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If seized, it can spark an unprecedented wave of innovation that can fuel economic growth.
What seems an almost insurmountable challenge is in fact a business opportunity waiting to be seized.
As solutions go, why not consider the following one: the National Assembly could impeach Maduro and the OFAC-sanctioned, narco-trafficking vice president, Tareck El Aissami, who has had more than $500 million in assets seized by the United States government.
In Syria, the Islamic State has seized control of the upstream basins of the two main rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates.
And, as it happens, a UK parliamentary committee has just seized internal Facebook emails showing that the company may have known about malicious Russian activity on its platform as far back as 2014.
They seized computers and files, disabling the animal-rights movement as it was on the eve of launching a new initiative to enshrine the protection of animals in the Austrian constitution.
Trump seized on this cleavage during his campaign.
The gains could slip away if the moment is not seized.
JERUSALEM – Israelis and Palestinians are preparing for a showdown at the United Nations in September, when the Palestinian leadership will ask for recognition of a Palestinian state within the borders that existed before the Six Day War in 1967 (when Israel seized control of Jordanian-occupied territory).
For Pakistan’s small and embattled liberal and left-wing forces, he is yet another military dictator who seized and holds power by force, undermining the development of democracy.
Watanabe and Yomiuri Shimbun have provided a rare opportunity that should be seized for the greater good of China and Japan and the world.
Japan seized its opportunity in the years following World War II, using labor-intensive industries, such as textiles and simple electronics, to drive its economy until rising labor costs eroded its comparative advantage in those sectors.
When the PAD seized control of Government House and Bangkok’s two airports, its protest leaders hectored Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and likened him to a hooligan.
This moment must be seized not only to beef up MONUC, but, more importantly, to use all existing leverage with the combatants and the governments that back them to get all the parties to return to the negotiating table.
The Nazis forced treaties on weaker neighbors and seized others, then sought to depopulate Slavic lands to make way for Teutonic settlers.
Bush insists that there will soon be enough US troops in central Iraq to “hold” areas seized from militia groups and insurgents.
Even those countries that were better prepared were made painfully aware of the after-effects of crisis: export markets collapsed, commodity prices fell, and credit markets seized up.
The results of this misguided policy proved so disastrous – financial markets seized up almost immediately – that a mere ten days after its “What, me worry?” message, the Fed made an embarrassing but necessary about-face and lowered the discount rate by 50 basis points.
The Afghan ISIS comprises mainly Pakistani and Uzbek extremists who “rebranded” themselves and seized territory along the Pakistan border.
If not, or if such an opportunity is not seized, the new Middle East will be much more dangerous than the old one.
That is tragic, because many unique and even historic opportunities are not being seized.
It contrasts starkly with the extremism that grabs headlines when bombs are planted, hostages seized, or embassies attacked in Islam's name.
In response, armed groups seized checkpoints and closed the port of Aden.
Ugly executions of military and other captives have undoubtedly occurred in Mosul, Tikrit, and other cities seized by ISIS.
Now opponents of Turkey’s EU accession bid have seized upon recent events to argue that the country does not meet the democratic standards necessary for full membership.
After the Communists seized power in China in 1949, the US openly viewed Chinese Communism as benign, and thus distinct from Soviet Communism.
But if this opportunity is to be seized and the clean-energy transition accelerated, a series of institutional bottlenecks must be removed.
Because the computer had been seized by the police, the finding pointed rather directly to official malfeasance.
An impressive 42% of all of the world’s cocaine was seized in 2005.
The same Americans who cried with joy on the night of November 4 are now seized with apprehension as economic hardship becomes more real by the day, as they witness the consequences of the crisis for their neighbors, if not themselves.
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