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Another recent case of an Indian woman fighting back shows how transformational this
spirit
of resistance can be.
On the European side, engineering a new
spirit
of détente will be tough.
The draft EU constitution, which failed in the French and Dutch referenda last year, breathes the
spirit
of this approach.
Since then, however, the city has exemplified the best of human achievement, rising from the rubble thanks to the
spirit
and enterprise of Japanese men and women, who trade the things that they build – for example, at the Mitsubishi shipyards – with the rest of the world.
You could say that Venezuela now exists as a “lawless legality,” a political system within which officials deny that in making or interpreting laws they are bound in any way by the
spirit
of justice that underpins those laws.
In the
spirit
of the occasion, everyone should consider how much more attention and funding maternal and women’s health would get if women were more equally represented in government.
While the
spirit
of waning interest in basic science, which characterizes today’s large industrial groups, dominates in Europe, a brilliant American countermeasure has been the rise of small “high tech” companies that engage in basic research and long-term reflection.
If the
spirit
of scientific exploration and creativity is to be renewed in our time, we must create educational systems and schoolbooks informed by the
spirit
of Primo Levi.
Here, then, is an idea (part of A Modest Proposal for Resolving the Euro Crisis, co-authored by Stuart Holland, and James K. Galbraith) aimed at re-calibrating the rules, enhancing their spirit, and addressing the underlying economic problem.
Fourth, the
spirit
of the Maastricht rule on public debt would be reinforced, and moral hazard would be reduced.
Yugoslavia’s enmities, and the ruins of its economy, need to be addressed in a similar
spirit.
We stand ready to offer assistance to Serbia in the same
spirit.
The only survivors in this moral shipwreck are the local grassroots teams – comprising volunteers from all over the world and smaller NGOs – that have been keeping the
spirit
of humanity alive.
This dualism of human
spirit
and physical body implied that brain-based explanations for problems affecting motor movement and language were possible, but that personality, feelings, and beliefs existed in the realm of the
spirit.
Most Russian participants at the Davos dinner seemed to ignore these criticisms, but it was interesting to hear one important official admit that reform might progress faster if oil prices dropped somewhat, and another accept the point that criticism should be welcomed as long as it is offered in a friendly
spirit.
I know that you share my conviction that much more still needs to be done, and that in times of crisis and economic hardship a
spirit
of global solidarity must not be lost.”
On the contrary, the scientific
spirit
offers our only hope of developing new processes and products that minimize the risks attendant on human progress, while technology transfers promise to minimize poor countries' reliance on natural resource-intensive industries.
But they would be mistaken to think that those who uphold them have lost the will – and the ability – to cultivate a
spirit
of cooperation and harmony.
While the Work Conference’s core tasks embody the
spirit
of these reforms, they also reflect a tactical focus: “keeping growth steady.”
Moreover, fiscally responsible reforms involve hard choices, and tend to work only if they are drafted with a
spirit
of shared sacrifice: “I will give up my cherished benefit, if you give up yours.”
According to Dugin, “Stalin created the Soviet Empire,” and, like Ivan the Terrible, expresses “the
spirit
of the Soviet society and the Soviet people.”
Yale University's Robert Shiller has suggested that I believe that Europeans lack dynamism owing to a deficiency of entrepreneurial "spirit."
Will America hark back to the
spirit
of 1945 or, despite being sobered and disappointed, decide to stick to its lone and lonely path?
By harnessing the same innovative
spirit
that transformed emerging markets into manufacturing hubs for everything from cars to computers, these companies have become leaders in supplying the world with high quality, low-cost vaccines.
Some argue that taking drugs is “against the
spirit
of sport.”
In any case, performance-enhancement is, Savulescu says, the very
spirit
of sport.
Finally this agreement is notable for the
spirit
of compromise by which it was reached.
In the same spirit, the American Seventh Fleet has stepped up its Freedom of Navigation Operational Patrols (FONOPs) in the South China Sea.
The
spirit
was captured by one participant who suggested that we had gone from “boom and bust” to “boom and Armageddon.”
This new regional focus and
spirit
is underscored in two other organizations.
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