The latter seems the dominant motive.

China s dominant position is now endangered by both external and internal factors.

What happened? The Industrial Revolution, which meant that all of a sudden, Europe and America became the dominant center of the world.

This is a classic description of the herd behavior that George Soros has identified as financial markets dominant feature.

Though the countries were in theory equal, the larger Poland became the dominant partner.

For the last 70 years, the dominant paradigm in evolutionary science has been the so called new synthesis.

A new ocean was growing on its southern end, the Tethys Ocean, an ocean that would dominate much of the Mesozoic Era.

This is obvious to most Israelis, who also view this dominant role as a distortion of their ancient moral and religious values.

Paterson is known as the Silk City for its dominant role in silk production during the latter half of the 19th century.

The closer that formula_1 is to 1, the closer the denominator is to zero and the further the Big Rip is in the future.

If Americans fail to recognize that they may be wrong, they risk undermining the country's dominant position.

Indeed, thanks to the new techniques in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, shale gas may well become the dominant energy resource of the future.

Although Microsoft is by far the dominant player in the Wintel partnership now, Intel's continuing influence should not be underestimated.

Competition policy treatment of cartels, abuse of dominance monopolization, abuse of buyer power and the exercise of intellectual property rights

The record since 2010 suggests that muddling through will remain the EU s dominant approach for the foreseeable future.

MOSCOW The question that has dominated Russian politics, and world discussion of Russian politics Will he (Vladimir Putin) or won t he stay in power? has now been settled.

Given its dominant role in the region, Europe can exert a more direct impact on policies affecting trade and mobility.

With few political stars left in either Labour or Likud, Kadima may become the country s dominant party for many years to come.

The dominant National Democratic Party (NDP) takes a different view, arguing that political change can be achieved without constitutional reform.

In the late 20th century, particularly in the Western world and urbanized centers on the globe, espresso has been an increasingly dominant form.

The authors note that evidence indicates formula_1 to be very close to 1 in our universe, which makes formula_1 the dominating term in the equation.

Manners and customs Eating is a dominant aspect of Chinese culture, and eating out is one of the most common ways to honor guests, socialize, and deepen friendships.

Private capital flows have come to play the dominant role in development finance, eclipsing both official bilateral and multilateral flows.

Relations between development agencies and the organizations of indigenous peoples should be direct and not relayed through intermediate institutions of the dominant society.

States will remain the dominant actor on the world stage, but they will find the stage far more crowded and difficult to control.

US Airways became the dominant carrier at PHL during the 1980s and 1990s and shifted most of its hub operations from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia in 2003.

However, the more general culture history approach to archaeology that he began did replace social evolutionism as the dominant paradigm for much of the 20th century.

Furthermore, as partly evidenced by the prevalence of the still existent aşık ozan tradition, the dominant element in Turkish folk poetry has always been song.

Discoveries of large mineral deposits and other opportunities have brought a chance to diversify investment beyond the dominant oil sectors of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Ironically, however, rather than undermining the predominant international role of the US dollar, the end of Bretton Woods actually boosted its use around the world.

As it happens, Putin is now entrenching the already dominant United Russia party by his decision to head the party s candidate list in December s parliamentary election.

Abuse of dominance by firms operating in small markets where there is insufficient room for many firms to operate is common in developing countries.

A case in point may be that firms should refrain from abusing any dominant market position that an investment arrangement might offer.

Its thinking goes beyond the dominant, unilateral paradigm of its predecessor and includes a defense of international law.

The dominant handout approach is not sustainable, and, if continued, would likely exacerbate the Arab world s current economic malaise.

Discrimination in education is primarily reflected in the tendency to use school as a preferred means of assimilating indigenous peoples in the cultural model of the majority or dominant society.

When the asymmetrically dominated option is present, a higher percentage of consumers will prefer the dominating option than when the asymmetrically dominated option is absent.

Steinhoff is dominant in the neighbouring South African market and might abuse that position dominance in the Zimbabwean market by undercutting prices or becoming a price leader.

These bodies solicit representation from the most important cleaner production stakeholders in the country, such as representatives from industrial organizations ministries of industry, environment and economy and education and research institutions.

In his view, the overarching obligation of States parties was to eliminate discriminatory provisions of their law, which must be accomplished before much could be done to achieve the other two purposes.

MOSCOW The question that has dominated Russian politics, and world discussion of Russian politics Will he (Vladimir Putin) or won t he stay in power? has now been settled. He will and he won t.

The economic powerhouse that for decades confidently provided hegemonic stability to the global economy seems at pains to continue doing so.

Nearly all concepts of shared leadership entail the practice of broadly sharing power and influence among a set of individuals rather than centralizing it in the hands of a single individual who acts in the clear role of a dominant superior.

And they migrated into the rest of the world at two kilometers per year until, within several tens of thousands of years, we occupied every single watershed on the planet and became the most dominant species, with a very small amount of technology.

Europe s dominant position in many world markets means that for a while it will retain the clout to try to order the global agenda in ways that suit it.