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As citizens of British colonies, they were legally
regarded
as citizens of the UK as well.
“Systemic importance” has become an excuse for maintaining impenetrable entry barriers (yet another reason why executives want their firms to be
regarded
as too big to fail).
Instead, regulators stand idly by while bank boards remain self-perpetuating clubs, with membership
regarded
as little more than so much social plumage.
The key is to create a hierarchy of humiliations, according to which those inflicted on one’s own country are
regarded
as vitally important, and those inflicted on others are diminished, remembered only to reaffirm the status hierarchy.
As The Economist commented about Rumsfeld’s speech, “until recently he plainly
regarded
such a focus on ‘soft power’ as, well, soft – part of ‘Old Europe’s’ appeasement of terrorism.”
And, of course, it would also have meant entrusting Britain’s fate to a politician who, though now
regarded
as an indomitable leader, was widely distrusted at the time.
But if it is always
regarded
as relevant, the worst damage may be avoided.
Don’t Feed the DragonThe European Union, after a three-year spat with President Bush, is keen to be
regarded
as a world player to be reckoned with.
A government’s banning of journalists or blocking of news and social-media Web sites that were previously allowed should itself be
regarded
as an early warning sign of a crisis meriting international scrutiny.
Initiatives like these might once have been
regarded
as part of a peripheral “green” niche.
The driving force, however, can only be an understanding that EU enlargement must be
regarded
as a win-win situation for all countries involved directly or indirectly - including Russia.
So Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania cannot be
regarded
as special Russian "spheres of influence" requiring Russian assent for membership in either the EU or NATO.
Buildings
regarded
as critical infrastructure, such as hospitals, must be able to withstand a 1,000-year flood (that is, a flood magnitude with a 0.1% probability of occurring in a given year), while housing must be able to withstand a 200-year flood.
John Stuart Mill, for example,
regarded "
nationality," a cohesive society within national boundaries, as a precondition for democracy.
In a non-clinical context, individuals at risk in the future may be
regarded
as deserving differential treatment before it is known whether or not the disease will ever occur.
Whereas the centrality of the state in human affairs is a modern, European development, traditional societies like India or Pakistan have always
regarded
the state as no more than a necessary evil, since large societies cannot be managed on the old tribal basis.
Officially
regarded
as an omnipotent genius, he is worshipped like a god and shown constantly surrounded by people, including his highest military officers festooned in medals, laughing or clapping, or shouting hysterically.
Beyond that, however, the power of the judiciary stems precisely from the assumption of independence which Hamilton
regarded
as crucial for their position.
The analogy with Hitler’s Germany is also problematic because, if it were
regarded
as true, the only sensible course of action would be a preventive strike on Iran and the removal of Ahmadinejad.
Just as women outside the family home – women who stake a claim to public space, working and living among men – are seen as dangerous temptresses, men who love men are often
regarded
as predators, ready to pounce on society’s children.
In Afghanistan, what is widely
regarded
as the longest-running war in US history continues, and it is estimated that the Taliban now controls more territory than at any time since their government was overthrown in 2001.
The Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, often
regarded
as one of the Kremlin’s main ideologues, argues that “populism should unite right-wing values with socialism, social justice, and anti-capitalism.”
It should, instead, be
regarded
as a problem found almost universally in countries undergoing the earliest stages of development.
By the end of the 1990s a majority of Chinese citizens
regarded
America as their primary adversary.
Following the NATO-led intervention in Libya in 2011, which the Kremlin
regarded
as another example of Western overreach, Russia has been more aggressive in asserting itself internationally, mainly in opposition to the US.
In both Greece and Japan, excessive debts will be reduced by means previously
regarded
as unthinkable.
Keynes’s endorsement of such a policy does not necessarily make it right, but his analysis does suggest that it should be
regarded
as a serious proposition.
Once a new democratic government is in place, UN and OAS missions should be
regarded
as crutches that would support the country on the path back toward democracy and development.
Economic growth during the Putin years, combined with the defeat of Georgia – which was
regarded
in Russia as the beginning of a great political comeback – provided the confidence needed to embrace efforts to re-model the transatlantic security architecture.
Prior to 1890, big business was widely
regarded
as more efficient and generally more modern than small business.
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