And it would be a catastrophe if the recovery were derailed by excessive devotion to anti inflation shibboleths, much as some central banks were excessively devoted to the gold standard during the 1920 s and 1930 s.

For both men, the goal of clinging to power was a top priority.

A dictator who has shown no concern for his people might actually prove quite talented at clinging to power.

It can cling to office, as José Zapatero is doing in Spain and Gordon Brown is doing in the UK.

So long as the façade holds, Russians will continue to cling to Putin s illusion of power.

But blindly sticking to principle would have been a highly risky option for the ECB.

Now, after the third round in Moscow, they are holding on by not much more than their fingernails.

Chen s record suggests he will hang on to his failed presidency. He will use his legal training to fight on technicalities.

As most of the world knows, America s quest to maintain its claim to the title of greatness, has, of late, also been elusive.

But the Bank of England s direct intervention prevented these images from gaining a foothold on our collective psychology.

The goal of clinging to power remains the priority, and risk aversion the main guideline.

Clinging to the hope that it is all chance, and all natural, seems naive.

In that case, Raúl may seek to cling grimly to the fossilized system that he helped build and maintain with such brutality.

And if anyone should be clinging to the former glory of the coal mining history, and of the town, it should be Judy.

The main uncertainty in life the destination of one s immortal soul nudges one toward morality.

The press agencies have been called upon by national and international observers to adhere to a policy of avoiding incitement to hatred, intolerance and xenophobia.

The NPT is not a license for the five original nuclear powers to cling to these weapons indefinitely.

A breakthrough appears to be at hand, though all the parties still seem to be clinging to their traditional positions.

And now that you ve acknowledged history, stop holding on to it as if electricity were running through it, as if your hand can t let go.

A president s modernizing vision degenerated into a dictator s power driven myopia.

Opposition to globalization and market forces has often been the preferred way of trying to hang on to an idealized view of what life used to be like.

Brussels There is no more depressing sight in politics than a leader who, desperate to cling to power, ruins his country in the process.

True, faced with the choice of keeping the constitutional name of their country or compromising with Greece for the benefit of joining the Union, Macedonians are sticking to their guns.

Second, the bloody 1959 revolution in Rwanda, a country mirroring Burundi's ethnic and social structure, induced Burundi's Tutsi to cling even more tightly to power.

Rather than continuing to adhere to policies that do more harm than good, policymakers should consider a new approach one that actually contributes to their countries social and economic progress.

Never mind that this logic is now in danger of unraveling along with the US housing market Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson will stick to it.

Arguably the most damaging is to stick to a successful growth strategy (a combination of comparative advantage and supportive policies) for too long.

Today, it sounds old fashioned to describe the university s purpose as being to cultivate people, as if it were a glorified finishing school.

So far, China s reaction to all of this new activity has been to dig in its heels and insist on addressing its territorial disputes with ASEAN s militarily inferior members on a bilateral basis.

Many of McNamara s critics assert rightly, I think that he stopped short of full understanding, that he sought to hold fast to claims of noble intentions that the record could not sustain.

Life in Luxor

We got ahead in life.

Living in History

The right to life

The Right to Life

If too much deference to great artists is the mark of a society that has never quite escaped from its aristocratic roots, too little regard for them is a sign of narrow philistinism.

Many families now face stagnating wages, owing to the kinds of jobs now available, but are determined to cling to a lifestyle that they can no longer afford.

The difficulty for Tadic lies in convincing Serbian voters that drawing closer to the EU is infinitely preferable to remaining attached to an outmoded concept of statehood that can only lead to isolation and backwardness.

Military life is different from civilian life.

I want you to say, or I want you to convey, that you are going to die if you have to, with your very last breath, with your fingernails scratching as they drag you out.

Economizing Life and Death

Life in Palestine is harsh.

Life in Ancient Rome .

Right to life

Those who cannot be activists in a real Syria can be one in a virtual Syria, she writes.