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Of course, the Kremlin did not take the Moscow Helsinki Group’s actions
lightly.
Export-led economies, of course, can’t take currency appreciation
lightly
– it undermines competitiveness and risks eroding the country’s share of the global market.
Killing is never to be undertaken
lightly.
On one side was the American model, with a variety of regulated banks,
lightly
regulated investment banks, and largely unregulated hedge funds managing the capital flows.
But ratings agencies and analysts who misjudged the repayment ability of debtors – including governments – have gotten off too
lightly.
But it is a mistake to dismiss America's declining attractiveness so
lightly.
So offers of citizenship, such as to Germany's long isolated Turkish residents, however delayed, should not be
lightly
spurned.
So the Chief Prosecutor’s threat should not be taken
lightly
– all the more so given that the Constitutional Court has banned 18 political parties (including the AKP’s predecessor party) since the current constitution was introduced in 1982.
Japan armed itself only
lightly
(restricting military expenditures to about 1% of GNP), and focused on economic growth.
North Korea is China’s neighbor, and political or social instability there is not taken
lightly.
In this context, the US government should tread
lightly.
In the wake of the global economic crisis, voters have demanded government intervention, suggesting that many have lost confidence in the
lightly
regulated systems of the past.
Since then, however, both the American financial model (with powerful financial institutions thriving in
lightly
regulated markets) and the American model of engagement (in Iraq and Afghanistan) for some time appeared more dynamic and more in accordance with the demands of a globalizing world.
No court should convict someone
lightly
because of the views he espouses in the public sphere.
In fact, the opposite is the case: the US got off very
lightly.
If Greece’s new government does not tread
lightly
in these discussions, withdrawal of these institutions’ liquidity support for Greek banks could follow.
Of course, the UN’s announcement is not to be dismissed
lightly.
Unlike capital, which is more
lightly
taxed, workers cannot simply escape abroad.
Moving the base to the
lightly
populated Henoko District in the northern part of Okinawa – a solution agreed by both governments – is the only realistic choice.
Though causality has yet to be proven, given the limited number of data points, this correlation should not be taken lightly, especially with wealth and income inequality at historically high levels.
A previous incident in which Strauss-Kahn was let off
lightly
for an improper relationship with a subordinate clearly suggests that the Fund needs brighter lines for acceptable behavior and tougher punishment for transgressions.
To be sure, references to Hitler should not be invoked
lightly.
In my research on the history of international financial crisis with Professor Carmen Reinhart, we find that eras of heavy financial regulation tend to have significantly fewer financial crises than
lightly
regulated free-wheeling eras, such as those associated with the recent period of financial triumphalism.
This visit is not only a lost opportunity, given Russia’s need to modernize its economy and the help Japan could provide, but a grave strategic error in view of Russia’s increasing worries about China’s ambitions in Asia, which includes Russia’s
lightly
populated Siberian provinces.
A little more than 60 years after the Shoah, one does not play
lightly
with such an evocation of destruction.
Political sensitivities in the predominantly Muslim north have forced Jonathan, a Christian southerner, to tread
lightly
in his efforts to contain Boko Haram.
The Financial Times recently observed that in China’s “efforts to build soft power outside its borders,” the country “needs to tread more
lightly
and take a more reciprocal and less authoritarian approach.”
For now, however, the best option may be for China to peg the renminbi to the dollar, with an adjustment band of 5%, within which the central bank would intervene only lightly, to guide the market back to parity over the long term.
As usual, this year’s meeting, during the last week of September, brought together a long list of world leaders, although perhaps the term “world leader” should no longer be used so
lightly.
A forced exit could not be triggered
lightly.
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