But the playing field has always been unlevel. How could developing countries compete with America s subsidies and guarantees?

The euro analogies are not just to be found on the playing field.

As a Frenchman who watched with a mixture of sadness and humiliation the behavior of the French national team, on and off the field (happily, the torture is over), the image in the mirror makes a lot of sense.

Now consider a competitive free enterprise system with a level playing field for all.

Now inside me there's no feelings of joy, revenge or anger against Suárez for an incident that happened on the pitch and that's done.

(The Cyprus rescue made the need more acute by making the field even more uneven.)

All the alternatives are inferior they either involve transfer payments, perpetuate an uneven playing field, or both.

They want to enjoy the game, rather than sit in the company of their male relatives, oblivious to what s happening on the pitch.

As a Frenchman who watched with a mixture of sadness and humiliation the behavior of the French national team, on and off the field (happily, the torture is over), the image in the mirror makes a lot of sense. But can one go so far as to say that a depressed country can produce only a depressed team?

Unfortunately, rather than leveling the playing field, the battle of ideas may skew US politics even further in favor of big business.

The IMF is on much weaker ground, however, in thinking that its one size fits all global tax system will somehow level the playing field internationally.

As skillful as Henrique Capriles Radonski, the opposition candidate, may be, the playing field is so uneven that he appears to stand little chance.

Third, serious consideration should be given to introducing a second referee, with each given responsibility for one half of the huge playing field.

This entails preventing administrative abuses, establishing a level playing field for SOEs and other companies, and divorcing regulators from regulated entities.

His human qualities, as much as his talent and technical feats on the field, counted equally in establishing his popular acclaim.

Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester City's average attendances have been in the top six in England, usually in excess of 40,000.

The stadium was built in place of the older Estádio Fonte Nova.

The next generation of technological advances could also promote greater income equality by leveling the playing field in education.

He's in the stadium.

He is in the stadium.

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By early 2005, a total of 180 parcels of land benefiting 2,000 families had been returned, seven more than the previous year.47

On the playing field, commentators have long pointed out how much the modern national teams depend on immigrant talent North Africans for France, Poles and Turks for Germany, and so on.

Globally, more food would be produced where it can be produced more efficiently, thereby creating a more equitable, level international playing field.

It was built in 2001.

Reports state that relocation sites are in most cases empty tracts of land, where those who have been displaced are expected to provide their own shelter.

The OMT program, which allows the ECB to buy sovereign bonds of countries that have agreed to reform their economies, significantly levels the playing field between the Bank and its advanced economy peers.

The stadium seats 12,500.

The stadium holds 14,600 people.

The stadium holds 41,311 people.

The stadium holds 25,000 people.

The stadium holds 18,000 people.

The stadium holds 28,000 people.

The stadium was opened on 22 August 1998 and replaced Elm Park as Reading F.C.

There are many countries with social and economic conditions that are equal to or worse than France s, yet their national teams are currently shining on the field.

Unfortunately, the International Monetary Fund s latest study by its staff, Women, Work, and the Economy, shows that, despite some improvements, progress toward leveling the playing field for women has stalled.

This is how the press reported on the tragedy at the National Stadium.

The stadium holds 22,000.

The stadium holds 23,000.

The stadium opened on June 30, 2007.

The stadium holds 16,000.

History The stadium was built and opened in 1972.

History The stadium was originally built in 1973.

It was just a gravel pitch the first years.

The stadium holds 20,000.