Sentences with phrase «american standard of living»

(7) The American standard of living is not sustainable.

«In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable.

Its basic claim was that the American standard of living was threatened by the loss of major manufacturing industries — such as automobiles, machine tools, and steel mills — to other nations, which the commission attributed to the mediocre quality of our public educational system; this claim shifted the blame from shortsighted corporate leadership to the public schools.

By comparison, I get the feeling that both later guests would like to retain their North American standard of living (albeit with a more pristine environment), something they seem to think entails the exclusion of immigrants.

«The American standard of living, the productivity of the American economy and America's ability to compete in the global economy no longer rest exclusively, or even primarily, on natural resources, capital plants, access to financial capital, or population.

There is no racial or cultural reason why India can not in five or ten decades have an American standard of living.

That will no doubt further lower the American standard of living and, according to the Congressional Budget Office, «weaken the United States» international leadership.»

One, Chinese exports to the United States improve the American standard of living by selling less expensive goods to United States that we benefit from — and we don't make those goods anymore.»

Not exact matches

I live in Canada now, but I gave birth to both of my kids in the United States, and from the vantage point of the Great White North, I can tell you that parents here view the standard three - month American leave as unfathomable and a two - week leave as downright barbaric.

With six out of 10 Americans projected to fall short of their standard of living by retirement, it's more urgent than ever that people in this generation save — and save some more.

They also watched a documentary about Japanese business, which warned that — unless the United States improved its productivity — the next generation of Americans would be the first to experience a declining standard of living.

The event was a breaking point in the community's resentment of L.A. police chief William Parker «and what they considered his double standard toward [African Americans] and whites,» according to LIFE magazine's editorial prefacing its Aug. 27, 1965, cover story on the riots.

Even by spinning off $ 20 billion in assets, GE apparently can't move fast enough to preserve the dividends that millions of retired Americans depend upon to maintain their standard of living.

The reasons are understandable — a billion - dollar payday for Instagram, for example, tends to get investors» attention — but let's face it: another Facebook camera app is not going to save people's health, or restore American competitiveness, or life ur standard of living or quality of life.

Studies range widely in their conclusions about the degree to which Americans are likely to maintain their pre-retirement standard of living in retirement, largely because of different assumptions about how much income this goal requires.

Author Charles Steindel explains that when the U.S. personal saving rate took a negative turn in second - quarter 2005, it raised concerns that Americans may have to curtail spending and accept a lower standard of living as they pay off rising debts.

The average Chinese household lives on a quarter of the income that American and Western European households do, and standards of living remain very low in rural parts of the country, and across central and western China.

We must instead offer all Americans greater opportunities to raise their standards of living and achieve financial independence by replacing Dodd - Frank with real reforms that work.»

Demographic trends and the shift of global economic gravity toward emerging markets pose serious challenges to North American competitiveness; our future standard of living will depend in part on continuous education as well as our ability to recruit and retain talent.

Over time, as the US Dollar continues to depreciate, it will bring higher inflation, lower real growth rates and a reduced standard of living for most American wage earners.

Romney might want to come up with a coherent story of how the President's combination of ideology and irresponsibility is damaging American living standards and then offer and intelligible alternative.

But, please note that the majority of Jews living here are not from Israel they are Europeans, or Americans, even by your own standards your argument is unsound.

He is a typical «ugly american» who buries his head in the sand and proclaims the overblown virtues of our country while failing to see that, yes, other countries do things radically different than us and they also have a phenomenal standard of living.

There were other major factors, including the tendency of Americans to live above their means and policies that encouraged banks to dilute mortgage lending standards.

I hold a similar regard for statements by white South Africans who seek to convince us that apartheid is in the best interest of colored and black peoples, as well as for statements by American entrepreneurs who argue that they are invested in South Africa for the purpose of enhancing the standard of living for black workers.

Many of the people in Minimalism had achieved «success» by our cultural standards, but were left feeling disillusioned, anxious and depleted so they decided to live radically different than most Americans.

Because of illness I did not go away to boarding school until I was 12, and my life was very different from the standard accounts of many Americans who grew up in the Far East, such as John Hersey.

