Word: raison
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...Were Sarkozy to raise taxes to avoid cutting back the public sector - even under pressure of the recession - he'd be admitting the left's policies were right all along, and surrendering his political raison d'être," says Dominique Reynié, director of Paris think tank Foundation for Political Development. "The anti-Sarkozy front has gotten so wide and even trendy that it's blinding people to hard realities. First, France's 74% debt to GNP level can't go higher without collapsing, so the margin for relief effort is tiny. Second, the recession is causing pain worldwide...
...larger movement within conservatism. As the American right, hammered by two consecutive electoral defeats and without a clear political or intellectual leader, struggles to find its identity, Mr. Douthat will be able to articulate a fresh vision and sound principles in which his moribund movement may rediscover its raison d’être...
...exceptions of “Gifted,” “Whatchadoin?,” and “The Mayor”—in which The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, and Scarface spit over a DJ AM beat—the collaborations lack a raison d’être beyond the whims of N.A.S.A. The admittedly interesting combinations of performers reveal nothing but the mad skills of the producers. Their work on “The Spirit of Apollo” makes a great audio resumé for N.A.S.A., but it doesn?...
...civilization, that it is civilization’s lasting contribution to the world. All that is left of Greece and Rome is their “glory” and “grandeur,” their literature and architecture. Dylan Thomas put art’s raison d’être lyrically when he wrote, “A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself and the world around...
...there is one proposal that teams are not prepared to accept: the FIA's suggestion that all cars use an identical engine built by a single manufacturer. The idea, backed by FIA President Max Mosley, has drawn fierce criticism, with Ferrari arguing that it would undermine the sport's "raison d'être, based principally on competition and technological development." If it happens, Ferrari and other big teams say they would consider abandoning Formula One. Perhaps, as has been suggested in the past, a few big teams might even set up rival races. "Why would Toyota want to use somebody...