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  • When told that these things are available in Austria, Scandinavia, or the Netherlands, but that they come with higher taxes and an "interventionary" state, many of those same Americans respond: "But that is socialism!

    The New York Review of Books 2009

  • Now, I admit, that you could find similar statements as above from both the non-interventionary libertarian right and segments of the pseudo-pacifist anti-colonial left, but that only makes my point.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Timothy McVeigh Was No Libertarian: The Fallacy of Conflating Two Very Different Types of “Anti-Government” Movements 2010

  • Now, I admit, that you could find similar statements as above from both the non-interventionary libertarian right and segments of the pseudo-pacifist anti-colonial left, but that only makes my point.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Timothy McVeigh Was No Libertarian: The Fallacy of Conflating Two Very Different Types of “Anti-Government” Movements 2010

  • Measures considered but rejected by the experts include what the financial regulator termed "overly interventionary" steps such as a split-up of UBS or Credit Suisse; an explicit state guarantee; and what is called burden-sharing, or splitting up obligations to deal with failing banks between two countries.

    Swiss Officials Stop Short of Bank Break-Up Call 2010

  • When Douglas asks if the Monroe Doctrine should be abolished, Chavez, wanting to choose his words carefully, reverts to Spanish to detail the nuances of his position on this doctrine of such glaring loopholes and interventionary justification.

    Sean Penn: Mountain of Snakes (Part II) 2008

  • There are various ways of composting — aerobic static piles (non-interventionary), aerobic windrows (interventionary), using worms (vermicomposting, which is in fact a different type of process that does not involve the thermophilic stages), etc.

    Composting 2007

  • And she also calls for the British government to stop its oppression in the area and complains about British forces being sacrificed to the interventionary policies of George Bush and Tony Blair, Betty.

    CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2007 2007

  • Having a U.S. interventionary force stationed in Kuwait or in a similar location will continue to inflame the opposition of Iraqis who will know their sovereignty is still subject to U.S. control.

    On John Murtha's Position 2005

  • He said the plan "virtually denies anything approaching a positive interventionary role for the state in the economy".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • He said the plan "virtually denies anything approaching a positive interventionary role for the state in the economy".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

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