But while the American and European allegiance to the fable of Fatah as the anchor of the two-state solution accounts for the indifference of both to Shabaneh's disclosures, what accounts for the Netanyahu government's behavior in this matter?
In principle, most democratic nations have constitutions that bind the behavior of government officials.
But I am focused on -- I mean, we are focused on working with our partners internationally to take steps that will persuade or compel the Libyan government to change its behavior.
But a lesson of the past century is that government can influence the behavior of big corporations, by requiring transparency about their performance and costs, and by enacting rules and limitations to protect the ordinary citizen.
" As American Eugene Davis, managing director of local merchant bank Finansa, says: "Right now the Democrats are trying to stand for ethical behavior in government, but they don't have a comprehensive plan or an overriding governing philosophy.
What kind of affect will this kind of behavior by the government have on investors?
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But there is a backstory here that points strongly in the direction of pressing Netanyahu either to change his behavior or his government.
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If his papers become public just because the government regulates the activity, how does one limit the intrusiveness of government investigators into our private behavior?
That is exactly the kind of thinking and behavior the Japanese government and central bank intended to create by vowing to defeat deflation and reignite the economy through broad-based asset purchases known as quantitative easing.
The law, first passed by Congress in a wave of post-Watergate reforms in 1978, allows a three-judge federal court panel to appoint special counsels to investigate allegations of possible criminal behavior by top government officials.
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Politicians since at least the Johnson administration have engaged in the technique, and while its etymological origins may be in dispute, the term has since entered wide use, referring to a form of moral suasion, usually by government officials attempting to alter behavior or influence markets.
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The tax code is mind-numbingly complex, as dedicated to manipulating individual behavior as to raising government funds.
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The soda ban is no different, except that the source of behavior modification is the government rather than industry.
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We will seek a new compact with the Afghan government that cracks down on corrupt behavior, sets clear benchmarks, clear metrics for international assistance.
So if the aim of the administration in attacking Israel is neither to foster peace nor to bring down the Netanyahu government, what can explain its behavior?
More commonly, the government may seek to enjoin this behavior.
Then too, Livni's own behavior towards both the government and the Obama administration tells both the public and the government something very important about her willingness to behave as the loyal opposition.
And I think that they will be discussing different options that we can take -- the United States, the United Kingdom, France, other countries, international partners -- to affect the behavior of the Libyan government.
These include a call for a postponement of the election by 60-90 days, an independent assessment of alleged coercive behavior by the Front government and a tying of Western economic assistance to the correction of any such practices and the holding of a genuinely free and fair election.
The promise of America is that government does not seek to regulate your behavior in the bedroom, but to guarantee your right to provide food in the kitchen.
The climate of uncertainty caused by deadlock in Washington is leading to penny-wise, pound foolish behavior at all levels of government, and Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) felt the pain severely in the third quarter.
In a written response included in the report, the IRS commissioner of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division said there was no criminal behavior behind the actions of the agents, but rather inefficient management.
The industry shares a database to help identify illegal behavior, not only to help the government stop criminals but also to mitigate fraud losses, which run into billions.
This surprising change in behavior is due to the proliferation of government programs that dispense licenses to villages, enabling locals, or paying hunters, to cull an allotted number of elephants each year.
And he did say that he wanted to make sure that even as we call for responsible behavior, more responsible behavior in the black community, the government continues to do its job, and again, he got more applause.
Public choice theory explains the incentives and behavior of the tens of thousands of government employees who work in the bowels of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Treasury, Office of Management and Budget, Economics and Statistics Administration, and countless other agencies who generate and massage spreadsheets day in and day out.
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In order to get things done, she needed to influence the behavior of thousands of civil servants in her sprawling government bureaucracy.
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There has to be some understanding that these are profits created by government guarantees and government intervention rather than created by the normal risk-taking behavior of capitalist firms.
For nearly 120 years, the Sherman Antitrust Act has been the main vehicle through which the government and private parties have regulated the so-called anticompetitive behavior of corporate America.
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