Central America's leaders had made strides towards free trade, regional co-operation and common institutions.
Now, as is clear from Thursday night's summit statement, these common institutions are to oversee a selective "fiscal compact".
The question is whether together, we can muster the will -- in our own lives, in our common institutions, in our politics -- to bring about the changes we need.
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Even the more modest goal of a free-trade area, if it is to be a credible one, means that they can no longer shirk agreement on a few common laws (on matters such as competition policy) and some minimal common institutions, including a permanent tribunal to settle trade disputes.
Such methods are common at nonprofit institutions, but Equity has used them to make money.
This attitude and perspective may be common in international institutions and in Europe or other parts of the world.
It is common for elite institutions to place a number of students on their lists even when they have virtually no chance of being seriously considered for admission, Mr. Dick said.
However, in common with other youth institutions, the report concluded it was having difficulty keeping young people safe.
Both are a threat to the traditional banks and lending institutions that common citizens feel have betrayed them.
Successful informal institutions, she found, have certain features in common, which sets them apart from institutions that fail.
Job cuts have been a common thread among many financial institutions this quarter.
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Because social responsibility is built into their brand name and business model, they avoided the common negative perception of financial institutions, Fombrun says.
Across the Atlantic, the outspoken Mervyn King, governor of the bank of England, also warns regularly that another 2008 systemic threat is very real, especially as there is no common regulatory oversight of financial institutions across national borders.
You play an important role in the global institutions that protect our common security and promote our common prosperity.
Like supervisory guidance, these reviews help increase the safety and soundness of individual institutions but they may also identify common weaknesses and risks that may have implications for broader systemic stability.
Christine Lagarde, the French minister of the economy, also said the most important thing was to agree on common principles, such as not letting major financial institutions collapse.
Rather, their task is to determine the risks imposed on the system as a whole if common exposures significantly increase the correlation of returns across institutions.
What kind of institutions we share, what kind of heritage we have in common.
In 1975, fifteen private colleges created a common first-year application form for use by any of its member institutions.
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But the Hungarian government insisted on Tuesday that "we have no dispute with EU institutions with regard to either the basic principles, or the importance of common European values and achievements".
Clearly, it would be far easier for Mr. Bush to go with the flow, earning the kudos of the chattering classes at home and abroad by allowing agreements reflecting the lowest common denominator of scores of nations to become part of the growing body of supranational institutions and legal structures.
In particular, they will work to secure reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and Structural and Cohesion Funds and to ensure that the EU policies and institutions meet the concerns of our citizens.
The Presidents took note, with satisfaction, of the launching, under the Memorandum of Understanding to Advance the Cooperation on Biofuels, of the Partnership for the Development of Biofuels for Aviation, which provides for coordination in establishing common standards and specifications, and strives to facilitate bilateral cooperation by convening experts from research institutions, academia, and the private sector.
We have joined with others to develop an architecture of institutions -- from the United Nations to NATO to the World Bank -- that provide for the common security and prosperity of human beings.
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