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Take From the Poor, Give to the RichPresident Bush seems poised to wreck America's budget for years to come.
When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) among Mexico, Canada, and the United States entered into force on January 1, 1994, it seemed that Mexico was poised for a true takeoff.
WARSAW: The shipyard of Gdansk, birthplace of Solidarity and cradle of the revolution against communism, is poised to go into bankruptcy.
The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) appears poised to challenge the result of the referendum.
Mahmoud Abbas’s Bad NeighborhoodWith Gaza poised on the brink of civil war, pity poor Mahmoud Abbas, who took over as president of the Palestinian Authority two and a half years ago, after the death of Yasser Arafat.
After 16 years of negotiations, Russia appeared poised to join the WTO within a couple of months.
If funders take notice, farmers are poised to respond – and 2010 could mark the start of a bright new era in African agriculture.
Trump may find out too late that a fractured Europe is a less stable Europe, and that there are US adversaries poised to exploit the opportunity of European disunity.
Many other African countries may be poised to start writing their own success stories.
CRISPR-Cas technology is poised to change the world.
At their recent trilateral summit, Japan, China, and South Korea skillfully evaded direct mention of the delicately poised security issues that they face.
To promote Chinese foreign investment, there is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), in which the government is poised to take a 30% share.
Now the Kingdom’s longtime protector, the United States, which let down Abdullah by (reluctantly) embracing the Arab Spring, is poised to pull its troops out of neighboring Iraq.
Putting America’s Recovery to WorkBERKELEY – America’s economy grew much more rapidly than expected in 2013 and appears poised to strengthen further this year.
The international community’s failure to bring the CTBT into force is one of the reasons why the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ iconic Doomsday Clock remains poised at five minutes to midnight – the closest it has been to midnight since the height of the Cold War.
The strategy was poised for implementation when the Bank’s leadership crisis struck.
The Crises of SummerPRINCETON – Europe’s crisis is now poised at the moment that divides recovery and renewal from decline and death.
But, with strategic competition between the US and China as delicately poised as it is, and with the economic interests of Australia, Japan, and many others in the region bound up just as intensely with China as their security interests are with the US, rocking the boat carries serious risks.
The Eurozone’s Coming Inflation DivideZURICH – Discussions within the European Central Bank’s Governing Council, which is poised to meet on April 7th, are about to get hot.
The opposition Democratic Party seems poised to take up growing wage inequality as a central issue in this year’s mid-term US congressional elections and in the 2008 presidential election.
Provided that macroeconomic pressures from high oil prices are contained, and sharp corrections to elevated asset prices are managed, India is poised to regain its status as the world’s fastest-growing major economy.
They are poised to take their seats at the top table – and perhaps to change its shape.
Still, now that the Italian government seems poised for a standoff with the EU, it would not be surprising if worries about a default were to re-emerge.
The DGMO stated that the strikes, in the early hours of that morning, had destroyed terrorist “launch pads” and eliminated significant numbers of militants poised to cross over for attacks on the Indian side, as well as some who were protecting them (presumably a reference to Pakistani soldiers).
SINGAPORE – Asia is poised to enter a historical sweet spot, with three of its most populous countries – China, India, and Indonesia – led by strong, dynamic, and reform-minded leaders.
Is Burma, like South Africa under de Klerk, truly poised to emerge from a half-century of self-imposed isolation?
It was as though they were in balance, moving on an invisible axis, with Berlin poised between them, at once suspended and a fulcrum.
This history is worth reviewing because America is poised for another debate over whether its economy evolves or is designed, with President Barack Obama’s opponents claiming that whatever is good in America’s economy has always evolved with no guidance, and that whatever is bad has been designed by government.
Once increasing fixed investment becomes impossible – most likely after 2013 – China is poised for a sharp slowdown.
More significantly, with the latest statement over Taiwan, the US and Japan are poised to use their joint military forces to deter, deny, and ultimately defeat potential Chinese military actions across the Taiwan Strait.
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