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The second approach allows drivers to make their own choices, even if this means that they will have to slow down or stop on occasion.
Although the event has been presented as an occasion for the two leaders to become personally acquainted, Trump reportedly intends to raise at least three major issues with Xi: America’s massive trade deficit with China, North Korea’s nuclear program, and the territorial disputes between China and US allies in the South China Sea.
Part of this article is based on an essay in the Munich Security Report 2016, which was published on the occasion of the 52nd Munich Security Conference.
On each occasion, newspaper accounts further established the 1929 market psychology.
The Basque terrorist organization ETA has ended its truce with the Spanish government, and, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding, placed bombs in the town of Burgos and on the island of Majorca.
As he showed us around, there was one object that appeared to be African, but I wasn’t sure; on occasion, I have identified art as African only to learn that it was, in fact, Native American.
Today’s historic meeting between Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Cuba is another occasion that Putin will seek to turn to his advantage.
“The revival of church unity is a crucial condition for revival of lost unity of the whole ‘Russian world,’ which has always had the Orthodox faith as one of its foundations,” Putin said at a ceremony marking the occasion.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US President Barack Obama, and the other G-7 leaders have risen to the occasion and deserve strong global approbation.
America reels from one shooting disaster to the next, and on nearly every occasion, politicians dutifully declare their continued devotion to unregulated gun ownership.
Some observers will view the 2018 World Cup in terms of Putin’s effort to project “soft power,” and as an occasion for corrupt Russian officials to feather their nests.
Whether it was Germany, South Africa, or Brazil, all have used the occasion to burnish their reputations for hospitality and openness.
Having met and conversed with Erdogan on more than one occasion, I found him a moderate and reasonable man.
World leaders may have already reserved some days in August 2014 to mark the occasion.
Indeed, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has used the occasion to demand a formal apology for the war from the Japanese emperor, and financial compensation for Korean women who were forced to serve Japanese soldiers in military brothels during the war.
I have received death threats on more than one occasion, and my children and I have had to flee our homeland.
How Brazil Broke LooseCAMBRIDGE – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s visit last week to Washington, DC, offers an occasion to consider how some once-poor countries have broken out of poverty, as Brazil has.
It’s in my hand on this occasion as I look out over the Bosphorus on a glittering March morning.
On one occasion, a reporter queried the US Treasury on the adverse effects of the strong dollar on exports (at the time, car sales and other exports were suffering.)
But on this occasion, politics was too dangerous for her to discuss.
At the same time, our new status helps us to better understand that freedom is not a gate to egoism but, primarily, an occasion for solidarity and a call for responsible conduct in the face of threats of the type which NATO is now facing in Kosovo.
Dressing for the occasion in his signature red baseball cap with the slogan “Make America Great Again,” he appeared to have gamed the system with a winning strategy of using “politically incorrect” statements to focus attention on himself and gain enormous free publicity.
And then of course there is Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, whose praises Trump never misses an occasion to sing.
Germany sent high-level authorities to France to mark the occasion, reaffirming the reconciliation between the two countries.
Hong Kong's people may well conclude that they have no alternative but to use every occasion to protest chief executive Tung Chee-hwa's unpopular government, making it even harder for him to govern.
On this occasion, we traveled by train to the Bernese Highlands (Berner Oberland), just as I had done nearly 40 years ago.
But, despite the devastating consequences implied by a failure to address these issues, we have not risen to the occasion.
The Truth Will Set You FreeNEW YORK – When Pope Francis visited Sri Lanka earlier this month, he used the occasion to urge its leaders to include “the pursuit of truth” in the process of healing the scarred and divided country.
While climbing the world’s highest mountain will always be dangerous, we must remember that on this occasion only Sherpas died, and in the years since Everest began attracting large inflows of Western climbers, Sherpas have accounted for most fatalities.
A perfectly normal extension of the US-Philippine security agreement turned into an occasion to bemoan China’s claims on what former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the “West Philippine Sea.”
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