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They were like a young boy with a hammer who thinks that every problem resembles a nail.
BERLIN - This December, world leaders will meet in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where they will hammer out a comprehensive agreement to reduce carbon emissions and stem global warming.
In July, the world's governments will meet in Addis Ababa to hammer out a new framework for global finance.
The outcome of the G-7's meeting augurs well for a strong global agreement on climate change when all 193 UN member states meet in Paris in December to hammer out a truly global climate agreement.
NATO is no longer just a hammer; it is an entire toolbox of security options.
We took an important step in early December in Poznan, Poland, where climate ministers and experts met to hammer out a work plan toward the future.
True, if one has a hammer, all problems look like nails.
The real trouble begins when one thinks that the hammer might be the right solution for headaches, too.
If all you have to work with is a hammer, as the saying goes, every problem looks like a nail.
There is no doubt that Japan's massive 1992 financial crisis was a hammer blow, from which it has yet to recover, and the parallels with the US and Europe today are worrisome.
At this point, President Jimmy Carter - who initially opposed the process - invited both sides to Camp David to hammer out a peace treaty.
Ambassadors in New York are now working day and night to hammer out the details of the current reform proposals.
An early strong critic of Wade, Talla Sylla, had his face beaten with a hammer.
Instead, all the major parties are represented in the government, and are consequently obliged to hammer out compromises.
Symbols range from the open palm of the ruling Indian National Congress to the lotus of the Bharatiya Janata Party and variants of the hammer and sickle for India's profusion of Communist parties.
Conservatives will hammer away on the economy, as they did in 1992, the last time that they won an election outright.
But it is vital that, amid all the make-believe, there are still those who hammer home the simple truth that, no matter how much people wish for it, a country cannot decide simply to stop the world and get off.
LONDON - This December, world leaders will gather in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where they will attempt - yet again - to hammer out a global agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.