A democratic, pro Western Middle East is not in the cards.

After several years of intense negotiation, agreement seemed to be closer than ever.

On a recent visit to Africa, a senior agricultural scientist said that in today s world, the scientist is closer than ever before to the farmer, but farther away than ever from the policymakers.

At the time, Palestinian and Israeli negotiators were quoted as saying that the two sides had never been closer to an agreement.

I've come to like the picture more than ever.

Russia's international position is worse than ever.

This provides a reason why trade and globalization are even more important, more powerful than ever before, and are going to increase growth more than ever before.

Second, the world economy is vastly larger than in the past, so that demand for key commodities and energy inputs is also vastly larger.

I am concerned, therefore, by the most recent reported statement by the Polisario leadership that a return to arms may be closer than ever .

His warning seems more apt than ever.

It needs it now more than ever before.

By Thursday a run on money market funds was in full swing and we came as close to a meltdown as at any time since the 1930s.

That role is more necessary than ever.

In the United States, this is truer than ever.

Even power itself is more fragmented than ever.

Today more than ever before, the opportunities for doing good are enormous.

There are more youth delegates present here than ever before.

Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.

Our societies are more resilient, open, and diverse than ever.

Economic inequality is deeper than ever.

The street has now become much more strategic.

The enrolment of female students is now at an all time high level.

While poverty remains deep and widespread, Liberians aspirations for substantial economic improvement are now more clearly within reach than ever before.

India seems to worry more than ever about China s evolution.

Unlike her party, she is now stronger than ever.

One of the most radiant and funniest souls I have ever met.

The stakes are higher than they have ever been.

Developments affecting each are more closely connected than ever.

The world needs them and their diplomatic baggage more than ever.

The lives of most Europeans are freer now than ever before.

The stakes of geo technological competition are higher than ever.

Everything I had forgotten in these past years are back stronger than ever.

It was the largest plunge of the franc ever against the euro.

Thus, the danger of the weaponization of outer space is becoming ever more imminent.

More than ever, we have shared interests in doing so.

Russia s economy is more dependent on gas and oil than ever before.

This is a bold idea, but bold ideas are needed now more than ever.

In the process, Burma has become more dependent than ever on China.

But one conclusion is perhaps more compelling than ever.

And Europe is distracted more than ever with its internal crises.

Crime is on the rise, and the lack of trust among the parties is more marked than ever.

Now more than ever, the world needs stability, peace and security.

Second, Turkey has been more prepared than ever to take advantage of these fundamental shifts.

Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics.

There is a danger that the number voting in June will be lower than ever before.