Indeed, now the French are looking wobbly.

The Obama administration has wobbled in this balancing act, but thus far it has not fallen off.

Georgia, which is both European and Asiatic, teeters on the edge of instability.

Other states in the region have been teetering on the brink of failure from the outset.

TEL AVIV Ever since Turkey s establishment as a republic, the country has oscillated between the Western oriented heritage of its founder, Kemal Ataturk, and its eastern, Ottoman legacy.

LONDON Syria is a living nightmare. Egypt hovers on the brink.

The Israeli strategy of peacemaking therefore oscillates between two visions while the Israeli left gives priority to the Palestinian problem, the Israeli right prefers pursuing a settlement with the big Arab powers.

And that's the difference between problems that are additive, like CO2, which we go slowly up and then we tip, and problems that are depletive, in which we lose what we have, which oscillate, and they oscillate until we lose everything we've got.

The consciousness therefore, is only reality but appears as objects like a burning stick swung about appears to be continuous.

Balancing hard power relations with governments with soft power support for democracy is like walking a tightrope. The Obama administration has wobbled in this balancing act, but thus far it has not fallen off.

The ship is swung , that is rotated about a fixed point while its heading is noted by alignment with fixed points on the shore.

The Brussels elites are not likely to admit this fact without further ado their rhetoric still oscillates between doom and gloom pessimism and a kind of pro European PR that is concerned only with how best to sell the Union to Europe s citizens.

Côte d'Ivoire is still balancing on the brink that is the unpleasant reality that all actors involved in trying to manage the crisis are faced with.

Caught between their desperate need for finance and markets and their need to respond to their citizens sentiments, they oscillate between condemnation and reassurance of China, struggling to find a coherent path that defends the West s principles without damaging its economic interests.

Revolutions often seesaw between extremes before the forces strong enough to overthrow governments become strong enough and legitimate enough to govern.

Japan s past predilection toward saving has long implied a large trade and current account surplus, but now these surpluses are starting to swing the other way.

First, it illustrates the stop and go dynamic undergirding American politics, which can swing within just five years from a disturbing expansionism to an equally worrying withdrawal from the world.

PRINCETON As Egypt trembles on the brink of civil war, with alarming levels of violence and hardening divisions on all sides, it is hard to find a truly bright spot anywhere in the Middle East or North Africa.

But why should a debt problem in economies that are usually called peripheral be so important for financial markets? Greece, Ireland, and Portugal, which is now teetering on the brink of insolvency, account for less than 6 of the eurozone economy.

Between 1988 and 1989, racial tensions between Arabs and blacks escalated.

As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Beloved

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

We believe in dialogue among cultures, among people and among societies.

Science means constantly walking a tightrope between blind faith and curiosity between expertise and creativity between bias and openness between experience and epiphany between ambition and passion and between arrogance and conviction in short, between an old today and a new tomorrow.

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.

Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

Be not among winebibbers among riotous eaters of flesh

Gender Balance Among WFP Staff

Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn't I serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence.

And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

Annex

I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations.

I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people I will sing unto thee among the nations.

I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

The remedy to the situation lies in increasing cultural, inter ethnic and inter civilizational efforts aimed at promoting contact between communities and enabling better interaction between peoples.

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Our energy security is in our own hands, not Russia s.

The graffiti calls for unity among Afghans who are traditionally divided along ethnic and linguistic lines.

For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.