Her attractiveness is not immediately obvious.

Finally, there is the attractiveness of South Korean culture.

The American model lost its attractiveness in the 2000 s.

American Democrats say that President Bush's policies have squandered America's attractiveness.

As American assets have lost their attractiveness, their prices have dropped.

But it is a mistake to dismiss America's declining attractiveness so lightly.

Soft power arises from the attractiveness of a country's culture, ideals, and policies.

They went from attractiveness and happiness and wealth and self control to generosity and forgiveness.

In terms of soft power, despite the attractiveness of traditional Russian culture, Russia has little global presence.

In recent years, both China and India have adopted foreign policies that have increased their attractiveness to others.

The US lost some of its attractiveness for many, and Americans are unpopular in many parts of the world.

But, despite empirical refutation, the ideological attractiveness of monetarism, supported by the supposed authority of rational expectations, proved overwhelming.

American culture is now prominent, and it contributes to America's attractiveness its soft power in many, but not all, areas.

Likewise, the amateur painter does not increase her or his attractiveness much compared to a van Gogh or a Picasso.

But the Soviets attractiveness as liberators was destroyed by the way they later used their hard power against Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

The willingness of others to cooperate depends in part on their own self interest, but also on the attractiveness of American positions.

According to many close observers, America s attractiveness is declining in the region where the allure, or soft power, of others has increased.

According to Mr. Prokopenya, this move will be the best investment of time , despite the investment attractiveness of the Sberbank subsidiary acquisition.

On this bottom board, the degree of close civilian cooperation is also important, which is affected by a country s attractiveness or soft power.

She said that it was the only picture she'd been in, in which she had a measure of modesty... about her own attractiveness.

While America s military power was sufficient to defeat Saddam Hussein s forces quickly, it did so at the expense of its attractiveness in many countries.

The US military s impressive work in providing humanitarian relief after the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 helped restore America s attractiveness, and enhanced its soft power.

Today, however, European science is declining in almost all countries (Sweden, Finland, and Iceland are exceptions), wasting existing talent and losing attractiveness for young people.

Hong Kong's declining attractiveness as a business center helped push down prices of locally produced goods and services relative to the prices of goods sold overseas.

The appeal of US leadership abroad rests in part on the attractiveness of America's political institutions, society, and culture, and its willingness to champion human rights and democracy.

The close bond between Israel and Bush s America can in retrospect be seen as a mixed blessing a special relationship that contributed to the declining attractiveness of both countries.

And, because of the country s comparative lack of soft power social, cultural, and economic attractiveness it stands ready touse the competitive advantages (i.e., its resource wealth) available to it.

Europe has used the attractiveness of its Union to obtain outcomes it wants, just as the US has acted as though its military pre eminence could solve all problems.

A country s soft power rests upon the attractiveness of its culture, the appeal of its domestic political and social values, and the style and substance of its foreign policies.

The impressive job by the American military in providing humanitarian relief after the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and the South Asian earthquake in 2005 helped restore America s attractiveness.

Development projects were funded through grants or cheap loans, and these have probably played at least some part in increasing the attractiveness of the Maghreb and the Mashraq to foreign investors.

Indeed, occupying a divided nation is messy, and it is bound to produce episodes like Abu Ghraib and Haditha, which undercut America s attractiveness not just in Iraq, but around the world.

Its attractiveness does not come from its style or looks, but simply from the state of being free, so it will spread a kind of hippie mentality for the 21st century.

Another reason why she could not be attractive to men was because she lacked that of which Kitty had too much a restrained flame of vitality and consciousness of her own attractiveness.

The world already knows of China s success and its attractiveness as a destination for foreign investment, but few outsiders have seen firsthand the steep price the country is paying for its new prosperity.

The US invasion of Iraq, a country that was not connected to the 9 11 attacks, squandered that good will, and the attractiveness of the US in Muslim countries like Indonesia plummeted from 75 approval in 2000 to half that level today. Indeed, occupying a divided nation is messy, and it is bound to produce episodes like Abu Ghraib and Haditha, which undercut America s attractiveness not just in Iraq, but around the world.

While both policies must be regarded as successes, over the years the family planning program has contributed to an aging population that may diminish China s attractiveness as a low cost, labor intensive manufacturing hub.

There's also certain voter fatigue, as well as the fact that some voters seem to be guided by their ideas of physical attractiveness rather than more practical considerations when choosing the head of their state.

The Iraq War proved costly to American soft power, with the US losing about 30 percentage points of attractiveness on average in Europe, including in countries like Britain, Spain, and Italy, whose governments supported the war.

In December, Malaysia will host an East Asian meeting that deliberately excludes the United States. According to many close observers, America s attractiveness is declining in the region where the allure, or soft power, of others has increased.

The longer the US postpones the day of reckoning, the greater the risk to the dollar s global standing as the world s main reserve currency, and to the attractiveness of US government bonds as the true risk free financial benchmark.

A country s attractiveness or soft power stems partly from its culture and values (where they are attractive to others), but it also grows out of a country s policies when they are seen as legitimate, consultative, and inclusive of the interests of others.

Development projects were funded through grants or cheap loans, and these have probably played at least some part in increasing the attractiveness of the Maghreb and the Mashraq to foreign investors. There was some lowering of agricultural and other tariffs by the EU.

Just as heretofore, she could hold him only by means of her love and attractiveness and just as heretofore, only by occupations by day and morphia by night could she stifle the terrible thought of what would happen if he ceased to love her.

The poor performance of Wall Street and America regulators has cost America a good deal in terms of the soft power of its economic model s attractiveness, but the blow need not be fatal if, in contrast to Japan in the 1990 s, the US manages to absorb the losses and limit the damage.