But he was also profoundly characteristic of Russian leaders.

According to Francis Christensen The loose sentence ... characterized the anti Ciceronian movement in the seventeenth century.

Conflicts, confusion, and failure to achieve decentralization objectives have characterized many decentralization efforts.6

The President praised the spirit of cooperation and compromise that characterized the session, which had resulted in a number of significant decisions.

The history of South Sudan comprises the history of the territory of present day South Sudan and the peoples inhabiting the region.

They reiterated that the close partnership between Afghanistan and the international community which has characterized the past three and a half years should continue.

The expansion is thought to have been triggered by the phase transition that marked the end of the preceding grand unification epoch at approximately 10 36 seconds after the Big Bang.

This system effectively divided the Empire into four major regions and created separate capitals besides Rome as a way to avoid the civil unrest that had marked the 3rd century.

Modern production systems, in which information technology plays an increasingly crucial role, are totally different from the large factory floors that characterized the birth of trade unionism and social democracy.

Conflicts involving lower intensity violence that do not reach the threshold of an armed conflict are implicitly distinguished from noninternational armed conflicts to which the provisions of that article are applicable.

SINGAPORE Many analysts and observers believe that the global imbalances that characterized the world economy in the years before the 2008 crisis have substantially dissipated.

a declaration of conformity was issued for specified products placed on the market or whether they are marked with conformity mark where so prescribed by technical regulations, the properties of specified products placed on the market and the conformity assessment procedure correspond to the terms specified in the declaration of conformity, conformity marks are used legally, and are not modified or counterfeited.

Better still, we should move from peaceful coexistence to interdependence and cooperation among various groups. Historically, these have been a hallmark of Darfur and a guaranteed formula for constructive coexistence within society.

As so called Fifth Generation leaders, they continue the steady progress in competence that has marked each of China s leadership transitions since the emergence of Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970 s.

The pandering to extremist groups, the rejection of science, the outright lies and distortions, and the evasion of the real issues that characterized the most recent election cycle set a new low for democratic politics.

(i) Certain provisions of the draft law on counter terrorism which, if adopted, would reduce safeguards against torture and could re establish conditions that characterized past abuses under the State Security Law.

But China has attained much higher GDP growth than the OECD economies, driven largely by the rapid productivity gains that characterize the initial catch up phase of emerging market development.

The first consideration relates to the commitment to pacifism that has historically characterized Uruguay, taking into account, in particular, respect for international law and international humanitarian law, which are closely related to the law of war and to the traditional thrust of its international policy in support of the peaceful settlement of disputes.

did not disproportionately affect his right to communicate with his lawyer in conditions ensuring full respect for the confidentiality of the communications between them, as the District Court distinguished between tapped conversations in which A.T.M.M.

TEL AVIV Israel s Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza is the kind of asymmetrical warfare that has characterized nearly all Middle East conflicts in recent years. Victories in such wars are always elusive.

The go it alone America of the years of the war on terror had alienated its closest allies, and had proven insufficient both to resolving the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to creating a structure of peace for an Asia struggling to cope with China s new power and assertiveness.

One key feature of the Bretton Woods system was that countries would tie their exchange rates to the US dollar. While the system was effectively eliminated in 1971, the US dollar s central role in the international monetary system has remained intact a reality that many countries are increasingly unwilling to accept.