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Many commentators still discuss China as if it were
solely
an industrial power.
True, certain pro-Israeli organizations, notably the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), can generate a great deal of money to make or break political candidates, who are judged
solely
on their attitudes towards Israel.
By the 1920s, most geneticists had abandoned the idea of a single gene for each characteristic and were loath to ascribe human behavior
solely
to genes.
Even in the US, where members of the same sex can marry in 35 states (as I did in New York last April), in 29 states it is still legal to fire someone
solely
on the basis of their sexual orientation.
But, in a globalized world, a global operating system premised
solely
on respect for sovereignty – call it World Order 1.0 – has become increasingly inadequate.
Indeed, the threat to the EU legal order does not lie
solely
with the German Constitutional Court.
And at least one in four cities examined would find such interventions financially viable, based
solely
on savings from avoided water-treatment costs.
A speculative bubble, sustaining itself
solely
by reaction to price increases, cannot go on forever.
This finding was based in part on research by a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – the group that shared last year’s Nobel Peace Prize – who noted that spending $800 billion over 100 years
solely
on mitigating emissions would reduce inevitable temperature rises by just 0.2 degrees Celsius by the end of this century.
Europe’s refugee crisis continues to be viewed
solely
as a political problem, in part because that is how the media portray it.
Economic and political measures, as well as a sustained US military presence, would be more effective than reliance
solely
on offensive escalation should the US need to counter Chinese actions that threatened important American interests.
Just as someone became a carpenter or a trader in an earlier era merely through birth, members of India’s ruling caste now become leaders of parties, members of legislatures, and cabinet ministers
solely
because of their parentage.
China’s belated bouts of openness about the rural spread of AIDS and the SARS epidemic clearly indicate that the central government regards transparency
solely
as a matter of expediency.
One thing we know for sure is that Russian foreign and domestic policy is not about to change, and that it will continue to be determined
solely
by Putin.
But we should be wary of attributing populism
solely
to economic distress.
Even the European Commission’s modest proposal to share responsibility for processing asylum applications and resettling refugees – rather than leaving Greece and Italy
solely
responsible for processing all of the asylum seekers who reach their shores – has faced inexplicably strong resistance.
Of course, defense capability cannot be judged
solely
according to force levels.
To be sure, these debts are not
solely
federal liabilities.
The Party has so far been following a more conventional strategy: last week it sent a delegation of officials to the US (the first ever sent, it said, to have been composed
solely
of Tibetans – a fact that one might expect them to have been embarrassed to admit) and had its leader, Shingtsa Tenzin Choedak, tell journalists that Tibetans enjoy freedom of religion.
And, including US congressional leaders – particularly House and Senate Republicans who support such a deal – in the talks from the beginning would increase the chances of success, because an agreement would not be seen
solely
as a victory for the Obama administration.
Poles, who lost nearly all their patriotic ideas over the past decade, now seem poised to rediscover their national identity
solely
on a negative basis forged by our peasants.
Indeed, reliance
solely
on organic farming – a movement inspired by the pesticide fear – would cost more than $100 billion annually in the US.
But it is not useful to rely
solely
or primarily on outcomes to judge a leader.
In any case, one would not expect prize committees or historians to judge leaders
solely
by quantitative criteria.
Afghans themselves are not
solely
to blame for this state of affairs.
This is not due
solely
to our foreign policy, or even to dubious economic policies.
A typical mistake in evaluating manufacturing performance is to look
solely
at output or productivity without examining job creation.
Today, however, Japanese driving schools suffer from a fall-off in students, which cannot be explained
solely
by declining population.
Stock exchanges in emerging markets will increasingly be forced to contemplate regional or global integration or alliances, lest they remain
solely
domestic in nature.
Focusing the debate
solely
on Islam and Muslims and the prospect of religious reform, integration, and co-existence is a way to camouflage failure.
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