His politically untarnished image was a major factor in the election, as was his vision of Finland as an active participant in international affairs.

While accepting the project s impeccable legal credentials, its opponents nevertheless demand that it be relocated on the grounds that even fully lawful conduct may be offensive to a group of citizens.

In each instance, the logic was impeccable.

An essential element of the right to a fair trial is an independent, impartial and untainted Judiciary.

No country had an unblemished record and therefore no particular State should be targeted.

It was essential to emphasize the need for impeccable comportment on the part of United Nations personnel.

Today's discussion signifies yet another blemish in this Council's agenda.

Terrorists have been better at capitalizing on models of distributed operation.

The group agreed that the board should disclose that it has confidence that the external auditors are independent and their competency and integrity have not been compromised in any way.

Politkovskaya s is the third politically tinged killing in three weeks.

Iraq asserts that Jordan's terrestrial claim is based on theoretical assumptions that are flawed.

For starters, Germans are convinced that they have weathered the crisis extraordinarily well.

Obama continued to demonstrate these leadership skills in his almost flawless transition.

But also, we need smarter aid, and smarter use of aid.

For the reasons set out above, the Committee considers that the author's trial in the present case suffered from such defects.

Because such reforms are of a complex nature, they should be undertaken with a sense of history and with political will, and without hegemonic intentions.

If we assume that a causal relationship exists, the European directive seems to be fairly well designed, with one main shortcoming.

Mr. Chowdhury (Bangladesh) said that his country, which had an impeccable non proliferation record, was committed to full compliance with the NPT and the CTBT.

This would help maintain confidence that the adjustment process will remain orderly and free of new global imbalances or protectionism.

This is a home built rocket propelled car. That's a 1953 Henry J I'm a bug for authenticity in a quiet neighborhood in Toledo.

As John Maynard Keynes put it, there is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.

Eclectic foxes are better at curbing their ideological enthusiasms.

The nature of US power and the exercise of its influence was always much more clever and subtle than most assume.

In this sense, while it may appear arbitrary to set quantitative ratification requirements for election to closed bodies, it is nonetheless true that a State should demonstrate its unequivocal adherence to human rights principles and standards if it wishes to join a body that is charged with enforcing them.

In order for such elections to be held, it is imperative to have, without further delay, a functional IEC devoid of the problems of political legitimacy faced by the existing one because its composition is not in accordance with the stipulations of the Linas Marcoussis and Pretoria agreements.

It seems that Hu Jintao is more skillful than the polished Obama at maximizing his gains at little cost.

So evolution's trick is to make them beautiful, to have them exert a kind of magnetism to give you the pleasure of simply looking at them.

Part of the confusion lies in Putin s skillful political positioning.

They disparage hideous strip mines and toxic tailing ponds that even superstar marketers cannot greenwash. The scale is unusual, but open pit mines and tailing ponds are normal mining operations everywhere.

China has shown itself adept at assertively promoting its national interests and playing classical balance of power geopolitics.

First, Europe is better at talking about free trade areas than delivering free trade.

The Special Rapporteur points out that the Iraqi Special Tribunal has certain deficiencies and that its legitimacy has been rightfully criticized, with the result that its credibility has been called into question.

And using this very simple machine, my lab and others have done dozens of studies showing just how good babies are at learning about the world.

Moreover, Iraq's possession of oil is a mixed blessing, because few oil based economies have proven hospitable to liberal democracy.

But the Convention had serious flaws humanitarian, development and other non peacekeeping operations were covered only through a declaration of exceptional risk.

But the Iranians are the subtlest negotiators to be found anywhere, and will make certain that their nuclear program outpaces the negotiations.

New firms must be created, and modern financial markets are better at speculation and exploitation than they are at providing funds for new enterprises, especially small and medium size companies.

Road testing The project team has equipped a test group of at least ten cars, including six Toyota Prius, an Audi TT, and three Lexus RX450h, each accompanied in the driver's seat by one of a dozen drivers with unblemished driving records and in the passenger seat by one of Google's engineers.

They sought to stage an Olympics that made manifest their image of themselves, and Speer Jr., looking back to his father s mastery of the architecture of power, delivered the goods.

In some cases during 2012, politics was a force for good consider Prime Minister Mario Monti s ability to pull Italy back from the brink of financial turmoil.

South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has ably served as head of the World Bank s oversight committee and would make a brilliant World Bank president.

James Acton for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace suggested a more subtle approach of shifting the focus from denuclearization to nonproliferation.

What will make this work is that, like any good KGB man, Putin is a master of facades.

Noyer s diplomatic skill certainly will be put to the test if he has to navigate the treacherous waters between the Scylla of French protectionism and the Charybdis of the EU s five criteria for bank mergers.

Hugo Chavez may not be financing Morales and Bolivia s other dissidents, but are Venezuela and Cuba really not tempted to meddle in the country where Che Guevara died leading a guerrilla war nearly 40 years ago?