IHS, a risk consultancy, thinks that if the virus spreads further more mining operations will be suspended, with potential declarations of force majeure.
A declaration of war would force them to leave the government, and end Western diplomats' attempts to unify political leaders.
And this emotional truth may help outsiders interpret the White Paper the Chinese leaders issued last week, warning more explicitly than before that Taiwan's foot-dragging in negotiations, let alone any declaration of independence, could force China to take "drastic measures".
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' assertion, on Fox News Sunday, of all deliberate places, that there will be a health-care bill passed this week is a declaration of brute political force and pure fuck you, no-accommodation certainty.
Once I'd made that declaration, sheer force of ego demanded that I stick to it.
A declaration of Palestinian independence would force them to either defend that position to (mostly appalled) electorates, or change it.
Indonesia invaded within days of the Timorese declaration of independence, and used force to crush popular resistance.
In ancient history, disputes were solved through declarations of war, the use of force, and alliances that led to victories and to share the power conquered among victors.
It was a clear declaration of war, but Nikephoros' forces were largely preoccupied in the East.
The Spanish declaration of war on Great Britain forced the British Mediterranean Fleet to abandon the Mediterranean Sea entirely, retreating to ports at Gibraltar and Lisbon.
