Object
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It is an
object
and, nevertheless, it seems to be free.
She is an impersonal
object
of communal stereotypes that sustain cultural prejudices.
But if populist forces have a plan that would enable their
object
of desire – the traditional nation-state – to address these mounting challenges, they have kept it a secret.
To that end, in a forthcoming paper that I co-authored with foreign-policy experts and other economists, we propose that the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security be given the right to
object
on security grounds to the European Commission’s proposed mergers or investment decisions.
Not only would Unionists in Northern Ireland
object
to being separated from the rest of the UK – again, raising the risk of renewed conflict – but Scotland would probably demand its own closer relationship with the EU.
One also might
object
on the grounds that monetary financing would produce inflation.
There can be no economic justification for the US to
object
to one of its allies concluding a free-trade agreement with another country, even one without a pure market economy.
The
object
of that fear is often defined as a Muslim – and additionally as a malign Pakistani general or a terrorist despatched by him – who must be confronted by a strongman ruler.
Valentine’s Day is another
object
of Hindutva warriors’ fury.
The CJEU could not rule on the issue itself, because it is the
object
of the infringement procedure (nemo judex in causa sua).
If acquiring territory through war is now legitimized, then it becomes much harder to
object
to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Saudi Arabia’s claim to parts of Yemen, or Iraq’s demand that Kuwait be its 19th district.
Because Trump remains the dominant force in their party, Republicans – some with an eye on the 2024 presidential election – are reluctant to
object
openly to his tearing at the sinews that hold the country together.
Nonetheless, the expansion of wind turbines is stalling, owing to a growing chorus of citizens who
object
to the destruction of the natural environment.
While regime hardliners regarded him as a hero, many Iranians who have lost loved ones in peaceful demonstrations, or who
object
to the regime’s attacks on Iranian dissidents in the diaspora, saw him differently.
Accordingly, US strategic planners today do not
object
to a stronger, self-reliant Europe, but a weak one that diverts scarce US resources from the rivalry with China.
If business leaders and economists
object
to that, perhaps they should stop prattling on about productivity all the time.
We shouldn’t
object
to the government of a low-income country seeking revenue from wealthy foreign climbers.
One could
object
to this on principle, following Kant’s claim that it is always wrong to use human beings as a means to an end; critics have argued that RCTs “sacrifice the well-being of study participants in order to ‘learn.’”
When the UK joined the European Union in 1973, we were in danger of becoming an
object
of sympathy, the sick man of Europe.
But this ceremony was different, and it was about much more than a single physical
object.
And, more important, Trump has expressed a willingness to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, even suggesting that he would not
object
to Iran receiving a “short-term line of credit or loan.”
Once a waiver application is submitted, it is “posted” publicly, giving domestic steel companies seven days to object, on the basis that they can in fact furnish the type of steel in question.
Skeptics
object
that such an arrangement is impossible, owing to the differences between American and Russian values.
The US would not
object
to the content of Russia’s open political speech, including their propagandistic RT television network.
But it would
object
when Russia promotes its views through covert coordinated behavior such as the 2016 manipulation of social media, or dumping hacked e-mails.
After all, nobody can
object
to big deficits at the moment.
In particular, Putin wanted the US to treat Russia not as a mere
object
of history, as it had done under his predecessor Boris Yeltsin, but as a real interlocutor.
Given that the US has a vibrant short-selling industry to keep listed companies in line, it is understandable that some observers would
object
to a forceful and disorderly delisting that could inflict big losses on those holding US-traded shares.
Now, they have become an
object
of mockery, while the 2008 global financial crisis similarly tarnished the American model of finance-driven, winner-take-all capitalism.
Some might
object
on moral grounds to governments borrowing money that our children and grandchildren will have to repay.
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