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My own work showed that borderline mutations, those with very small positive or negative effects, could be very important in driving evolutionary changes.
Putin should act in the best interests of his country – and the rest of the world – by establishing Russia as a positive global force that is not afraid of its foreign friends.
Nevertheless, despite the more positive attitudes people have toward dogs and cats, many of them lead miserable lives.
While impressive, this is only the second time in 25 years that Latin America experienced four consecutive years of positive economic growth.
Of course, no one elected Monti, and his position is fragile and already contested, but there is a positive near-consensus that has allowed him to launch long-overdue structural reforms.
Although electrons are negatively charged, and therefore repel one another, the positive ions that they leave behind when they flow through a metal can mediate an effective attraction between two electrons under restrictive conditions (for example, the metal must be very cold).
During the ensuing discussion, several FOMC members argued that the inflation rate might be reduced to less than 2%, but nobody argued that inflation should be pushed higher if a lower, but still positive, rate was achieved.
For Italy’s demographic balance, this influx of foreigners – just over five million people, 8.3% of the population – is a positive development.
In particular, they need to establish a strong reputation as good corporate citizens, in addition to making a positive economic contribution to their host countries.
And, finally, because Germany’s starting fiscal position is fundamentally strong, an increase in German imports would have positive spillover effects for the region.
The reversal of the positive vision of Europe not only ignores the past.
The rising tide of nationalism cannot be pushed back unless the European idea regains its positive visionary power.
Some observers argue that the US – a key target – could do more to project a positive image and negate terrorist propaganda.
Many people can stomach questionable means if they consistently generate positive ends, but this has not been the case with Kim, who is among the worst presidents in World Bank history.
The first argument in favor of central-bank independence is that, without it, politicians can exploit expansionary monetary policy’s positive short-run effects at election time, without regard for its long-run inflationary consequences.
To ensure a positive outcome, policymakers should develop a fully transparent framework with well-defined “rules of engagement.”
The US has accentuated the positive, calling the agreement an important step forward.
Simply focusing on the positive – America’s classic approach to alliance diplomacy – is no longer enough.
For 30 years or so, the distributional aspects of the global growth patterns that these efforts underpinned were positive, both for individual countries and for the world as a whole.
If that closeness – those appeals to Trump’s vanity – were producing positive outcomes for along the way, Macron’s efforts might be worthwhile.
But, because a child who grew up in poverty, attended subpar schools, and was discriminated against lacks what Berlin called the positive liberty to become an astrophysicist or a Wall Street tycoon, centrists believe that government policy should secure basic opportunities in order to render citizens truly free.
Modern centrists, by contrast, advocate a government that is as large as the task of securing positive freedom requires – no more, no less.
The extent to which that transformation is positive will depend on how we navigate the risks and opportunities that arise along the way.
In this effort, new forms of collaboration and governance, accompanied by a positive shared narrative, will be essential.
The positive ethos of building a new society was supposed to compensate for the poverty of the territorial solution.
Strong recent job growth, including long-awaited gains in middle-wage employment, is a positive sign for the US labor market, and wage growth and so-called core inflation are firming.
Improving the daily conditions of life, particularly increasing Palestinians’ freedom of travel both between Gaza and the West Bank and within the West Bank, will also go a long way in helping to create a positive atmosphere.
The journalist Steve Clemons went further, stating that “rapprochement with Iran would be the biggest positive shift in global affairs since the end of the Cold War and the normalization of relations with China.”
For example, studies of epidural steroid injections for back pain have been shown to be almost three times more likely to yield positive results when conducted by doctors who routinely administer them.
New innovations accelerated – rather than disrupted – this positive cycle.
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