Failure to adapt amounts to regression.

Unfortunately, that does not measure up to economic reality.

But the fall of Bo and his family hardly rises to the level of Shakespearean tragedy.

Nigeria's commitment to nuclear non proliferation has never been in doubt.

The representative of Pakistan stated that he supported the Chinese proposal because the action of the organization amounted to a breach of security and violation of the rules and procedures of the United Nations and the host country.

Indeed, its leaders willful ignorance of the lessons of the past is criminal.

A functional and unimpeachable juridical system is key.

But it is certain that he has recognized the ethical dimension of the current economic crisis It amounts to one of values do we assign a value only to wealth or the work which creates it?

The reasoning behind the tests seemed unimpeachable.

But supporting that smallholder in launching a farming business that could generate a five fold increase in income amounts to poverty eradication.

Unexceptionable principles, one might say.

His political opponents quickly observed that this amounted to an admission that the first stimulus had failed.

In no sense do these people amount to a mass movement.

After all, Obama should have to live up to his Nobel Prize as a multilateralist!

This would amount to using governments fiscal resources to facilitate a Greek restructuring.

The current draft is not yet unequivocally clear on this point.

Meanwhile, existing and newly created jobs provide less of an earnings upside.

Sometimes this approach works, and sometimes it does not but it always amounts to playing with fire.

Indeed, the proposal amounted to a rupture with the near universal agreement that small depositors should be considered sacrosanct.

That will not be easy in fact, it could amount to trying to square a circle.

The World Bank s designation as a bank understates its importance and its multifaceted roles.

While many may see that there is nothing wrong with this description, it is simplistic and doesn t capture what is happening on the ground.

Egypt's commitment to the establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East is unquestionable.

And we need to do so quickly if the EU is to deliver on its citizens expectations.

She has to prove beyond reasonable doubt that her husband has committed the crime.

The Conservatives pledge to start cutting the deficit immediately amounts to only a 1 reduction in the coming year.

It is healthy when the West is asked to live up to its own self image as the bastion of reason and human liberty.

The interconnectedness of development and security is beyond question, and the two issues must therefore be treated in an equitable and balanced manner.

This is monetary policy on steroids, and, to opponents of inflation inducing money creation, it amounts to playing with fire.

Still, it is easier to find exciting anecdotes than it is to show how they scale up to revitalizing an entire economy.

Putin chose Medvedev carefully, and not only for his unquestionable loyalty, vitally important as that is.

While some Democrats remain bitter, there is little serious questioning of the legitimacy of Bush s victory.

5.5 The petitioners further contend that the racial discrimination suffered by them amounts to degrading treatment proscribed in article 12 of the Constitution.

Publishing articles on the Internet can amount to committing an offense, and radical views may result in imprisonment.

Ultimately, limiting the ECB to its conventional tool kit amounts to accepting the risk of a eurozone collapse.

According to the bonds collective action clause (CAC), this would not amount to a default if 75 of bondholders accepted the change of venue.

His celebrated course on the theory is epoch making, and it may be asserted that he was the first to place it on a firm and unquestionable foundation.

I am aware that Judge Goldstone, a dedicated and unimpeachable human rights lawyer and advocate, shared similar concerns when he was initially approached.

Does all of this amount to a serious threat to the benefits of globalization? The cautious answer would be that it is too early to say.

Much of the Arab world understandably views the invasion of Iraq as the cornerstone of the real US strategy for securing stable energy supplies.

Although the importance of eliminating discrimination against women had been enshrined in national law in 1946, the concept dated back further.

But will Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao live up to that standard, as conveyed in the Analects of Confucius, on his current visit to India?

Such a practical, effective EU may not reach the lofty rhetorical aspirations beloved by politicians, but it will not be moribund.

To be sure, there is no global threat on the scale of the former Soviet Union, but there are dangerous challenges emanating from such countries as Iran and North Korea.

Prohibiting the Chinese authorities from buying US debt would, of course, be tantamount to imposing capital controls, thereby breaking China s monopoly on such instruments.