
legacy.
But appearances can deceive, for the
legacy
of Putin's first term is that he is losing his fight with the state apparatus that he inherited.
Z. A. Bhutto’s
legacy
was empowerment of the impoverished and defense of ordinary people’s rights amid feudalistic politics and military rule.
The belief that Muslim countries are likely to fall prey to despotism and will fail to reform their political and economic systems partly reflects the
legacy
of colonialism.
Since the vote falls on the 30th anniversary of the 1980 military coup, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is portraying the referendum as an opportunity to reject the military regime’s
legacy.
But this
legacy
of the Cold War is out of sync with the times.
Greece has seen the rise of an overtly fascist party, Golden Dawn, which proudly celebrates the
legacy
of former dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
Indeed, the weakened Russia that will be Putin’s
legacy
will then also lose the Northern Caucasus and the Volga region to their growing Muslim populations.
With a stagnant denominator, it is hard to reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio: the
legacy
of the past continues to weigh excessively on the present.
In contrast to America’s engagement in multilateralism, or Europe’s search for reconciliation through a plethora of common institutions, power politics is much more a part of Asia’s twentieth-century
legacy.
Yet, even if he was largely forgotten after the Rose Revolution of 2003, when he was ousted by his one-time protégé, Mikheil Saakashvili, his cunning and skill at manipulating political forces still enabled him to manage his
legacy
to his advantage.
Knowing the extent of his unpopularity in 2003, many believe that he was ready to leave power but needed a successor who would ensure that his
legacy
(and his wealth) survived.
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