Yet, so far, the threat has not worked.

These factors can make unsustainable practices more profitable than sustainable forest management.

So, once we had presented that back to them, they agreed that this sort of core concept could work.

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

You can say the small cookie has Godiva chocolate bits in it, but it doesn't work. They want the big cookie.

Tell them Leaving God aside , will you worship something that has no power over your loss or gain ? But God is all hearing and all knowing .

Say ( O dear Prophet Mohammed peace and blessings be upon him ) , What ! You worship , other than Allah , that which is neither the controller of your losses nor of your benefits ?

Say ' Do you serve , apart from God , that which cannot hurt or profit you ? God is the All hearing , the All knowing . '

Say thou worship ye , beside Allah , that which availeth you not for hurt nor for profit ! whereas Allah ! He is the Hearer , the Knower .

Say ( O Muhammad SAW to mankind ) How do you worship besides Allah something which has no power either to harm or to benefit you ? But it is Allah Who is the All Hearer , All Knower .

Say , Do you worship , besides God , what has no power to harm or benefit you ? But God He is the Hearer , the Knower .

Say ' Do you serve , beside Allah , that which has no power either to harm or benefit you , whereas Allah alone is All Hearing , All Knowing ? '

Say Serve ye in place of Allah that which possesseth for you neither hurt nor use ? Allah it is Who is the Hearer , the Knower .

Say , Do you worship , besides Allah , what has no power to bring you any benefit or harm , while Allah He is the All hearing , the All knowing ? !

Say ' Will you worship instead of Allah that which owns neither harm , nor benefit for you ? Allah is the Hearer , Knower '

Say , Do you worship besides Allah that which holds for you no power of harm or benefit while it is Allah who is the Hearing , the Knowing ?

( Muhammad ) , say to them , Do you worship things besides God which can neither harm or benefit you ? It is only God who is All hearing and All knowing .

Say Do you serve besides Allah that which does not control for you any harm , or any profit ? And Allah He is the Hearing , the Knowing .

Say , Do you worship something other than God , that has no power to do you harm or good ? God alone is the All Hearing and All Knowing .

Say Will ye worship , besides Allah , something which hath no power either to harm or benefit you ? But Allah , He it is that heareth and knoweth all things .

I met Mandela at the Arusha peace talks, and so on and so on and so on while I was building the case to prove whether this idea would make sense.

Given that females bear the physical burden of offspring, an unobtrusive appearance is more advantageous and thus more common in nature.

The results showed that mediation was more useful than the regular procedures in helping to finalise divorce and to resolve conflicts about access to children.

That day you will have no power to profit or harm each other and We shall say to the sinners Taste the punishment of Fire which you had denied .

So this day you will not have the power to benefit or hurt one another and We shall say to the unjust , Taste the punishment of the fire which you used to deny !

' Therefore today none of you shall have power to profit or hurt another . ' And We shall say to the evildoers , ' Taste the chastisement of the Fire , which you cried lies to ! '

To day ye own not for one another either benefit or hurt . And We shall say Unto those who did wrong taste the torment of the Fire which ye were wont to belie .

So Today ( i.e. the Day of Resurrection ) , none of you can profit or harm one another . And We shall say to those who did wrong i.e. worshipped others ( like angels , jinns , prophets , saints , righteous persons , etc . ) along with Allah Taste the torment of the Fire which you used to belie .

Today , none of you has the power to profit or harm the other . And We will say to those who did wrong , Taste the agony of the Fire which you used to deny .

Today none of you has the power to benefit or harm another and We shall say to the evil doers Taste now the chastisement of the Fire which you used to deny , calling it a lie .

That day ye will possess no use nor hurt one for another . And We shall say unto those who did wrong Taste the doom of the Fire which ye used to deny .

Today you have no power to benefit or harm one another , and We shall say to those who did wrong , Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to deny .

Therefore , today none of you shall have the power to either benefit or harm one another ' To the evildoers We shall say ' Taste the punishment of the Fire , which you belied '

But today you do not hold for one another the power of benefit or harm , and We will say to those who wronged , Taste the punishment of the Fire , which you used to deny .

None of them can help or harm each other on this day . We shall tell the unjust ones , Suffer the torment of the fire which you had called a lie .

So on that day one of you shall not control profit or harm for another , and We will say to those who were unjust Taste the chastisement of the fire which you called a lie .

Today you possess no power to benefit or harm one another . We shall say to the wrongdoers , Suffer the punishment of the Fire that you persistently denied .

So on that Day no power shall they have over each other , for profit or harm and We shall say to the wrong doers , Taste ye the Penalty of the Fire , the which ye were wont to deny !

It was therefore imperative to adopt additional measures to enhance efficiency and it would be particularly useful to conduct regular policy reviews on the basis of the experience acquired.

Yet, so far, the threat has not worked. To understand why, we can appeal to game theory, which provides economists and others a powerful framework with which to explain the dynamics of both simple and complex interactions.

Did they not see that it did not give them any answer , nor had it power to do them harm or bring them gain ?

So do they not see that it does not answer to any of their speech ? And has no power to cause them any harm or benefit ?

What ? Did they not see that thing returned no speech unto them , neither had any power to hurt or profit them ?

Observed they not that it returned not unto them a word , and owned not for them hurt or profit ?

Did they not see that it could not return them a word ( for answer ) , and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good ?