The principle of proportion would require that American intervention be no greater than the intervention by other outside powers in the local conflict.
EU's institutions: not preachy like the Swedes, not difficult like the Danes, not over-ambitious like the Austrians, merely modest and purposeful, matching a sense of principle with a sense of proportion.
"The government will carry out a review of the state pension age every five years, based around the principle that people should maintain a specific proportion of adult life receiving the state pension, " said the White Paper.