Failure to act would mean losing an opportunity to act promptly, effectively and impressively in the response to terrorism.

In 1971, its eastern territory was lost when that territory became Bangladesh, a trauma that seems to have been impressively absorbed.

The number of tourists has grown impressively over the past three decades, reaching 760 million in 2004 compared to about 160 million in 1970.

To advance a vision of larger freedom, the United Nations and its Member States must strengthen the normative framework that has been so impressively advanced over the last six decades.

Given such systemic debasement of merit, few Chinese citizens believe that they are governed by the best and the brightest. But astonishingly, the myth of a Chinese meritocracy remains very much alive among Westerners who have encountered impressively credentialed officials like Bo.

Of course, the European Union need not fear the rise of a Greek Hitler, not only because it could easily crush such a regime, but also and more important because Greece s democracy has proved impressively mature throughout the crisis. But there is something that the EU should fear destitution within its borders and the pernicious consequences for the continent s politics and society.

Those looking for ways to reduce the risks of inadequate growth agree that, of all possible solutions, increased business investment can make the biggest difference. And many medium size and large companies, having recovered impressively from the huge shock of the 2008 global financial crisis and subsequent recession, now have the wherewithal to invest in new plants, equipment, and hiring.

Mexico s institutions withstood just barely the onslaught of a virtually insurrectional left wing opposition, bent in vain on stopping Calderón s inauguration, and of a resentful Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), increasingly dedicated to allowing Calderón to take office, and then fail miserably. Calderón impressively overcame apparently insurmountable obstacles on the way to the presidency, yet the struggle to govern and transform Mexico has just begun.