The current Russian interpretation of freedom is instead characterized by a narrow, individualistic permissiveness that is incompatible with collective tasks.

Selectivity and narrow reinterpretation can only weaken the Treaty.

The IMF s problem in the past has been parochialism and lack of accountability.

One after another, the liberation era figures of Algerian politics are dying the question is whether their successors will ensure that the same claustrophobic political system will survive.

Xenophobia is a sign of education gone wrong an expression of narrow mindedness and the inability to put oneself in the position of others.

His words took me by surprise, and neither my friend or I could muster up a response to the illogical, small minded, and offensive conclusion the man had reached just by taking a look at our alphabet covered SAT book.

Why should the financial value of one deal be the barometer of a strategic partnership? It is simply narrow minded to reduce US foreign policy towards India to the bottom lines of American defense salesmen.

Even when all involved tried to rise above pettiness and partiality, selecting winners was always difficult and remains so.

The current Russian interpretation of freedom is instead characterized by a narrow, individualistic permissiveness that is incompatible with collective tasks. In other words, Russia s population crisis is one manifestation of a crisis of ideas.

Today s politicians focus narrowly on how high a carbon tax should be to stop people from using fossil fuels.

Even today, with the eurozone s essential players apparently convinced that they are out of the woods, national narrow mindedness is experiencing a revival in the EU, and the desire for change seems to be slackening.

Some studies have suggested that up to 27 of people suffer from dyspnea, while in dying patients 75 will experience it.

Such a Europe is better placed to contribute to a fairer international order than the narrow, bitter Europe the xenophobes have in mind.

As the philosopher Peter Singer showed in his bookOne World, a united front against the biggest problems facing the world will require a fundamental shift in attitude away from parochialism and toward a redefinition of self interest.

With his careful combination of hard and soft power, Bush created a successful strategy one that accomplished American goals in a manner that was not unduly insular and with minimal damage to the interests of foreigners.

Look at the distant horizon!

Disaster beckoned.

Taking Hope in the Long View

The future's in the air

This defines a future horizon , which limits the events in the future that we will be able to influence.

Day and night The sun at the North Pole is continuously above the horizon during the summer and continuously below the horizon during the winter.

The ocean extends to the distant horizon.

Is a deal in the cards?

This belt fits me too tightly.

What's actually happening is that what were previously localized parochialisms, individual or groupings of extremists who were isolated from one another, have become interconnected in a globalized way and have thus become, or are becoming, mainstream.

In East Africa, where millions of people already are dependent on food aid, a sharp rise in the cost of staple crops looms.

In the same way, ships that are in reality so far away that they should not be visible above the geometric horizon may appear on the horizon or even above the horizon as superior mirages.

Other challenges loom.

But no toilets in sight.

To avoid turning Greece, Portugal, and Spain into collective correctional houses, Hollande reasoned, people need hope beyond the ever receding horizon of spending cuts and austerity measures.

Like I say, it's a tight knit community.

This is a clear but very narrow standard.

This circle gradually rises from near the horizon just after the vernal equinox to its maximum elevation (in degrees) above the horizon at summer solstice and then sinks back toward the horizon before sinking below it at the autumnal equinox.

SINGAPORE When the ongoing turmoil surrounding the Iranian elections finally ends, the West is likely to walk away with a simple black and white judgment the bad guys won. Of course, the West did the right thing by supporting the good guys, the street demonstrators.

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me yet thy commandments are my delights.

The problem is not the shortage of space in the field of all possible names, but the subdivision of space in Coca Cola s cultivated namespace. The only shortage is a shortage of space in people s heads.

A major slowdown seems to be looming.

Other big legal and regulatory costs loom.

A showdown also looms over tax policy.

Moreover, several risks lie ahead.

Success needs to be defined narrowly.

Time constraints are not an issue.