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Never mind the subprime crisis of August 2007 or, closer to home, the European monetary crisis of August 1992: the August holiday is a venerable
tradition.
It is a
tradition
that they wish to continue, presumably because some Japanese are emotionally attached to it.
Compared to R&D activities, fundamental research is cheap and it is here that, although damaged, a solid Russian
tradition
remains that can be built upon.
But the main reason for Palestinians’ hopeful response is the same as for US allies’ anxiety: Trump is a political outsider, with few ties to the United States’ foreign-policy
tradition
or the interest groups that have shaped it.
Osama Bin Laden is much more the expression of deracination than of a
tradition
of political violence in Islam.
Soros is what the late historian Isaac Deutscher would call a “non-Jewish Jew” – one who sought ideas, inspiration, and fulfillment beyond the boundaries of Jewry, and yet continued to belong to the Jewish
tradition.
Moreover, Mexico has a capable central bank with a strong
tradition
of independence.
In that tradition, the economist Milton Friedman wrote, in his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom : “there is one and only one social responsibility of business – to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud.”
The unfortunate Irish
tradition
for referenda should have been addressed after that dismaying experience.
While National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster agrees with Tillerson in theory, turf battles between the two posts’ occupants – a time-honored
tradition
– have already begun.
We recognize that child marriage is a deeply embedded
tradition
in many societies – all too often sanctioned by religious leaders.
The fact that religious leaders condone and sanction it in many societies owes more to custom and
tradition
than doctrine.
Notions of what is right and wrong often collapse under the irreconcilable tensions between
tradition
and modernity, the individual and the community.
Putin’s defiant foreign policy is a response – mediated by an authoritarian political tradition, the reactionary tenets of Orthodox Christianity, and pride in Russia’s vast geography and natural wealth – to the humiliating loss of an empire.
Seeing in Russia’s Cold War defeat the need to extol the non-Western roots of Russian history and tradition, Putin has fallen back on the same conservative values that emerged in response to the Napoleonic invasion of 1812, frustrating Peter the Great’s modernization efforts.
In addition to Cyprus’s close ties to Greece and Russia, rooted in their shared Orthodox tradition, it has an important historical connection to the United Kingdom, owing to the lasting cultural impact of British colonial rule from 1925 until 1960.
Until November, Nicaragua was on the way to developing a healthy electoral tradition, backed by high levels of participation.
Georgia’s
tradition
as a multinational, tolerant state, which has been weakened in the last 15 years, must be reinvigorated, because we have no need for enemies against which to define ourselves.
But Serbia claims that the province remains an essential part of its historical and cultural
tradition.
So Saudi Arabia’s people confront this key question: can an authoritative ruler emerge who will reunite the country in the progressive
tradition
of the late King Faisal?
Breaking with modern Republican tradition, Trump envisages a 35% tariff on imported cars and parts produced by Ford plants in Mexico and a 45% tariff on imports from China.
But Roy’s brutal murder (his wife was maimed, but survived) – together with the fatal stabbing of another atheist blogger, Washiqur Rahman, barely a month later – exposes another force at work in Bangladesh, one that is subverting the country’s
tradition
of secularism and intellectual discourse.
While Bengal’s long secular tradition, which drove its efforts to break away from Pakistan, is still alive and well, the corrosive impact of the radical Islamists – who use force to silence those with whom they disagree – is undeniable.
The dowry
tradition
puts pressure on girls’ families to marry them early, leading to a preference for sons – and thus to sex-specific abortions targeting female fetuses.
Isolationism has a long
tradition
in America; it returns in fits and differing forms.
On the one hand, the moral and jurisdictional principles of the democratic state have continued to be applied in Israel in accordance with the
tradition
of the rule of law.
The reasons seem obvious: the military regimes lacked legitimacy and were ultimately based on force and intimidation, while the monarchical dynasties seem to be anchored in history, tradition, and religion.
This leaves space for new leaders to step in, using personal charisma and appeals to
tradition
to win support.
True, the Kirchner name helped, and perhaps
tradition
also played a part.
Americans have long been skeptical of government, with a
tradition
of resistance to perceived government overreach that extends back to their country’s founding years.
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