is tering, which, etymologically, refers to the smell of tar.

The nomads also gather resins and gums to supplement their income.

We're paying on time, and we're paying in hard currency.

Argentina and the Soft Underbelly of Hard Money

The principles of economics provide a sound basis on which to make rational choices.

But his command of detail and argument was rock solid.

Indeed, the vast majority of cigarette related diseases and deaths arise from the inhalation of tar particles and toxic gases, including carbon monoxide.

So President Pastrana abandoned the politics of concession in favor of a firm hand.

What explains the prevalence of fixed rate regimes outside the hard currency countries?

What hard power the UN has must be begged and borrowed from the member states.

Democratic countries cannot be asked to risk the blood of their soldiers without the solid backing of their citizens.

So long as they feel threatened, Israelis are likely to choose leaders committed to a military solution to Israel's security problems.

So Israelis turned to a hard line leadership.

My fear is that the will of Ethiopia s people will be stifled by government hard liners.

In 2009, Obama envisioned a settlement of the conflict through the strong commitment of the international community.

Finland, a staunch supporter of firm austerity policies, is in negative territory for the first half of the year.

She doesn t have a solid political base, and won't be a candidate.

It's a tunnel, and you go into the tunnel, chiseled in solid rock, about 130 meters.

They persevered out of a sense of conviction for the importance of their work.

It may not remain so without a firm policy hand at the center.

And he set and attained personal standards of conviction and courage that few will ever match.

Because the dynamics of Argentine debt were so unstable, a hard currency exchange rate peg could not last.

Lets just accept that and move from there to a 21st century agenda of hard money and better economic performance for everyone.

The aim of the July 4 protest was to take a stand against sexual harassment and to demand safe streets for all.

Even with floating rates central banks will need hard currency reserves, and will at times need to use them in currency markets.

That will require more use of the soft power of attraction rather than relying so heavily on hard military power, as the Bush administration has done.

That may be true in the domain of hard military power, but it is not true of soft power resources.

Only by recruiting new blood and reorganizing itself with a solid ideological platform will an LDP comeback be possible.

We must approach the Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to carry on the work of the MDGs, with a clear direction, a sense of purpose, and strong resolve.

This temporary collapse has shaken public confidence and endangered the balance sheets of Ukrainian banks and companies that have hard currency debts.

I m talking 50 80 for a new hardcover and 30 60 for a new softcover.

In the absence of such changes, the global economy may bounce from one crisis to another without a firm hand on the rudder to establish an overall sense of direction.

In the newspaper s words, state of the art factories, high tech weapons, advanced information communications infrastructure are the key components that a country must have for stronger international competitiveness.

South Korea ranked 9th in hard power resources but performed more poorly in terms of soft power.

The Six Party Talks have, at long last, succeeded thanks, apparently, to China s solid opposition to the nuclearization of northeast Asia.

The central bank promised to redeem its own currency on demand by any holders, foreign or domestic, in prescribed amounts of hard currencies.

Meanwhile, with investment in Gazprom s core activity production steadily declining, a crisis is looming, one that requires the stewardship and steady hand of the EU.

Lending to the emerging economies is hardly attractive, either, with even the riskiest economies offering low hard currency yields.

Notwithstanding its many setbacks in recent years, the US remains the only power capable of leading a global strategy that consists in balancing soft and hard power.

But for these hard power ingredients to become true engines of the country s growth and prosperity, they must be backed by more sophisticated and highly efficient soft power.

He has antagonized the world more than any other American president before him, seriously damaging America s soft power by inefficient and excessive use of its hard power.

In response, under the young Emir s firm hand, Al Jazeera delivered a more assertive line of criticism against governments, such as those of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, that other Arab mainstream media would do their best to avoid alienating.

In short, South Korea has the resources to produce soft power, and its soft power is not prisoner to the geographical limitations that have constrained its hard power throughout its history.

That began to change in 2002, when an era of political stability dawned, giving rise to a vision for a stronger Turkey and a firm commitment to realizing that vision.

Notwithstanding its many setbacks in recent years, the US remains the only power capable of leading a global strategy that consists in balancing soft and hard power.