Looking to the future, it becomes readily apparent that complexity, competing interests and scarce resources remain the greatest obstacles to progress on the global agenda in the absence of greater leadership and global stewardship.
These and other states have been trading for decades in the absence of global controls on the flow of arms and ammunition across borders.
But Gatland says no-one should be fooled by the absence of global stars such as Victor Matfield, Schalk Burger and Bryan Habana from the visitors' line-up.
The absence of global supply is holding companies back.
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More than one university professor has told me that he or she would like to speak publicly about the absence of a global warming crisis but either fears or has explicitly been warned that doing so will jeopardize university funding and, thus, their jobs.
There is still no means to maintaining global transportation and globalisation in the absence of cheap oil, and the time limit for this gargantuan and conceptual change is perhaps a decade.
However the paper concluded that, "in the absence of volcanic eruptions, global temperature is predicted to continue to rise, with each year from 2013 onwards having a 50 % chance of exceeding the current observed record".
But the absence of direct links marginalises Taiwan from global supply chains.
Indeed, I know of no basis other perhaps than wishful thinking for positing a connection between the presence or absence of U.S. testing and global proliferation.
Indeed, I know of no basis -- other perhaps than wishful thinking -- for positing a connection between the presence or absence of U.S. testing and global proliferation.
The resulting confusion has given wiggle room to those who forgetting the old observation that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence would rather not believe that global warming is happening at all.
However, Global Times says "a breakthrough is unlikely" since the absence of key Burmese military leaders at the talks yesterday have "overshadowed" the peace process.
Emirates has also thrived by entering markets in the rest of the Middle East, Africa, South-East Asia, India and Latin America that had hitherto been poorly connected to the global air-transport network because of over-regulation, the absence of a strong local flag carrier and the indifference of established airlines.
For a rapid acceleration in the absence of a war premium, the industrial commodity likely needs global economic fortunes improve, he said.
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Their absence is said to contribute more carbon emissions each year than the global transport sector.
Second, in the absence of an overarching plan to diminish America's contribution to global warming, individual steps such as this one, or the administration's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, begin to seem arbitrary and ineffectual.
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Moreover, a paradox has emerged in our networked world where knowledge is ubiquitous and change is rapid, but the absence of a common vision and agenda ensures that the status quo will be maintained with respect to major global challenges.
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