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The treatment lasted
six
months, and during that time she could not attend school.
Six
Million SerfsTEL AVIV: The handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China (barely one month old) went beyond the merely political to become a spectacular pageant, celebrating both the return of a lost territory to the Motherland as well as a symbolic end to what was the world’s most far-flung Empire.
Yet among all the speeches and fireworks of this TV extravaganza, one aspect was totally overlooked: the political will of the
six
million citizens of the British Crown Colony, now transferred -- without ever having been consulted in any way -- from an imperial, albeit recently liberal, colonial rule to that of the largest non-democratic and repressive regime in the world today.
In an era when decolonization continues, with the principle of self-determination considered sacrosanct from Bosnia to Chechnya, and from the Baltics to the Palestinians -- it is indeed incredible that
six
million people were transferred from one set of rulers to another like mere chattel.
Moreover, this anomaly is compounded by the bitter irony that the British Prime Minister who handed these
six
million ‘souls’ (to use the old Russian term for such serfs) to Beijing was the same Iron Lady who valiantly went to war only two years earlier, in 1982, to free 12,000 settlers in the Falkland Islands from being occupied by the generals from Buenos Aires.
Back then, the instrument guaranteeing Britain free trade in the China market was a gunboat; today it is the total disregard of the fundamental rights of
six
million people.
Now Swedes are no longer among the top ten countries, but are
six
per cent below the average OECD income.
Six
important issues speak to the problem for policymakers in Europe, the US, and Japan.
Facebook had
six
million users in 2006; today, it has 1.4 billion.
Yet America’s legacy of global leadership over the past
six
decades, warts and all, is unprecedented in its relative benevolence and positive impact.
Permanent tax cuts and those on marginal rates have proved more likely to increase growth than spending increases or temporary, infra-marginal tax rebates; successful fiscal consolidations have emphasized spending cuts over tax hikes by a ratio of five or
six
to one; and spending cuts have been less likely than tax increases to cause recessions in OECD countries.
Given the extent of America’s multilateral problem, this is largely a meaningless objective, especially in light of the massive and ill-timed tax cuts and federal expenditure increases that the US has enacted in the last
six
months.
During the past three centuries, the human population has increased ten-fold, to more than
six
billion, and is expected to reach 10 billion in this century.
“If enacted, Brown-Kaufman would have broken up the
six
biggest banks in America,” a senior Treasury official said.
In the last two years, at least
six
of the advanced economies – and as many as eight – have been coping with deflation.
Five years later, another son was arrested, followed by a third
six
months after that.
These newly laid-off workers are joining more than
six
million new college graduates looking for work.
As a result, productivity has stagnated in Europe since 2007, whereas it has improved by more than
six
percentage points in the US.
At the same time, the top 10% also owned nonfinancial assets (including primary residences) with a median value of $756,400 – nearly
six
times the value held by the other 90%.
Such is the generals’ Janus-faced approach to terrorism that
six
years after the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan has yet to try the seven Pakistani perpetrators in its custody.
The Extinction PuzzleWith
six
billion humans and counting – and our individual consumption growing – we face enormous challenges in using our natural resources sustainably.
A RAND study projects that by 2015, China’s military expenditure will be more than
six
times higher than Japan’s, and its accumulated military capital stock will be roughly five times higher (measured at purchasing power parity).
Gubernatorial elections were abolished
six
years ago, and even elected city mayors have been progressively replaced by appointed officials.
The IMF’s Euro CrisisOXFORD – Over the last few decades, the International Monetary Fund has learned
six
important lessons about how to manage government debt crises.
Indeed, they became evident
six
years ago, when the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004 inundated India’s second-largest nuclear complex, shutting down the Madras power station.
Indeed,
six
out of ten Egyptians voted for Islamists in the parliamentary elections.
Morsi, who finished first, with
six
million votes, had the MB’s disciplined, dedicated, and experienced machine fully behind him.
A survey of 1450 adults by the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences earlier this year shows that specific reform policies affect how people think about both the changes of the past
six
years and the way they hope the economy will evolve.
Nonetheless, the Mexican people have chosen him, and he will have to deal with Trump for much (if not all) of his
six
years in office.
To succeed, the Paris conference can look nothing like the disastrous meeting held in Copenhagen
six
years ago.
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