It is essential to uphold the promise made at NATO's Bucharest summit in April that both Georgia and Ukraine can one day become members if they wish, for to back down now would be to hand Russia a veto.
Lloyd seems like the "good boy" that every working-class Jewish family wished for back in mid-century Brooklyn; the kind of son that would make parents kvell with pride.
My son is now about as sweet a Porsche-identifying tween as you could possibly wish for, but back before he could walk he was a colicky, stubborn, cranky nightmare.
In Croat-dominated areas of western Bosnia, hardline Croats successfully staged a referendum, against western wishes, to back their demand for a "sovereign" statelet that would be fenced off from the Muslims.
For optimisitic fans wishing to back England all the way to the final, there are still limited places available for the Keith Prowse Finals Tour, which takes in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final from 29 June-2 July.
In her son's case, she says, commissioners rejected his wish for a move back to his family home, deeming it unsustainable.
This will send you outside to look at the stars and wish for snow, then back indoors to draw the curtains against the Long White Alone.
He and Boyd initially fought over Drake's wish for a stripped back approach (which he eventually found on his last masterpiece, Pink Moon).
The adage, "be careful what you wish for," may come back to haunt Wall Street and the uber-wealthy whose money has captured control of Congress and focused its members on their benefactors' economic well-being rather than the welfare of our overall body politic.
They decide to appear on the show, telling the game's Japanese host Wink that what they wish for is plane tickets back to Springfield, but to get them they have to go through physical torture (particularly Homer).
But anyone who sees his insufferable "Art History" and doesn't wish for the 74 minutes back has an empty life indeed.
