The Terrorist Temptation

The Authoritarian Temptation

Recent volatility reinforces this temptation.

It is tempting to ask whether letting the exchange rate simply go might not have been a better answer.

I'm tempted to just stay home.

He understands the temptation of evil, the lure of forgetfulness.

So the temptation to borrow is high.

One might be tempted to say So what?

The temptation to cut long term investment in economic hard times stalks the private sphere as well.

This temptation needs to be removed before the tempted yield to it.

On the American side, the temptation is to overplay its sole superpower role by acting unilaterally. But this is loneliness disguised as leadership and is not in America s interest.

But they will be tempted to use the current hard times as a reason for backtracking.

On the American side, the temptation is to overplay its sole superpower role by acting unilaterally.

And mobile apps that allow you to modify your looks only intensify the temptation of obtaining that desirable beauty.

It's tempting to laugh at the absurdity of making an enemy out of Kim Kardashian and Instagram.

All who were tempted to disobey were certain to be taken care of by the secret police.

The Kenyan authorities, eager to please the US, were tempted to hand over Kenyan citizens on the slightest encouragement.

Of course, it might be argued that if Greece gets away with an involuntary restructuring, others would be tempted to try it as well.

Regardless of who wins the elections, there will be temptations to tinker with the constitutional text.

The temptation to soften these blows by printing money as elections roll around will only worsen the financial situation.

A temptation arises to get into the market, even among people who are fundamentally doubtful that the boom will continue.

Faced with a collapsing economy and approaching elections, the temptation for Morsi to stoke nationalist, anti Israel sentiment will become stronger.

This festively incoherent capital of Dada is a spectacular fusion of freedom and pragmatism. Misery and magnificence, seduction and neurosis create and recreate the dynamic, unmistakable spectrum of New York life.

When so much power is concentrated in one place, it is tempting to stifle criticism about how that power is used.

That only increases the pressure to maintain a foreign military presence, even though it is unlikely to bring peace to Afghanistan.

Misery and magnificence, seduction and neurosis create and recreate the dynamic, unmistakable spectrum of New York life.

a The basis for stability in the Asian societies is a seduction of powerful opponents plus a destruction of weak ones.

The danger is that officials will be tempted to use it to solve other problems, which will destroy its usefulness as a stabilising mechanism.

But the cause of nuclear non proliferation is now in deep trouble, as countries are once again tempted to acquire the means of oblivion.

The result is a growing temptation to react by moving further right, even though elections are usually won in the center.

Pressures will be formidable to buy where prices are low and sell, or at least not to buy, where prices are high.

Because the federal government disburses fiscal allocations to Malaysia s 13 states, the government will be tempted to squeeze opposition held states.

The political temptation is always there to resort to inappropriate monetary expansions that bring temporary relief at the expense of harming longer term growth.

Suggestions include WomenShoufoush, a play of words which in Moroccan Arabic alludes to seduction but can also be interpreted as a call to find a solution to a problem.

This principle is even more important in Iraq, where the Shia majority faces the constant temptation to punish Sunnis for years of repression under Saddam Hussein.

NEWPORT BEACH As we all struggle to comprehend the economic and financial impact of Japan s calamity, it is tempting to seek historical analogies for guidance.

If Iran develops its nuclear weapons, countries such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt would be tempted to purchase or develop nuclear weapons of their own.

In Japan, the isolationist temptation is expressed in the current nostalgia for the Edo period, from 1600 to 1868, before Emperor Meiji opened Japan to the world.

Europe's politicians will be tempted to simply jack up the fiscal deficit to boost domestic incomes rather than undergo politically painful but necessary rationalization.

The first temptation, characteristic of frightened societies, is a rush to embrace so called traditional values, with their implications of withdrawal, closure, intolerance, and even hatred.

Most dangerous of all, a struggling China could be tempted to turn to foreign adventurism to placate a public frustrated by slower economic growth and an absence of political freedom.

As unemployment remains stubbornly high and incomes stagnate in much of the eurozone, the temptation to blame the Germans is becoming ever stronger.

It might also transfer nuclear related material, technology, or weapons to allies (Hugo Chávez s Venezuela, for example) or radical organizations such as Hezbollah and Hamas. And, rather than promoting caution and stability in the region, Iran or Israel could be tempted to strike first in a crisis.

However, if EU countries start competing for a share of the Chinese market, the Russians could soon be tempted to sell their best arms to the communist regime in Beijing.

And, rather than promoting caution and stability in the region, Iran or Israel could be tempted to strike first in a crisis.