During the cold war this strategic imperative drove the Soviet Union to master Arctic seafaring; Russia now has ten polar icebreakers to America's two.
That imperative drove the disfranchisement of black voters and, when that failed, state-sanctioned domestic terrorism.
"If I can't see it, it must not exist" has worked against research as anti-government sentiments combined with deficit-reduction imperatives drive decision-making on Capitol Hill.
56 Similarly at work, we suggest that time imperatives drive food purchases from more proximal food outlets, selling ready prepared meals, 57 which could partly explain the strong associations observed in our study between these exposures and consumption of takeaway food.
However, the ecological goal of durable products that are easy to repair and disassemble conflicts with the economic imperative to drive down manufacturing costs and drive up customer demand.
This security imperative should drive NATO and Russia to move without delay to adopt a series of steps that will improve the security of tactical nuclear weapons now, and pave the way for further consolidation, reduction and elimination of these weapons throughout the Euro-Atlantic zone.
As Chinese companies seek to deliver on government – and their own – objectives, and move up the global value chain, from being the workshop of the world to becoming a major global player, there will be an ever greater imperative to drive sustainability into core business and supply chains.
Other OPEC members do not feel the same imperative to drive prices lower.
When Spirit's six wheels were operating, he said, the rover team felt a "relentless imperative" to drive it.
It is therefore seen as imperative to drive the digital strategy, identifying innovative new business models and technologies, and realizing more business value of technology investments.
