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More problematic, the peer-review procedures that have been introduced so far will do little, if anything, to resolve the problem.
Technical feats like three-dimensional seismic imaging and tube-rotary drilling are no doubt impressive, but they are problematic when unaccompanied by adequate emergency-response plans or the regulatory oversight needed to ensure that accidents are prevented and mitigated.
The rampant fraud illustrates how problematic it can be when donors channel resources through big NGOs like the Red Cross.
But when it comes to non-tariff barriers, China’s record also does not seem as problematic as is claimed.
The current tightness of the US labor market is problematic for two reasons.
More problematic, he has occasionally dissented publicly from Leung’s various misguided policies.
But even if Kim were to go, America’s problematic role would remain.
But this would be problematic, not least because it would breach a decades-long promise to keep inflation around 2%.
Extending investment tax credits to German firms might be more effective in boosting spending, but doing so would be politically problematic in a country where labor’s share of national income is already declining.
Some researchers consider the reaction with nitric oxide the most problematic, because it raises blood pressure.
Lack of funding, bureaucracies so complicated that even purchasing a used computer is problematic, hierarchies that hamper the joy of curiosity and creativity: all of these barriers confront European scientists and are responsible for inciting today's "brain drain" to America.
Important as this regional diplomacy is, a US approach that includes unitary governance in Iraq will be problematic, given the reality of Shia leadership.
This is particularly problematic in countries where health-care delivery is based on a fee-for-service model.
Prabhu's most impressive promise – to raise $140 billion from market lenders – is also his most problematic, as he has failed to clarify how exactly the railways would repay the loans.
Most important, supervision suggested some potential responsibility to recapitalize problematic banks, and thus involved a fiscal cost.
Those in favor of a policy tightening would also note that low rates are problematic for savers, insurance companies, and pension funds, whose portfolios often include few equities.
Such hostility has made the local operations of extractive industries problematic and costly: witness Royal Dutch Shell’s experience in the Niger Delta.
But that is no excuse for not starting to look hard at these options, especially if the alternatives are likely to be far more problematic.
A political plan for Syria is needed, one that envisages decentralized political structures within existing international borders, problematic as they may be.
That complexity is fine in normal times, but it is problematic at exceptional moments, when the play is frenetic.
This “defensive” view of transatlantic relations is problematic.
This forecast is problematic on several counts.
This is all the more problematic because the top 30% of earners in Germany are already subject to a lower tax rate than 20 years ago, even though their wealth has increased.
The turning point in this spring’s euro panic came when big holders of reserve currencies signaled that they saw the need for the euro as an alternative to the increasingly problematic dollar and the equally vulnerable yen.
Less damaging, yet problematic, is the election – as in Poland – of a minority government that ruthlessly pursues its members’ personal interests and breaks all promises of cooperation made before the polls.
Clear-cutting of old growth forests in the mountains bordering Pakistan may prove as problematic.
And, in fact, Uber is one of the less problematic innovations, because it is a net job creator; the rise of computers capable of replacing call-center workers, by contrast, is resulting in large net job losses.
It is indeed problematic that US banks and businesses can export capital, technology, and jobs as they please, with little or no regard for the domestic costs.
So far, every alternative arrangement that has been proposed has been problematic.
In particular, the perceived need to channel Europe’s existing political families into a two-party system, with social democrats on one side and “people’s parties” on the other, is deeply problematic.
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