You could gather up a lot of theories about why this is, but the most persuasive one I've heard — most recently from Byron Shafer, a serious-minded political scientist at the University of Wisconsin — is that elections in the post-Vietnam, post-civil rights era turned in large part on two issues: diverging views of how to handle the cold war and then terrorism, and divisive cultural issues.
A 2013 Washington Post analysis found that the U.S. position on several issues had diverged significantly from the rest of the planet.
Gun owners and non-owners, the report finds, take diverging views on the extent to which gun violence is even an issue.
As timely and welcome as it is, the central bank's loan program only addresses the symptoms of plunging liquidity and not the underlying issue of diverging competitiveness between efficient exporters like Germany and underperforming countries like Greece and Italy.
The current literature continuously looks for quantitative multi-perspective strategies and models, including and best balancing such issues that often diverge.
Unable to make any historical arguments that are relevant to the issue of oaths, Mr. Sekulow proceeds to diverge into a litany of unrelated historical claims.
QUESTION FROM ES: Since Roosevelt-era appointees, many Justices' opinions on controversial political issues have sharply diverged from the course they were expected (at least by their appointing President) to take.
Take your pick: we need more traction, we need hockey-stick growth, we need more revenue, we need more buzz, we argue about management issues, we have diverging interests.
One answer, she says, 'lies in the uncertainty and value judgements inherent in risk issues, and the diverging interpretations they generate' (pg 7).
On too many issues, their national interests diverge.
