Reaching
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Already, antibiotic resistance is leading to an estimated 700,000 deaths per year, with financial costs
reaching
tens of billions of dollars.
Fighting could disrupt off-site power plants or transmission lines servicing the reactor, and could also prevent diesel fuel from
reaching
the plant to replenish standby generators.
But it is difficult to see how the resulting growth could have been as high –
reaching
an unprecedented 10% or more annually in per-capita terms – without a global economy able to absorb these countries’ exports.
Yet, despite notable progress, it is fair to say that some countries are still far from
reaching
that target.
But labor is no longer cheap, road construction to connect major cities has given way to building large shopping malls in small towns, and land sales based on rezoning are
reaching
both economic limits and the limits of villagers’ tolerance.
Indeed, international measures of graft show that the authorities may be
reaching
a stalemate or even retreating in the fight.
From 2004 to 2013, China’s crude oil imports from Arab countries grew by more than 12% annually, on average,
reaching
133 million tons per year.
The EU played a central role in
reaching
the recent nuclear agreement with Iran; brokered a previously unthinkable deal between Serbia and Kosovo (principally by dangling the carrot of EU membership before both countries); and has led the way in responding to Russian aggression in Ukraine with crippling economic sanctions.
Sooner or later, peace will have to be imposed upon the Israelis and the Palestinians, who have proven to be incapable of
reaching
a settlement on their own.
CAIRO – In the months since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, his successors have signaled a shift in foreign policy by
reaching
out to former adversaries.
Urban incomes in China are now
reaching
a threshold where spending on both goods and services accelerates rapidly.
As Nicholas Lardy of the Peterson Institute of International Economics points out, “China’s payments of licensing fees and royalties for the use of foreign technology have soared in recent years,
reaching
almost $30 billion last year, nearly a four-fold increase over the last decade.”
A successful attack or accident at the Indian Point power plant near New York City, apparently part of Al Qaeda’s original plan for September 11, 2001, would have resulted in 43,700 immediate fatalities and 518,000 cancer deaths, with cleanup costs
reaching
$2 trillion.
True, some economists expected the UK economy to collapse during the post-referendum panic, whereas economic activity proved to be rather resilient, with GDP growth
reaching
some 2.1% in 2016.
By declaring its intention to leave, the UK would trigger Article 50 of the EU Treaty, which stipulates a two-year deadline for
reaching
an exit agreement.
Should the UK leave, the share of the liberal bloc’s vote in the Council would fall to just over 25%,
reaching
about 34% with Germany – just short of a blocking minority.
Reliable data are needed to determine whether people are encountering financial or geographic obstacles to health care; whether care is being administered safely and effectively; and whether it is
reaching
the most marginalized groups in society.
On the other hand, political spillovers are strong and waves of change regularly cross borders,
reaching
the entire continent.
Even without adding energy exports to its diplomatic arsenal, Russia may take steps to mitigate that risk, by encouraging Iran to delay
reaching
a final nuclear agreement with the international community.
And perhaps more importantly, a growing number of women are
reaching
for the highest political echelons in their countries by dint of their political talents alone.
The fears of China’s rulers, I suspect, do not bode well for
reaching
a peaceful resolution of its territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas.
Trade More than AidThe recent G-8 meeting in Scotland, as well as concerts and celebrity activism, has put a spotlight on the amount of international assistance
reaching
the countries and peoples of Africa.
After
reaching
25-27% in the middle third of the twentieth century, deindustrialization set in, with manufacturing absorbing less than 10% of the labor force in recent years.
And some factions of the Saudi family are
reaching
out – albeit cautiously – to civil-society actors, attempting to engage them in a dialogue about the country’s future.
With the barrel price
reaching
$145 in July of that year, oil-importing advanced economies and emerging markets alike faced a recessionary tipping point.
Over the last decade, Africa has recorded an annual average growth rate of 5%, with some countries
reaching
more than 7%.
Without a doubt, Israel will be a major obstacle to
reaching
an agreement.
In 2007, following the suggestion by Baker’s successor to take into account the “political reality” of the situation, the UN Security Council opened a new phase of negotiations without preconditions, aimed at
reaching
“a mutually acceptable political solution.”
The North Korean Missile CrisisNEW YORK – On January 2, then-President-elect Donald Trump, referring to North Korea’s effort to develop a nuclear weapon capable of
reaching
the United States, assured his Twitter followers, “It won’t happen!”
Whatever each family’s experience, the result has been a child
reaching
a level of education of which many people can only dream.
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