But all of the UVB, or nearly all of it, is dissipated through the thickness of the atmosphere.

By the time the funeral of Mr. Garang was held in Juba on 6 August, the tense atmosphere had dissipated somewhat.

That leaves the third undesirable possibility, the search for unprotected scapegoats upon whom public anger can be dissipated. Unfortunately, several countries are taking this path, with undocumented immigrants and Muslims being the first targets.

The perceived weakening of public confidence in the multilateral trading system was dissipated by the United States Congress, which supported the continued membership of the country in the WTO by an overwhelming majority and approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

In 1817, Lord Stowell said treaties are perishable things, and their obligations are dissipated by the first hostility. United States President Polk stated in 1847 that a state of war abrogates treaties previously existing between the belligerents. Sir J. D.

Since then, it has been refuted both by political experience and statistical testing. Monetary policy, far from being dissipated in rising prices, as the theory predicted, turned out to have a much greater impact on unemployment than on inflation, especially in the past 20 years.

BEIJING Now that the aftershocks from the great Sichuan earthquake appear to have dissipated, it is time to ask what shocks, if any, the earthquake delivered to China s political system. Has the quake given birth to some new, positive political force that will accelerate reform?

And yet confidence in the recent decisions taken in Brussels remains low, owing not only to dissipated trust and the fuss about the British veto, but also to the apparent absence of measures to intervene in the current crisis. But this, too, is a misconception.

While fears of meltdown have dissipated, these policies have been maintained or extended, with policymakers citing the fragility of the ongoing economic recovery and the absence of other, equally strong policy levers such as fiscal policy or structural reforms that could replace monetary policy quickly enough.

SINGAPORE Many analysts and observers believe that the global imbalances that characterized the world economy in the years before the 2008 crisis have substantially dissipated. But, while it is true that China s current account surpluses and America s deficits have somewhat moderated since then, have the imbalances really been corrected?

Upon the day when the unbelievers are exposed to the Fire 'You dissipated your good things in your present life, and you took your enjoyment in them therefore today you shall be recompensed with the chastisement of humiliation for that you waxed proud in the earth without right, and for your ungodliness.

Upon the day when the unbelievers are exposed to the Fire 'You dissipated your good things in your present life, and you took your enjoyment in them therefore today you shall be recompensed with the chastisement of humiliation for that you waxed proud in the earth without right, and for your ungodliness.

The hopes raised by the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza had soon dissipated in the light of Gaza's gradual transformation into a vast prison following the deliberate severance of its ties with the outside world the curfews, closures and collective punishment the construction of the separation wall the expansion of settlements in the West Bank and the obliteration of the Palestinian character of Jerusalem.

NEW YORK The dire economic situation in which most of the rich world found itself in 2011 was not merely the result of impersonal economic forces, but was largely created by the policies pursued, or not pursued, by world leaders. Indeed, the remarkable unanimity that prevailed in the first phase of the financial crisis that began in 2008, and which culminated in the 1 trillion rescue package put together for the London G 20 meeting in April 2009, dissipated long ago.