By continuing to emphasize some aspects relative to others, those problems were only being exacerbated.

Privatization will only make matters worse.

While such interests do exist, they do not lead older people to close ranks and organize themselves.

Peace advocates, feminists, and global civil society are voicing this reality more vigorously in the wake of the disastrous tsunamis.

But here, his record is weak, and his pronouncements only exacerbate the problem by increasing Iran s isolation from the global economy.

Beyond that, one can only hope that current external economic disturbances do not lead to a global disaster.

Demands for Putin s resignation would lead only to the marginalization of the protest movement.

Until there is a Palestinian state and an Iraq free of US occupation, Islamic extremists will win recruits.

The same objective could not be achieved by instituting a civil action, which would result only in compensation for damages awarded to the petitioner.

We often think of history as something inevitable, a culmination of great, grinding forces that can only lead to one destination.

Still, this war on gangs, like the so called war on drugs, is only making matters worse.

Others, however, are useless and only complicate further an already complex and problematic situation.

Events have shown that this policy leads to an escalation of violence.

After all, security alliances and guarantees only create dividing lines, with their attendant security challenges.

But their attempts to conceal the truth about the past only reveal their weakness and their shamelessness.

What is more, the measures currently being debated in some European countries can only aggravate this trend.

It was, therefore, her delegation's understanding that the draft optional protocol would apply only to natural disasters that actually produced a situation of exceptional risk.

Indeed, such a step will only push the Middle East into an explosive mega conflict with unpredictable and uncontrollable consequences.

Watching cricket does not necessarily lead to improved dialogue.

There are no shortcuts to the top, only to the bottom.

In our view, sanctions can serve their objective only if their implementation is consistent with the protection of human rights.

But the possibility of violence should not distract us from noticing that fundamentalist convictions also motivate positive political activism.

And, because one person s spending is another s income, universal deleveraging produces only depression and high unemployment.

An initiative confined to migrants would merely reinforce the growing xenophobia and extremism in Greece.

This misguided action only undermines the moral and legal authority of the Security Council.

Unfortunately, it does not always lead to more democracy.

In principle, the Taiwan issue need not lead to conflict.

A double layer of decision making would only cause an already ponderous organization to seize up.

As the world s largest economy, the US has taken the lead in promoting policies that reduce barriers. But the events described above could reverse such policies.

The Committee is also concerned that the right to strike can only be exercised if strict conditions are met, and that participation in a strike can lead not only to the suspension of wages but also of social security rights.

Efficiency doesn t reduce consumption it increases it.

Animal spirits are not always shattered by extraordinary economic events. But then, not all economic convulsions are alike.

So clearly playing those action games doesn't lead to attention problems.

As a result, a 10 increase in working time will merely reduce employment by 10 percent.

A sclerotic, atavistic, nationalist, and inward looking Japan can only aggravate the situation.

The practice of presenting technocratic faits accomplis to national parliaments will only breed deeper resentments.

However, there may be mutations of the disease that can cause ulcers on the exterior.

Recent experience had shown that harmonization often led not to simplification but to further complication of rules and procedures, and the emphasis now had to be put on simplification.

Such an outcome is probably only possible if two conditions are met first, the United Kingdom joins the euro area, and, second, the United States makes serious, confidence sapping mistakes.

Moreover, the stock market channel leading to asset reflation following QE works only in the short run if growth fails to recover.

But in all seriousness, such disturbing calls only further objectifies women, inviting religious clerics to harass and disrespect them in ways that are no longer acceptable.

Still, clashes between the army and the Republican Guard are further eroding the regime s coherence.

Today, the responses to the 1907 and 1931 crises would only make matters worse. The continuous injection of liquidity would imply a greater likelihood of renewed asset bubbles in housing, equities, or modern art.

The constructive participation of all parties could only help to restore trust and bring about reconciliation among the communities.

Contrary to much popular opinion, trade with poor countries does not pauperize rich countries.