Or there always the American Translation, ArtScroll Tanakh (Old Testament), An American Translation, Berkeley VersionAmerican Standard Version, American King James Version, Amplified Bible, An, Bible in English, The Bible in Living English, Bishops» Bible, Catholic Public Domain Version, Children's King James Version, Christian Community Bible, English version, Clear Word Bible, Complete Jewish Bible, Contemporary English Version, Concordant Literal Version, A Conservative Version, Coverdale Bible, Darby Bible, Douay - Rheims Bible, Douay - Rheims Bible (Challoner Revision), EasyEnglish Bible, Easy - to - Read Version, English Jubilee 2000 Bible, English Standard Version, Ferrar Fenton Bible, Geneva Bible, God's Word, Good News Bible, Great Bible, Holman Christian Standard Bible, The Inclusive Bible, International Standard Version, Jerusalem Bible, Jewish Publication Society of America Version Tanakh (Old Testament),

The process of draining logic and meaning from everything came to full fruition in the 1960s and 1970s, when it began to be felt profoundly in the daily lives of many Americans, with such things as the proliferation of «alternative lifestyles,» the diluting or jettisoning of academic standards at every level, the increasing inability of the legal system to make in practice sufficient or consistent distinctions between victim and victimizer — among many others too familiar to all of us to need spelling out.

The American commercial republic was conceived as an institutional design that would stir the self - interest of individuals to produce not brutal competition but civilized emulation, uplifting the people's material and moral standards of life.

Either the New Testament is to be supreme, and we are to judge our nation in the light of its standards of righteousness and spiritual greatness, or the so - called American way of life is to be our substitute religion, and the church is to be its mouthpiece.

American propaganda often says that our tremendous production and our high standard of living make us worthy to follow.

Perhaps a much simpler, material life, simpler, that is, compared to present middle - class American standards, would result, but it would not be accompanied by an abandonment of free inquiry or free speech.

The «46 million Americans in poverty» cited in this article are actually — compared to the living standards of Jesus» time — SUPER RICH!

Please let us know which one is the best one, and why: American Standard Version American King James Version Amplified Bible An American Translation ArtScroll Tanakh (Old Testament) An American Translation Berkeley Version Bible in English The Bible in Living English Bishops» Bible Catholic Public Domain Version Children's King James Version Christian Community Bible, English version Clear Word Bible Complete Jewish Bible Contemporary English Version Concordant Literal Version A Conservative Version Coverdale Bible Darby Bible Douay - Rheims Bible Douay - Rheims Bible (Challoner Revision) EasyEnglish Bible Easy - to - Read Version English Jubilee 2000 Bible English Standard Version Ferrar Fenton Bible Geneva Bible God's Word Good News Bible Great Bible Holman Christian Standard Bible The Inclusive Bible International Standard Version Jerusalem Bible Jewish Publication Society of America Version Tanakh (Old Testament) Judaica Press Tanakh (Old Testament).

Here again, it's evident that trade protectionism is not the answer; it would not only lower American living standards (and those of all our trade partners), but also produce inflation.

During the more than half century of my life, we have seen an unprecedented decay in our American culture, a decay that has eroded the foundations of our collective values and moral standards of conduct.

During the 1950s the basic elements of the American dream were recovered with compelling force — family stability, a rising standard of living, and seemingly unlimited career opportunities.

Disregarding sound nutritional science has real and troubling implications for all of us, regardless of what state we live in, in that it may weaken the proposed Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and undercut our federal school food nutritional standards.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

«Going forward our legislative agenda seeks reform across American life, with a focus on jobs and raising the standard of living for all.

Further reducing federal investment in these kinds of foundational goods will set back the country even further — undermining economic growth, causing standards of living to stagnate, and putting prosperity at risk for future generations of Americans.

His training was in particle physics, but on a research tour in Europe, he found Europeans used half the energy Americans did for the same standard of living.

Now in its 6th consecutive year, Scientific American Worldview: A Global Biotechnology Perspective, has become an international «industry standard,» linking the frontiers of life science innovation and drug discovery with the policies and programs driving them forward.

As Jacobs wrote in The Death and Life of Great American Cities, originally published in 1961: «Towns and suburbs... are natural homes for huge supermarkets and for little else in the way of groceries, for standard movie houses or drive - ins and for little else in the way of theater.

Intensive dialysis treatments in pregnant women with kidney failure lead to a higher proportion of live births than standard dialysis care, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

More and more gas will be needed, however, as flat - panel LCD televisions become standard in American living rooms and the fledgling thin - film solar cell industry takes off; nitrogen trifluoride is used as a cleaning agent in the manufacture of both.

«Using the best science to strengthen these standards is a long overdue action that will help millions of Americans breathe easier and live healthier.»

It was never meant to be a short term fix for anything and even long term this way of eating isn't a panacea but it sure can make a world of difference in your life, especially if you are consuming the Standard American Diet of processed and fast foods.

However many of those who lived to 100 were never exposed in their early years to the processed food that makes up the standard american diet nor did they consume the quantities they do today.