Another case in point is the Middle East.

It is this sense of the term that is explained here.

The link between trade openness and economic prosperity is strong and suggestive.

The growing significance of the veil also highlighted important differences between men and women in Morocco.

Most significantly, the Bush administration gave Iraq 2.3 billion to restore its oil production.

This fear has led to the narrowing of the concept of education to mean the acquisition of practical skills.

Vespertine is a term used in the life sciences to indicate something of, relating to, or occurring in the evening.

But ethnicity as the main marker of nationality is a vague and dangerous concept, not least because it leaves all minorities out in the cold.

The fields that are generally considered the core of theoretical linguistics are syntax, phonology, morphology, and semantics.

In particular, the scarcity of pre invasion data and absence of post mortem reports make it difficult to assess the full significance of the post invasion data.

As a matter of good scientific practice, a significance level is chosen before data collection and is usually set to 0.05 (5 ).

Karen Armstrong has told what I think is an iconic story of giving a speech in Holland and, after the fact, the word compassion was translated as pity.

In fact , in the minds of those who have intelligence these are clear signs . No one denies Our revelations except those who are unjust .

In fact they are clear verses in the hearts of those who have been given knowledge and none deny Our verses except the unjust .

Nay rather it is signs , clear signs in the breasts of those who have been given knowledge and none denies Our signs but the evildoers .

Aye ! it in itself manifest signs in the breasts of those who have been vouchsafed knowledge , and none gainsay Our signs save the wrong doers .

Nay , but they , the clear Ayat i.e. the description and the qualities of Prophet Muhammad SAW written like verses in the Taurat ( Torah ) and the Injeel ( Gospel ) are preserved in the breasts of those who have been given knowledge ( from the people of the Scriptures ) . And none but the Zalimun ( polytheists and wrongdoers , etc . ) deny Our Ayat ( proofs , evidences , verses , lessons , signs , revelations , etc . ) .

In fact , it is clear signs in the hearts of those given knowledge . No one renounce Our signs except the unjust .

But it is a set of Clear Signs in the hearts of those who have been endowed with knowledge . None except the utterly unjust will deny Our Signs .

But it is clear revelations in the hearts of those who have been given knowledge , and none deny Our revelations save wrong doers .

Indeed , it is present as manifest signs in the breasts of those who have been given knowledge , and none contests Our signs except wrongdoers .

No , rather they are clear verses in the chests of those who have been given knowledge . None disbelieves Our verses except the harmdoers .

Rather , the Qur 'an is distinct verses preserved within the breasts of those who have been given knowledge . And none reject Our verses except the wrongdoers .

In fact , the Quran consists of illustrious verses that exist in the hearts of those who have knowledge . No one rejects Our revelations except the unjust ones .

Nay ! these are clear communications in the breasts of those who are granted knowledge and none deny Our communications except the unjust .

But the Quran is a revelation that is clear to the hearts of those endowed with knowledge . Only the evil doers refuse to acknowledge Our revelations .

Nay , here are Signs self evident in the hearts of those endowed with knowledge and none but the unjust reject Our Signs .

It is revealing that in Italy, in the 1980 s, the judges who battled the Sicilian mafia described their campaign as clean hands.

Was it not a proof for them that the learned men of Israel knew about this ?

And was this not a sign for them , that the scholars of the Descendants of Israel may recognise this Prophet ?

Was it not a sign for them , that it is known to the learned of the Children of Israel ?

Is it not a sign unto them that the learned among the Children of Isra 'il know it ?

Is it not a sign to them that the learned scholars ( like ' Abdullah bin Salam who embraced Islam ) of the Children of Israel knew it ( as true ) ?

Is it not a sign for them that the scholars of the Children of Israel recognized it ?

Is it not a Sign to them ( to wit , the Makkans ) that the learned men of the Children of Israel know that ?

Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it ?

Is it not a sign for them that the learned of the Children of Israel recognize it ?

Was it not a sign for them known to the learned of the Children of Israel ?

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel ?

Is not the fact ( that the Israelite scholars already knew about the Quran through their Book ) sufficient evidence for the pagans of the truthfulness ( of the Quran ) ?

Is it not a sign to them that the learned men of the Israelites know it ?

Is it not evidence enough for them that the learned among the Children of Israel have recognized this as true ?

Is it not a Sign to them that the Learned of the Children of Israel knew it ( as true ) ?

The capacity to successfully use language requires one to acquire a range of tools including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and an extensive vocabulary.

Paradoxically, one indicator that has been improving steadily in the US productivity may be the clearest sign of the problem.