But legislation is a blunt instrument for dealing with history.

Oil embargos turned out to be a blunt instrument that hurt many besides the targeted countries.

Quantitative easing is a blunt instrument, at best, and operates through highly circuitous and thus dubious channels.

He rightly believed that reducing the money supply would have been too blunt an instrument to use.

First, tighter sanctions make sense only as a diplomatic tool, not as a blunt instrument of coercion.

Patient capital is uncomfortable for people searching for simple solutions, easy categories, because we don't see profit as a blunt instrument.

The ECB will object, not without reason, that monetary policy is a blunt instrument with which to rebalance the European economy.

Whatever one thinks of laws against spreading hatred or insulting people, the law remains a blunt instrument when it came to matters of speech.

Unlike such tools, interest rate policy is a blunt instrument for dealing with financial imbalances. And using interest rates to address such concerns may interfere with the central bank s primary objective of keeping inflation near target.

We can now see the utility of a more flexible toolkit to respond to excessive credit expansion, or asset price bubbles, where the manipulation of short term interest rates can be a blunt instrument or, worse, a double edged sword.

If criminal prosecution is too blunt an instrument to use against violent video games, there is a case for awarding damages to the victims, or families of the victims, of violent crimes committed by people who play violent video games.

The ECB will object, not without reason, that monetary policy is a blunt instrument with which to rebalance the European economy. A cut in policy rates or quantitative easing by another name will do nothing to enhance the troubled southern European economies competitiveness.

To be blunt, the rule of law must be brought to disarmament.

Why should I watch a movie full of weird costumes and blunt themes.

Andrew Carnegie, the richest man of Veblen s era, was blunt in his moral judgments.

Xi s criticism of the North s nuclear ambitions has become both unusually public and blunt.

In a recent letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, she wrote, We believe this approach could be a blunt and imprecise instrument of fear, rather than one of persuasion, that will take us down a dangerous path and adversely impact US manufacturers, farmers, and consumers.

Put differently, real interest rates are too blunt a stimulus tool, even if they work.

Of course, some businesses do use blunt versions of time of day or seasonal pricing.

But even opponents of Olmert s second war must face the blunt fact that Hamas is lethal.

Turkey, to be blunt, will not recognize today s divided Cyprus as the sole representative of that island.

In Ukraine and Moldova, the Kremlin has worked hard, with some success, to blunt the appeal of Europe.

To be blunt, many of the world s largest economies are not fulfilling their financial pledges to the Fund.

Dominique Strauss Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was uncharacteristically blunt for an international official.

Let me be still more blunt. State terrorism is being supported by those who claim to fight terrorism.

And yet, I do believe that in every social space, in every public space, there is a desire to communicate more than just that blunt thought, that blunt technique, but something that pinpoints, and can point in various directions forward, backward, sideways and around.

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So far, the regime has merely applied the same blunt measures that fueled Tibetans grievances in the first place.

Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

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Many a government minister, Bank officer and NGO representative has experienced his blunt criticism, as well as his effusive praise.

Cuneiform texts were written on clay tablets, on which symbols were drawn with a blunt reed used as a stylus.

Witnesses said some of the dead were killed with knives or blunt objects and that dozens of villagers were still missing.

If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength but skill brings success.

This high level of sexual crimes committed against our children remains a blunt reminder of the moral decay in our society.

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But Chinese regulations are sometimes promulgated simply to blunt external criticism, and thus are seldom enforced, except when a case attracts international attention.

What is needed is to find a less belligerent, more liberal way to promote democracy, stressing international cooperation instead of blunt military force.

But if Hasina is to succeed in continuing to blunt Islamism, she must address the fundamental problems that have destabilized Bangladeshi society for decades.

The recent announcement of coordinated liquidity injections by the Fed and four other major central banks is, to be blunt, too little too late.

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