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The successors to those dictators, however, found this turn of events to be an unwanted complication in their political “thaws”; more sophisticated mechanisms to induce fear among their peoples were needed, and there are few deterrents to dissident activity more potent than the threat of removal to an institution for the criminally insane.
Of the seven military districts, Shenyang’s mechanization and mobility makes it the most potent.
However, HFCs, some of which are 4,000 times more potent as greenhouse gases than carbon dioxide, are a disaster for climate change, and their use is still increasing annually by 10%.
Four Lessons from Egypt’s World Cup ExperienceLAGUNA BEACH – Egypt’s national soccer team rode to Russia for their first World Cup finals in 28 years on a wave of lofty expectations and potent fan enthusiasm.
To defend its legality in hearings before Germany’s Constitutional Court, the ECB itself has argued that the OMT program is a less potent instrument than many believe.
By contrast, the link between official intervention and exchange rate movements is much more direct and potent.
The Union can do its part in the coming 18 months by demonstrating its ability to deliver not only a potent reform package, but also implement other key policies, such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the United States and the Digital Single Market.
Alternatively, if Japan were to ally with China, the two countries’ combined resources would make for a potent coalition.
The issue of immigration is a particularly potent one: the mythical tribe suddenly under attack by invading hordes from afar.
As the Cerrado pledge demonstrates, when governments and businesses come together to address land-use challenges, the impact is potent.
Drugs called artemisinins are safe and exhibit potent, rapid anti-malarial activity.
This leaves attraction – a more potent source of power than one might expect.
But for the past twenty years their blatant political chicanery has been met with a potent new force: the massed voices of ordinary people who refuse to be cowed.
But it also reveals a newly developed – and highly potent – asset, one that Turkey’s neighbors should also seek to cultivate: a strong middle class willing and able to mobilize against extremist threats.
Mismanagement of natural-resource wealth underpins an especially potent self-limiting pattern of growth and development.
More broadly, the RBI’s monetary policy and supervisory authority have made it one of the most potent tools for keeping the economy on a stable, high-growth path.
Among the most potent causes of stress in adult life are those arising from competitive interactions between animals of the same species, leading to the formation of dominance hierarchies.
Around the world, people are being admitted to hospitals with infections that do not respond to antibiotics, and relatively benign germs – like Klebsiella and E. coli – have become potent killers, shrugging off medicines that in the past easily contained them.
Not to be outdone, Russia’s Vladimir Putin used his annual address to his country’s parliament to assert that Russia actually has the most potent nuclear weapons of all.
Powerful computers led to potent states and powerful and centrally directed business corporations.
To be sure, Russian Kremlin-backed “patriots” remain a potent force for denouncing President Vladimir Putin’s critics.
As a result, territorial disputes and nationalist claims remain a potent threat to regional – indeed global – stability.
Europe’s national anthem, a circle of stars, and talk of fiscal rectitude and structural reforms cannot compete with the potent messages of the EU’s opponents.
Neighborhood organizations proved key in defeating the local Peronist political machine, reputedly Argentina’s most potent.
The colonialism described in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, and Franz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Maskswas insidious and potent.
In parts of Europe, Islamophobia now rivals anti-Semitism and has potent and dangerous political appeal.
In general, abstract and lofty visions are not good enough to compete with the simple and potent message espoused by nationalists.
Customs do not merely separate countries; they are also a potent source of corruption and interference.
It wants to build on its success in creating a truly European and highly potent research culture.
These negotiations will be much harder in view of the spectacular repudiation of a number of key governments at the ballot box, together with the potent rise of protest and Euroskeptic parties in several member states.
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