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Of course, the EU countries could leave Greece to the mercy of the International Monetary Fund, which is willing and able to help – conditional on the government’s implementation of a strict austerity program.
When Yeltsin stepped down, he left Russia at the mercy of his handpicked successor, Putin.
We seem to be at the mercy of our narratives.
One Friday sermon on Palestinian TV told Muslims "to have no mercy on the Jews, no matter where you are...kill them... and those Americans who are like them."
Long before the moon landing, the Internet, or the discovery of the Higgs boson, the world was at the mercy of a disease that struck indiscriminately and did not respect national boundaries.
And many in the Vatican today cannot fathom Francis’s approach, viewing his messages of mercy as a “watering down” of the Catholic doctrine.
Political rights and local elections may be at the mercy of the Party, but the historical memory of millions of people will not so easily be erased.
When should we forgive or show mercy to wrongdoers?
MacAskill, in a statement to the Scottish Parliament defending his decision, refrained from quoting from the best-known speech on mercy in the English language – that of Portia in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice – but Portia’s words would have fitted the core of his statement.
Portia acknowledges that Shylock is under no obligation to show mercy to Antonio, who is in breach of his agreement to him.
“The quality of mercy is not strained” – that is, constrained, or obligatory – she tells Shylock, but rather something that falls freely, like rain.
He then appeals to the values of humanity, compassion, and mercy as “the beliefs we seek to live by” and frames his decision as being true to Scottish values.
These apparent acts of mercy were presented as the wise acts of a benevolent modern czar ruling in the name of traditional values and repulsed by Western decadence – never mind that it was Western governments that had pressed most persistently for their release.
Now the Kremlin seems to think that what is good for ordinary Russians is good for independent nations as well: small and weak countries will be shown no mercy once Russia is given the tools to intimidate, isolate, and threaten them with the prospect of an energy blockade.
For decades, my region of Europe was left to the mercy of evil.
For example, many believe that Nigeria is a petro-economy, wholly at the mercy of the world oil market.
Images of miserable refugee families drifting in the sea, at the mercy of rapacious smugglers and gangsters, can easily inspire feelings of pity and compassion (and not just in Germany).
But the international community must not make matters worse by leaving Malians at the mercy of an international network of armed religious zealots.
We cannot afford a future in which knowledge is at the mercy of popularity and money.
Instead of Sorcerer’s Stone, however, I assign Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – my favorite book of the seven, which marks the series’ shift from children’s literature to young adult fiction, through its complex treatment of fidelity, betrayal, rage, and mercy.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the air raids on Tokyo and other cities, and the ground battles in Okinawa, among others, took a heavy toll among ordinary citizens without mercy.
Despite its vast natural resources, Africa will remain at the mercy of commodity prices and trade flows until it undertakes a profound structural transformation.
But humans do not have to be at the mercy of data flows.
Unless and until we recognize this fully, we will remain at the mercy of Keynes’s poorly understood “delicate machine.”
Europe’s Gradualist FallacyATHENS – Europe is at the mercy of a common currency that not only was unnecessary for European integration, but that is actually undermining the European Union itself.
May wins most of the battles she fights, and shows little mercy to those who have used underhanded tactics against her.
Otherwise, digital innovation could quickly turn into a sort of “Wild West,” a lawless environment in which people are at the mercy of whatever powerful new innovator comes to town.
A common suspicion is that China uses this opacity to strike bilateral deals with debtor governments that are at its mercy.
Most islands still rely heavily on imported fossil fuels for their relatively small energy needs, putting them at the mercy of global markets.
Put more simply, it’s not as if those who would like to use their data for good want to sacrifice their privacy; they want the power to control that balance themselves, rather than being at the mercy of corporate giants and government agencies.
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