In the past, when my European friends have asked me why the US lags so far behind Europe in matters of animal welfare, I have had no answer.

However, underdevelopment is a different story.

GM crops also have significant economic benefits.

In fact, they can have powerful consequences.

Inevitably, a visit also leaves questions.

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

BEIRUT Report after report from the World Bank, United Nations Development Program, and the Arab League emphasize that the education deficit in the Arab world is among the main causes of its underdevelopment.

Monarchy has an infantilizing effect.

Making a splash matters. So does keeping track of who is up politically and who is down.

But I stress that underdevelopment is the foundation of it all.

Financial crises have two sorts of effects on the real economy.

Fossil fuel subsidies have the opposite effect.

As so many commentators noted, in some sense he simply failed to show up.

For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Political boundaries have a powerful effect on the region s economy and culture.

The problem is that economic globalization has outpaced the globalization of politics and mindsets.

But big negative returns have an unfortunate psychological impact on markets.

Economic institutions can have different effects, depending on their quality.

The charges against him have a powerful stigmatizing effect.

But the election may well have a more positive impact on the region as a whole.

Europe seemed to be falling further and further behind the US.

ATHENS A visit to Greece leaves many vivid impressions.

All of these changes will profoundly affect the future of consumer markets.

Any reason for failure to succeed should be reported on.

And, because the social environment has powerful effects through the brain on the rest of the body, public and private sector policies can have a positive impact on health, providing a top down benefit to brain and body function.

The crisis could have social and the political spillover effects that go well beyond the economic realm.

The result is that the vision of the official Euro Mediterranean Policy (EMP) has lagged far behind its original goals.

Compared to manufacturing, they have much smaller resource and carbon footprints.

The lack of grounds was not rectified during the oral proceedings owing to counsel's failure to appear.

Obviously, issues like reproductive rights and gay marriage have large economic consequences as well.

If the policy were extended to third country firms, it would have a powerful liberalizing impact.

The Greek default has turned out to be the proverbial dog that didn t bark.

In these circumstances, privatization will have profound consequences for China s economy.

The optimal combination of solutions will create the biggest impact for the least money.

External shocks brought about by climate change will directly affect advanced economies.

Lower share prices will now have negative effects on consumer spending and business investment.

Obama s proposals to boost job creation are convincing, whereas Romney s proposals would have little or no effect and some could even make matters worse.

He was standing behind the door.

Beyond Pandemics

and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

Widespread economic distress is never without political consequences.

Spending by China s consumers has lagged behind the Chinese economy s overall rate of growth for many years.