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US military strikes against Syria would further fuel extremism and result in widespread atrocities by the rebels against Syrians of all faiths.
This change in medical consensus required a widespread cultural shift toward understanding homosexuality as a natural variation of human experience.
Far from being an occasion for popular condemnation of the coup on its anniversary, the referendum is a mark of the AKP’s failure to gain widespread support for its project.
And it sustains widespread support in East Asia for the US to act as a strategic counterweight in the region.
Even in countries not at war, poisonous identity politics is becoming increasingly widespread and accepted.
Torture and forced disappearances are also widespread.
The success of the WTO’s adjudication system is reflected in its widespread acceptance.
In France, Nicolas Sarkozy’s government has tried to regain popularity with the working class by deporting Roma migrants, a target of widespread hatred and ethnic attacks.
If so many senior Chinese officials openly flaunt fraudulent or dubious academic degrees without consequences, one can imagine how widespread other forms of corruption must be.
Today, NATO’s core must also be solidarity with a capital S!The Trump Administration’s Economic PotentialTOKYO – President Donald Trump’s unpredictable approach to policymaking has fueled widespread concern about where the United States is headed.
The income-tax cuts address the most widespread concern about the scheme: that electricity will become more expensive.
Prior to his election victory, US President Donald Trump railed against “sending foreign aid to countries that hate us,” reflecting a widespread belief that aid needs to be cut.
But it was probably in Hungary, the first country to seek an IMF package, that these practices were most widespread.
Although recognition of Israeli nationality is increasingly widespread, even among most nations of the Middle East, it remains obstructed by two closely related – and dangerous – notions.
Given widespread disagreement – including, as the referendum makes plain, within the UK itself – over what the “right” arrangement should look like, finding a solution that works for everyone seems all but impossible.
With the expectation of a V-shape recovery increasingly difficult to justify, the “new normal” finally gained widespread acceptance.
We see this in widespread resistance to acceptance of immigration.
Meanwhile, policymakers were lulled into complacency by the widespread acceptance of economic theories such as the “efficient-market hypothesis,” which assumes that investors act rationally and use all available information when making their decisions.
And we believe that as open-data practices become more widespread, the benefits of sharing and collaboration that they enable will extend much further.
Empowering as many members citizens as possible is likely to instill a widespread sense of purpose into efforts to move countries forward.
And the more widespread this becomes, the more women will seek a political role that reflects their economic clout.
During Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution, Putin believed that the CIA was behind the widespread protests that blocked Viktor Yanukovych’s attempt to steal the presidential election.
This is all the more true in view of the fact that the migration of decisions to an ill-defined global space is being accompanied by a widespread demand for more direct forms of democracy that can bring decisions closer to people, regions, and local communities.
Even allowing for widespread electoral fraud (which would hardly endear him to Brussels), Yanukovych would still struggle to win a majority.
Dissatisfaction with slow growth is widespread.
Primary amongst these is the widespread use of part-time and temporary employees.
But Putin’s aggressive behavior has also instilled fear among his neighbors, along with widespread concern and confusion within the international community.
Given these precedents and the widespread instability exposed by this year's elections, perhaps Asian policymakers should consider the merits of doing away with "cohabitation" and adopting systems where electoral victory translates into real power.
Second, Putin and his cronies know full well that their legitimacy is shaky, given their failure to dispel the widespread perception that the elections in December 2011 and March 2012 were rigged.
The Soviet Union had repressed or destroyed every vestige of civil society – professional associations, religious groups, charitable societies, the independent media – the types of social organizations that would normally help to limit widespread government corruption.
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