In the last weeks before an election dominated by economics, in which geopolitics has often seemed an afterthought, the world seems full of foreigners refusing to bow to American advice and imprecations.Mitt Romney has a simple explanation: allies have lost faith in America and opponents have been emboldened by Barack Obama's inconstancy and lack of resolve.
If either is right, Drs Close and Kirkby hope to be able to tell just how big an effect cosmic rays should have on cloud formation.By including such data in their computer simulations, climate modellers may be able to tell whether solar inconstancy deserves some of the blame heaped on greenhouse gases.
Since there is no reason to believe that "the" kilogram is inherently more stable than any of its cousins, it is either shedding weight through wear and tear or putting it on through chemical processes such as those involved in cleaning the thing.In a world increasingly dependent on precise measurements, metrologists think such inconstancy no longer cuts the mustard.
Mr Correa thinks Ecuador's debt is partly "illegitimate" and lacks a whole-hearted commitment to repaying on time and in full.This kind of inconstancy is, however, quite out of season among Ecuador's neighbours and peers.
He gets things done, she said, and his Mormon faith is none of her business.Sadly for Mr Romney, where Ms Carroll sees pragmatism, others see inconstancy.
She'll be right Super-duper supers Be prepared High dollar, high dolour The evolving platypus A preference for green Home alone Politician, heal thyself Sources & acknowledgmentsReprintsThe first striking feature of modern Australian politics is its inconstancy.
Yet of all the discoveries of 19th- and early 20th-century science invisible atoms, infinite space, the inconstancy of time and the mutability of matter only evolution has failed to find general acceptance outside the scientific world.
SINCE taking office in January Greece's radical-left government has been a model of inconstancy and incoherence.
"Dank seminars for the enlightenment of the converted took precedence over effective proselytizing of unbelievers".One of Mr Young's main themes is the sheer inconstancy of British opinion: the British political class has never been able to make up its mind about Europe.
Displaying an astonishing inconstancy, Alexander abandoned his internal reforms to devote himself to foreign policy, to which he would commit the major portion of his reign.
Flora threatens to make the Marquis regret his inconstancy, but the Doctor and some of the gypsies smooth things over.
