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The ferocity of the authorities’ anti-drug campaign, together with the extremely low
threshold
for yaba possession, means that even people who use drugs and low-level dealers could face execution.
Wealthy locals, for example, could be given incentives to invest in start-ups, while the government could provide low-interest loans and defer repayment until a particular profit
threshold
is reached.
Yet the Arab peoples have finally experienced genuine empowerment, and have crossed the
threshold
of fear.
No law specifically censored political speech, leaving only the much higher legal
threshold
of “disturbing the King’s peace.”
Already, the share of Italian two-year-olds who have been inoculated against measles is under 80%, well below the World Health Organization’s recommended
threshold
of 95%.
With demand actually increasing, and without a
threshold
price to encourage breeding, supply-side interventions are unlikely to be effective in protecting wild rhinos.
The candidate who crosses the
threshold
of 270 electoral votes wins the presidency.
At the same time, we are on the
threshold
of a new era when the Lisbon Treaty enters into force and provides fresh impetus for our external action.
If there were a
threshold
of misery that would cause the world to say, “Enough is enough,” it surely would have been crossed by now.
By splitting the "reform" vote, both parties failed to win any seats in the Duma because neither surpassed the 5% electoral
threshold.
The
threshold
for exposure is no longer wrongdoing of the scale that coined the term “Watergate” and all the subsequent “-gates.”
Urban incomes in China are now reaching a
threshold
where spending on both goods and services accelerates rapidly.
Alternatively, in a moderate export-downturn scenario, with real exports falling by 5% over a four-quarter period, real GDP growth could slip below the 1% “stall speed”
threshold
– leaving the US economy vulnerable to a recessionary relapse.
And in the race for Georgia’s 6th district seat, Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, gained more votes than any other candidate, falling just short of the 50%
threshold
that he needed to win outright.
Gasoline prices in the US are approaching $4 a gallon, a damaging
threshold
for consumer confidence, and will increase further during the high-demand summer season.
If we are to keep within the 2ºC threshold, governments should be putting a high and escalating price on carbon, linked to emission-reduction targets.
One does not have to stick to the controversial 90%-of-GDP
threshold
identified by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff to believe that a stronger fiscal position can help long-term growth – especially in perennially low-savings, high-interest economies like Brazil.
Four years ago, only 16 Chinese cities had crossed that
threshold.
Today, physics stands at a new
threshold.
In that sense, we are in perpetual crisis and at the
threshold
of discovery.
In DSM-IV, released in 1994, the
threshold
for Social Anxiety Disorder was lowered so dramatically that the organization had to warn practitioners not to confuse it with normal shyness.
Most importantly, a slowdown of this magnitude would put China below the 8% growth
threshold
that its leadership apparently believes is necessary to avert social strife.
In contrast to the Pentagon’s view, the costly development of more tactical arms would in fact lower the
threshold
for nuclear conflict.
To lower the nuclear
threshold
increases the risk of a global catastrophe, a risk that the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists currently places at its highest level since 1953.
Acceptance of the Protocol in the last year by such influential African countries as Algeria, South Africa, and Libya gave the final and sudden impetus to the Court's establishment, and the critical
threshold
of fifteen ratifications was reached shortly before the New Year, when the Comoros signed on.
But I understood one thing: the democratic opposition was stepping over the
threshold
of legality.
Any meaningful progress toward stabilizing the eurozone would require a significant – potentially open-ended – financial commitment, and the EU is not politically ready to cross that
threshold.
Above a certain threshold, the household would pay an income tax as they do today; below that level, the “tax” would be negative.
It is just over a year since Switzerland surprised many when it announced, and strictly implemented, a
threshold
beyond which its currency would not be allowed to appreciate against the euro.
Very few countries in Africa have posted growth rates consistent with the MDG’s
threshold.
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