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But the similarities are striking, and the prognosis all the more compelling, as the world’s two largest economies sink into a dangerous quagmire.
Those votes may have been merely symbolic, given Obama’s veto power; nonetheless, the striking fact remains that the Republicans never bothered to try to formulate an alternative in the event that one of their own would one day become president.
There are also striking similarities between Western leaders’ responses to the two crises – namely, their reluctance to take decisive action.
Even more striking, while 95% of the Chinese population is literate, the proportion for India is only 74% – and only 65% for women.
It is striking that even amid all the doom and gloom assailing world markets, there is no fear of a recession in India.
Indeed, by striking hotels favored by foreign businessmen and visitors, they undermined the confidence of those whom India needs to sustain its success story.
But the correlation between bad economic events and bad politics is too striking to be ignored.
The Humanities CrisisNEW YORK – A striking symmetry is emerging in debates about the future of higher education around the world.
But there are striking parallels between America’s founding years and the European Union’s ongoing political and economic crisis.
These protests are striking not only for the sensitive nature of the issues they address, but for the broad-based support they have elicited.
A striking fact about climate change is that there is little overlap between the countries that are most vulnerable to its effects – mainly poor countries in the South that can ill afford to deal with the consequences – and the countries, like the US, that are the largest polluters.
So it was a striking departure when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified to Congress earlier this year about the “three D’s” of American foreign policy – defense, diplomacy, and development.
For example, it still needs to perfect an atmospheric re-entry mechanism to make its intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of striking the US mainland reliably and accurately.
There is now a striking asymmetry in the process of institutional adaptation necessary for EU enlargement.
A striking feature of the protests has been the distance that the demonstrators have put between themselves and existing political parties, including the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the largest force in the center-left secular opposition.
Soon, Hezbollah rockets supplied by Syria and Iran were striking northern Israel.
India’s American RelationsNEW DELHI – With America’s presidential election looming, perhaps its most striking aspect from an Indian point of view is that no one in New Delhi is unduly concerned about the outcome.
What is striking is that this dualism has worsened during the period of Mexico’s liberalizing reforms.
Scholars speak of “the empire striking back,” referring to former colonized peoples, such as immigrants from Africa and India, settling in Europe and North America and then challenging norms of race and identity.
In his first official trip to Africa, US President Barack Obama is striking back in a novel way.
Adding substance – and striking symbolism – to the rhetoric, Obama and Gillard announced the creation of a training base in northern Australia for 2,500 US Marines, a significant new capability within easy reach of both South East Asia and the Indian Ocean.
So, too, has the opposition’s major achievement in striking at the heart of the security establishment, killing three of Bashar’s most important aides: his brother-in-law Asef Shawkat, former Defense Minister Hasan Turkmani, and his successor, Daoud Rajha.
But, while Obama’s emphasis on institutions is particularly striking when compared with other major US presidential addresses, the starkest contrast is with British Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech about Europe, delivered two days later.
Refusing shareholders entry to shareholders meetings, or striking their names off share registers – two popular gimmicks of a few years ago – are rarer nowadays.
The most striking example is India, one of the least sports-oriented countries in the world, given its demographics: six medals for more than 1.2 billion inhabitants – the same number as Croatia, which has a population of just 4.3 million!
What is certain is that the vacuum left by Sharon’s departure from politics is all the more striking in view of the images of chaos emerging from the Gaza that Israel has vacated, and the collapse of the Palestinian authority before our eyes.
The differences in the two countries’ growth patterns are striking, and raise significant questions for development economists.
So it was striking when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified to Congress earlier this year about the “three D’s” of American foreign policy – defense, diplomacy, and development.
But that makes it no less striking.
And there was the spirit of France: young and old, the French president and two of his predecessors, the novelists Philippe Labro and Daniel Rondeau, celebrities, artists, fans from 50 years ago wearing Apache fringe, a remembrance of the striking miners of Lorraine, the words of Jacques Prévert, tears shed by ordinary people.
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