The Bush administration has now moved beyond the "axis of evil" focus of the post-9/11 period toward a new strategy based on the active promotion of democratization in states which Condoleezza Rice has called "outposts of tyranny." In part, this shift reflects Washington's recognition that military regime change - even credible military pressure - is prohibitively expensive as a major component of U.S. foreign policy. ____________________
a. The strategy is dangerous precisely because the Bush administration hasn't fully articulated how states that aren't ready for the transition can withstand the buffeting they'll face in the depths of the curve.
b. The twelve states visited in this book demonstrate nothing so clearly as that each country has developed a political, intellectual, economic, and social culture that is unique.
c. The administration lacks both the material resources and the political capital to continue to use these tools in all but the most extreme cases.
d. The damaging effects of pushing for comprehensive change in a society that isn't ready for it can last for years.
e. The state cancelled the elections and declared a state of emergency that still exists today.
Most firms consider expert individuals to be too elitist, tempramental, egocentric, and difficult to work with.Force such people to collaborate on a high-stakes project and they just might come to fisticuffs.Even the very notion of managing such a group seems unimaginable.So most organizations fall into default mode, setting up project teams of people who get along nicely.
A)The result, however, is disastrous.
B) The result is mediocrity.
C) The result is creation of experts who then become elitist.
The coolant Freon used in refrigerators was found to damage the ozone layer of the earth.Hence an urgent need was felt to substitute Freon with some other coolant which will not damage the ozone layer.
Which of the following can be a direct inference from the above statements ?
A coolant cheaper than Freon is available for use in the refrigerator.
coolants which do not have any damaging effects are available for use in the refrigerators.
The ozone layer is on the verge of extinction
Preserving the ozone layer intact is essential for the inhabitants of the earth
After dropping out of high school, he wandered through the Midwest picking up work as a mechanic until, at age nineteen, he joined the Coast Guard, even though he didn't know how to swim. He was __________ on the USS General M. C. Meigs and spent much of the war _________ troops to Italy for General Patton. a) Positioned, moving b) Deployed, ferrying c) Inducted ,delivering d) Stationed, transporting.
As the controversy __________ on TV channels, the Sena claimed that the MPs were protesting against bad administration of the sadan, which was being falsely _____________ as a 'communal incident' by opposition political parties. a) Intensified, represented b) Spread, pictured c) Staged, promoted d) Raged, portrayed
The country's second largest Infosys, which was a _________of the stock market till some time ago, has fallen out of investors' _________because its earnings failed to consistently delight the market, unlike in the past. Consistency is the key here. a) Darling, favour b) Frontrunner, radar c) Favourite, disdain d) Leader ,animosity
In the First Judges case, the Supreme Court, led by former Chief Justice of India P.N. Bhagwati came down in favour of the executive stating that “the Chief Justice of India, the Chief Justice of the High Court and such other Judges of the High Court and of the Supreme Court as the Central Government may deem it necessary to consult, are merely ________________ functionaries having a consultative role and the power of appointment resides solely and ______________ in the Central Government.” a) Official, only b) Constitutional, exclusively c) Inherent, intrinsically d) Pronominal, favour
At a village cocktail party one time Father Nicholson was talking to a Roman Catholic and a Jew, trying to find a word to describe the ___________spiritual unity of Barnstable. a) Fundamental b) Underlying c) Basic d) Superjacent
From child benefit to the educational maintenance allowance to the future jobs fund, and on and on, his government has delivered a series of ___________, __________ and, during the last election campaign particularly, explicit lies. a) Withdrawals, affirmations b) Retractions, reversals c) Promises, recantations d) Reductions, Withdrawals
Mr. Janeck: I don't believe Stevenson will win the election
for governor. Few voters are willing to elect a businessman with no political
experience to such a responsible public office.
Ms. Siuzdak: You're wrong. The experience of running a
major corporation is a valuable preparation for the task of running a state
government.
M. Siuzdak's response shows that she has interpreted Mr.
Janeck's remark to imply which of the following?
(A) Mr. Janeck considers Stevenson unqualified for the
office of governor.
(B) No candidate without political experience has ever been
elected governor of a state.
(C) Mr. Janeck believes that political leadership and
business leadership are closely analogous.
(D) A career spent in the pursuit of profit can be an
impediment to one's ability to run a state government fairly
(E) Voters generally overestimate the value of political
experience when selecting a candidate.