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For both theoretical and
practical
reasons, this is a challenge that will not be met easily or quickly.
The architects of European integration - Monnet, Schuman, Adenauer, De Gasperi, and others - understood that these ideals could be achieved only by combining and interweaving the
practical
interests of Europe's countries.
This fear has led to the narrowing of the concept of education to mean the acquisition of
practical
skills.
That may be true, and it may be the only
practical
choice in the short run.
Practical
reasoning is all it takes: A world where everyone lies is one in which human rationality, which depends entirely on language, dies.
America recognized the communists in Beijing as China’s legitimate government, while helping to sustain Taiwan in a limbo between sovereignty and the
practical
exercise of statehood.
The most unattractive versions of 1930’s regionalism came from Germany and Japan, and represented nothing less than a
practical
extension of their power over vulnerable neighbors, which were forced into trade and financial dependence on the basis of Germany’s Grosswirtschaftsraum or its Japanese equivalent, the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
Some MOOCs have mass appeal, like those from the University of Alicante in Spain and the Humboldt Institute in Germany, both of which offer courses on the
practical
aspects of starting up a business.
Not only does this comport with the preferences of the American public - polls show that two-thirds of Americans prefer multilateral actions to unilateral ones - but it has
practical
implications as well.
Nevertheless, at the NATO Summit in Chicago at the end of May, Hollande will confirm his pledge to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, two years ahead of the NATO timetable (though he recognizes the need to negotiate the
practical
details).
If the EU and NATO decide to launch a bold outreach strategy for the region, they will be able to draw on existing tools, conceptual talent, and
practical
experience.
Building on its research, the IMF could contribute more to the debate on the macroeconomic and financial implications of private equity, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds, and develop
practical
recommendations to enhance their contribution to international financial stability.
Even if compensation was a viable approach two decades ago, it no longer serves as a
practical
response to globalization’s adverse effects.
We can argue about the value of education, but large companies are good at offering
practical
business skills – turning college graduates into project managers, marketers, human-resources specialists, and the like.
And yet, when it comes to practical, commercial objectives, the news is considerably more sobering.
Detroit owes its century of remarkable success to the carmakers’ skill in packaging
practical
mobility with improbable fantasy.
Practical
solutions will include many components, including better water management, improved technologies to increase the efficiency of water use, and new investments undertaken jointly by governments, the business sector, and civic organizations.
I have seen such solutions in the Millennium Villages in rural Africa, a project in which my colleagues and I are working with poor communities, governments, and businesses to find
practical
solutions to the challenges of extreme rural poverty.
But what does small-s solidarity mean in
practical
terms?
For the past ten years, the greatest
practical
barrier to peace has been Israel’s failure to carry out any true withdrawal to its 1967 borders, owing to the political weight of hundreds of thousands of settlers in the West Bank and the religious and secular communities that support them.
Under Japan’s last two prime ministers, Japan has steadily been making
practical
contributions to the stabilization of the international security environment as a way to benefit its national and international interests.
Such
practical
proposals address key global issues, including international terrorism, strengthening of mechanisms for arms control, arms reduction, and non-proliferation, efforts to contain attempts by North Korea and Iran to develop nuclear weapons, encouraging transparency in China’s military, restraining Russia’s imperial ambitions, and building a global ballistic missile defense network against missiles that could be launched by rogue regimes.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has honored me by making me his Special Adviser on the Millennium Development Goals and asking me to lead a group of scholars and development experts in identifying
practical
steps to reach the goals by the target date in 2015.
For every major problem - hunger, illiteracy, malnutrition, malaria, AIDS, drought, and so forth - there are
practical
solutions that are proven and affordable.
After our report is issued in January, Secretary-General Kofi Annan will issue a report to the world in the spring, identifying the
practical
steps that should be taken this year.
And, contrary to popular belief, these are not two-hour-long online lectures with no
practical
component.
The border itself was hastily drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a lawyer who had never visited India before receiving the assignment, and caused numerous
practical
problems.
Such health-care initiatives can be accelerated in
practical
ways.
But, in
practical
terms, the agreement is hardly a guarantee of success.
But now, with commerce and recreation dominating coastlines worldwide, the “let it be” approach of the past is no longer
practical.
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