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It is against this backdrop that African leaders will arrive in Cannes for the France-Africa summit, an event that in many respects will be a stage for Chirac to bid them farewell.
True, India may not be the best advertisement for democracy in some respects, given how hard it often seems there to make long-term decisions and implement them without being buffeted – and frequently derailed – by volatile public opinion and hard-nosed vested interests.
She concluded that, “In many respects the Clermontois are closer to the Hoosiers (as the residents of the US mid-Western state of Indiana are called) than to the Parisians.”
The crisis in Cyprus represents an extreme and special case in many respects.
In many respects, a marriage of convenience between the surplus and deficit countries eventually blossomed into full-blown codependency.
In today’s world, it seems, strength respects only strength.
The Chinese system is authoritarian in many respects, but the picture is not black and white.
It was a crucial election in two respects: The outcome reflected the Israeli electorate’s sharp turn to the right and has reinforced Netanyahu’s political dominance.
The British had concluded, in the words of the British lieutenant governor of Bengal, that “a sedition law which is adequate for a people ruled by a government of its own nationality and faith may be inadequate, or in some respects unsuited, for a country under foreign rule.”
Services are in many respects the infrastructure of a consumer society – in China’s case, providing the basic utilities, communications, retail outlets, health care, and finance that its emerging middle class is increasingly demanding.
But only if water is shared in a rational manner that respects the region’s fragile ecology will human life be sustainable.
It was in many respects a personal triumph for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
In some respects, the Tibetans were treated less ruthlessly than the majority of Chinese.
For the American President, the appointment of Supreme Court justices is of major importance because the Court has the power to determine the course of affairs in important respects, as in matters of racial equality.
There are more than a half-billion mobile connections on the continent today; indeed, in many respects, Africa leads the world in mobile growth and innovation.
America's goal--an Iraq that is intact, possesses a representative government, and respects the rule of law--is no pipe dream, particularly in view of the country's educated population and sizable middle class.
But it does remind us that, while the US is in many respects the most globalized society in the world, it can also be surprisingly insular and nationalistic.
The truth is that most international listing standards are in many respects inferior to those of Saudi Arabia.
More are likely, because the global economy is out of balance in several respects as it emerges from the crisis, particularly in terms of sovereign debt and the structure of global demand.
We in PASOK, the party that I lead, have started to think through what we want out of politics in a practical sense and how this can be delivered in a way that respects people’s lives.
In particular, reason enables us to see that others, previously outside the bounds of our moral view, are like us in relevant respects.
Ten years later, it is clear that the fanatics behind those attacks miscalculated in two central respects.
In those respects, the original vision was achieved.
BUENOS AIRES – Today’s global currency war resembles real war in two important respects: a face-off over the structural imbalances between two large opponents – China and the United States – has forced uncomfortable smaller allies to take one side or the other, and third parties that may not be directly engaged are suffering collateral damage from both sides of the dispute.
Ignored and humiliated by the US since the Cold War ended, Russia needs integration into a new global order that respects its interests as a resurgent power, not an anti-Western strategy of confrontation.
In critical respects, it is beginning to repeat its own mistakes, whether by creating or funding new local militias in Afghanistan, or by striving to come to terms with the Taliban.
And, in important respects, the repeal of Glass-Steagall actually enabled the resolution of the crisis, by permitting the merger of Bear and JPMorgan Chase and by allowing the US Federal Reserve to open its discount window for Morgan Stanley and Goldman when they otherwise could have been sources of systemic risk.
Politics is also charged with symbols in other, less visible respects.
They want a state that respects human rights for everyone.
Removing it will in some respects be the most important task for May, who expresses what surely is a sincere desire to unite the nation.
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