After all, deeper European integration and the creation of a single political system offer solid, practical advantages that do not require a common identity or language.

The experience of deflation is well entrenched.

The thinking minority needs a system of laws and institutions, real presidential elections, a working parliament, and justice that is independent, rather than merely following orders from above.

In the absence of a deeply instilled value system, Iraq needs grassroots civil society organizations that will hold police and army to account.

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The Constitutional Treaty provides solid foundations for our shared future.

But such cooperation is a concrete way to build mutual trust and confidence.

The international community, too, has a vested interest in seeing that China rises peacefully.

The nation state myth conflates two ideas, one that is concrete, the state, and one that is fuzzy, the nation.

Popular revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt have swept away entrenched autocracies.

The second is that medium term inflation expectations no longer remain sufficiently well anchored.

then Yahweh will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and severe sicknesses, and of long continuance.

Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

The imperial nature of identity in Russia, for example, is deeply ingrained.

Multilateralism is thus deeply ingrained in our way of looking at the world and the challenges that it faces.

It's a big deal. It sounds big, it sounds important, it sounds solid. It sounds American. Ballsy, serious, male.

Both the uncoordinated withdrawals from south Lebanon (by the Labor party after 22 years of occupation) and from Gaza (by Likud after 39 years of occupation) proved that you can t simply evacuate an area and forget about it.

We support the ambitious 90 day work programme he has submitted, which includes well established priorities.

Instead, they have concrete demands, like jobs and political and social freedom.

Women run start ups are most likely to become established enterprises.

But we need to do so knowing what our strategy is on this key issue.

It took some time for the silent revolution to show concrete results.

Not many events remain in the collective memory as a watershed that divides two distinct periods.

What we need today is firm political will to implement the plans we have already agreed upon.

The issue of smuggling of migrants is likely to remain firmly on the public agenda in the near future.

China s leaders need to make several concrete moves in order to move beyond rhetoric.

But it needs great doctrinal clarity, a firm political will, and a constitution.

But its advice has not always brought about concrete policy action by members.

Only when such systems are firmly established will the poor be able to participate in today s vast global economy.

But any summons to a Bretton Woods II conference must be concrete in its content.

Without optimism, without the strong conviction that we human beings are capable of resolving problems, we won't be able to start moving forward.

It is our strong belief that through fostering global commercial and cultural connections we are in support of the United Nations goals.

Democracy is about normal citizens electing normal men and women to lead them for a limited period according to established rules.

Fortunately, Israel s judicial system remains independent and rests on foundations of proven integrity.

The additional measures that Europe needs must be firmly rooted in a commitment to deeper integration.

The German government has taken a peculiarly aggressive line in attacking deficits and in trying to lay down a firm exit strategy.

Every society has its bad actors, and it needs an established (and accountable) authority to deal with them.

They are bound to choose older homes in established neighborhoods that have already been connected to the many networks that make them a habitat.

Commitments in this sensitive field must be made irreversible and subject to strict verification.

The first response can be described as realist no matter who governs in America, concrete results need to be achieved.

More recently it has gained a foothold in applied linguistics, in the field of second language acquisition (or SLA).

The Millennium Development Goals must no longer be floating targets, referred to now and then to measure progress.

To minimize duplication of services, particular efforts are being made to develop cooperative arrangements with alternative complementary service providers, based on comparative advantage.

Restorative justice and ubuntu are based firmly on the recognition of the fundamental humanity of even the worst possible offender.

By contrast, India, with its firmly rooted liberal democracy, smells to some like roses.