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That is why Macron is placing such heavy emphasis on improving education at the lowest levels, and on easing the transition from school to the labor market.
Regulators, hospitals, and drug-safety authorities must take the lead, rather than placing the burden on often poor and uneducated citizens who are struggling to care for loved ones.
Some think that this point has already been reached, with Iran placing its enriched uranium underground, near the holy city of Qom, beneath many layers of granite – and thus beyond the destructive power of anything short of a nuclear bomb.
And we have deemed fat the major public health risk in our world and fat people the cause of a range of social problems, from placing stress on health-care systems to posing a risk to their own families.
The government succumbed and removed the chief minister and his cabinet, placing the troubled province under the care of the provincial governor.
By placing himself firmly in the driver’s seat of Russia’s future, Putin has simplified the task of those who seek to understand the country.
In this context, it is not surprising that 90% of Mexican citizens believe that the police are corrupt, placing Mexico above only three countries, all of them in Africa, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Barometer.
Placing ideology above pragmatism is a formula for failure in any crisis.
But while a crackdown on corruption is badly needed, the increasingly politicized approach is placing the entire region on a slippery slope.
While the idea of placing the highest priority on the interests of one’s own country is not in itself unreasonable, Trump’s particular discourse echoes the calls issued by isolationist, anti-Semitic groups prior to World War II for the US to appease Hitler.
The current round of monetary easing underway in many advanced countries, together with strong expectations of renminbi appreciation, are also fueling currency speculation, placing further upward pressure on the exchange rate.
That is why it’s impossible to imagine achieving ambitious global development goals without placing free trade and globalization at the center of the strategy.
Moreover, they will pave the way for increased investment in renewable-power installations, placing their countries on a new competitive footing in the regional market.
Their opponents think of them as “cornucopian” economists, placing their faith in the market to fix any and all problems.
The G-20 recently took a small step in the right direction, by placing new emphasis on increased infrastructure investment as a shared responsibility of both the public and private sectors.
Instead, EU leaders chose to let the reality of the various crises do the work for them, placing their faith in the force of circumstances.
It should give preference to non-military means, placing a special emphasis on disarmament.
Such an approach would make the EU’s “no bailout” rule more credible and avoid placing an excessive burden on monetary policy.
This has increased demands for social and political rights and greater economic opportunity, placing authoritarian rule under growing strain.
Its aim is qualitative disarmament, placing modest limits on technical improvements of nuclear arms.
To be sure, some theories of ethics may recommend empathy, but reading literature and identifying with characters involves extensive practice in placing oneself in others’ shoes.
But it was not until 2008 that Chinese policymakers – seeking to offset the upward pressure that high capital inflows were placing on the renminbi – allowed local enterprises to invest abroad.
But, in doing so, governments would effectively be transferring private-sector liabilities to their citizens, placing a heavy burden on future generations.
As a result, the ongoing tragedy in the Mediterranean is placing EU solidarity under serious strain.
With policymakers no longer forced to suppress domestic demand to sustain a high level of reserves, consumption could supplant fixed-asset investment, placing China’s economy on a more sustainable growth path.
This means moving beyond the focus on increasing the sheer number of students and placing greater emphasis on quality of education.
Given the revolution in Tunisia, the war in Libya, the rebellion of the Tuaregs in Mali, and, most important, the 2013 terrorist attack on Algeria’s large In Amenas gas plant, the country’s leaders are placing an increasingly high priority on regional security.
As it stands, declining growth in fixed-asset investment – from 33% in 2009 to 16% this year – is placing significant downward pressure on output growth.
The research, carried out in Albuquerque, New Mexico, involved placing ten monkeys in small airtight containers into which, over a period of four hours, the exhaust fumes were piped.
But the bill met fierce opposition from key constituencies of Hollande’s Socialist Party, especially the intelligentsia and human-rights groups, and even party insiders – placing Hollande in an awkward political position.
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