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As a latecomer to urbanization, India will benefit from technological innovations – including digital technologies, cleaner energy, innovative construction materials, and new
modes
of transport – that will enable it to leapfrog some of its more developed counterparts.
Of the 12 production
modes
analyzed, two would reduce annual CO2 emissions by only two tons, while the other ten actually increase total emissions – up to 14 tons per year.
The country is home to every faith known to mankind, and Hinduism – a religion that not only lacks a national organization, established church, or ecclesiastical hierarchy, but also uniform beliefs or
modes
of worship – exemplifies our diversity as much as it does our common cultural heritage.
But alternative
modes
of money will offer both governments and non-state actors new ways to assert power or bypass existing power structures.
For example, by mapping how and when people travel, planners can know where to invest more in cleaner
modes
of transportation – such as bike-sharing systems or electric car-charging stations.
In his book Lombard Street, Walter Bagehot quoted Jeremiah Harman, the governor of the Bank of England in the 1825-1826 crisis:“We lent...by every possible means and in
modes
we had never adopted before; we took in stock on security, we purchased exchequer bills, we made advances on exchequer bills, we not only discounted outright, but we made advances on the deposit of bills of exchange to an immense amount, in short, by every possible means consistent with the safety of the Bank, and we were not on some cases over-nice.
Facing economic crisis, widespread unemployment, and rising competition from developing economies, Europe must adjust to technological advances and new
modes
of working – all while an aging population puts increasing strain on exhausted public budgets.
Another crucial issue – and the topic of the group’s next report – concerns new
modes
of delivering education, such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
While these new
modes
of delivery are undoubtedly transforming education, especially higher education, what is happening may be more evolution than revolution.
Europe’s leaders must work to ensure that new
modes
of delivering education translate into better opportunities for a broader range of people.
Pathogens have highly specialized transmission modes, and groups of closely related species tend to be very similar.
Like most companies at the time, BP was accustomed to communicating with traditional seats of power – the White House, the Kremlin, and so on – and to doing so via traditional
modes
of communication, such as briefing carefully selected journalists and distributing precisely worded press releases.
Indeed, there is no better justification for testing legal
modes
of exchange than the very depredations of the underground market.
Europeans may have to embrace new
modes
of cooperation among their national armed forces in order to put them to effective use.
Since James D. Watson and Francis Crick uncovered DNA’s structure in 1953, a massive amount of available genetic data has been identified, and novel forms of scientific organization and
modes
of working have emerged.
The desire for freedom that carried the movement forward necessarily eluded archaic
modes
of thinking.
If we accept the logic behind the more pragmatic and ambitious philosophy of international aid that underpins the United Nations’ “Millennium Declaration,” we must quickly adapt our instruments to ensure more sustainable and predictable
modes
of financing.
Self-driving vehicles promise to have a dramatic impact on urban life, because they will blur the distinction between private and public
modes
of transportation.
Critics of experimental economics worry that subjects bring to experimental situations
modes
of thought determined outside of the experiment, and thus that the experiments are not as clean and the inferences not as clear cut as in the physical sciences.
Governments can choose household-level technologies or village-level micro-grids; involve aid donors or use other
modes
of financing; offer subsidies to encourage private entrepreneurs or energy-service concessions to existing utilities; lease the equipment by providing consumer credit or sell it up front.
Moreover, it has become an article of faith that any move toward a more open or “pluralist” approach to economics portends regression to “pre-scientific”
modes
of thought, just as the results of the European Parliament election threaten to revive a more primitive mode of politics.
One is to hark back to older
modes
of solidarity.
Twitter has displaced no one; rather, it supplements and competes with all other
modes
of communication.
Voters regard investment very differently from other
modes
of globalization.
Just as Mao’s portrait has never been taken down from The Gate of Heavenly Peace, so whole elements of his revolution continue to survive in China’s institutions, ways of thinking, and
modes
of interacting with the world.
At the same time, the government supported construction of high-rise residential buildings capable of housing the growing urban population and developed multiple transport modes, including highways, rail networks, and subway lines, which have helped to connect people with employment opportunities within and among cities.
Everywhere and at all times, being civilized means being able to recognize and accept the humanity of others, despite their different
modes
of living.
Cultures (plural) are the
modes
of living embraced by various human groups, and comprise all that their members have in common: language, religion, family structures, diet, dress, and so on.
Technology has transformed the modern workplace, but curricula,
modes
of learning and instruction, and teacher quality all continue to lag.
It has also shown the limits of current
modes
of global cooperation, even in the face of shared crises.
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