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The hopes that were vested in the Oslo Accords did not lead to an end of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Our politics is broken, our politicians aren't trusted, and the political system is distorted by powerful vested interests.
Closed systems, corporations, make a lot of money on the open web, and they're one of the reasons why the open web lives is that corporations have a vested interest in the openness of the system.
The obstacles to reform lie not just out there in the power of the prison industrial complex or other vested interests that want to keep things the way they are, but within each and every one of us.
As a society, we have a vested interest in encouraging multipotentialites to be themselves.
By the power vested in me, by the state of California and by God Almighty, I now pronounce you spouses for life.
Are they truly experts in the matter, or do they have a vested interest?
And now I have a sort of vested interest: I want to do it for prostate cancer.
A Third Pole Council would consist of all eight countries located in the region as member countries, as equal member countries, and could also include representative organizations and other countries who have vested interests in the region as non-voting members.
Let them understand what sustainability is, and that they have a vested interest in it to happen.
We have a huge vested interest in it, partly because it's education that's meant to take us into this future that we can't grasp.
And the demand side being mostly politicians, bureaucrats and those who have discretionary power vested with them.
For outsiders, with no vested interests, it did not make much sense.
Furthermore you can't emphasize with any of the characters and as thus, have absolutely no vested interest in them.
From the start, Effie conducts herself for the most part like an obnoxious, egotistical, self-centered diva, who is more interested in what everyone else can do for her rather than having much vested interest in the group of which she is a part.
You can always tell the comments which come from those with a vested interest in a movie like this.
I take a vested interest in what we feed our children's minds.
The casting is certainly interesting; these stars must have had a vested interest in the proceedings and felt a great need to be a part of the experience, even if three-dimensional roles weren't exactly waiting for them (Kirk Douglas and Elizabeth Taylor, in particular, are poorly used).
So by virtue of the power I vested in me, I'll make the heavens, earth, and the deep blue sea.
The pragmatic commitment to growth that one sees in Asia and other emerging markets today stands in contrast to the West’s misguided policies, which, driven by a combination of ideology and vested interests, almost seem to reflect a commitment not to grow.
The second problem with emerging-economy forecasts was their failure to account for the vigor with which vested interests and other political forces would resist reform – a major oversight, given how uneven these countries’ reform efforts had been prior to 2008.
Indeed, until the mid-1990s, the government’s lack of macroeconomic discipline and its tendency to succumb to populist demands and vested interests accounted for much of the country’s economic weakness.
Vested interests prevailed: business groups attempted to capture specific markets, and public-sector workers fought to preserve their privileges.
Did she destroy the power of vested interests and create a genuine meritocracy, or did she entrench bankers and financiers as the new elite, with disastrous consequences?
But, even in advanced countries, the influence of vested interests can lead to collective-action failures and, in turn, to incorrect benchmark rates.
Such reforms would challenge powerful vested interests.
Submitting to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, which UK leaders accuse of delivering judgments based on vested interests, is not an option, either.
Once in power, the DPJ will immediately confront the massive bureaucracy and entrenched mandarins, which usually sabotage any efforts at administrative reform that threatens their power and vested interests.
But the fundamental explanation lies in a crony capitalist system with too many vested interests to maintain.
Inequality, Interests and Competition , edited by the prominent economists Santiago Levy and Michael Walton, argues, vested interests are capable of blocking changes that would make the economy more productive and efficient.
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