This is why Russia is unlikely to act even if Kosovo is widely recognised.
This forced him to act even more radically than Chávez would have.
Many institutions may be forced to act even before the activists arrive.
Sometimes, as with Kosovo in the 1990s, America needs to act even when the UN hesitates.
French president Francois Hollande said France was prepared to act even without its ally, Britain.
It connotes both determination and bravery, a willingness to act even when the reward seems out of reach.
But he has been willing to act; even as he has scaled back America's main military operations, he has intensified counter-terrorist drone strikes.
The failure of the I.R.S. to act even against those who openly defy the tax laws raises questions about the agency's ability to stop tax cheating.
In making strategic military decisions, he has a free hand, with the capacity to act even without the nominal constraint of Congress.
When a state fails to protect its own people -- or worse, assaults them -- the international community has an obligation to act, even intervene.
In this middle school melodrama, Fox News gives MSNBC wedgies and steals its lunch money, and MSNBC tries to act even tougher.
