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We cannot rely on singular global policies to solve the problem of managing our common resources: the oceans, atmosphere, forests, waterways, and rich diversity of life that combine to create the right conditions for life, including seven billion humans, to thrive.
It is time for the United Nations and other international bodies to move beyond a singular focus on enrollment numbers and grapple with the problem of quality in education.
But Bew’s survey also reminds us that the singular pursuit of national interests – the type of worldview championed by Trump – is not Realpolitik at all if it is uncoupled from a transformative idea or normative purpose.
Stories that seek to preserve the singular benefits of global integration, while limiting shared obligations, may in fact go “viral” domestically, because citizens yearn for responsive leadership that addresses local and national concerns.
In fact, the singular thing about India is that you can speak of it only in the plural.
While there were some singular bilateral accomplishments, such as the adoption of the US-India civil nuclear energy deal, the US has been perceived to be less effective in dealing with the region’s burgeoning multilateral frameworks.
It may be considered a singular success for Western statesmanship to have brought two old rivals for power and influence in Central Asia to the point of jointly seeking to exclude the West from the region’s future development.
The problem is that, while some Chinese do worry about refugees, “China” cannot be regarded as a collective noun with a singular view about anything; like any complex modern state, China contains many different views about many different issues.
The eminent columnist Amin M. Lakhani recently argued in the Dawn , Pakistan's largest-circulation newspaper, that "Pakistan's singular preoccupation with Kashmir...has been self-defeating.
Under Deng Xiaoping – the leader who initiated China’s radical “reform and opening up” in 1978 – the singular policy goal was domestic economic transformation and growth, to be achieved with a collaborative decision-making model that included vigorous internal debate.
Because Europe is at peace, with no singular, overriding security threat, it is likely that when the extent of the bargain becomes clear, voters and politicians in the rich creditor countries will reject it.
The singular "people" that defines citizenship in a traditional nation-state could be forged only by plunging Europe into appalling repression and war lasting generations, if not centuries.
The metaphor of war has the singular advantage that it clearly and strongly evokes the intensity of the counterattack that was called for.
As president, however, that same fact is a singular disadvantage.
Without Gorbachev and his singular courage, the stream of events across Europe during fall of 1989 never would have been possible.
An alternative would be to create a full-fledged, global, not-for-profit pharmaceutical company with a research budget equal to that of the world’s top five for-profit companies, and with the singular objective of creating a pipeline of products to address the challenge of infectious threats.
Apple’s goal has never been to amass market share, but rather to attract customers one by one through the singular appeal of its products.
When Technophobia Becomes ToxicSTANFORD – During the late 1990’s, a singular phenomenon appeared in countries around the world.
A singular vision has always animated this process: animosity between neighbors must not be allowed to fester, and the rule of law must reign not just within countries, but also between them.
Certainly, coordination between the member states exists, and is even successful at times, but without strong European institutions, such singular successes will not last.
Populists speak and act, claims Mueller, “as if the people could develop a singular judgment,...as if the people were one,...as if the people, if only they empowered the right representatives, could fully master their fates.”
Similarly, Senator Charles Schumer of New York has indulged in Japan-bashing, China-bashing, and India-bashing – a singular record of truculence and economic illiteracy – while Senator Barbara Boxer of California attacked her most recent electoral opponent, Carly Fiorina, for eliminating 30,000 jobs at Hewlett Packard during her stewardship of the company.
Brexit and the Global EconomyWASHINGTON, DC – The singular issue of Brexit has consumed the United Kingdom for two and a half years.
The meaning of the words civilization and culture is very different when they are used in singular and plural forms.
Civilization (singular) is, on the contrary, an evaluative moral category: the opposite of barbarism.
Great voices can speak, but these voices must be singular; the chorus of opinion that mass media outlets like those controlled by Gusinksy offers, it seems, must be overseen, monitored, and if necessary, controlled when they get too far out of line, as Kremlin power brokers seem to believe Gusinsky has been.
But to ensure that such decisions benefit workers, governments need to coax the private sector away from its singular focus on automation.
He’s right: On this singular issue, the war hawks, liberal internationalists, and blame-somebody-else crowd all tend to agree.
The world must urgently adopt a new economic paradigm that goes beyond a singular focus on GDP.
The political independence of central banking is widely regarded as the singular breakthrough needed to achieve price stability following the Great Inflation of the 1970s.
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