As Petraeus knows, one of the first principles of counter-insurgency doctrine is that any successful campaign must have a credible local partner.
It is worth mentioning that the first two principles of the Global Compact itself refer to human rights.
Later that month the fcc endorsed the first two principles but forbade the latter two.
All too many times the IMF flouts the first two principles and ignores the last two.
Whatever the issues are that we face, whether we're talking about health care, or education, or energy, all those important things, the application of those first principles, the application of those common sense conservative beliefs will result in a stronger and stronger nation.
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In a previous article, I looked at marketing innovators who are creating engaging brand experiences putting into practice the first of four marketing principles that together build the kind of long-term customer loyalty that has become increasingly hard to achieve.
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But what makes this book worth reading is the fact that the authors have taken as first principles for their Utopia the harsh truths of Darwinian capitalism: individuals and companies act in their self-interest, and markets guide that impulse through prices.
First, they subject the facts and the law to as much scrutiny as any idea can bear before it disintegrates into the dust of first principles.
According to Gingerich, the book published in 1609 was in essence the first ever to introduce physical principles into the study of astronomy.
In 1991, she wrote the first book in Chinese on the principles of American journalism.
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Well, as the first chapter of any Principles Economics course discusses, we must be able to make the distinction between causation or association.
Judge Susan Illston, of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, said the laws, which underlie a tool known as a "national security letter, " violate the First Amendment and the separation of powers principles.
In thinking about the size and scope of government, one must begin with first principles and delineate the legitimate functions of government in a free society.
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This model is unique, says Dr Reisner, in its ability to predict from first principles the rate at which a fire spreads, rather than relying on empirical rules of thumb devised from observation.
The Bill of Rights set out the bedrock principles that ultimately would become the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, including freedom of the press and the right to a "speedy and public" trial.
The power of the Brussels consensus means that the convention on the future of Europe, whose duty it is to rethink the European Union from first principles, is in fact conducting its debate within tight intellectual boundaries.
He points to one of the most time-tested principles in science: the first law of thermodynamics.
Something got lost in the transition after 1913, as the Fed started to pile on ersatz first principles of monetary policy, such as the laugh lines above.
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Their argument, the court said, conflated two basic legal principles, first that the court must approve a settlement for fairness, and second that cy pres awards, must be given to groups that offer a reasonable substitute for the absent plaintiffs.
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The new design not only fully embodies the Metro design principles, it is also the first site from a big tech company to embrace responsive web design.
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The prime minister urges us today to go back to first principles in thinking about what the welfare state is for.
One of the presidential candidates from last fall, Herman Cain, was shrewd enough to cut through the rationalizations and spell out, anew, what first principles for monetary policy should look like in the 21st century.
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First, under the principles of Section 461, economic performance occurred with respect to the bonus payments when the employees provided the underlying services.
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It is wholly out of line with the principles of the First Amendment for a court to compel a journalist to reveal their sources.
As MPs' earnings fell over time behind those of bankers and family doctors, and as their role changed to include constituency work better done by local councillors, they could have debated, openly and from first principles, the issue of pay and expenses.
If this were to happen, and a hung parliament were the result, then I presume the first instinct of the Liberal Democrats would be to apply the principles of proportional representation and try to form a government with the Conservatives?
America can once again prosper if we put our trust in first principles and let the free markets work.
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It is time, they say, to return to first principles, repeating the exercise Mr Ravallion performed almost two decades ago, using the better, more abundant data available now.
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