Interestingly, continental European countries outside the euro-zone are also favourites with fund managers this quarter, but the economically weightier countries inside the euro area are not.
On the African mainland, Botswana, with the advantages of ethnic homogeneity, a small population, diamonds and good leaders, does best, in third place, with South Africa, by far the weightiest country in Africa, fifth.
Its outcome, however, will be as weighty for the country as any meeting Putin has convened in his short presidency.
They interpreted the notion, which they said was only vaguely sketched by Mr. Arafat, as an attempt to pass to a group of Arab countries the weighty question of sovereignty over an ancient space that is sacred to Muslims and Jews and a cradle of both religions.
The weightier the special egalitarian obligations that the social interactionist sees holding country by country, and the less weighty the general egalitarianism that is perceived to hold across countries, the more the social interactionist approach will conflict with general egalitarian equality of condition doctrines that are claimed to have global scope.
In his advertisement, Mr. Simmons reminds voters of the weighty issues facing the country, including jobs, taxes and national security.
But at least they were casualties of weighty conflicts over their country's future in the European Union (EU).
During a news conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on the projected annual loss, equivalent to $6.4 billion, the electronics and entertainment company stopped short of confirming reports that it planned to eliminate 10,000 jobs, a weighty move in a country where staff cuts are considered a breach of a company's social contract.
Our panel of 20 posed a question each, ranging from an interrogation of the nature of national interest, to the future of scientific endeavour in this country, to weighty issues of sustainability and identity, to Gillard's ideal dinner party guest.
China wants to be acknowledged as a responsible and weighty voice at the nuclear countries' top table.
