Passage
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EU members should recognize the risks of so-called direct democracy and tighten the criteria for the
passage
of referenda.
Their meaning, it seems, has become more, not less, debatable with the
passage
of time.
Under Nigeria’s various dictatorships, for example, many journalists underwent a rite of
passage
that most prefer to forget: routine harassment, beatings, torture, frame-ups on spurious charges, and incongruously long prison sentences.
In late December, this disconnect was addressed with the
passage
of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
In another landmark ruling in June 2009, the Court made Germany’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty conditional upon the
passage
of new legislation giving the Bundestag enhanced powers of scrutiny over European affairs.
The change will legitimize marijuana’s de facto legal status since
passage
of Proposition 215 in 1996.
PRINCETON – The arrest in New York last month of Levy-Izhak Rosenbaum, a Brooklyn businessman whom police allege tried to broker a deal to buy a kidney for $160,000, coincided with the
passage
of a law in Singapore that some say will open the way for organ trading there.
And yet, with a few exceptions, most of the modern wealth generated by that trade sails rapidly onward, leaving little to show for its
passage.
The parliamentary debate that has preceded the likely
passage
of this legislation revealed a classic case of an institution (marriage) coming into conflict with a cause (human rights).
Greenspan’s irresponsible support of that tax cut was critical to its
passage.
Recite a
passage
from the Koran, they ordered.
So for five years I enjoyed the experience of giving tens of thousands of students their degrees and watching what this rite of
passage
meant for them and their families.
But, rather than earning him the respect of an outraged Egyptian public, revelations in the opposition press that his plane had to obtain a safe
passage
and authority to land from the Israelis garnered only howls of derision.
The Sources of Russian ConductNEW YORK – No set amount of time must pass before journalism gives way to history, but normally historians write with the advantage of perspective that reflects the
passage
of years, decades, or even centuries.
Living With PopulismMADRID – “We must educate our masters,” Robert Lowe, a British statesman, told colleagues after the
passage
of the Second Reform Act of 1867, a law that added over a million voters to the Parliamentary Register.
The reality for Palestinians today is captured perfectly in a
passage
from the Book of Jeremiah: “‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.”
Still Too Big to FailWASHINGTON, DC – Nearly seven years after the global financial crisis erupted, and more than five years after the
passage
of the Dodd-Frank financial-reform legislation in the United States, the cause of the crisis – the existence of banks that are “too big to fail” – has yet to be uprooted.
In this capacity, Turkey complements and contributes to a unique transitional
passage
between otherwise difficult regions, for it signifies centuries-old co-existence and adjustment.
The big picture today is the possible
passage
of global leadership from the West to Asia.
In commemorating the
passage
of a year, we mark the
passage
from "before" to "after."
As a young teenager, Kakenya Ntaiya agreed to undergo female circumcision (a traditional Maasai rite of passage) in exchange for the opportunity to get an education.
But its
passage
confirms that the US relationship with India promises to be one of America’s closest and strategically most important in the twenty-first century.
Meanwhile, conditions changed with the
passage
of time: China, following decades of booming growth, replaced the United States as the largest emitter.
After the Golden Age of FinanceLONDON – Even after the
passage
of new financial regulations in the United States, the Dodd-Frank Act, and the publication of the Basel Committee’s new capital requirements, the financial sector’s prospects over the next few years remain highly uncertain.
It’s a good question, one that recalls a
passage
in Keynes’s General Theory in which he notes that if the government can’t think of anything more sensible to do to cure unemployment (say, building houses), burying bottles filled with bank notes and digging them up again would be better than nothing.
But
passage
of that law also revealed something else: how difficult it is for French people to deal with what Americans refer to as the minorities issue.
Israel provides electricity, water, and
passage
to Gaza, but also maintains a siege intended to prevent imports of larger, more lethal weapons.
This alludes to an ancient episode in which soldiers from the warring states of Wu and Yue found themselves on the same boat on a river in a storm and agreed to put down their arms to make a common
passage.
The first time was after the
passage
in 1994 of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), when the flow of finance to Mexico to build factories to export to the largest consumer market in the world was overwhelmed by the flow of capital headed to the United States in search of a friendlier investment climate.
The hearings also led to
passage
of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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