The US media, much of which has an open bias towards Israel, went to work on Saudi Arabia.
Indeed, Obama's open hostility towards Netanyahu has probably been a significant factor in shoring up the public's approval of his performance in office.
Last summer France displayed open hostility towards Israel in its representation of the Lebanese government in which Hizbullah was then a member at the UN ceasefire talks.
It is part of a broader push towards open practices in the life sciences.
The success of PLoS, and the political shift towards open access, is encouraging other new ventures, too.
It is directly comparable with the current drive, particularly within the scientific community, towards open data and data-sharing.
Unfortunately, the movement towards open source GE is a slow starter.
But it could also be that the move towards open mobile presents new opportunities for Chinese companies to exert the control over innovation they crave.
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Despite huge strides towards open markets over the past 50 years, big swathes of the world economy, such as agriculture, textiles and shipping, remain highly protected.
In Saudi Arabia, there has been a positive and steady response towards Open Access among the different stakeholders in the community by academia, researchers and librarians.
Although the Arab world's revolutionaries in general, and the Islamists in particular, are unlikely to hail the West as a model, they seem to be moving towards open political and economic systems.
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To use an apt football analogy, just a month ago George Allen was in the open field gliding towards the end zone with the ball under his arm and a smile on his face.
In 2007, a study conducted by Jawhraa Abdul Rahaman, to explore the contentment of academics in universities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia towards open Access publishing - 63.4% of the total participants in the study showed their desire to have their scientific publications available for free access on the Internet in future, compared with 22.4% reported that they do not support the idea.
Higher education has become more internationalized and has been moving towards increased open sharing of educational resources.
Of course any progress towards more open and free trade is a net good for the world.
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Our numbers tripled in 2008, causing us to depart from open registration and move towards a qualification system.
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Much depends on the wind, which could push the oil out towards the open sea or in the other direction.
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My hats off to the Royal Society for this latest step in their program towards a more open distribution of scientific papers.
Asked if the window for such military action was "almost shut", he said, "the window is still open to try to work towards a diplomatic solution".
We welcomed positive steps being taken in Myanmar that could facilitate national reconciliation, and encouraged further progress towards a democratic and open political and economic system.
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Last week, Kennard rejected a recommendation from the FCC's Local and State Government Advisory Committee to begin an inquiry into complaints about cable companies with an eye towards forcing them to open up their networks.
Meanwhile all parties continue negotiating the measured path towards the nirvana of truly open all-product trade.
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For many individual economies, particularly open and indebted ones, that points towards earlier austerity.
Providing users with the ability to specify alternatives to the default built-in apps would go a considerable way towards making iOS a more open platform.
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Formed by storm tides as early as the 10th Century, the Wadden Sea is responsible for the distinctive formations of its many islands, characterised by high sand dunes and lush, wide beaches on the open sea side and a shallow coast towards the mainland.
The clay court season now looks towards the start of the Madrid Open on Monday, which has caused controversy over its use of blue clay for the first time.
They will work with other nations towards promoting marine protected zones in the open ocean, including the Arctic.
He seemed to be quite cowed, and turning tail, went back towards the stables, which fortunately were open.
He was offered a double shift for double pay, and jumped at the chance of earning some money towards the greengrocer's shop he wants to open.
The loan scheme will be open to buyers who have saved 5% of the deposit towards a property, giving them another 15% of the cost as an interest free loan.
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