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There's little arc to the story of walrus Phil Bassett and family who move sloth-like from day to day unhappy and unfulfilled.
Either a chemical spill or an unfulfilled blood pact she made as a child.
In many ways that is a blessing, but some state functions remain unfulfilled.
Whether or not Copenhagen is declared a political victory, that inescapable fact of economic life will once again prevail – and grand promises will once again go unfulfilled.
Indeed, inaction in Iraq will not only postpone the inevitable reckoning with the past; it may prolong the past, as unfulfilled demands for justice fuel frustration, resentment, and support for extremist leaders and authoritarian solutions.
The substantive response to the reactionary revival must be to give content to this largely unfulfilled promise.
All that is required is for the G-8 leaders to commit, at Evian, to follow through on their previous promises, which for years have remained unfulfilled.
Some wishes really are better left unfulfilled.
There are also the unfulfilled national aspirations of the Kurds (large numbers of whom live in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran) and the unresolved matter of how to reconcile the reality of Israel with the Palestinians’ political goals.
There are many other similar commitments that the US has made in recent years to the UN that remain utterly unfulfilled.
This unfulfilled desire for community may be felt particularly acutely by young people – including, for example, young jihadists.
There is no denying that Bali was not a complete success, and much of the WTO’s Doha agenda remains unfulfilled.
Not only did the supply siders’ self-funding promises go unfulfilled; they also marked the beginning of the end for America’s balance-of-payments equilibrium.
Alexis de Toqueville claimed that unfulfilled hopes lie at the basis of every revolution, that every revolution is engendered by disillusion caused by exaggerated expectations.
Tony Blair is right to call on his rich-country colleagues to follow through on their unfulfilled promises.
Now it is an icon of our democracy's unfulfilled promises.
Many countries are trying to emulate this growth model, but rarely as successfully because the domestic preconditions often remain unfulfilled.
Similarly, the G-20’s pledge in 2009 to protect the poorest and most fragile countries and communities from the effects of the crisis remains unfulfilled.
In response to one development expert’s heartfelt despair that unfair trade treaties and unfulfilled promises of aid have cost the developed countries their moral authority, he retorted: “The West never had any moral authority.”
Kenya has suffered the inevitable democratic backsliding, the continued corruption, and the unfulfilled reform agendas that remain persistent themes elsewhere on the continent.
So the illusion that the "ghoulash" communism of Janos Kadar could be restored - and to its credit, Horn’s government did not encourage such nostalgia - went unfulfilled.
Even politicians liked this theory, since they could blame the monetary straightjacket for some of their unfulfilled promises.
Then came the inconclusive war in Gaza, which, given Netanyahu’s unfulfilled pledge to “crush Hamas,” undermined his credibility, especially when ministers like Naftali Bennett, the leader of the nationalist-religious Jewish Home party, openly challenged his policies.
We must no longer go from year to year, crisis to crisis, begging for pledges (which all too often go unfulfilled).
And long-standing pledges by rich countries to provide poor countries with at least $100 billion per year in climate-related financing are still unfulfilled.
The credibility of the G8 is on the line, as the world’s poorest nations are squeezed by financial crisis, climate shocks, and unfulfilled aid promises, all beyond their control.
Today, this promise remains unfulfilled.
Whereas political stasis supported a development miracle in Japan, the inertia created by Turkey’s self-interested establishment resulted in a discouraged society with unfulfilled expectations.
Unfortunately, like so many other international agreements, the Convention on Biological Diversity remains essentially unknown, un-championed, and unfulfilled.
In some parts of the world, rising expectations, if unfulfilled, could make the kinds of effects that Friedman describes especially strong.
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