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Gorbachev’s presence on the ballot meant that there was at least one lever to pull that was not purely cynical.
Gold is a purely speculative investment.
In fact, relations between the two sides nowadays are purely functional; a new Cold War has started.
Since 2011-2012, Putin, a purely opportunistic technocrat at the outset of his rule, has made such rhetoric his own.
In the first place, grey goo is a purely imaginary danger.
Once a purely West European community, the Union has pushed out its frontiers in all directions.
Yet, the unified European policy must not be purely geopolitical, because if it were, the common interest would not be strong enough to override national interests.
In purely geopolitical terms, Russia holds the stronger hand.
There would be too many freeloaders and defectors in a purely geopolitical game, but in a two-pronged approach each member state could find its proper place.
The euro was not created for purely economic reasons.
From a purely demographic perspective, the advanced economies’ productive capacity has reached a plateau of slightly more than two working-age people per dependent.
The second temptation is a purely military policy that fixates on physical strength without considering how to project greater credibility and fairness.
Was it purely the product of a collective delusion, an emotional Potemkin village of sorts, encouraged, if not conceived, by the authorities to restore some level of self-assurance among France’s depressed citizens?
From a purely economic point of view, Shkreli is right.
A purely pragmatic approach to international relations would be highly transactional, with countries pursuing one-off partnerships of convenience, in which the stronger party would have significant coercive power.
A leader who can represent this purely moral – as opposed to political – image helps to provide a focus for voters.
Lastly, the purely technocratic approach is a recipe for pushing older voters into the arms of populists.
Moreover, it would be wrong to view this as a purely regional phenomenon limited to the so-called Arab Spring.
As for purely private-sector investment, the committee recommends a focus on developing the sectors that will dominate tomorrow’s economy.
On purely technical grounds, euroization will push the inflation risk premium--the difference between the average short-term interest rate and the inflation rate--to the level prevailing in the eurozone, implying lower real interest rates.
In Russia, the very existence of the regime constructed by President Vladimir Putin can be traced to a single decision taken by a single man, Boris Yeltsin, for purely personal reasons.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others are clearly right when they say that there is no purely military solution to the conflict in Ukraine.
But a year of talks and failed agreements has demonstrated that there is no purely diplomatic solution either.
The definition of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) became purely symptom-based.
When seen in this light, the physical location of gold is purely a distraction.
We have lived in a purely fiat money system ever since – meaning that our money’s value is not backed by gold or any other physical item.
First, many of the crucial barriers to economic development are scientific rather than purely economic.
Though China is no colonizer, it would be a mistake to assume that its growing global footprint is purely benign.
We cannot treat the influence of religious faith in purely secular terms.
But even a purely rhetorical structure would probably sound the death knell of the OAS, and weaken its human rights instruments, which have proved increasingly valuable and effective.
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