The military regimes that preceded them derived their strength from their soldiers.

Soviet authorities relied on an idiosyncratic definition of schizophrenia, introduced by a professor of psychiatry (A.V. Snezhnevsky) in Moscow.

Western expectations of postcommunist Russia s trajectory rested on three assumptions that proved to be mistaken. First, most of Russia s elite rejected the view that the loss of empire was irreversible.

Under a monarchy that led the country from 1951 1969, King Idris s relatives and inner circle ran roughshod over fledgling state institutions.

Rulers relied on loyal tribes and narrow cliques to prop up their regimes.

Western expectations of postcommunist Russia s trajectory rested on three assumptions that proved to be mistaken.

Soviet authorities relied on an idiosyncratic definition of schizophrenia, introduced by a professor of psychiatry (A.V. Snezhnevsky) in Moscow.

The Economist snidely referred to the results in quotation marks. Most quoted the OSCE's finding that the elections were riddled with serious shortcomings.

Most quoted the OSCE's finding that the elections were riddled with serious shortcomings.

So they relied on a time tested political tactic hide the bad news behind a feel good message.

Most of the previous amendments relied on agreements between governing and opposition parties, and were not put to a popular vote.

In the 1950 s, Japanese ministers and industrialists sometimes relied on nationalist elements of Yakuza groups to quash unions and socialists.

The great breakthroughs of 1953 rested on the strength of experimental physics at Cambridge, beginning in the late 19th century.

With the campaign already underway, no one should expect the main protagonists to depart significantly in the weeks ahead from the themes that they have already espoused.

After all, Pushkin and Gogol originally grew out of German and French models, although their sheer originality left the mimicry far behind. But Russia is simply not as good at copying practical things like laws and economic models as it is at transforming cultural impulses into works of art with a Russian soul.

After all, Pushkin and Gogol originally grew out of German and French models, although their sheer originality left the mimicry far behind.

Participants also relied on citizen science literature available online, which describes similar projects that have faced well known obstacles to those who work with sensors.

My argument rested on my view that the global economy was entering a major recession, and I had the benefit of my quantitative work, with Carmen Reinhart, on the history of financial crises.

Such leaders are using religion for their own highly modern political purposes they use it to organize and mobilize their supporters to commit individual or collective suicide, if need be. In this they are not entirely dissimilar from the totalitarian leaders of fascist movements, who likewise built on popular frustration to pursue an essentially destructive purpose in the name of anti modern beliefs and promises.

In this they are not entirely dissimilar from the totalitarian leaders of fascist movements, who likewise built on popular frustration to pursue an essentially destructive purpose in the name of anti modern beliefs and promises.

So it is no surprise that the countries that have produced steady, long term growth during the last six decades are those that relied on a different strategy promoting diversification into manufactured and other modern goods. By capturing a growing share of world markets for manufactures and other non primary products, these countries increased their domestic employment opportunities in high productivity activities.

So it is no surprise that the countries that have produced steady, long term growth during the last six decades are those that relied on a different strategy promoting diversification into manufactured and other modern goods.

In the past two weeks, Global Voices has leaned heavily on the social media streams of a handful of regular tweeters and bloggers with access to electricity and Internet connections.

Milton Friedman's victory was never as complete as the Keynesians' had been. But by the mid 1980's policymakers throughout the world were assenting to the following propositions