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Some of Russia’s
opponents
might welcome the country’s decline on the grounds that the problem will eventually solve itself.
Even we, as
opponents
of the war, were staggered by what we found, with conservative to moderate estimates ranging from slightly less than a trillion dollars to more than $2 trillion.
Indeed, proving that a politician is a liar is just about the only way to get rid of him or her quickly and terminally, which is why the attempt is so attractive to political
opponents.
Opponents
within his own party are increasingly replacing the ineffectual Tory opposition.
Trump’s
opponents
argue that illegal immigrants themselves are often victims of – or witnesses to – serious crimes, but are reluctant to go to the police because they fear deportation.
But in countries where the Church’s influence remains strong, IVF’s
opponents
are fighting back.
Of course, very little has actually happened in the nine months since the referendum took place: no concrete steps have been taken; and staunch Brexit
opponents
such as Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green and Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Alan Duncan are still members of the government.
But higher incomes did not translate into improvements in people’s standard of living or the quality of public services, leaving Putin’s approval rating flat, with some of his
opponents
even taking to the streets to protest his leadership.
Modi is a take-no-prisoners campaigner, who revels in punchy invective and freely launches partisan attacks at
opponents
(including me).
Don’t Follow America on Health CareTORONTO – With the United States Supreme Court set to begin considering the Affordable Care Act (the historic health-care reform derided by
opponents
as “Obamacare”), it is worth noting that the number of Americans without health insurance reached an all-time high in 2010, the year the law was enacted.
Opponents
of central-bank intervention are right about one thing: monetary financing carries serious risks.
His conciliatory speech in Cairo on June 4, 2009, much derided by hawks in the US, together with his general lack of bluster, created enough space for the
opponents
of Middle Eastern dictators to rebel without being tainted in any way by foreign intervention.
Why are the Wahhabi clerics, the main
opponents
of reform and progress, continually indulged as the Kingdom’s de facto co-rulers?
They feed on their own atrocities or on those of their
opponents
to win support through fear rather than conviction – using videos to raise funds and recruit new members.
A Chinese Dinner for TwoLONDON – A great deal of water has flowed through the Taiwan Strait in the 70 years since the leader of China’s Communists, Mao Zedong, met the leader of his nationalist opponents, Chiang Kai-shek.
The Iranian regime would continue to brutally repress its domestic opponents, meddle in Iraq and Afghanistan, arm and fund Hezbollah and Hamas, and, most important, develop the ability to construct one or more nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them.
Moreover, while a preventive strike would delay Iran’s nuclear efforts, it would not stop the regime from rebuilding, and it might also create conditions that cause problems for the regime’s domestic
opponents.
CAMBRIDGE – When the stakes are high, it is no surprise that battling political
opponents
use whatever support they can garner from economists and other researchers.
Since then, governments across the region have resorted to crude repression to keep public discontent and political
opponents
at bay.
He expects the US to offer Israel security assistance to face the challenge that Iran poses, even as he barges clumsily into Obama’s political backyard and forges alliances with his domestic
opponents.
Moreover, the topic remains highly sensitive: while public-opinion polls in 2012 indicate for the first time a small majority in favor of legalization,
opponents
remain vehement.
Just as Deng’s status and forcefulness enabled him to face down his
opponents
and keep China’s economic modernization on course, President Xi Jinping’s determined leadership can overcome vested interests and implement the needed reforms.
The eventual nominee would be wise to incorporate his opponents’ best ideas and top people into his campaign.
If extremists can use the brute force of a parliamentary majority to legislate their agenda, they will do so – and worry later about how to deal, one way or another, with their
opponents.
The question he asked of his
opponents
was: “What must they believe in order to claim that persistent mass unemployment is impossible, so that government ‘stimulus’ to raise the employment level could do no good?”
Her sense of security (and hence her indolence) is also increased because her political
opponents
are in complete disarray.
But economic change of this magnitude inevitably has its opponents, some with legitimate concerns.
Over the last decade, the BJP has cultivated an army of cyber warriors to propagate its message of Hindu chauvinism, contempt for minorities, and hyper-nationalism, including through ferocious attacks on political
opponents.
By destabilizing the region, the war enabled the rise of the Islamic State, which at its height occupied a substantial slice of Iraqi territory, beheading its opponents, attempting genocide against the Yazidi minority, and spreading terrorism around the world.
So, not surprisingly, Republicans are using the vote on the debt ceiling to force cuts in entitlement spending, while Obama and Congressional Democrats are using it to force higher taxes, in part to fracture their opponents’ coalition.
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