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The fund would be managed at arm’s
length
in a transparent, accountable manner, guided by a city mandate but directed by a dedicated professional staff to keep it free from political influence.
A public, understandably disheartened by the
length
of the current military campaigns and loss of life in Afghanistan and Iraq, is sympathetic to the idea of disengagement.
The
length
of this period should be fixed, and should not depend on actions or conditions that are at least partly under executives’ control.
After all, employees do not negotiate individually the
length
of the workweek.
To get an accurate picture of extinction, we must adjust the total number of extinctions for the
length
of time science has known bird species.
As Frederick Mackeson, a British colonial officer, observed of the tribesmen in 1850, “their fidelity is measured by the
length
of the purse of their seducer, and they transfer their obedience according to the liberality of the donation.”
Qatar has been chosen as the seat of fresh US-Taliban negotiations in order to keep the still-skeptical Afghan government at arm’s
length
(despite the pretense of “Afghan-led” talks), and to insulate the Taliban negotiators from Pakistani and Saudi pressure.
While its depth and
length
cannot be predicted, a continued credit crunch, sovereign-debt problems, lack of competitiveness, and fiscal austerity imply a serious downturn.
His words are worth quoting at length:“I don’t have any enthusiasm for…trying to shrink the relative importance of the financial system in our economy as a test of reform, because we have to think about the fact that we operate in the broader world…It’s the same thing for Microsoft or anything else.
Moreover, China abruptly shortened the
length
of its border with India by rescinding its recognition of the 1,597-kilometer (992-mile) line separating Indian Kashmir from Chinese-held Kashmir.
The
length
of an economic expansion is not a reliable predictor of when the next downturn will come.
By some estimates, if the world completes all of the dam projects currently underway or planned without mitigation measures, the resulting infrastructure would disrupt 300,000 kilometers (186,411 miles) of free-flowing rivers – a
length
equivalent to seven trips around the planet.
Trade for much of the Pacific and Atlantic regions will be governed by agreements, thousands of pages in
length
and replete with complex rules of origin that contradict basic principles of efficiency and the free flow of goods.
Thus Milosevic was allowed to defend himself – a huge mistake in terms of the trial’s
length
and efficiency.
Second, the
length
of time that has passed since the crimes – longer than 30 years, in some cases – far exceeds that for any comparable proceeding.
There were miscalculations over the war’s
length
and depth, but that is not the same as an accidental war.
The first – declining economic growth, to less than 1%, on average, across the region – has been discussed at length, with the prevailing explanation being that China’s slowing economic growth has suppressed commodity prices and, thus, Latin America’s export revenues.
Lula becomes a failure and Brazil loses another decade as its economy sinks into a depression of uncertain
length
and suffers inflation of uncertain magnitude.
Mubarak had a rocky relationship with Israel, and held America’s closest Middle East ally at arm’s
length
throughout his presidency.
All of these – and many other – ideas have been discussed at length, and have even been elaborated to the point that actionable agendas have emerged.
When describing his conquest of Chanderi in 1528, Babar offers gruesome details of the gory slaughter of many “infidels” but just a few sentences later he talks at
length
about Chanderi’s lakes, flowing streams, and sweet water.
The Crescent has cast a seemingly interminable shadow across the
length
of Pakistan.
These stores solve a psychological problem for us, too, since one can shop at
length
– a pleasure that may well be hard-wired in the female brain, owing to our evolutionary development as gatherers – without feeling sick about one’s overspending by the end of the exercise.
The first of these will be the
length
of time that it takes the victors to form a new government.
They reckon that the average
length
of post-war crises has been 4.4 years – the time it takes for the necessary “de-leveraging” to occur – after which the crisis of confidence is over and economic growth revives.
With a greater diversity of letters, the variety of words that can be made increases, as does their
length.
The Jordan Valley and the hills of Judea and Samaria are, undoubtedly, strategic assets for a country whose width is that of the
length
of a Manhattan avenue.
The sources cited by Vanity Fair confirm that the intelligence on which the team made the decision to “go in” was impressionistic and incomplete (that is, the target, judging from the
length
of his shadow, was “tall and thin” like Bin Laden, but his identity was not 100% certain).
Given the
length
and the magnitude of many of today’s conflicts – in which great powers are frequently involved – a bold and comprehensive international commitment is urgently needed for prevention and humanitarian response.
John Dower, an American historian and specialist of modern Japan, studied the issue at
length.
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