Possession
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The
possession
of a gun is the ultimate test of individualism, and using guns in wars is not abhorrent.
In other words, if you fail to make your payments on time, the lender can foreclose on the loan and take
possession
of the property – as millions of homeowners have experienced in the last decade.
The origin of his “total football” philosophy of keeping
possession
of the ball with quick, short passes and lightning switches from defense to offense was Ajax, Amsterdam, in the late 1960’s.
To prevent a regime imbued with an absolute ideology from gaining
possession
of the “absolute weapon” is Israel’s paramount priority.
Whether the
possession
of resources will produce such outcomes depends upon the context.
In my country, Nigeria,
possession
of any illegal drug is technically punishable by jail time – up to 25 years in some cases.
The expectation that this trend will continue has driven homeowners to retain
possession
of their properties, even though rental rates amount to less than 2% of a property’s market value.
Finally, earlier this month, the US-based international NGO Human Rights Watch formally adopted a stance that rejects criminalization of
possession
and consumption of all drugs and calls for a radically different approach.
Most important, HRW did so from a human-rights perspective, and its statement is worth quoting:“Subjecting people to criminal sanctions for the personal use of drugs, or for
possession
of drugs for personal use, infringes on their autonomy and right to privacy.
Moreover, Iraq's
possession
of oil is a mixed blessing, because few oil-based economies have proven hospitable to liberal democracy.
And, at a time of domestic hardship and diplomatic isolation, North Korea’s leaders, their confidence boosted by their
possession
of nuclear weapons, might try to distract their public through audacious, and possibly destructive, acts abroad.
For example, Iran’s
possession
of precision-strike capabilities – and a much more hostile relationship with America – would warrant new US initiatives to cope with growing security vulnerabilities.
Though Putin has gained
possession
of Crimea, he has lost access to some of the resources that he needs to achieve his goal of restoring Russia’s former glory as a great power – and has reinvigorated NATO in the process.
Teachers worry that banning
possession
of seditious materials will undermine academic freedom.
Michael Vick, a star quarterback in the US National Football League, served time in prison for running a vicious dog-fighting operation, and arrests of players on charges ranging from illegal
possession
of drugs and weapons to domestic battery have been a regular occurrence.
What died with the Security Council's unwillingness to sanction force to implement its own resolutions on Iraq's
possession
of weapons of mass destruction was the decades-old fantasy of the UN as the bedrock of world order.
In this closed payments system, as fiscal money approaches maturity, taxpayers not in
possession
of that vintage will fuel rising demand for it.
The UN successfully resisted the powerful pressures of the US to condone a war with Iraq despite repeated US claims, now known to be false, that Iraq was in
possession
of weapons of mass destruction.
There is no sound moral reason why
possession
of basic rights should be limited to members of a particular species.
If I see a beautiful piece of jewelry or a bright new car in a shop, I am convinced that it should be mine, and that it can be more usefully employed in my
possession
than in someone else’s.
Poland also chooses to treat
possession
of even the smallest quantities of drugs as criminal, as evidenced by the fact that 60% of people sentenced for drug
possession
in Poland are marijuana smokers.
In Hungary, for example, the penal code calls for two years imprisonment for personal
possession
by a drug-dependent person.
In neighboring Slovakia, the penalty for personal
possession
is, as in Poland, up to three years.
Young people should not start their working lives with criminal records because of personal
possession.
Finally, at the European level, EU policymakers can help by encouraging member states to decriminalize
possession
of small amounts of drugs.
The urgency can hardly be exaggerated: nuclear weapons may come into the
possession
of states that might use them, as well as of stateless terrorists – creating new threats of unimaginable proportion.
The Group’s report, Arms Control Revisited: Non-proliferation and Denuclearization , elaborated under the chairmanship of Adam D. Rotfeld of Poland and drafted by the British scholar Ian Anthony of SIPRI, was based on contributions by security analysts from nuclear powers and Poland, as well as from countries previously in
possession
of nuclear weapons (South Africa) and post-Soviet countries where they were once stored (Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine).
Its
possession
of territory creates the legitimacy and capacity for offensive jihad, which it wages not only against infidels but also Shia and Sufi Muslims, whom it considers “takfir,” or not true Islamic monotheists.
More than 120 countries criminalize some aspect of sex work or solicitation, including 13 that, like the Canadian bill, criminalize the customer, and eight where
possession
of a condom is deemed to be proof of sex work, and thus punishable.
Geologically, the islands are connected to Taiwan, and Japan gained control over them by taking
possession
of Taiwan in 1895.
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