On Tuesday, he was among European leaders to receive a phone call from President Barack Obama, urging him to take "resolute action," according to the White House.
Like his compatriot Marius, he had saved the state for its rulers: he had taken resolute action when those rulers were weak and vacillating; and, like Marius, he got small thanks for it.
Because there is no consensus on what else to do, Japanese political leaders, and senior officials in the Ministry of Finance, Bank of Japan (BOJ) and elsewhere, can hardly be faulted for their failure to take "resolute action" to end the slump.
That brought a response from the Pakistani ambassador, Shamshad Ahmad, who said his government had taken resolute action against terrorism, and charged that India, through its "foreign occupation" of Kashmir, was also a "perpetrator of terrorism".
But, when forced, it is quick to repeat its line of 23 years: counter-revolutionary "black hands" caused turmoil, and troops took resolute action to end it, paving the way for China's subsequent advances.Each year the topic comes up around June 4th, the day in 1989 when that resolute and bloody action occurred.
Under increasing pressure from the markets, the European Union and even President Barack Obama to take "resolute action," Mr. Zapatero announced pay cuts of about 5 percent for civil servants — and 15 percent for government ministers — as well as other measures totaling €15 billion, or $19 billion.
"From this day on, the police will take resolute action when carrying out their duties.
Beall, whose online list of "predatory publishers" includes OMICS Publishing Group, said by e-mail: "I'm delighted that NIH has taken resolute action against the questionable practices of OMICS Publishing Group.
In the wake of preventable disaster, national dialogue must identify its causes and take resolute action to make sure such horror never happens again.
