Sentences with phrase «as our nation struggles»

As our nation struggles with the complex challenge of obesity, the food and beverage industry continues to step up to be part of the solution.

The last report of shortages in Venezuela showed that 22.4 % of necessary goods are not in stock The nation has erupted in protests and opposition leaders have been put in prison as the nation struggles to address its economic problems.

But behind the photo ops, observers say, lies a still - deep uncertainty about how the U.S. - China relationship will play out this week as nations struggle for a new international agreement.

Bill Gates, the co-founder of the world's largest philanthropy, last week called on President - elect Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress to expand support for education and make the federal government «a dynamic agent of school reform,» even as the nation struggles through grim economic times.

«As our nation struggles to recover from the current recession,» the senators wrote, «we are deeply concerned that the pending Clean Air Act boiler MACT regulations could impose onerous burdens on U.S. manufacturers, leading to the loss of potentially thousands of high] paying jobs this sector provides.»

Not exact matches

We as a nation have struggled with maintaining integrity in leadership, achieving peace, and preserving the rights of the American people.

Lowe's, the nation's second biggest home improvement retailer behind Home Depot, has struggled to improve its profitability as customer traffic slowed in recent months.

Now the city faces this question: Who is going to rebuild the nation's fourth - largest city as construction companies nationwide struggle to find workers?

And the Fed has had to stand largely alone, as most other developed nations struggled with their own financial problems and Congress and the White House became paralyzed by partisan politics.

Oil prices finish higher as IMF move threatens Venezuelan output Traders also weigh jump in U.S. crude supplies, risks to Iran dealAfter trading on a mixed note for much of Wednesday's session, oil prices settled decidedly higher, as the International Monetary Fund's threat to expel Venezuela reignited market concerns over the struggling nation's crude production.

A toxic onslaught from the nation's petrochemical hub was largely overshadowed by the record - shattering deluge of Hurricane Harvey as residents and first responders struggled to save lives and property.

Libya's transitional leaders named a new Cabinet and said they would step down after the country is fully secured, putting an end to weeks of political infighting as the North African nation struggles to get back on its feet.

Thousands of Christians have fled Iraq's second - largest city as an Islamist terror group solidifies its control over Christianity's main remaining stronghold in the struggling nation.

For the people of Palestine, suffering under the Roman regime, it must have been as hard to believe this as it is today in the United States of America for people struggling to achieve economic and political equality of opportunity, or as it is for the native people of Palestine or Vietnam who are exiled from their homes and dependent upon the scanty bounty of the United Nations and charitable organizations.

That struggle has called into question all the existing beliefs about America as a successful multicultural nation.

In that struggle, communism, which focused on class, failed, as did fascism, an ideology based on the primacy of the nation or race.

As Turkey continues to crack down on dissent in the wake of a failed coup, two longtime American Christian expats are struggling to stay in the Muslim - majority nation they have long served.

The heroic struggle of the Polish nation against totalitarianism, St. Faustina Kowalska's remarkable message of Divine Mercy, and of course, the life of Pope John Paul II himself» reminders such as these fill the city of Kraków and its environs.

Six years later, as numerous editorials and articles indicate, the Methodist Church — then the largest Protestant body in the nation, with heavy southern concentration — was still struggling to resolve its own institutional segregation.

There was not even the slightest lead to give help in the struggles for economic justice as the nation became industrialized and as the frontier to which less fortunate members of society could escape became virtually closed.

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

Phrygian to me i sense that you are struggling with issues in your mind that you cant reconcile and these issues are affecting what you believe in your heart and therefore your faith in God.I had something similar happen to me recently regarding the story of the demon possessed man at one point the demons begged Jesus to cast them into the pigs does that mean that Jesus was implicated with the work of satan.It cast my mind into doubt and then i began to question who God is.I prayed and sort the holy spirit for an answer the answer i got was that Gods character never changes he is always holy righteous and sovereign why else would satan ask for his permission.So the answer was that he allowed satans purpose to prevail so that we can see that satans intention is always to destroy it may well have been that the pigs were his anyway.As they were for the gentile nations who offered the pigs to their demon Gods.Just as satan can not change who he is the destroyer the thief the liar God can not change who he is when we realise that despite what we see going on in the world God is still the same yesterday today and forever.The time is coming when those that have hurt others will be judged for there wickedness as we serve a holy and just God.Just as it was in the times of Noah so it is with this this generation that as the wickedness reachs its zenith then the Lord will return to judge the nations.He is coming again and we need to be ready it is not a time to be caught sleeping.brentnz

Our political struggles over nations and nationalisms are best understood as referenda on the West's meta - politics over the last three generations, which has been one of disenchantment.

This dynamic undergirds the struggles for the unqualified acceptance of Dalits and Adivasis as equal members of Indian human society and demands their fuller participation in all dimensions (social, economic, political, and cultural) of the processes of building the nation - state.

He insists on the need for honest debate as we struggle toward «new foundations and new rules» in the face of the institutional changes and the uncertainties that have swept our nation over the past generation.

