The use of force to settle scores and impose one nation s will upon another cannot be accepted passively.

Hun Sen had scores to settle with the anti Thaksin coalition of the Democrat Party, the PAD, and the army.

Mr. Saeed (Sudan) rejected attempts to politicize human rights in order to settle old scores and pursue specific political agendas.

No doubt some of these pressures were motivated by sincere concerns, but others were driven by the desire of anti Saudi groups in the US to settle old scores.

As long as China, Japan, and South Korea regard every encounter with one another as an opportunity to settle scores or gain some strategic advantage, brinkmanship will remain Northeast Asia s fate.

In practice these laws have very little to do with theology and are mostly used as a pretext for settling political scores or pursuing personal grudges.

They were only too willing to advise Europe to work harder and spend less, as legitimate pride mingled with an understandable desire to settle historical scores and attenuate their legacies of colonial submission and humiliation.

But the effort to preserve one s power, the need for a distinct Asian identity, and the desire to settle historical scores will not solve the normative question raised by China s emergence as the century s dominant power.

President Woodrow Wilson was said to have placed Venizelos first in point of personal ability among all delegates gathered in Paris to settle the terms of Peace.

The only thing is that it's liable to having its bluff called, and therefore can only work if it's credible. To make it credible, you must avenge all insults and settle all scores, which leads to the cycles of bloody vendetta.

Given the history of Western colonialism in Asia, the desire to maintain a distinct identity is both legitimate and understandable, as is the belief in many Asian countries first and foremost China that the time has come to settle old scores.

Laws of personal status The 1959 Iraq Law of Personal Status (as subsequently amended) governs the manner that religious courts may settle disputes among Muslims living in Iraq in the area of marriage, divorce, custody of children, inheritance, endowments and other similar religious matters.

Fighting won't settle anything.

Fighting won't settle anything.

Using religion as a pretext for settling political scores

Musical scores are the most common way to encode music.

Other regions obtained scores between 20 and 40 per cent.

Sami was trying to settle down.

Markets will adjust and settle down.

She is not in the least worried about her test scores.

Every day, scores of people there die in pursuit of dignity.

Turkey, however, scores 24, worse even than Tunisia s authoritarian secular regime.

There were reports of mass killings and scores of civilian deaths.

Once an icon of heroism, personal charm, and the quest to overcome longstanding injustices, Kennedy s reputation has been badly damaged by tales and testimonials about the scores of women who cycled through White House bedrooms (or hotel rooms when the president traveled).

We cannot afford to settle for less.

The Freedom House scores are remarkably similar 12 of 31 non Arab Muslim countries had relatively high scores for at least three consecutive years, and eight for five consecutive years.

The validity and reliability of IQ scores obtained from outside the United States and Europe have been questioned, in part because of the inherent difficulty of comparing IQ scores between cultures.

Personal data is exactly that personal.

They are planning to settle in New Zealand.

Fadil was ready to settle down with Layla.

We are now able to settle many disputes.

And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

The problem should not be dismissed as a mere settling of old scores.

But the next one will probably lead to a serious settling of scores.

Scores of texts are appearing in the Muslim world on jihadi strategic studies.

People who react faster have, on average, higher intelligence scores and live longer.

Local testimonies mention scores of bodies in the streets with their throats slit.

Feature photo Screenshot from AlJazeera news report Security crackdown kills scores in Egypt.

China will likely have to settle for lower growth.

We will settle this elsewhere and under different conditions.

Jinn and mankind , We shall certainly settle your accounts .

and make others settle after them in their land ?

Jinn and mankind , We shall certainly settle your accounts .

and make others settle after them in their land ?

Scores of others, perhaps hundreds, have been carted off for interrogation, torture, or execution.