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A few years ago, the World Values Survey
questioned
respondents in scores of countries about their attachments to their local communities, their nations, and to the world at large.
A recent Gallup poll showed that 36% of people
questioned
in all 27 EU countries no longer trust the parliament, with the only consolation being that even more, 37%, now mistrust the European Commission.
They challenged the disparities in legal treatment of women, broached new ideas concerning the role of women in Moroccan society, and
questioned
practices that had long been understood as Islamic.
So the Saudi regime is divided, its legitimacy is questioned, and sectarian tensions are growing.
When Putin
questioned
Kazakhstan’s independence last year, China was quick to support the country’s sovereignty.
Nevertheless, the decision to lodge a complaint with the WTO must be
questioned
on three counts.
There were, for example, those who
questioned
whether the Cold War was in fact necessary and whether the Soviet Union and Communism constituted a threat.
It used to be America's economic staying power that the world
questioned.
Even Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz has
questioned
whether these countries’ debt payment measures represent an exaggerated concession to neo-liberal orthodoxy.
They have also
questioned
the criteria used to select its members.
As a result, basic assumptions are being
questioned
at every turn.
Their estimates have been lauded, but also
questioned
because of their misinterpretation of their own figures.
The nineteenth-century European bourgeoisie was a largely rentier class, and few
questioned
their work effort.
Now, however, this wisdom is being questioned, and not just in the United Kingdom.
Nobel Prize winners Robert Solow and Paul Krugman famously once
questioned
whether the proliferation of computers and technology would lead to bottom-line growth.
That effort is supported, on the religious side, by leaders who are largely non-Syrian Arabs – for example, Abdullah al-Muhaysini is from Saudi Arabia – whose religious edicts are not
questioned
by the largely Syrian fighters.
Hill knew that her motives would be
questioned.
Some openly
questioned
the current US economic model, which is increasingly characterized by the monopolization of resources and distortion of political decision-making by vested interests.
Indeed, they
questioned
his right to wish for a much-needed change in the way the Muslim world treats women and a reexamination of its sexual taboos.
In an era when the benefits of multilateralism are being
questioned
precisely as we draw closer to the planet’s ecological limits, income inequality is growing, and innovation and technology are transforming how people learn and work, the world needs a more equitable and cooperative approach to globalization.
There is a long list of central bankers' homilies that are not supposed to be questioned; do so and you are exiled from the small circle of those who supposedly know how the world "really" works.
The appointment of the Italian foreign minister, Federica Mogherini, as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has been widely questioned, owing to her limited executive experience in foreign policy.
Last year, many investors
questioned
the ECB's ability to launch a bond-buying program in the face of German opposition, and many others doubted the Fed's willingness to tighten monetary policy, because doing so could choke off the US economic recovery.
Anyone in Haiti who
questioned
his rule could expect to be dispatched – often in a public and theatrically violent manner – by Papa Doc’s dreaded Tonton Macoute.
But this brutal adjustment quickly turned the current-account balance into a surplus, and the country’s creditworthiness was never
questioned.
With a few rare but laudable exceptions, officials at multilateral institutions have not
questioned
these unconventional monetary policies, and have largely been enthusiastic about them.
But, as the economy slows, the regime’s legitimacy is increasingly being questioned, which implies that neo-Maoism may yet make a comeback.
Turkey’s Democratic DuskCAMBRIDGE – When
questioned
recently about a constitutional law professor who was arrested for lecturing at an institute run by the country’s main pro-Kurdish political party, Turkey’s interior minister, Idris Naim Sahin, couldn’t hide his irritation: “I am having a hard time understanding those saying a professor should not be arrested while thousands of other people are being arrested in Turkey.”
Poland is not the only place where established religious practices are being
questioned.
So, whoever wins the election will have a partial minority in the legislature for his entire six-year term, and his legitimacy will be
questioned
by large segments of the electorate.
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