It recalls that as president of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn (an agnostic himself) hoped that religious bodies, and in particular the World Council of Churches, would act as partners against poverty.
Concerns have once again surfaced over the activities of overseas agents who act as "partners" for universities seeking to recruit international students.
They believe that North Korea has been frustrated by Mr. Bush's refusal to engage in one-on-one negotiations, insisting instead that China, Japan and South Korea act as partners in finding a regional solution.
Two events—an alliance between the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE and Tokyo Stock Exchangee (TSE), and the failure of America's Nasdaq to buy the London Stock Exchange (LSE offer reminders of the hurdles to the cross-border consolidation of exchanges.Instead, at least in the near-term, exchange operators are likely to act as partners building up flexible global networks, rather than predators.
"And when we do, we must act as partners, not partisans".
Thus, Groovy and Java act as partners, with Java as a systems programming language for developing frameworks and infrastructures, and Groovy for gluing them into applications.
Most often the two companies will compete in the new world of consumer electronics, although in some cases they will act as partners.
We postdocs often find ourselves in the driver's seat and usually act as partners with our bosses in deciding where to turn. 5. Knowledge monopoly.
In many European countries and cities, the policy expectation is that parents can act as partners in reinforcing the learning of schools, or, what has been called the 'continuity between home and schools' (Lovelace & Wheeler, 2006; Ogbu, 1992).
It requires that teachers' knowledge and pedagogical beliefs be incorporated into the interface, posing a challenge to both teachers and designers, as they have to act as partners from the earliest phases of the process, sharing their knowledge.
