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There will be pretty pictures and lofty speeches on the future of the transatlantic relationship – in other words, business as usual.
In fact, this is in line with the Modi government's approach thus far: lofty aspirations, soaring rhetoric, and quotable sound-bites have been accompanied by few specifics, no implementation plan, and no improvements in execution capacity.
As the first week of the annual UN General Debate drew to a close, there was lofty talk of seize-the-moment imperatives – from climate change and sustainable development to renewed pledges of aid for the impoverished and the advancement of women around the globe.
In the real world, declarations of lofty principles mean a lot less than concrete actions.
This implies a risk that the world will waste valuable time on yet another debate about lofty goals.
He reached lofty heights and suffered humiliating failures – and went through several incarnations.
As is usual on such occasions, there will be a lot of lofty speeches about Europe.
Wiesel’s work has neither the inaccessible sublimity of Kafka, nor the paradoxically lofty power of Proust.
But let’s recognize that real democracy is only going to come when middle-income developing countries are prepared to back up their lofty rhetoric with hard cash.
All state visits are overloaded with lofty, superfluous rhetoric.
Consider, first, the lofty market capitalization of Apple and other tech companies, which belies the depiction of US financial markets as hopelessly short-term-oriented.
Amazon’s lofty price/earnings multiple indicates that investors are not shy about financing its long-term future.
Each day, hundreds of interpreters literally pay lip service to this lofty precept, and millions of pages are translated annually so that citizens may consult EU law in their own language.
The trouble is that lofty ambitions come with a high price tag, and there remains a funding gap of around $2.5 trillion if all 17 goals are to be met.
The positive aspects include respect for diversity and an emphasis on consensus-building over conflict, practical solutions over lofty principles, and gradualism over abrupt change.
The question is whether political leaders are ready to back their lofty pronouncements with decisive action.
But, under the influence of a few countries, the conference’s final declaration could end up being little more than vague statements and lofty language.
This is far better than setting lofty goals for the distant future while giving little reason to think that they would be met.
It should be remembered that when five countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands – agreed in 1985 (in the village of Schengen, Luxembourg) to abolish border controls, they did not do so on a whim or because some politicians had a lofty vision.
But no amount of lofty rhetoric can substitute for the reforms outlined here – or obviate the need for them.
For starters, the ideological underpinnings of “Xi Jinping Thought” have been raised to the same lofty level as those of “Mao Zedong Thought,” effectively elevating Xi over his three predecessors – Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, and even the revered Deng Xiaoping.
Four Lessons from Egypt’s World Cup ExperienceLAGUNA BEACH – Egypt’s national soccer team rode to Russia for their first World Cup finals in 28 years on a wave of lofty expectations and potent fan enthusiasm.
And, of course, don’t draw comfort from the lofty stock-market valuations of the broad constellation of US companies.
If we are serious about translating lofty pronouncements into real progress for people and the planet, this will have to change.
Today, the IOC still wraps itself in the lofty mantle of apolitical Olympic idiocy, while Putin uses the Winter Games to try to add luster to his increasingly autocratic, and failing, Russian state.
Unfortunately, Obama’s administration, for all its lofty rhetoric, appears too willing to perpetuate it.
Thus, the stalemate between the two nations really concerns only Cubans who have time to contemplate lofty political questions.
In Egypt, Mubarak turned his back on the lofty rhetoric of Gamal Abdel-Nasser’s revolution and its grand strategic designs.
Indeed, the Kremlin has produced much lofty talk of freedom and modernization in recent years.
We cannot continue to deceive ourselves by touting lofty goals while working only at the margins.
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