Their borders often reflect the imperatives of former European colonisers rather than local dispositions.
That image might reflect the imperatives from parents or parent figures.
But the silence also reflects the imperative that these enormous institutions swiftly secure cash.
These were symbolically appropriate final campaign stops for Mr. McCain, reflecting the imperative he felt of trying to defend Republican states against a challenge from Mr. Obama.
The boundaries of whiteness have often reflected the imperatives of U.S. foreign policy.
UN institutions which reflected the imperatives of the 20th Century will not be effective in the 21st and should become more "participative", he argued.
The use of the survey findings may also reflect the political imperative to take action to reduce child obesity, particularly in the early stage of child obesity prevention responses when there was an absence of other evidence on effective intervention approaches [ 17, 18].
People in Taiwan and China speak the same language, but they have very different tastes in media -- molded by decades of newspapers and television programs that reflect the political imperatives of their respective regimes.
The debate reflects the conflicting imperatives underlying the administration's fiscal policies — between the demands to help a struggling economy create jobs and the need for long-term efforts to address the huge buildup of debt that threatens the nation's future prosperity.
