Putinism claimed victory after invading tiny Georgia in 2008.

But potentially significant costs offset these small benefits.

In Italy, the debate centers on taxes in general, and the rather miniscule property tax in particular.

France retaliated by destroying the minute Ivoirian air force.

However, a low dose of hydrochlorothiazide does not seem to increase the risk.

The non participation or insignificant participation of women in peace agreement negotiations is still a problem.

Really no reason for any other leaders of the world to continue ruling their own little domains.

The few R D activities to be found are restricted to the application of existing knowledge rather than the development and application of new ideas.

Another possibility is to turn razor thin majorities into one sided governments that remain centrist in policy.

Few of them seriously believe that a tiny separate Patani state, wedged between Thailand and Malaysia, would be viable.

As a result, the spread of the Colombia Plan, despite its meager and ambivalent results, has remained obscured.

As a consequence, they settle for the crumbs that are eventually offered by the ship owners after a disaster.

And people paid less in 1950 dollars to catch that than what people pay now to catch those little, tiny fish.

Indeed, even the markets were fooled, giving the ECB a good grade for its unremarkable rate hike.

During the inflationary 1970 s, a byzantine system of allowances was instituted to supplement lagging parliamentary salaries.

If the Channel has been such a barrier, durable bonds across the Atlantic seem implausible.

Based on the scanty evidence that is available, Het (or at least Didiuhet) may be part of the Puelche branch.

To a large extent, only low paid and insecure jobs with limited possibilities for advancement are available to the young generations.

By misstating the problems, these approaches threaten to divert scarce resources into the wrong remedies.

These tiny outcroppings have little material value, and yet the dispute over their ownership has led to a major international dustup.

The Morsi government seemed incapable of understanding that a slim electoral majority is not enough, especially nowadays.

In fact, they are probably typical of leaders in countries with little or no history of democratic government.

Beginning in 1930, some 1.3 million people starved in Kazakhstan as their meager crops were requisitioned according to central directives.

The slim majority, and the clear differences between the two political camps, will assure a robust two party system in the future.

The challenge we face is that we know very little about tuna, and everyone in the room knows what it looks like when an African lion takes down its prey.

Given the low cost and the huge benefits of supporting such efforts, there is no excuse for inaction.

There has been little change, however, in the small proportion of women opting to study the exact sciences or technical courses.

In 1895, China was defeated by Japan, a tiny aggressor whom the Chinese dismissively called wa (the dwarf).

The risk of new attacks in Europe and worldwide is serious and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

Indeed, while Afghanistan is the size of France, NATO has sent the same number of troops as it has in tiny Bosnia.

Even the tiny state of Qatar has the rabble rouser Al Jazeera television channel, which is watched by more viewers in Saudi Arabia than in any other Arab country.

But there s a larger point so far, except for relatively small sums offered to the Kyrgyz, Russia and China haven t offered much help.

In other words, we are faced with the challenge of complexity, which requires us to ensure that a small minority is not joined by greater forces.

Mobile phone technology is so powerful, and costs so little per unit of data transmission, that it has proved possible to sell mobile phone access to the poor.

Objects with less than a certain kinetic energy are slowed down so much by the atmosphere that they do not create an impact crater.

Every country that has sent troops to aid America's efforts in Iraq is under pressure, as the decision by the Philippines to withdraw its small contingent shows.

Banning the burqa would force this tiny minority of women to stay at home, and be even more dependent on their men to deal with the outside world.

They may please farmers and other interest groups, but overall they simply drive up costs and reduce already minimal benefits.

Indeed, many of the elderly in rural Russia are forced to sustain themselves by growing potatoes on the tiny plots of land that the government allows them to till.

If so, the richest parts of any country could decide to go it alone, thus impoverishing their fellow citizens. Even if greed is ruled out as an acceptable motive, in favor of traditional ethno cultural nationalism, a profusion of tiny tribal states might make the world far more unstable.

Moreover, the Japanese language is not widely spoken, and Japan s meager English language skills make it difficult to attract international talent to its universities.

To compete on a level playing field would force these countries to subsidize their farmers, diverting scarce funds that are needed for education, health, and infrastructure.

The Russian economy is a shambles, and Russia s mighty military had to exert itself to its fullest to vanquish tiny Georgia in 2008.

The increasing number of wage labourers in the countryside were vulnerable because they had no food of their own, and their meager living was not enough to purchase the expensive grain of a bad crop year.

Regrettably, our efforts to build up our own human resource base by utilizing scarce development resources are being thwarted by the recruitment policies of some rich developed countries.