Concessions can be made, without fear of precedents being set in extreme medical circumstances, and this could be quickly facilitated by direct athlete medical team to antidoping medical expert communication channels being communicated and perhaps made public.
Much of Indonesia's military and political establishment bitterly opposed allowing the half-island to go its own way in the late 1990s, for fear of a precedent that might unravel one of the world's most artificial countries.
It is fear of this precedent that will motivate vested interests to push Grenada into piecemeal debt reductions for a few creditors, leaving others to be paid in full, and the island in a debt crisis for years.
This only gives them the satisfaction of believing they are heroes and martyrs.Michael Eustace ErwinParisRussia and KosovoSIR – You are right to point out that Russia's opposition to independence for Kosovo stems from a fear of the precedent it would set for other separatists ("A new battlefield", July 14th).
Leaders in China, Zimbabwe, North Korea, Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Uzbekistan seem to be living in fear of the precedent of people ousting their autocratic governments.
Companies commonly demand that details of such settlements be kept secret, for fear of setting precedents.
One reason European governments are reluctant to resettle migrants is fear of setting precedents, especially in light of the specter of large-scale climate-induced migration in the years ahead.
Perhaps, for fear of setting a precedent.
One reason is the fear of setting a precedent.
India is wary, for a bad reason: fear of setting a precedent for Kashmir.
That means that, even if a divorce was agreed with the rest of Britain, Scotland's negotiations might be obstructed by other nations, like Spain, for fear of setting a precedent.
