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Those who championed WikiLeaks rushed to celebrate it as a shining example of crusading, “stateless” journalism.
Better mechanisms for storing and releasing that energy – when the sun isn’t shining, the wind isn’t blowing, or when electric cars are on the move – are also critical.
Because of these ideals, he proclaimed, the United States “remains a beacon of hope for all who dream of liberty and a shining example to the world of what a free people can achieve.”
If America would only follow that advice, it might really be a beacon of hope and a shining example.
In the past 18 months, international coordination in the fight against AMR has also improved, with the past two G20 summits and a High-Level United Nations meeting all shining a spotlight on the issue.
The beacon of hope shining from Geneva should guide us all.
But one aspect of this shining story is tarnished.
Likewise, instead of providing a shining example of supranational cooperation and pooled sovereignty for the twenty-first century, the European Union remains mired in rather petty disputes.
The spirit of hope is what keeps Bethlehem shining brightly, even in the darkness of occupation.
In 2012, shareholders and others started shining a bright light on boards, questioning their decisions and activities, and those of individual members, and thus was born the Shareholder Spring.
Recent tests have shown that shining ultraviolet lights against the submerged nets deters these species without affecting the fishing catch.
With the economy booming, it seemed as though the sun was always shining and the skies were always blue.
A healthy season of reappraisal has dawned, shining a new light on boom-time notions like the value of opaque markets, the untouchable status of the American consumer, or the wisdom of deregulation.
And, just as important, shining a light on those who violate human rights could deter those who do not want to be identified as criminals from carrying out similar actions in the future.
Fifteen years later, in 1982, when Neil Sheehan was researching his book about the war, A Bright and Shining Lie, he came across documents concerning my Pentagon-assisted manuscript.
But, faced with South Korea’s shining democracy and booming economy, the Chinese model is irrelevant to the North: following it would mean acknowledging the South’s supremacy on the Korean Peninsula, and thus an instant loss of legitimacy.
The government demands that the elections be re-held, when the sun is shining.
Germany will regret not fixing its roof while the sun was still shining.
The Mujahideen were overseen by responsible clerics, who gave a shining example to Saudi youth.
Indeed, coal-related corruption stories are breaking worldwide, shining a light on the murky space between “illegal” and “improper” where the extractive industries work.
That is why the Center for International Media Assistance has just released a new report shining a spotlight on the phenomenon – and calling for solutions.
While there are cases where alternative energies are cheaper than fossil fuels, the reverse is more often true – and solar and wind are infinitely more expensive when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing.
There is a hole in the roof, but the sun is shining.
The IMF’s recommendation to governments is that they should fix the roof while the sun is shining: accumulate a fiscal surplus, or at least reduce deficits, in good times so that they are better prepared for the next downturn, which will surely come before too long.
But fighting corruption also means shining a spotlight on – and prosecuting – those who threaten, kill, or otherwise thwart journalists working to expose abuses of power.
As the global agenda shifted to concerns about global warming, inequality, and the stability of the international system, the US no longer seemed to be a shining example, but rather an immovable obstacle on many of these issues.
The Polish trade union Solidarity has already set a shining example by donating money and food for Belarusian strikers (though most provisions have so far been seized at the border).
If the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining, conventional power plants must shore up the electricity supply.
The Rule of Law Needs a SoulCAMBRIDGE – The Anglo-American world, once a shining beacon of the “rule of law,” is sliding into constitutional disarray.
As long as coal- or gas-fired power plants are needed to ensure energy supply during the “dark doldrums” when the wind is not blowing and the sun is not shining, EVs, like ICE vehicles, run partly on hydrocarbons.
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