We could then move on to other issues beyond the scope of singular nations similarly requiring global cooperation.
The globalized world — that is, one where a cosmopolitan permeability of peoples is the rule rather than the exception — seems the old and hardy fact about human existence, while the idea of the walled-off, unique nation, with its singular spirit, is the newcomer.
The globalized world — that is, one where cosmopolitan permeability of peoples is the rule, rather than the special exception — seems the old and hardy fact about human existence, while the idea of the walled-off, unique nation, with its singular spirit, is the newcomer.
With increased development, and tourist footfall, will this singular, spectacular nation be able to maintain its spiritual and natural allure?
"This is one of those singular moments that nations ignore at their peril," she wrote, praising Obama's "creative imagination".
In his imagination, he is Winston Churchill, the valorous protector of his nation, the singular leader of clear, unerring vision.
In Mr. Obama, wrote Mr. Steele, "America gained a president with ambivalence, if not some antipathy, toward the singular greatness of the nation he had been elected to lead".
"The 'enforcement first' policy that has been advocated by many in Congress and the public as a precondition for considering broader immigration reform has de facto become the nation's singular immigration policy," the report concluded.
Messi, Maradona, Boca Juniors and the 1978 World Cup have their expected places, but so too do Juan and Evita Perón, the Malvinas and refrigerated beef in explaining a nation so singular that economist Simon Kuznets divided countries into "developed, undeveloped, Japan, and Argentina".
It was a gently jolting response, and one that opens up the possibility of a singular moment for our nation.
