The spiritual mission helped doom the enclave's material prosperity, when the Jesuits' spreading influence finally prompted Japan to shutter itself from the world by the early 1640s. (The Dutch cut off trade from the other direction by seizing Malacca in 1641.) But over the next century the effort gave Macau a purpose, as a center of learning and a bridge to the Middle Kingdom.
He hopes to create a profit motive that works in the opposite direction encouraging polluters to cut their carbon emissions.
By providing a specific list of procedures to question -- and to cut down -- the medical community hopes to push us in the right direction.
At least the current package to cut state debt and give tax breaks to business from 2001 points in the right direction.
Right from the beginning, fume his foes, he ignored the narrowness of his mandate and set off in an unambiguously rightward direction, pushing through an even bigger tax cut than he had promised.
Cut through a Sonet ring and the highly reliable optical gear just sends traffic in the other direction.
Short-term traders are choosing to cut down risk and wait for greater clarity in the market before making big bets on market direction.
The Obama team's rejection of the demonstrated reality of Iran's support for the Taliban and al-Qaida in favor of a policy based on the fantasy that it is possible to cut a deal with the ayatollahs will undoubtedly not be his last move in the mullahs' direction.
"Female unemployment is heading in the wrong direction, a trend compounded by the SNP's decision to cut college places for adults which disproportionately affects women trying to get back into work, " he added.
The UK said the latest EU proposals were "a step in the right direction" but "did not go far enough" and more must be done to cut spending.
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