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That promise arguably holds in the long run, but a far tougher reality check invariably occurs in the short run.
With the US able to borrow at record-low interest rates, and with the promise of high returns on public investments after a decade of neglect, it is clear what it should do.
Officials who promise – or imply – that they can keep this pandemic from their borders, or stop it once it has arrived, are setting themselves up for public outrage later.
If all of these groups join the Japanese public in accepting reasonable sacrifices, Abe’s government can fulfill its promise and build a thriving economy.
For the sake of all Japanese – not to mention a world economy in need of a new source of dynamism – that promise deserves to be met.
Taming India’s EliteNEW DELHI – It has been more than a year and a half since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power on a promise to build a new India, one founded on a radical break with the past.
When the government’s mea culpa and promise of reform failed to quell an Islamist rebellion in 1980, it shifted tack, portraying its opponents as the fruit of an Iraqi-Jordanian conspiracy.
Sacred PromisesJOHANNESBURG – A promise to the poor is particularly sacred.
A promise to the poor is particularly sacred.
Not keeping that promise is a sin.
The PC seemed at first to promise a restoration of the balance in favor of the individual.
But, once again, this requires a credible commitment to an exchange that requires a promise of action later in return for something now.
Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis Hawley made the same empty promise in 1930, leading to protectionist tariffs that exacerbated the Great Depression and destabilized the international order.
The lessons learned from the minimum-wage campaigns show the promise of such an effort.
The real risk is that this is one promise that Bush, if re-elected, will try to keep.
The city’s political leaders promise that this strategy for attaining carbon neutrality “provides an overall positive economic picture and will lead to economic benefits for Copenhageners” based on the expectation that prices for conventional energy sources like coal, oil, and gas will rise in the coming years.
And, most significantly when it comes to assessing the ease of integration over time, they fully expect their kids to be completely, unhesitantly “American” – a promise that, by and large, is readily fulfilled.
A Dream for the Digital AgePRINCETON – Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King dreamed of an America that would one day deliver on its promise of equality for all of its citizens, black as well as white.
The Bush administration gave $250 billion per year in tax cuts to the richest Americans, raised military spending by $150 billion per year, and then turned to the poorest people of the world and told them that there is no money available to meet America's promise.
The Chinese have $2 trillion in hard currency reserves to back up their promise.
Amid the global conversation about climate change, it is understandable that developed economies would promise significant gains in energy efficiency.
For example, the WHO and the rich-country governments could promise to purchase an effective malaria vaccine in order to distribute it (below cost) in Africa, thereby guaranteeing the drug companies that they will have a market for a new vaccine if these companies spend the time and money to develop one.
My mother, a young Belgian in the 1950s, remembers the idealism and the excitement of the European federalist movement, with its promise that her generation could create a different future for Europe and the world.
If we do, the current generation of African leaders has a unique opportunity to protect future generations from a climate disaster, deliver on the promise of energy for all, and build shared prosperity.
But, this promise can be fulfilled only if multinational companies support the effort, empowering staffing agencies to deliver quality employment.
After campaigning on a promise to redistribute wealth, Bachelet will have to focus on fostering growth and job creation.
In her second term, Bachelet will have to weigh her promise of radical reforms with her past experience (her only radical reform in her first term – a new public transportation system in the capital city of Santiago – backfired badly).
The mobile Internet offers the promise of economic progress for billions of emerging-economy citizens at a speed that would otherwise be unimaginable.
Asia’s new clout holds tremendous promise.
Despite the growing promise of a multi-polar world with Asian powers playing a greater role in addressing global challenges and sharing leadership with a weary US, that world does not yet exist.
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