That formulation was almost exquisitely wrong: Pyongyang's own interest is precisely in creating not just one "short-term problem," but an unending succession of them and its "long-term interest" in the multilateral negotiation process will extend only as far as that vehicle can provide diplomatic cover for continuing North Korean proliferation.
That means riding out the unending storm day by day, mired in the clashing assertion of short-term national interests that feed off nationalist reactions and nourish Euro-skepticism.
That next part of vetting is a great time to dig into a larger set of important issues – a seemingly unending list such as deal terms, capital efficiency, intellectual property protection, true exit possibilities, how the investors and founders align… But I like the idea of a clear way to narrow the field for deeper review.
Despite a rising tide of anti-incumbency, threats of term limits and an unending barrage of public blame, little is destined to improve on Capitol Hill.
Mr Ayala Lasso's term was blighted by an unending battle with his number two, Ibrahima Fall, who had been made head of the centre barely a year before a high commissioner was appointed over his head.
On Wednesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has been examining the loans, issued a report that found the payday and direct-deposit loans can quickly morph from short-term credit into a seemingly unending burden for low-income customers.
The timeframe is likely to be cheered by Democrats and immigration reform advocates alike, who have privately expressed fears that Obama's second term will be drowned out in seemingly unending showdowns between parties.
Accordingly, attention is diverted from long-term effects of violence amongst Kenyans to unending rhetoric on holding perpetrators of post-election violence, accountable.
There was no fight over the Tower Commission report, but Walsh led a practically unending investigation that outlived both the Reagan administration and the subsequent one-term presidency of Reagan's vice president, George H.W. Bush.
Now we have failure being termed success, "running out of troops" renamed "return on success," and "unending occupation" being labeled "enduring relationship".
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