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But if Macron qualifies for the second round, he will pose a greater threat to Le Pen than an
outright
left-wing candidate would.
If, say, the BOJ moved to intervene
outright
in the exchange-rate markets to depreciate the yen, the odds that the People’s Bank of China and the Bank of Korea would opt for weaker currencies would increase.
The incentives associated with the winner-take-all system encourage cheating – ranging from questionable practices and ethical lapses to
outright
misconduct.
Such companies have little desire to put their IP at risk of erosion or
outright
theft; they want to do business where they know that their IP is safe.
What this pattern suggests is that the Party can rarely choke down more than the smallest dose of political reform, much less
outright
criticism before reacting in an almost autonomic fashion against it.
Competition among educational institutions is very welcome here, even though it may produce some abuses or
outright
fraud.
In the political realm, populist, anti-globalization, anti-immigration, and in some cases
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racist and anti-Semitic parties are on the rise.
In all of these cases, economic failure and a lack of opportunities and hope for the poor and young are fueling political and religious extremism, resentment of the West and, in some cases,
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terrorism.
Though they will not oppose reforms outright, they will continue to procrastinate and spread fear about economic instability and social tension to prevent changes that threaten to diminish their status and prerogatives.
As Hubert Vedrine, a former French foreign minister, recently estimated that only 15-20% of Europeans are Europhiles, another 15-20% oppose the EU outright, and the remaining 60% are “euro-allergic.”
In today’s low-inflation or
outright
deflationary environment, central banks may need negative policy rates (this is the novelty part) to produce negative real rates.
To be sure, Iran’s alliances are vulnerable to erosion and, in the case of two staunch allies, Syria and Venezuela, to
outright
collapse.
China’s determination to assert its right to economic development has been greeted with a sense of disquiet, if not
outright
hostility, in many Western capitals.
Now, five years later, signs of frothiness, if not
outright
bubbles, are reappearing in housing markets in Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and, back for an encore, the UK (well, London).
To secure a stable balance of power, likeminded countries must stand together in backing a rules-based regional order, thereby compelling China to embrace international norms, including dispute settlement through peaceful negotiation, rather than military intimidation or
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force.
Not one mentioned the relentless stream of ignorant statements,
outright
lies, and impetuous actions that have eroded the standing of the US president – and thus of the US – in the world.
Why are clear suspicions of corruption, asset-stripping and
outright
theft not investigated and punished, even though both companies are majority-owned by the Government and most of the board membership is state appointed?
This demands less
outright
combat and more effective peacekeeping, through strategic decision-making, intelligence gathering, and civil engagement.
All trading schemes not based on this hypothesis were labeled as either misguided or
outright
frauds.
Households then purchase credit on a pay-as-you-go basis, through mobile phone technologies, until they own their system
outright.
Revisionism might turn into
outright
revanchism as the Kremlin seeks to counter-balance internal weakness with demonstrations of external strength.
The pandering to extremist groups, the rejection of science, the
outright
lies and distortions, and the evasion of the real issues that characterized the most recent election cycle set a new low for democratic politics.
So rampant were the equivocations, untruths, and
outright
lies from both camps that many media outlets and non-partisan groups maintained running lists of factual distortions.
It is
outright
US hostility.
The arguments of “Leave” campaigners are frequently inaccurate, when they are not
outright
lies; but the furious debate in Britain over whether to remain in Europe has laid bare the EU’s deep-seated weaknesses – and has forced European leaders to stop ignoring them.
In the case of the US and the Paris climate agreement, that commitment has been rescinded
outright.
The ECB’s Faulty WeaponBRUSSELS – With inflation in the eurozone stubbornly remaining on a downward trajectory, pressure on the European Central Bank to do “something” to prevent
outright
deflation is growing.
During this time, the Liberals will set their patronage machine in motion and attempt to expand their voter base enough to win an
outright
majority.
Warnings that Brexit would lower income levels were either dismissed outright, wrongly, as mere fearmongering, or weighed against the Leavers’ greater interest in border control.
Rather than accept its losses, the EPRDF-run government responded with a brutal crackdown, claiming
outright
victory and accusing the opposition of trying to stage an insurrection.
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