In Niebuhr's analysis the history of our political life is the history of a struggle between a partial loyalty, that is, loyalty to the nation as one among other nations, and a universal loyalty to which the nation refers.

Since more and more issues will be decided by political means, we should be prepared for a continuing series of power struggles and inevitable compromises as the nation seeks to chart its future course.

As the nation's dairy farmers struggle through their fourth year of depressed milk prices, concerns are rising that many are becoming depressed themselves.

Yaya Toure will be at the African Cup of Nations early next year, and they could struggle to score as many goals as they normally do.

As Team Germany won the Nations Cup and David Coulthard the individual contest, other drivers encountered a few more struggles.

You have to remember that France are a huge nation, almost everyone they play parks the bus, so finding space can be a struggle as well we know, and we do the same thing in this situation.

A mid-table finish would appear the likely destination of Fulham at the end of the season, with the Cottagers neither here nor there with regards to standard of their performances, while early results would indicate that Mark Hughes, despite doing his best to retain Fulham's dogged qualities which were instilled by former boss Roy Hodgson, who was undoubtedly the most successful manager the club ever had in the Premier League, that Fulham will struggle to win matches this season let alone the hearts of the entire nation as they did last season when Hodgson guided an average English team to the finals of the Europa League to the amazement of a nation and a continent.

Rob Elliot is disbanded with his family struggles as he didn't feature with his nation, the Republic of Ireland game against Denmark in the midweek.

Park officials note with irony that in our health - conscious nation, in which studies show that swimming rates as a favorite pastime, municipal pools are struggling to survive.

As the economy struggles to regain its footing, more children than ever receive free or reduced - price lunches in the nation's school cafeterias.

Parts of the statement read thus: «As we get prepared for the challenges ahead 2017, We make bold to tell the people of our Niger Delta, sane minds in Nigeria and the comity of nations that the remaining 11 months and couples of weeks in 2017 will be filled with surprises and a reconfiguration of the struggle for the liberation of our motherland.

Even as the Judiciary Council, under the able leadership of the Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood is struggling to purge the judiciary of «bad nuts» after Anas» recent inglorious revelation which shocked the conscience of the whole nation, court registrars and clerks have developed ingenious ways of milking litigants and lawyers dry, The aL - hAJJ's investigations have uncovered.

Still, this community struggles to sustain its existence as an integral part of the state and nation building processes.

The economic argument is debatable and opinions differ, but do you think the large numbers of struggling upstaters enjoy the high taxes, ever increasing fees (example: the cost to have your vehicle inspected DOUBLED from 2010 to 2011 and is now one of the highest in the nation) and endless financial burdens they as lower and middle class people endure while the rich bankers and CEOs downstate laugh at them?

As the nation's capital struggles with a homeless crisis, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson plans to introduce legislation as soon as this week calling for a study into converting a vacant residence hall blocks from the US Capitol into cheap housing for the well - paid politicians, some of whom are sleeping in their offices to save casAs the nation's capital struggles with a homeless crisis, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson plans to introduce legislation as soon as this week calling for a study into converting a vacant residence hall blocks from the US Capitol into cheap housing for the well - paid politicians, some of whom are sleeping in their offices to save casas soon as this week calling for a study into converting a vacant residence hall blocks from the US Capitol into cheap housing for the well - paid politicians, some of whom are sleeping in their offices to save casas this week calling for a study into converting a vacant residence hall blocks from the US Capitol into cheap housing for the well - paid politicians, some of whom are sleeping in their offices to save cash.

The number of civilians dying as a result of the struggle against the Taliban jumped upwards in the first half of 2010, United Nations figures show.

Although employment has remained strong, productivity remains a concern in the UK, as our economy has struggled to keep pace with other nations.

Rangel also gave a shout - out to organized labor — particularly the state workers who are under fire across the nation as cash - strapped governors struggle to make ends meet, saying:

«Our leaders must lead the call for the restructuring of Nigeria because without this, we are going nowhere so as for our wealth as a nation to grow astronomically as aspired by the teeming Nigerians, we must all struggle for this.

«We have come to fix the nation, to fix the problems; otherwise as a people, as a nation, we would have been going through a struggle for existence and a great challenge would have been confronting this nation.

The strength came from the exposure I had to the difficulties of a young country struggling to establish itself as a nation.

We are shocked that our struggle for independence and the consolidation of our position as a stable, democratic and progressive nation could be thrown away for a mere $ 20 million.

REP. Carolyn Maloney calls Washington «dysfunctional... as if the financial crisis never happened and the nation's not struggling... Ending Medicare, undercutting financial reforms, delaying the debt ceiling.

«Understanding the principle that we have always believed: that our success depends on the forgotten wealth creators, the people who do the hours, put in the shifts, struggle to pay their bills, and just want a government on their side, a government that brings us together as One Nation.

And New York would emerge, at long last, as an example for other states and the nation to follow in the fight for fair pay, especially if Mr. Cuomo follows up this action by assuming a leadership role in the broader struggle for higher wages.