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But their belief can suddenly be disrupted if plainly visible events contradict it.
Plainly, by itself the law may not be able to offer the right solution in such a complex and dangerous situation.
McCain plainly had the same qualities, not to mention a level of personal bravery far beyond what is expected of most of us (though it should be noted that Carrington was also a war hero).
After all, is it not premature – if not plainly arrogant- to claim that all this evidence collected over many centuries and across numerous countries has lost any meaning for the present and the future?
As The Economist commented about Rumsfeld’s speech, “until recently he plainly regarded such a focus on ‘soft power’ as, well, soft – part of ‘Old Europe’s’ appeasement of terrorism.”
But the report plainly understated the degree of public support for change.
Plainly, that was not enough to deter those who sought an occasion to attack the US Consulate in Benghazi.
Universities perform their natural economic function when academics speak and write plainly, demystify jargon, present their ideas in alternative media and stress applications to domains that do not concern the academics themselves.
Germany’s actions throughout the crisis have been plainly contradictory.
The analysis presented by Gita Gopinath, which establishes a connection between the price pass-through to prices from exchange-rate changes and the currency in which trade is invoiced, speaks plainly to this issue.
The implications of what they agreed to are plainly visible in the wording of the Macedonian referendum question: “Do you support EU and NATO membership by accepting the agreement between the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Greece?”Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Matthew Nimetz, the United Nations Secretary General’s personal envoy on the name dispute, both played key roles in ensuring the success of the negotiations.
Plainly, the best thing is to confront history--and oneself--forthrightly, and to draw the most honest conclusions.
Trump plainly prefers dictators to democrats, and lacks any respect for his allies.
As coordination among sovereign states has plainly not worked, only two possibilities are left.
Europe has quite plainly overextended itself.
Over a predetermined period, they would produce a clear, plainly written report to the public.
When they are plainly wrong, why let them off the hook?
On the other hand, I don’t imagine those former Republicans would have had any difficulty endorsing Kasich, a successful conservative governor whose primary motivation is plainly not hating people, whether in his own party or in the Democratic Party.
Put plainly, there is no political support for the higher taxes and spending cuts that would be necessary with a common fiscal policy.
Recent attempts to remedy this under the Capital Requirements Directive have been disappointing, even though it was plainly the best that could be achieved politically given EU countries’ differing views on prudential supervision.
Whether or not fake news cost Clinton the presidency, it plainly could cause a candidate to lose an election and upset international relations.
Conditionality has plainly failed to deliver the intended results, because, ultimately, its success depends on countries’ willingness to accept the European agenda.
Thus, in their own national broadcasts – often weekly occurrences – populist presidents fulminate against journalists who dare to demand information or criticize public policies, plainly contradicting their own lofty rhetoric about citizen journalism and grassroots power.
Others, such as Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Nazarbayev (popular with Western media when he first came on the scene) plainly has not.
Depending on size, this might constrain the ambitions of institutions that have plainly been “too big to manage,” as well as “too big to fail,” which is the most fearsome combination.
To put it plainly, Europe feels as though it were surrounded by a ring of fire, from the revisionist and revanchist Russia in the east, to the multiple meltdowns in the Middle East and North Africa in the south.
Xi plainly has no intention of changing China’s political culture, even though it leans against the task that he has set out to accomplish.
Europe is plainly in decline, politically and culturally, though most Europeans, blinded by their high living standards and the pretensions of their impotent statesmen, are happy to dress this up as progress.
Mao’s speech on the establishment of the People’s Republic plainly expressed the nationalist agenda behind it.
And the Keynesians’ comparisons with the Great Depression were plainly risible from the outset.
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