Locked
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Turkey –
locked
in conflict with Russia, estranged from Egypt and Iran, and pursuing policies on Syria, the Islamic State (ISIS), and the Kurds that clash with those of its NATO allies – has lately found itself increasingly isolated in a sea of chaos.
And though the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has facilitated some diplomatic coordination, China and Russia remain
locked
in a struggle for influence in Central Asia.
But what of the unemployed who become
locked
into their societies?
Kim Il-sung reportedly rushed to the hospital, but the door to her room was
locked.
Today, however, about 90% of US breeding sows – the mothers of the pigs that are raised and killed for pork, bacon, and ham – spend most of their lives
locked
in cages that measure about two feet by seven feet (0.6 meters by 2.2 meters).
Having peddled the story, the IMF is now
locked
into asking for a bit on the budget and handing over a big bailout package in return.
Unlike corporations and political parties, ordinary citizens are not
locked
into winner-takes-all games, because they can make small moral commitments without incurring intolerable costs.
But, while much of the world’s private capital is
locked
up in developed-country investments in carbon-intensive assets, developing-country investments in a low-carbon future are on the rise.
If the US allows itself to become caught up in suspicion and conjecture about Russian involvement in its recent election, it will most likely find itself
locked
in an even more destructive confrontation with Putin.
Without such an approach, North and South Korea could, before long, be
locked
in another military standoff.
When exchange rates were
locked
in 1999, Germany’s was overvalued, and its economy was struggling;France’s was undervalued, and its economy was booming.
The prospect of intimidating the world is simply too appealing to give up, it seems, even if it means remaining
locked
in not-so-splendid isolation.
African countries that were
locked
out of international capital markets for most of the past five decades have largely been spared the twin woes of financial turmoil and economic downturn.
Those who favor the Left should support the Moroz bloc instead of the Communists, who are
locked
in the blind alley of the past.
Today’s efforts to expand regional infrastructure projects are all the more remarkable for linking even countries
locked
in diplomatic, and sometimes open, conflict.
Psychiatric diagnosis has also been vulnerable to politicization, nowhere more so than in the former Soviet Union, which
locked
up political dissidents in mental hospitals on what amounted to a charge of schizophrenia.
Military rule has cleared the streets,
locked
down the political system, and ushered in a long transition to some new, as-yet-undefined arrangement.
The UK and the EU are now
locked
in a deadly dance, one that may well continue until time runs out.
In the US, Congress and the executive branch are
locked
in a stalemate.
In this sense, Hong Kong is
locked
in a vicious circle – and it is up to China’s government to break it.
But some observers already saw signs that this shock would prove more consequential, with the advanced economies finding themselves
locked
into a frustrating and unusual long-term low-growth trajectory.
Adolf Hitler combined all the elements of political catastrophe: hubris, charisma, greed, and the idea that “Aryans” and Jews were
locked
in a struggle for survival.
It verges on slavery when children are
locked
up without proper lighting, food, and healthcare.
The conflict is “armed theater,” in which the antagonists are simultaneously
locked
in struggle with each other and sending messages to wider audiences, particularly the Iraqi people.
Opponents of the Argentine junta were still keen to know the outcome of matches, even when they were
locked
away in clandestine detention centers.
In September 2006, Serbia’s Ministry of Labor, Education, and Social Affairs made it official policy to integrate into society thousands of people who had been
locked
away in Dickensian state institutions because they have a mental disability.
The government placed the blame on local authorities; the local authorities blamed the government for allocating inadequate resources; and inmates of the institutions still look out at the world through windows that are
locked
and barred.
In Siberia, vast quantities of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas, are
locked
up in what used to be called “permafrost” – regions in which it was assumed that the ground was permanently frozen.
Ping-Pong and Political EconomyPRINCETON – For the last century, economic-policy debate has been
locked
in orbit around the respective roles and virtues of the state and the market.
The greater shame, however, will be when Trump’s “fabulous” negotiators ultimately get around to discussing “America first” deals with other countries in Asia and beyond, only to find that China has already
locked
them into its own set of rules.
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