A very modern city has been forced to function along medieval lines.
(Agence France-Presse) CONGO: GO-AHEAD FOR U.N. MISSION -- A week after President Laurent Kabila shuffled his government to give it an international image, Congolese officials have agreed to allow a United Nations observer mission, precursor to a 5,000-member 5,000-member force, to function effectively.
By contrast, public companies are often forced to function in a world that delivers immediate gratification to Wall Street, where a business strategy is only as strong as the last quarterly earnings report.
No. Politicians are forced to function within the parameters of public opinion.
Not surprisingly, forced to function under the watchful eye of the public they have not acquitted themselves in credible fashion.
The other bad part of a crash diet, is that your body is brutally forced to function with half the calorie intake it used to receive.
As the manhunt for the perpetrator/s who critically wounded the officers ensues, residents and police enforcement are forced to function during a tense time for the community.
Whether because of work stress, a crying baby, or some other late-night disturbance, we are sometimes forced to function on 4-5 hofrsleepsleep (or less).
Hate devolves humanity into more primal instincts where we are forced to function from a place of fight or flight, lacking skills of mature cognition.
Even so, shall we raise the bar so high as to ensure that Israel — forced to function in the often gritty, morally ambiguous world of international relations and politics, especially as a small, still endangered state — will always fall short?
