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This aristocratic tradition of standing above the narrow strains of ethnic nationalism may be the best argument to hang on to royalty a little longer.
Brainwashed Iraqi forces, and a regime complicit at every level in Saddam's crimes, would be fighting not to hang on to a conquest (as in the Gulf War of 1991) but to defend their homeland.
This is partly because national governments, rather than building on currency unification to turn the eurozone into an economic powerhouse, tried to hang onto their remaining power.
Mexico's own skillful success at rebuilding OPEC (boosting the value of its oil exports) contributed to good performance as did the determination to hang on to and even widen the reforms of Mr. Zedilla's predecessor, President Salinas.
The five nuclear powers continue to hang on to their weapons, giving mere lip service to their elimination.
Lenin once said that capitalists were so cynical that they would sell the Soviets the rope with which they would hang them.
The ghosts of this history still hang over in East Asia, with each country struggling to find ways to deal with the past.
Today, he runs Dragon TV, Shanghai's leading station, and advertisements featuring him hang from the city's skyscrapers.
The Jews managed to hang on to theirs for almost 2,000 years.
Cosmopolitan influentials, Merton said, tended to hang their success on their general knowledge, whereas locals relied on their friendships and connections.
But, partly because several African countries have escaped the hang-over from the global credit crisis, more investors are focusing on business opportunities there.
Needless to say, there are no such hang-ups in many of the high-growth economies of Asia.
In that sense, if in no other, all citizens of China hang together.
So Clinton, despite her so far lackluster campaign, and despite a popular perception of inauthenticity, even outright shiftiness, will probably hang on to her party and scrape through in the end.
Hang Seav Heang, 28, described the defendant as a gentle man, a good father.
Should Chairman Mao's huge portrait still hang above the front gate of Tiananmen Square?
Chen's record suggests he will hang on to his failed presidency.
Even if Bashir's fellow heads of state succeed in their effort to persuade the United Nations Security Council to defer prosecution - which is highly unlikely - the charges will continue to hang over Bashir's head unless and until he stands trial.
When Russia defaulted in August 1998, and investors began to bolt emerging markets, the U.S. and IMF decided to loan Brazil the proverbial rope to hang itself.
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.
When things get tough in politics, as will happen in most of the world as we struggle with the impact of the global recession, every sensible government will try to hang on to the benefit of doubt.