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In Russia, the only legal option in these cases is “total guardianship,” which is applied indefinitely and cannot be challenged by the adult in question.
They want to access the American market and use Gulf Coast ports to export more widely, but Keystone XL is not their only option.
Under such conditions, the option of Hamas agreeing to a cease-fire and some form of power sharing with the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority would no longer be viable.
The first option may involve international conflict, the second domestic conflict.
But if countries still want the option of referenda, they should impose formal rules that help to ensure that politicians cannot use them to dodge difficult decisions.
Finland and Norway permit referenda only on this basis, while Australian politicians have the option of calling non-binding plebiscites.
Politicians who argue for a choice among three options should be aware of the “compromise effect,” whereby people tend to choose the middle option, rather than considering each carefully.
Another option is to build on successful mediation efforts that help women discuss financial inclusion with their husbands.
While neither option is particularly appealing, the dangers of a war with Russia cannot be overestimated.
For some countries, this is currently the only viable option, but over the long run this dependence can mean higher energy costs and vulnerability to price volatility and supply shocks.
The US Senate was wise in rejecting this dangerous option.
With family in Spain, he could immigrate, but he doesn't consider that option seriously.
But blindly sticking to principle would have been a highly risky option for the ECB.
At the moment, however, too many of Africa’s young researchers see no option but to go abroad for school and work.
After more than five years of conflict in Syria, retreating without having found a solution is not an option.
But a protracted and incremental process of small steps towards economic and then political reform – the sequence contemplated by the European Union – is no longer an option.
For Europe, the best option is to support the mass movement calling for regime change led by Mohammed ElBaradei, the Nobel laureate and former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Moreover, it will also give the new Central Asian States trade routes outside the borders of Russia, a perhaps desirable option for states keen to secure their independence.
With no singularly good option available, the administration must begin to pursue several policies simultaneously, not as inchoate elements, but as parts of a comprehensive overall strategy.
Tillerson is right that the use of military force is an option that should be kept on the table.
There is one option that should not be kept on the table: a quick agreement with the North to freeze its nuclear and missile testing in exchange for, say, the suspension of annual US-South Korea joint military exercises.
Failure is not an option.”
Failure then becomes an option if the country concerned violates the single currency’s basic rules.
One might object that the distinction between Southern and Northern views is academic nowadays, because failure really isn’t an option, given that it would trigger a disastrous reaction in global financial markets.
According to a recent World Bank study, distributed renewable energy “will be the lowest cost option for a minority of households in Africa, even when likely cost reductions over the next 20 years are considered.”
And while many in the EU, especially the European Commission, would like to have their cake and eat it – keeping the UK in the customs union, while ignoring its interests – that is simply not an option.
Tackling Migration at the SourceWASHINGTON, DC – For citizens of poor countries, migration often is a highly appealing option.
But for the rest of the country’s insolvent banks, the only option has been to wait for another real-estate boom.
Nonetheless, they are slowing down capital spending and consumption, given the option value of waiting during uncertain times.
Instead, Russia’s best option was to cooperate with other countries that had adopted a similar model of state-centered capitalism, especially China.
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