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But Orbitz became too
powerful
for them.
International human rights law thus depends on
powerful
nations for enforcement, which in turn means that
powerful
nations are not subject to this law when they violate it.
The three visitors – Hwang Pyong-so, Vice Chairman of the
powerful
National Defense Commission, and two other senior officials from the Workers’ Party of Korea, Choe Ryong-hae and Kim Yang-gon – met with the South Korean prime minister, national security adviser to the president, and the head of the Ministry of Unification.
Then there is the “Potemkin CEO” approach, which implicitly assumes that
powerful
men would never really choose a woman to lead an important institution.
Who, indeed, can imagine America's Senate agreeing that a foreigner might hold in his hands the fate of the prestigious 6th Fleet, the most
powerful
naval armada in the world?
A US president can challenge political constraints only by taking on
powerful
lobbies.
Likewise, President George H.W. Bush could not have dragged the recalcitrant Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to the Madrid Peace Conference in October 1991 had he not been willing to take on what he described as “some
powerful
political forces” made up of “a thousand lobbyists on the Hill.”
Yet, heedless of the dangers,
powerful
export interests and regional governments continue to fight for these policies.
It must strengthen the European Parliament’s powers so that the EU has a political counterweight to its increasingly
powerful
economic entities – not just the ECB and the single banking supervisor, but also the European Commission, which will eventually become the enforcer of fiscal discipline.
Similarly, as the frozen Siberian earth thaws, it releases methane, a
powerful
greenhouse gas that accelerates global warming.
It is far from clear that near-zero short-term interest rates (as compared to just low interest rates) have much additional effect in encouraging firms to create jobs when
powerful
economic forces make them reluctant to hire.
To be sure, television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and Internet sites have been hyping financial misconduct, awakening and shaping the type of emotional responses that often have a
powerful
influence on financial markets.
The US is a large and
powerful
country and, when danger hits, investors buy up federal government debt – driving down interest rates.
Asia today is in the midst of a
powerful
recovery; crisis countries have already, or are poised to, recover their pre-crisis levels of GDP.
With Mao Zedong being the only previous Chinese leader to have his eponymous “Thought” constitutionalized, some now argue that Xi is now the most
powerful
leader since Mao.
They are increasingly convinced that “victory” will be elusive in any asymmetric conflict between states, however powerful, and religiously driven armed insurgents.
When asked what future they anticipated for American power, they predictably declared that the US would remain the world’s most
powerful
country.
The interdependence of all states – large or small, weak or powerful, democratic or authoritarian – has become the organizing principle of today’s international security system.
But the region can look to the successful transition in Central Europe and the
powerful
anchor for reforms provided by these countries’ accession to the European Union.
But if unions are
powerful
or seniors are in the majority (in Italy the two coincide, because seniors are the majority in all labor unions), the exact opposite happens.
At the same time, the logic of renewed American support for the Iraqi oil industry remains
powerful.
Japan’s diplomatic isolation strengthens those in the Chinese leadership who have long sought to marginalize what is economically and militarily still Asia’s most
powerful
nation, while sucking other states in the region deeper into China’s shadow.
The only
powerful
argument against helicopter drops is the one that Heise and Hamada stress – the political risk of overuse.
Prohibition of monetary finance cannot secure democracy or the rule of law in the face of
powerful
anti-democratic forces.
In India, this myth is less powerful, but there is a general feeling, shared even by some of the poor, that the rich deserve their wealth because of their merit, education, and skills.
Economic inequality, on the other hand, is perpetuated through the politically
powerful
and well-funded lobbies of the rich.
But, since Khamenei cannot accept a single, united political faction, it is extremely unlikely that he will let the Larijani camp (which includes Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati) become
powerful
enough to win the next presidential election.
As people became wealthier, they also became more aware of social and economic inequalities and thus increasingly resentful of the rich and
powerful.
But like the sight lines in Versailles Hall of Mirrors, the image of a
powerful
German Chancellor is an illusion.
In domestic affairs, no German government can avoid the Bundestags
powerful
committees and commissions, or force them to behave as the government wishes.
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