The lack of vigorous growth is all the more bewildering in view of Latin America's many advantages and social successes.

Uncertainty Shifts to China

Agreement on that concept would help the Commission to avoid further confusion on the action to be taken by States wishing to protect their nationals.

But observers remain puzzled.

Mainstream megabanks are puzzling in many respects.

NEWPORT BEACH Central bank purists are confused. How can the European Central Bank, a Germanic institution, now be in the business of buying government bonds issued by five of its 17 members?

The British, too, seem to be regarding the French with some perplexity.

The mechanisms underlying this political unpredictability are not unique to the Arab world.

Political indecision in some quarters is making matters worse.

The entire Israeli political spectrum was thrown into confusion.

Though it all sounded straightforward, markets were confused.

As they had already voiced their general support for the non paper, he was somewhat perplexed.

I listened with some perplexity, and even real sadness, to the two statements made by Mr. Cović.

Part of the confusion lies in Putin s skillful political positioning.

Many Turks who go to the US for the first time are puzzled, indeed, by its religiosity .

But selective responses to the actions of dictatorships can be problematic and counterproductive.

Precisely because gays seem so accepted, the arrests sent a disturbing message.

The decision, reached in less than 24 hours, left many Ivorians flabbergasted.

Some of the comparatively milder reactions on social media express confusion and hesitation toward the announcement.

In 2006, Holden Karnofsky and Elie Hassenfeld faced the question of which charity would make the best use of their money.

It requires more schools and fewer guns more universities and fewer aircraft carriers.

That a small centrist party may now get the courts to postpone the election merely adds to the usual confusion.

But what they see confounds them, because Germany is openly refusing to lead.

Importantly, those with a religious background are as clueless or incoherent as atheists.

Freedom from faith and tradition has not always led to greater contentment, but, on the contrary, to widespread bewilderment, fear, and resentment.

It was a weekend of carefree play while breaking away from imposed and self imposed stereotypes, confusion, control, and judgement.

Yet this seems to be the distinctive operating style of Kirchnerism, torn between an elite born and raised in Patagonia, a few close allies, and everybody else.

On the contrary, they are puzzled about why we view the current low level of US long term interest rates as worrisome.

Many senior Americans were puzzled that Turkey, a long standing NATO ally and a secular state, refused to allow American forces to use Turkey as a base to invade Iraq.

Most of our local authorities, when they sit down to plan for the next five, 10, 15, 20 years of a community, still start by assuming that there will be more energy, more cars, more housing, more jobs, more growth, and so on.

There is more in Hyman Minsky, and perhaps more still in Charles Kindleberger.

But this idea has created confusion among Brazil s trading partners and investors, and does not appear to be making headway.

Japanese businessmen may be a little puzzled by the creative chaos of India the argumentative culture can seem alien to them.

Israeli settlers and their supporters then gather even more energy to expand onto more Palestinian land, build more exclusively Jewish settlements, and destroy more Arab homes before the so called freeze comes into effect.

In the process, markets take investors on a wild rollercoaster ride, with the European crisis (riddled with even more confusion and volatility) serving to aggravate their queasiness.

A host of arguments and proposals is in play, often competing with one another and thus inciting public and political confusion.

More bombings.

We must enhance our capacity and mobilize more and more domestic resources.

Until 602, the desert frontier of the Persian Empire had been guarded by the Arab Lakhmid kings of Al Hirah, who were themselves Arabs but who ruled a settled buffer state subject to Persia.

There is always some monopoly power, insiders have more information than outsiders, ignorance and uncertainty are pervasive, and expectations are frequently disappointed.

A million men march to demand the fall of Ganzouri's cabinet read the official newspaper of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP, affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood) after events that have left the Egyptian population baffled.

More exports means more AIDS. And that effect is really big.

An Even More Dismal Science

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