Europe s Paradoxical Parliament

But sometimes it's very paradoxical.

Terrorism cannot tolerate the complex and paradoxical character of modern societies.

The world is acquiring a paradoxical reality in the twenty first century.

It's so queer that physicists resort to one or another paradoxical interpretation of it.

This negation is connected with the complex and paradoxical nature of the concept of modernity.

It seems that the fundamental frustration caused by this complex and paradoxical nature drives terrorists to commit radical actions.

One of these, and it's paradoxical because it's linked to something that's rather nice, is the hope we all have for our careers.

I thought if I skipped it might help my nerves, but I'm actually having a paradoxical reaction to that, so that was a bad idea.

It is not only significant, but paradoxical, that those countries that preach the benefits of free trade most emphatically are those that maintain protectionist barriers and subsidies.

This is the paradoxical result of the policy response to the financial crisis. Macro liquidity is feeding booms and bubbles but market illiquidity will eventually trigger a bust and collapse.

It is paradoxical that the report states in this paragraph that the legislative reforms envisaged in the Linas Marcoussis Agreement have not been adopted, while recognizing in paragraph 8 that

And yet few countries have a more paradoxical relationship than the US and Iran. While the Iranian regime continues to be belligerently anti American, the Iranian people are overtly pro American.

On the other hand, a paradoxical situation is that Constitution prohibits the discrimination against the women on the basis of gender, but does not hinder the discrimination on the basis of marital status.

All three were subsequently vindicated sometimes in their lifetimes, sometimes not. What they shared is a paradoxical ethic common to all intellectuals the end cause of truth justifies whatever means happens to be at your disposal.

It is paradoxical that the same argument used to promote reform that the world is changing and has changed since 1945 is precisely that being used to persuade Member States that nothing should change in the future.

Certainly, Singapore s cadre of talented and experienced officials and ministers is deep. Still, the question is an open one, owing to Lee Kuan Yew s somewhat paradoxical sensitivity to the prominence of his family members in some of the country s most senior posts.

What these paradoxical interpretations have in common is that they abandon realism, the doctrine that a physical world, existing in reality, accounts for all of our experience. Anti realism remains popular and appears in various guises in textbooks and popular accounts of quantum theory.

One result of the deal is the paradoxical sounding familiarity with difference. Because immigrants participate in America s economic and political arenas, Americans are used to different sorts of people and so distinguish those differences that might damage the country from those that will not.

As was the case at that time, Member States could always impose sanctions on an individual basis, and regional organizations, particularly the European Union, could exert pressure on Israel however, the Union was in a paradoxical situation, because it imported numerous products from the settlements.

It is paradoxical that the non nuclear States should be asked to respect non proliferation to the letter whereas they are denied the assurances from the nuclear States which would protect them against the use or the threat of the use of such weapons.

The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED Cannes using colorful new data display technology .

Another way of looking at Africa s paradoxical economic position is to admit that the region s historical marginalization within the international financial system so costly in times of global plenty is proving to be an unexpected benefit when the wealthiest of the world are sick unto death.

Recently, under the aegis of the UN, a referendum on the future of Cyprus was held within the island's Greek and Turkish communities. The outcome was paradoxical, and not to the liking of those who initiated it but the right of the communities to determine their future was accepted.

Perhaps a time bomb has been planted under the thrones of Arab potentates kings, emirs and presidents. While Iraq an attempt to import democracy by force is failing, the paradoxical conditions of an Arab democracy under Israeli occupation may be a threat that Arab rulers have not yet comprehended.

No one can predict whether the SNP might end up in the paradoxical position of joining a coalition with Labour to govern a country that it was campaigning to leave in last September s independence referendum. But the SNP s likely electoral gain is too large to be explained by secessionist sentiment alone.

Opposition to globalization and market forces has often been the preferred way of trying to hang on to an idealized view of what life used to be like. This produces paradoxical results here in France, where despite all the anti globalization rhetoric McDonald s is more popular than anywhere else in Europe.

The key challenges facing the system included constraints on resources, lack of time for presentation and discussion of reports during the Commission non cooperation by some States, and the paradoxical situation that those States that did cooperate were more closely scrutinized than those that refused to issue invitations for visits.

This explanation may seem even more paradoxical than the first, but the logic is straightforward Governments often try to escape the hard task of improving economic efficiency through supply side reforms and rely on demand side fixes instead. So, when confronted with a growth slowdown caused by structural factors, many countries responded by lowering interest rates and stimulating credit.

France is a marvelously paradoxical country, so the search for novelty, if not modernity, could lead to the reinvention of the Fourth Republic, a parliamentary regime characterized by its weaknesses and instability. That will depend in part on whether the perception of Sarkozy as a risky candidate will prove greater than the very real institutional risk represented by Bayrou.

Second, Europeans linguistic skills and cultural knowledge alone ensure that they can make indispensable contributions to US security. The spread of English as the world s language has had a paradoxical effect on American national security, making the United States transparent to people around the world, while making the rest of the world increasingly opaque to Americans.

This may seem paradoxical after all, the word bank is in their job description. But most people currently at the top of our central banks built their careers during the 1980 s and 1990 s, when the threat of inflation was still very real, so this rather than bank regulation and supervision remains a major focus of their intellectual and practical concerns.

Moreover, the EU has a somewhat paradoxical asset at its disposal it is not a Pacific power and does not carry the burden of great power status in Asia. Far from being a weakness, this is precisely the source of the EU s potential strength in Asia, for it provides a degree of diplomatic agility that the American heavyweight cannot muster.

New START builds on a legacy of strategic nuclear arms limitation that goes back to the 1970 s. Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger captured the allure in recent testimony The subject of nuclear arms control grew out of the seemingly paradoxical effort of those who had created the largest and most destructive arsenals to avoid by negotiation the ultimate consequences of their own decisions.

At the same time, Francis s Jesuit background has instilled in him a certain independence and flair for the quirky (like nonchalantly sanctifying John XXIII and John Paul II in one fell swoop). The Society of Jesus whose spirituality is based on a seemingly discordant yet enduring combination of mysticism and realpolitik has forged a paradoxical alliance of fidelity to corporate commands and willingness to give individual talents their due.

One of the paradoxical results of America s almost messianic belief in elections as a panacea for all the ills of the Middle East is that Hamas the winner of democratic elections has gained a degree of legitimacy that it never had before. On the other hand, Hamas s history and current behavior clearly indicate that it regards elections as merely a political tool, and that it is devoid of any commitment to the norms and values underlying democracy.

In a world searching for providential leaders, the case of Ariel Sharon is both symbolic and paradoxical, for this universal man remains one of the most controversial figures of recent decades. He has become a nearly revered figure in his country, and large segments of Western public opinion believe that his political demise represents a potentially fatal blow to any hope of progress in the region, even as he remains hated in large parts of the Arab and Muslim world.