Rather than face up to the challenge, leaders first procrastinated and then buckled under pressure.

Indeed, politicians face no electoral pressure to pursue broader action, even if it would bring domestic benefits.

Being born, raised and educated in Tunisia, I did not face any pressure for being a woman.

The railway company will not have any competition with private companies, yet they will face economic pressure.

Moreover, government agencies operate in many areas in which they face little competition and thus little pressure to innovate.

Germany was more obliging in the face of US pressure, mainly because its security relied on America s military presence.

But how worried should the Pakistani authorities really be in the face of growing US pressure to root out Islamic militants?

For starters, the US will face recurring challenges with the fiscal cliff until financial markets pressure policymakers into more radical deficit reduction.

Today the majority of women in Gaza wear the hijab however those who do not frequently face social pressure to do so.

Moreover, the eurozone s strategy for dealing with the crisis implicitly relies on a rising surplus member states with current account deficits are under pressure to close them, but creditor countries face no pressure to reduce their surpluses.

If appreciation does not reduce the current account surplus and capital inflows, then the renminbi s exchange rate is bound to face further upward pressure.

Unfortunately, political disunity in the face of financial pressure always ends up being far more damaging to democracy and the economy than instinctive patriotism.

Apart from its moral implications, such a society would face a classic dilemma how to reconcile the relentless pressure to consume with stagnant earnings.

If the neighbor s kids get into college, they feel the pressure that their children have to make it too in order to not lose face.

Many of the affected areas do not appear to be actively used and may face little, if any, pressure from development activities in the near future.

It is the last group that is decisive when senior military and security personnel abandon an authoritarian regime in the face of popular pressure, its days are numbered.

Sound pressure level Sound pressure is the difference, in a given medium, between average local pressure and the pressure in the sound wave.

While Western firms investing in China must face the prospect of protest and criticism back home from pro Tibet campaigners, some companies are coming under pressure in China itself.

Then came 9 11, when under intense pressure from the United States to support American retaliation in Afghanistan or face the consequences he was forced to disown his protégés.

Even now, Hungary and Romania feel peer pressure and face sanctions from their EU partners when they engage in dubious electoral practices, compromise their courts independence, or discriminate against minorities.

The other side must have mobilized social pressure, accusing the victim of making them lose face and she probably couldn't stay in the local community if she pursued the case.

The pressure gradient between this region and the ambient pressure will propel matter toward the low pressure area.

But, as Dennis Kelleher of Better Markets points out, when pressure mounts and a crisis seems around the corner, banks will face great pressure to bring such subsidiaries back onto their balance sheet. This is exactly what happened in the last crisis, with Citigroup being a leading example.

How can China ensure stable and sustainable growth in the face of significant internal and external challenges, including slowing medium and long term growth, rising labor costs, and growing inflationary pressure?

In the face of the intransigence of the Ituri armed groups, MONUC adopted a more robust posture in dealing with them and exerted additional pressure on the Transitional Government to act firmly.

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In the face of relentless demand side pressure, driven mainly by high growth countries like China and India, some predict stratospheric energy prices, supply shortages, economic and social hardship, and even resource wars.

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The airspeed is derived from the difference between the ram air pressure from the pitot tube, or stagnation pressure, and the static pressure.

Measurement and units Vapor pressure is measured in the standard units of pressure.

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For a vapor bubble to expand, the temperature must be high enough that the vapor pressure exceeds the ambient pressure (the atmospheric pressure, primarily).

Supporting further real estate investment would make the sector s value even more dependent on government policies, ensuring that future policymakers face greater political pressure from interests groups like real estate developers and bonds holders.

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Domestic pressure could very well bring down the regime, but international pressure will not.

Compressed air is air kept under a pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure.

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