By the time of Bretton Woods, Ms. Nasar goes on, a kind of global Keynesian had been widely embraced: it would be "commonly acknowledged that keeping free enterprise functioning globally required the visible hand of government".
"If the current administration would embrace this, it would be political poetry, like Nixon going to China," Dr. Smalley said.
If one has embraced the worldview that embraces amorality, then it would be logical to admit that one's personal morality is based on subjective preferences and comforting fiction or to recuse oneself from discussions (and lectures) on the topic.
Given that medical conspiracy theories are so widely known and embraced, said Oliver and Wood, it would be unwise to dismiss all those who believe them as a "delusional fringe of paranoid cranks".
Given that medical conspiracy theories are so widely known and embraced, said Oliver and Wood, it would be unwise to dismiss all those who believe them as a "delusional fringe of paranoid cranks". Instead, they suggested, "we can recognize that most individuals who endorse these narratives are otherwise normal" but use a sort of cognitive shortcut to explain complex and confusing events.
A civilisation state, furthermore, operates in ways that are fundamentally different from a nation state: China embraces huge variations and it would be impossible to maintain its unity unless it tolerated diversity.
If the bike-share program is embraced by New Yorkers, it would be the most visible and enduring symbol of Mr. Bloomberg's policies.
It's no wonder businesses are keen to embrace something like that; it would be the ideal tool if it were guaranteed to achieve this.
If "Toe to Toe" were a young-adult novel, it would be embraced and argued about in classrooms and eagerly read by thoughtful teenage girls.
The strategy, he said, is to float the idea so it would be embraced by church members around the country, both conservatives and liberals, who would come to see that separation is a practical solution.
