Possibility
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The US is considering the
possibility
of imposing a bequest tax on foreign holdings of US securities, and many people believe that it will try to play “the Italian card”: inflating away its public debt and devaluing the currency in order to maintain international competitiveness.
Written in a cramped, dank, and putrid cell, where hope was meant to die before the body, Bonhoeffer crafted a book rich in faith, openness, possibility, and, yes, hope – even in humanity’s darkest hour.
Christmas is meant to mark the
possibility
of a new beginning for all men and women.
We need to consider the
possibility
of new organizations and programs that can serve a similarly valuable role in the War on Terror.
Having strolled through the magnificent and charming streets of Barcelona, the
possibility
of violent clashes there seems as unlikely as a guerrilla in the forests of British Columbia.
But the riskiest countries already have been shut out of financial markets, so the
possibility
of a panic reaction is of limited consequence.
In particular, NATO is facing a real challenge in Afghanistan, where self-imposed restrictions deprive NATO of the
possibility
of success.
Over time, what had been an exception became routine: the
possibility
of consecutive terms or alternating re-election of presidents in countries with little democratic tradition.
So the
possibility
of demonstrations, stalemate, and a new crisis cannot be discounted.
The US and European decision to impose some economic sanctions now, with the
possibility
of adopting tougher and broader sanctions later, is not a sign of weakness but of strategic calculation.
The leadership may have come to the conclusion that, from the standpoint of political sustainability (and discounting the
possibility
of internecine power struggles), too many government officials among the “haves” would alienate “have-not” ordinary citizens.
Frankly, had the models at least allowed for the
possibility
of credit-market imperfections, the Fed might have paid more attention to credit-market indicators as a reflection of overall financial-market conditions, as central banks in emerging-market countries do.
The idea was to save the financial system from having to deal with safely dismantling the impossibly complex contractual edifices – which did not allow for the
possibility
of systemic collapse – that it had constructed.
Novelties get the most attention, like the
possibility
that outside investors might control large areas of farmland.
The
possibility
of future impact is largely discounted.
And while he will probably revise his overly casual comments about nuclear weapons, we cannot ignore the
possibility
that the world will enter a new period of arms proliferation and instability.
In the future, one cannot rule out the
possibility
that Le Pen will be elected president of France, or that the anti-EU Five Star Movement will come to power in Italy.
The group consistently posts content that challenges the
possibility
of coexistence between Islam and the West and calls young people to jihad.
With genocide a real looming
possibility
in Burundi, Chechnya, Indonesia, Sudan, and elsewhere, what is to be done?
Reimagining Security and Rethinking EconomicsPRINCETON – Now that the world is facing a trade war and the growing
possibility
that the West could find itself in a real war, we would do well to reconsider the lessons of the interwar period.
It ensures that South Korea will adopt a defensive stance against its bellicose neighbor, which opens up the
possibility
that high-tech US anti-missile batteries will be deployed.
Except for producing inflation in the eurozone, a depreciation, whether external or internal via price cuts, is the only
possibility
for an uncompetitive country to regain competitiveness and generate a structural current account surplus, which is the only
possibility
for orderly debt redemption.
I am excited about the
possibility
of using software to help deliver customized community services at little extra cost.
The dreaded inflationary endgame suddenly looms as a very real
possibility.
The institutionally assured
possibility
of self-criticism is, arguably, the West’s best characteristic – its outstanding trait.
For example, the testing for Mosquirix did not account for the
possibility
that parents would neglect to use insecticide-treated nets for their children because of a false sense of safety and security provided by the vaccine.
There is still the remote possibility, however unlikely, that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will come to Annapolis with a concrete plan (a divided Jerusalem, a return to the 1967 borders with minor alterations, compensation for refugees), and a calendar to dismantle West Bank settlements.
After all, Iraq now truly has something to protect: 11 oil contracts, with more to come, hold out the
possibility
that within a decade, oil production could be on par with that of Saudi Arabia.
Most threatening, however, is the
possibility
that the EU could collapse, triggering a third unfreezing.
No wonder, then, that one influential banker regarded as a possible successor to PBOC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan has warned of the
possibility
of a “Chinese-style subprime crisis.”
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