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Bruno Giussani: You seem to describe a political leadership that is kind of unprepared and a prisoner of the
whims
of the financial markets, and that scene in Brussels that you describe, to me, as a citizen, is terrifying.
Just like in Silicon Valley, some of the seismic shifts in technology and consumer behavior have been driven by academic research, have been driven by enterprise desires, with the
whims
of privilege and youth sprinkled in every once in a while.
And it means that buildings will twist to the
whims
of nature instead of the other way around.
That the
whims
of adolescence are too dangerous for your breath, that you cannot simply be curious, that you are not afforded the luxury of making a mistake, that someone's implicit bias might be the reason you don't wake up in the morning.
If those workers run away, they risk becoming part of the great mass of undocumented workers who are also subject to the
whims
of law enforcement if they're caught.
The story featured automated machines with distinctly human features that, until they revolt, catered to the
whims
of the people of Earth.
We are incredibly vulnerable to the
whims
of our own galaxy.
We need to demand that refugees get a fair shot at seeking protection in our countries by ensuring that they have access to council and by creating independent courts that are not subject to the political
whims
of the president.
In Red, love and fate are intertwined but complex notions, dictated as much by the
whims
of human beings as the invisible parallel associations that seems to pass us by.
The Jewish ghetto in this country is not safe for long, due to the
whims
of Hynkel and his armed thugs, who routinely rough up its residents, or leave them alone, dependent upon his mood that day or week.
It's annoying to watch protagonists who seem to have no clue about choice in their lives, and feel they're nothing more than puppets to destiny and the
whims
of fate.
With her father dead, and no longer having money, Sara becomes a slave to the headmistress's
whims.
In his free time he masquerades as a cop--even going as far as converting his Ford LTD into a black & white police car--and "busts" prostitutes, offering to let them go in return for sexual favors and/or fulfilling his sadistic
whims
(the first victim is ordered to "crawl around in the mud like a dog!").
The thing that most police organizations don't want you to know is, that the inmates who do research the actual law in their case end up going free as the court system can't prove the guilt of that inmate without legal improprieties that get swept under the rug during their day in court at the
whims
of a judge or in the case of the police illegally arresting or questioning someone.
Unfortunately, once the meat of the story gets going, it becomes a puppet show of superficial characters prancing out the
whims
of the screenwriter and director.
Here is where the European Union must take a strong stand and move beyond begging Trump for “waivers” for specific European business deals, a process that would make European countries even more subservient to Trump’s
whims.
We cannot base our actions solely on commercial will, because that limits us to operating strictly at the
whims
of international markets.
But that right is being trampled by a form of neocolonialism that ties aid to the political
whims
of the US party in power.
At the same time, China’s declining dependence on export-led growth is reducing its vulnerability to the
whims
of those who control access to global markets.
But now some of the most important decisions in the world’s mightiest democracy are based on the ignorant
whims
and unfiltered prejudices of a tweeting president, who is as coarse as “Roseanne Barr” and as weird as Roseanne Barr.
Nuclear weapons cannot be left to the
whims
and fancies of dictators, authoritarians, and democratically elected presidents – gender notwithstanding.
The dictatorship offered him a reprieve, but, true to its nature, one dependent on its
whims.
The go-it-alone strategy practiced by most African countries has left them vulnerable to the
whims
of former colonial powers determined to perpetuate an international division of labor that assigns to Africa the role of supplier of basic products and raw materials, rather than skilled, well-paid labor.
This “bilateral aid” is subject to the
whims
and trends of the aid industry, sometimes flowing only into specific sectors or to back particular approaches.
Moreover, presidential power is now exercised within the limits established by law, not according to the
whims
of one man.
Democratic governments and citizens must not fall victim to fake news, “trolls,” and the
whims
of despots.
Instead, he would find a vast collection of loosely connected, quirky rules, reflecting the
whims
of the programmer.
Inter-American issues can no longer be left subject to the
whims
and convenience of individual leaders.
Once a foreign firm makes its investment, it essentially becomes captive to the host government’s
whims.
That accountability is, or at least should be, based on pre-established economic targets – namely, low inflation and unemployment – rather than on the political
whims
of whoever is in power at a given moment.
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