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A victory by Obama would reinforce America’s unwillingness to attack Iran and renewed efforts to rein in Israel.
Indeed, ethnic counting could merely reinforce the logic of community separation.
But Asia’s success should not be undersold, especially when one considers that Asia’s governments have used the recent financial crisis wisely, as an opportunity to reinforce the free market mechanism.
In the early United States, James Madison and the new country’s other founders saw that neither leaders nor followers would be angels, and that institutions must be designed to reinforce restraints.
The project’s preliminary results reinforce a key finding of previous, smaller studies: just as we can strengthen and transform a muscle through physical exercise, we can develop our brain and behavioral capacities – from attention and emotional regulation to trust and donation behavior – through regular mental training.
The problem is that Brazil allowed high commodity prices simply to reinforce the underlying growth model, instead of preparing its economy for the inevitable bust.
Such a posture would be self-defeating, because it would reinforce the division of the international community that the Bush administration has initiated.
But, unless he makes it clear that American troops will leave in the near term, he will reinforce the impression of imperial occupation.
The US should reinforce its deterrent and defense capability through its alliances with South Korea and Japan.
The underlying structural changes that have occurred in China in recent years reinforce this optimism.
Governments should also reinforce the supply of skills by strengthening incentives for educational institutions to harness the power of digital technology and new business models.
The Maoist ideological mindset grew out of Lenin's theory of imperialism, which, aided by endless barrages of propaganda against capitalism, colonialism, and foreign hegemony, tended to reinforce the sense of national humiliation.
A second way to combat the new xenophobia is to reinforce the protection of civil liberties.
The result is echo chambers in which like-minded people reinforce shared convictions, creating increasingly polarized silos.
While there may be a biological component to men’s propensity for risk taking (especially among young men), gender norms reinforce risky or unhealthy behaviors by associating them with masculinity.
My own multimedia “WMD—WeMustDisarm!” campaign, which will culminate on the International Day of Peace (21 September), will reinforce growing calls for disarmament by former statesmen and grassroots campaigns, such as “Global Zero.”
In a boom-bust process, passing an early test tends to reinforce the misconception which gave rise to it.
Other European case-control studies reinforce the conclusion that vitamin D may help protect against type 1 diabetes.
We need to communicate our positions clearly to policymakers and reinforce incentives for countries to take appropriate corrective actions.
The demoi-crats win support because their vision tends to reinforce the status quo and leaves nearly all options open.
Or is Sarkozy simply trying to capitalize on his global visibility to reinforce his popularity at home, where a majority of French citizens continue to support their hyperactive president’s diplomatic leadership?
Cross-shareholdings that reinforce monopoly power will be strictly limited in these sectors as well.
Here, no one will intervene except to reinforce the application of the patriarch's rights – say, in stoning a supposedly wayward girl, or turning a blind eye to so-called “honor killings” of women.
A strong education system broadens access to opportunities, improves health, and bolsters the resilience of communities – all while fueling economic growth in a way that can reinforce and accelerate these processes.
And yet one senses among elites from emerging countries something akin to existential doubt, which the European crisis has served to reinforce.
Body tissue can be used to identify the genetic predispositions of individuals (of interest to insurers), or to redefine political entitlements (as Native Americans fear), or to reinforce social stereotypes (say, through research on diseases of specific race groups).
Both intend to reinforce their respective status – diplomatic in the case of France, strategic in the case of Russia.
There is nothing inherently wrong in selling weapons to Russia, but by so doing one merely plays into the hands of Putin’s effort to reinforce his policy of domination over Russia’s “near abroad.”
In 1998, the Saint Malo Declaration by French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair indicated both countries’ determination to reinforce the EU’s security and defense capabilities.
Eliminating its remaining external tariffs, even if largely symbolic, could reinforce the simple truth that trade is not a zero-sum game, but a mutually beneficial endeavor.
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