The issue at stake was that of taking seriously the goals, to turn them into concrete actions.

Israeli threats of renewing its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip are taken very seriously.

Some critics dismiss this planning as just war games, not to be taken seriously.

But how can you be taken seriously by others if you do not take yourself seriously?

The markets, not political debt ceilings, are taken seriously the introduction of Eurobonds would remove that disciplining function.

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America s credibility, already low in Yemen, has hit rock bottom its leaders words are no longer taken at face value.

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Sarkozy is particularly eager for France to be heard on economic policy. His election victory relied heavily on his plans to reform the labor market and to promote work and innovation.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s threats of annihilation are taken seriously in Israel because of the trauma of the Holocaust.

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If Europeans want their ambitions to be taken seriously, they must find ways to deal with the decline in Europe s military power.

Although no one would argue that Anders Breivik is insufficiently Norwegian, he, too, could be taken at his word.

The financial markets are taking Abe s strategy seriously.

Schauque Spirou addressed the possible consequences of installing surveillance cameras throughout Maputo and Matola, recalling what happened in Brazil

The political debt constraints that the eurozone s members had self imposed were never taken seriously after that, because the sinners and the judges were one and the same.

Of course, similar calls were made after the Asian and Russian crises of 1997 1998, but were not taken seriously by the rich industrial countries.

Instead, we have stereotypes about how real rape victims must look and act in order to be taken seriously.

They take their theories too seriously.

People take such codes seriously.

Attempts to defend amusement parks and circuses on the grounds that they educate people about animals should not be taken seriously.

But few people took those promises seriously.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair had said for a long time that the Treaty was a mere tidying up exercise and therefore not to be taken too seriously.

In today s global age, with the rise of emerging powers and the relative decline of the West, the only Europe that will be taken seriously is a Europe that can speak and be seen as one.

There, activists faced this challenge and decided to do something different.

Congress, indeed everyone in America, should take him seriously.

These facts obviously need to be taken seriously, but their implications for US foreign policy in the Middle East should not be too hastily drawn.

Why should predictions of the collapse of CCP rule be taken seriously now?

Terrorists and sea robbers should be taken seriously as a matter of security.

In earlier times, when original sin was taken more seriously than it generally is today, the suffering of animals posed a particularly difficult problem for thoughtful Christians.

Research into kids' behavior actually suggests that it s worth taking role playing seriously.

The police will take it seriously if they find people are taking seriously.

The Executive Director added that UNICEF took these issues very seriously.

The political debt constraints that the eurozone s members had self imposed were never taken seriously after that, because the sinners and the judges were one and the same. A subject worthy of Kafka and Molière.

It is revealed that he is not a Chinese immigrant, and the Dr. Chen is merely an act so he will be taken seriously because, No one trusts an acupuncturist from New Jersey .

Since then, the State authorities have proved they are taking this responsibility seriously.

The other explanation, favored by Sarkozy, takes Merah at his word.

In turn, the rebel movements may perceive the north south agreement as an indication that they have been marginalized further or as proof that an intensification of military activities would be the only option for them to be taken seriously as a party in political talks.

Now that, I suggest, is the view that comes out of taking memetics seriously.

People take things too personally and the good behaviour of some rewards the bad behaviour of others.

But it is not only Japan that needs a government that takes regional security issues seriously.

Now people are taking South Africa seriously as a player in space research.

There are a few basic principles that those entering the discussions will, one hopes, take to heart.

Those who favor European unification should take criticisms of its political flaws very seriously.

It says a great deal about the gullibility of financial markets that they took this argument seriously.