The word precondition has a widely recognized meaning in the context of diplomatic negotiations. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Clarifies Position On Meeting With Foreign Leaders] Reference
A precondition is a policy change that one imposes on another country before even beginning negotiations. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: McCain 'obsessed' with Ahmadinajad] Reference
A precondition is a precondition, is a precondition, is a precondition. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
For this to happen a precondition is the role that statistical harmonisation will play to integrate the African Union (AU) agenda. From Wordnik.com. [IOL: News] Reference
A precondition is a demand that you make of the other -- of the party going in, just as we're demanding of Iran that they stop, you know, making nuclear fuel. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2008] Reference
He didn't limit "precondition" to signing treaties. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Sunday Roundup] Reference
Secondly only a handful of people know what "precondition" means. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Saturday Roundup] Reference
I think we have to define "precondition" very carefully but why not?. From Wordnik.com. [McCain's Hero Petraeus: "I Do Think You Have To Talk To Enemies"] Reference
I still dont think you understand the word "precondition" in modern usage. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
I think we all understand what kind of precondition the questioner was referring to. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
How can you possibly assume that "precondition" meant "a minimum set of ground rules"?. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
Does he link our ability to help on Iran to such progress, with terms like "precondition"?. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of the First Impression] Reference
But your argument that "precondition" and "preparation" are synonymous is simply ridiculous. From Wordnik.com. [In Fundraising Letter, Obama Attacks Hillary For "Standing Behind Bush's Policy Of Non-Engagement"] Reference
It's not Obama's fault that Hillary didn't listen to the question or doesn't know what the word "precondition" means. From Wordnik.com. [In Fundraising Letter, Obama Attacks Hillary For "Standing Behind Bush's Policy Of Non-Engagement"] Reference
Furthermore, there is no room to attempt to redefine the semantics: Obama meant "precondition" exactly in the sense that I describe. From Wordnik.com. [In Fundraising Letter, Obama Attacks Hillary For "Standing Behind Bush's Policy Of Non-Engagement"] Reference
Can someone objective, without a dog in the Hillary v. Obama hunt, explain whether the term "precondition" is a diplomatic term of art?. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
EDIT: to add to that, Obama did not introduce or even use the term "precondition", the questioner did, and Obama responded appropriately. From Wordnik.com. [Rudy And Obama Duke It Out Over Diplomacy Comments] Reference
What I do know is that the term 'precondition' is a code phrase to the pro-Israel group much like the term 'statesrights' is to Dixie dems. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
During the meeting, Suu Kyi requested as a "precondition" for any visit of UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon to Myanmar. From Wordnik.com. [Spero News] Reference
I had to do some good acting to pretend that I just started feeling this way or I would have gotten hit with a "precondition". From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
The precondition is that they have to be willing to listen. From Wordnik.com. [Ahmadinejad’s Nuclear Offer] Reference
They are the most necessary precondition of our national health. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?] Reference
Air safety, said Slater, is "" a precondition '' for trade and investment. From Wordnik.com. [Fasten Your Seat Belts] Reference
The ceasefire-a precondition for NATO's presence-is holding, more or less. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Quagmire?] Reference
His capture has long been a precondition of accession talks moving forward. From Wordnik.com. [The Back of the Crowd] Reference
But there appears to be a precondition -- Israeli withdrawal to the '67 borders. From Wordnik.com. ['There's A War On'] Reference
That was not acceptable, and that was not a precondition to defeat Shining Path. From Wordnik.com. [Questions And Answers: Mario Vargas Llosa] Reference
Perhaps public financing of elections is a precondition to meaningful bank reform. From Wordnik.com. [No Change to Believe In] Reference
For better and for worse, being able to feel our frustration is the precondition for becoming absorbed. From Wordnik.com. [Over the moon: Adam Phillips on the happiness myth] Reference
If the mainland insists that acceptance of One China is a precondition, it will be hard to resume dialogue. From Wordnik.com. ['We Do Not Want Conflict'] Reference
Tokyo demands their safe return as a precondition for establishing full diplomatic relations with Pyongyang. From Wordnik.com. [The Son Also Surprises] Reference
European conservatives have for years emphasized that structural reforms were a precondition to growth and employment. From Wordnik.com. [Renewing The Social Contract] Reference
Yet the report omitted the elder Kim's origi-nal precondition -- that America "swiftly withdraw its troops from South Korea.". From Wordnik.com. [Traveling Behind Enemy Lines] Reference
They occur among young adult women who very much want to have a child and don't see marriage as an important precondition. From Wordnik.com. [Two views about what government needs to do about poverty] Reference
There have been no substantive discussions among the finance committee's members, a precondition for any sincere attempt to legislate. From Wordnik.com. [Democrats Run From Pelosi] Reference
Hamas refuses to recognize Israel's statehood as a precondition for negotiations (something the Israelis and Americans have insisted on). From Wordnik.com. [Why Fatah is Not the Answer] Reference
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