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But PLO founder Yasser Arafat dreaded the specter of a divisive agreement with Israel that could usher in a conclusive Palestinian civil war, as does Abbas today.
Under these conditions, a severe enough shock could usher in a global recession, even if central banks respond rapidly.
There’s no better time than now to usher in fundamental change.
We must usher in a new era of community-driven democracy – power must be decentralized and placed in the hands of families and communities.
As was the case when astronomers determined that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa, these “paradigm shifts” usher in an entirely new model that becomes the basis for “normal” scientific study and experimentation until it, too, is replaced.
PiS changed the civil service law to usher out career professionals, installing many loyalists in their place, and replaced many of the heads of state-owned companies.
With realism, creativity, and willpower, its leaders can usher in a new era of international relations in which the imperative of peace trumps the masters of war.
"Do you know him, then?" asked K."Of course I know him," said the woman, "my husband is the court usher."
"You're the court usher, aren't you?" asked K."That's right," said the man, "oh, yes, you're defendant K., I recognise you now as well.
"I know that," said K. as he looked at the usher's civilian coat which, beside its ordinary buttons, displayed two gilded ones as the only sign of his office and seemed to have been taken from an old army officer's coat.
"Listen to this," said the usher, "they're always carrying her away from me.
"Nothing that I know of," said the usher.
"Course she does," said the usher, "it's more her fault than theirs.
"If that's how things are, then there's nothing that can be done," said K."Well why not?" asked the usher.
"Well you're facing a charge, aren't you," said the usher.
"Yes, exactly," said the usher, as if K.'s view had been just as correct as his own.
"I would be very grateful to you," said the usher of the court, somewhat formally, not really seeming to believe that his highest wish could be fulfilled.
"Oh yes, yes," said the usher, as if this was a matter of course.
"Well," said the usher, "I thought you'd be interested in it."
And, quicker than the usher himself, he ran up the steps.
"They don't show any concern at all," said the usher, "just look at the waiting room here."
When those who were sitting nearest the door saw K. and the usher of the court they stood up to greet them, and when the others saw that, they also thought they had to greet them, so that as the two of them went by all the people there stood up.
K. waited for the usher, who was following just behind him.
"Yes," said the usher, "they are the accused, everyone you see here has been accused."
Then the usher of the court stepped forward to him and, in order to calm him down and raise his spirits, said, "The gentleman here's only asking what it is you're waiting for.
The voice of the usher was probably familiar to him, and had a better effect than K.'s.
Some of the others waiting had come closer and stood round the group, the usher of the court said to them, "Get out the way, keep the gangway free."
"These defendants are so sensitive, most of them," said the usher of the court.
The usher of the court said a few words to try and calm him down but the guard explained that he had to look into it himself, saluted, and hurried on, walking with very short steps, probably because of gout.
He asked the usher whether that was the right way to go, the usher nodded, and that is the way that K. went.
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