From the heights of Kahlenberg, the view takes in all of Vienna to the south, and stretches as far as Slovakia to the east.
But in a book about the delusions of capitalism Mr Gray must sometimes descend from the heights of political philosophy to say bad things about economics.
From the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro to the depths of revealing sexual abuses as a child, the 2012 season has indeed been a spiritual and cathartic year for R.
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Desperate to straddle the alleged middle ground between free markets and economic activity managed from the Commanding Heights, the authors make a muddle of a non-argument underlaid by a contradiction: government and business must team together to bring back manufacturing.
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Notwithstanding any demilitarization arrangement, it would be far easier for Syrian forces in a war to remilitarize the Golan from the plateau behind the Heights than for Israel to return from below.
At the same time, opponents of appeasement - those who had warned of the dangers of the Oslo process and had spoken out against the withdrawal from Lebanon and a potential withdrawal from the Golan Heights and Gaza - were not congratulated for their wisdom.
Keynesians once again believe that growth is as simple as Washington taxing or borrowing away resources from the private sector so that it can be spent from the Commanding Heights.
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Although the basic framework of any deal is clear a more-or-less total Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights in exchange for security guarantees covering both Syria and Lebanon the details will be diabolical.
Large numbers of Israelis, opposed to withdrawal from the Golan Heights , demonstrated in Tel Aviv.
This is where theoretical research from the lofty heights of the academy meets the contentious real world.
Israel has not announced the extent to which it is willing to withdraw from the Golan Heights.
Although the recent recession brought house prices down slightly, it was from the stratospheric heights reached in 2007 and 2008.
Indeed, from the heady heights of Davos, this trade round's preoccupation with farming the oldest of old-economy businesses looks absurd.
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Last week he was reported to have pledged allegiance to a new ginger group formed to fight against withdrawal from the Golan Heights.
He will not hesitate to lead a nationwide movement against withdrawal from the Golan Heights if he feels that that is the political thing to do.
The downside of a speech that lavishes praise on Israel is that it may worsen Obama's image in the Arab world, where it has crashed from the dizzy heights of 2009.
In Tel Aviv, tens of thousands of Israelis have been taking part in a demonstration to protest against any withdrawal from the Golan Heights under any future peace deal with Syria.
This is the last stand of 20th-century statism, the idea that free-market economies are inherently unstable and thus must be guided or even dominated from the commanding heights of a powerful government.
Looking at 2, 250 individuals from the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project, researchers found a 40 percent lower risk among those who stuck to this diet, scientists reported in the Annals of Neurology in 2006.
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Hillary's final glance back was of Memorial Bridge and Lincoln's marbled temple from the Arlington Heights, after which they drove through the Virginia countryside, past Middleburg, Warrenton, Culpeper, and into the Shenandoah Mountains, then down to Charlottesville.
As part of its search for a "comprehensive" peace, Israel is negotiating an agreement with Syria that is expected to entail Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights and possibly, over time, the complete return of the Heights to Syria.
He thinks Labour's presence will soothe international worries about his hardline pronouncements (he has said there will be no Palestinian state for now, no withdrawal from the Golan Heights, and no partition of Jerusalem) and especially about his alliance with Avigdor Lieberman's extreme nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party.
The Israeli military, meanwhile, said its troops came under fire Sunday in the Golan Heights from the Syrian side -- and soldiers returned fire.
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But in the Six Day War of 1967, Israel emerged victorious and captured the Golan Heights from Syria, the West Bank from Jordan and the Gaza Strip from Egypt.
Faisal al Yafai writes in the UK's Guardian that Israel's illegal annexation of the Heights from Syria is a thorny issue to resolve and remains the main sticking point between the two countries.
Israel captured Ghajar, along with the Golan Heights, from Syria in the 1967 Six Day war.
Unless the system is changed, tax revenues from the financial system may never reclaim the heights they reached earlier this decade.
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And this, you know, it was proposed five years ago and Israel reacted very coldly to it publicly at the time, especially since it includes, Steve, not only a call for a full withdrawal from the occupied West Bank and the Golan Heights, but also calls for a right of return and what some Arabs call a just solution for all Palestinian refugees.
Some surfers are worried the wave devices could take energy from the waves and reduce wave heights by up to 10%, putting the surfing industry in Cornwall at risk.
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Seen from the 2, 333m heights of Moosfluh, over Bettmeralp, the ice snakes like the number 3.
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