Mere promises by the recipient, history tells us, are not enough.

But there is a risk that these interventions are the thin end of a dangerous wedge.

The challenge is to be a real process and Bolivarian rather than merely a facade and chavism .

Planning literally just means the creation of a plan it can be as simple as making a list.

It may well be. But simply wanting this to be the case is not enough.

It may not be merely a gap filling mechanism, but should promote and coordinate a comprehensive approach.

Just being there makes you feel like you've entered some sort of wasteland from The Dark Ages with Skyscrapers.

Article IV otherwise would be just dead letters on a paper.

Buffett reminds us that there is more to happiness than being in a good mood.

In almost all countries there must be more evidence than just parallel pricing to support a cartel prosecution.

And I hate to be so ironic and sarcastic about it but it's the truth. It's just one of the filthiest cesspools you can imagine.

In several cases described above, the evidence of a cartel agreement was only circumstantial.

The majority of reports are expected in December 2006 but this is only an assumption.

And the result is not just general disappointment and worrisome social unrest.

The funds allocated for this purpose are less than symbolic and the lack of strong criteria for allocation of those funds makes them even less significant.

In some societies, democracy is simply a way for the majority to repress the minority.

But is it all just a matter of opinion? Are all interpretations equally valid?

But, if past performance is indicative of future returns, the offensive is likely to be a fleeting affair.

But when your country is little more than a commodity to be bought, sold, and consumed, this is what you come to expect.

A French commune may be a city of 2.2 million inhabitants like Paris, a town of 10,000 people, or just a 10 person hamlet.

While historical discussion won t be out of bounds in Spain, even banning ceremonies celebrating bygone days may go a step too far.

In other words, the immune responses may simply be a simple reflection of a better health status, not an indication that the vaccine had any beneficial effects.

Decentralization should not simply transfer the burdens of management, but have a net positive benefit to motivate local engagement.

So are today s women leaders the real deal or just figureheads? The answer is likely to be the same for men and women.

Of course, global citizenship will always be a metaphor, because there will never be a world government administering a worldwide political community.

By contrast, the threats posed by divided government could be greater than mere parliamentary rumbles.

Such a strategy would be less simple than merely holding highly imperfect elections.

As a pointed space is a zero object in Top while it is only a terminal object in Top.

Activists are hopeful the plan will become more than a piece of paper, despite clear challenges ahead and the government's poor record for implementation.

This cluster of record breaking events could be merely an astonishing streak of bad luck.

The Western response to this challenge must go beyond rhetoric. What matters most right now is massive economic and military assistance.

In our view, electronic signatures are merely another form of signature, and should in principle be legally valid as signatures without any special requirements of reliability.

One hopes that this is just a temporary phase, and that comprehension of Poland s real achievements will prevail over the hyper sensitivity of its current leaders.

And there's few things more thrilling than playing a song for the first time in front of an audience, especially when it's half finished.

There are not even crude gross correlation based estimates of the size of this effect, but economists believe that it is very real. Would it cost a negligible number of jobs?

This is not happening, because bond traders cannot imagine that the Republicans would be able or even willing to follow through.

Agreement must be reached on these questions if the United Nations is to be  as it was intended to be a forum for resolving differences rather than a mere stage for acting them out.

In reviewing the progress made towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals, we must have the courage to go beyond the mere posturing that is characterized by name calling, finger pointing and false accusations.

This changed dramatically with the Chinese government s restoration of a capitalist economy.

It is important that, at the people level, the United Nations presence be more than a symbol and that visible engagement take place, especially in relation to the implementation of social and economic programmes.

Unfortunately, the compact is likely to be another example of Europe s subordination of economic reality to politicians desire for bragging rights about progress toward ever closer union.

Its mere presence incites violence.

Let me cite just one specific example.

But the Bo Xilai and Gu Kalai affair may only be a prologue, because the only clear truth to emerge from it is that the Party leadership is fractured.

They may write about it conceptually, but its meaning a world in which their country is only primus inter pares has not really penetrated the national psyche.