Within democratic settings, performance improvements are perceived as an appealing goal and have been the underlying objective of government reforms in most nations.

Developing countries with robust infrastructure, a highly trained workforce, adequate intellectual property protections and appealing domestic markets will be the most attractive to foreign companies and their investments.

They are covered by the appealing mantle of revitalization .

This should make local government more appealing to citizens.

That's a very appealing picture, however, it's just not true.

Colonialism was attempting to appear appealing at the micro level .

Moreover, combating climate change must again become a moral crusade, which entails appealing to people s emotions. After all, crossing that two degree threshold implies condemning future generations to global warming s most devastating consequences.

As Russian living standards decline, Putin s only viable strategy to remain in power will be an aggressive international posture. Foreign military adventures, after all, are most appealing when the domestic front is on fire.

The pastor quoted the Bible in his post, appealing to Hogan's Catholic faith.

There's something very appealing about the exactitude of science that I really enjoy.

In fact, it is more appealing to the United States in many respects.

These easy ideas to complex questions are very appealing when you are emotionally vulnerable.

We're bartering, trading, swapping, sharing, but they're being reinvented into dynamic and appealing forms.

The case went on for two years I think he's still appealing the case.

This is somehow appealing to human greed instead of fear that more is better.

And what makes this scenario particularly appealing to me is we could do it today.

As appealing as it might sound, you cannot algorithmically data mine your way to the answer.

So using evolution in biology, and in inorganic biology, for me is quite appealing, quite exciting.

Efimova, who was allowed to compete after appealing against a doping ban, took silver with Tutton fourth.

The complainant maintains that the most recent judgements of the Constitutional Court, those handed down between January and March 2001, did not introduce a means of appealing against pardons but merely gave the sentencing court a certain degree of procedural control.

That's why it's so appealing to have a Facebook page or a Twitter feed so many automatic listeners.

And without intending it, by appealing to rules and incentives, we are engaging in a war on wisdom.

It is difficult to deny the appealing simplicity of this argument. Who would deny that companies have a clear responsibility to earn profits for their shareholders, or that most shareholders invest primarily to make money, not to make the world a better place?

Bernanke s legacy is decidedly mixed, but its most appealing feature is the ethos of collegiality and shared responsibility that he encouraged at the Fed. Indeed, a key goal for his successor should be to cement this approach as a new institutional tradition.

But, for some men, part of the pleasure of buying sex may be the humiliation conferred on the woman involved. For others, like former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, the promise of discretion and anonymity may be the most appealing aspect of buying sex.

The RealBotix robot, for example, allows users to customise their robots according to the traits they find appealing, such as shyness.

I join the Secretary General in appealing to other countries that have pledged assistance to implement their pledges as quickly as possible.

President Omar al Bashir, Mr. Kiir and a number of other Sudanese and world leaders made statements appealing for calm and unity.

The latter option is often more appealing, as it is this technological edge vis à vis other companies that may ensure success.

Initially, the most appealing argument for his plan was that it would provide greater security to creditors, and thus reduce interest rates, from the 6 at which the states financed their debt to 4 . Hamilton emphasized the importance of a commitment to sound finance as a prerequisite to public economy.

But two of the main things one of it, I was longing for more work that was appealing to a broad public, that was accessible.

When we condemn the behavior of a politician, celebrity, or friend, we often end up appealing to our moral intuitions. It just feels wrong! we say.

The enrichment of the subject matter with previous analyses, connections, and conclusions regarding the same cited texts was certainly part of the attraction. More appealing, however, was the possibility of tracking the scholarly influence of oneself and others over time and across fields, and identifying the most highly cited scientists, papers, journals, and institutions.

Now, given both the common sense and scientific data calling the doctrine of the blank slate into question, why should it have been such an appealing notion?

Syria says it's ready for the voluntary return of refugees and is appealing for help to rebuild the country devastated by a more than seven year long war.

So Hannah's artisanal work, and the fact that she shared her findings, opens the doors to a series of new possibilities that are both aesthetically appealing and innovative.

Appealing to all concerned to fulfil their mutual obligations in the management of the humanitarian programme referred to in Security Council resolution 986 (1995) and other relevant Council resolutions,

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was run over by several vehicles on a motorway in the early hours of Thursday in an apparent act of suicide.

In 1411, Zheng erected a stone tablet translated into Chinese, Persian, and Tamil near the Sri Lankan coastal town of Galle, with an inscription appealing to the Hindu gods to bless his efforts to build a peaceful world based on trade and commerce. Six hundred years later, Chinese President Xi Jinping is espousing a similar goal only he is appealing to political leaders throughout Europe and Asia to advance his cause.

Within 24 hours following his indictment, and after appealing for calm and for a continuation of progress in building a democratic society in Kosovo, Mr. Haradinaj proceeded voluntarily to The Hague.

While this approach may be appealing, it is inadequate to address today s most pressing issues. For example, producing and delivering nutritious food consistently to upwards of nine billion people by mid century has implications for water and energy consumption, agricultural development and land use, the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles, and ocean acidification, not to mention biodiversity loss, such as through overfishing.

But, for many Italians, the French political system s most attractive feature is that the president is the true head of the executive and, since the presidential and legislative terms were aligned in 2000, that authority has run for five years at a time. To Italian lawmakers, mired in stalemate and indecision, the French executive s considerable influence over the parliament is appealing.

Up to now, the Argentine model has seemed successful, yielding substantial economic growth for the country since 2001. That is what has made the model so appealing to debt burdened southern Europeans.

Strongly condemning the attempts by some developed countries to export their hazardous and radioactive wastes for dumping in developing countries, and appealing to Member States to sign the Basal Convention on Dangerous wastes,

The notion of a single set of criteria to evaluate the governance of publicly traded firms worldwide is undoubtedly appealing. Both investors and publicly traded firms are operating in increasingly integrated global capital markets.