Word: lockstepping
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...those who are not with us are against us" was the signature slogan of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union under Stalin in the 1930s. But it's not simply the unfortunate historical associations that pose the problem; it's the very idea that countries either fall into lockstep with the U.S. or else they're with the bad guys. The typical response in the developing world to the U.S. war on terror has run along these lines: harsh condemnation of bin Laden and unreserved solidarity with the U.S. as the victim of a terror outrage; strong intelligence cooperation...
...know if it?s a problem - it seems to be a very conscious decision. Conservative Republicans have become more cohesive in recent years, and have toed the line. The Republicans seem to demand something like lockstep from party members these days; they?ve apparently lost their ability to compromise or negotiate...
...Beijing, the fallout from the standoff is likely to force the more reformist element of China's leadership to march in lockstep with the conservatives, forcing them to default to more suspicious and hostile positions towards the West. Is this a concern of the Bush administration...
Although small companies are not immune to the lockstep nature of the global economy (many sell to multinationals), in general they remain far more leveraged to their home markets. The stock of, say, a retailer in India is less likely to be dragged down by a U.S. recession. Yet that same recession would clearly hurt a big Indian technology exporter...
...very romantic-French-novel Week 10 episode that proved the reports - here and elsewhere - of the decline of "Survivor 2" were greatly exaggerated, the Ogakor alliance abandoned its sensible lockstep and abruptly swallowed Jerri in a delightfully shocking Tribal Council. Then it spit her out. It was just the icing on what, undoubtedly, was this "Survivor's finest hour...