• It gives a graphic representation to the idea that, rather than being at a different end of a spectrum from a structured state, disorder is at the very center of things, with ordered and un-ordered states around it.

    FORBES: Connect

  • The violence came as the US pushed to gain support for a roadmap envisaging Israeli withdrawals from the West Bank and the creation of a Palestinian state by the end of 2005.

    BBC: Israelis seize West Bank town

  • Not much of it is to Mr Sharon's liking, although he speaks of a Palestinian state arising at the vague and distant end of a phased peace process that could start only when the present violence ends.

    ECONOMIST: Sharon's sombre victory | The

  • It proposes that an interim Palestinian state would be established by the end of this year and a state with permanent borders by 2005.

    ECONOMIST: A shaky start | The

  • Sustainable development is a term that was crafted by diplomats hoping to get diametrically opposed environmental and economic ministers from more than 100 countries to agree on something their heads of state could sign on to before the end of a summit.

    FORBES: Sustainable Consumption Is a Myth

  • The announcement was made at the end of a two-day international donor forum hosted by the Gulf state of Qatar.

    BBC: Sudan Darfur donor conference raises $3.6bn

  • The strategy is supported by a limited number of explicit goals designed to bring about a desired end state.

    FORBES: The War Against Big Banks Is A War Against Your Mind

  • In 2009, he and Dr. Ron Levine, of Greenwich, along with end-of-life advocates, sued to seek a clarification of the state's decades-old ban on assisted suicide, citing concerns about Connecticut doctors being prosecuted for giving medications to their dying patients.

    WSJ: Assisted suicide on legal agenda in several states

  • The report effectively gives members of the authority until the end of March to turn its fortunes around or face a referral to the Secretary of State and "statutory intervention".

    BBC: Officers 'bullied' at failing council

  • Many businesses, fearing that they will end up having to deal with a patchwork of state-level measures, now want federal controls.

    ECONOMIST: Climate change

  • It is also said to call for the establishment of an interim Palestinian state, with a final peace settlement to be reached by the end of 2005.

    ECONOMIST: Bombs, reprisals and peace plans | The

  • At the end of last month, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology posted a proposed list of brands that state units may purchase.

    FORBES: Fordgetaboutit: China to Buy Only Domestic-Branded Cars

  • There are at least seven gun control measures up for a vote before the state Senate by the end of the week that, if passed, could potentially be on the governor's desk by the end of the month.

    CNN: Will states go where Congress hasn't on gun laws?

  • And very interestingly Jon, yesterday we had a nationwide consultation on precisely these issues and at the start of that consultation, involving people from six cities across the UK, only about a third of people agreed with me, that the State pension probably should rise - by the end of the day, well over half thought that it was an inevitable part of funding any pension reforms.

    BBC: NEWS | Programmes | Politics Show | Jon Sopel interview

  • The idea of an orderly progress towards a reasonable end state was paramount.

    BBC: Is Nato's Afghan timetable a milestone or millstone?

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