Sentences with phrase «empire state and our nation»

Retiring Harlem Rep. Charlie Rangel and former Bronx Rep. Robert «Bobby» Garcia — two Democrats who experienced a rocky road in their political careers, yet retain considerable respect and standing among their supporters — will be receiving the Percy E. Sutton Empire State and Nation Builder Award, which is the association's highest and most prestigious honor.

«In districts like mine across the country that have rusted - out factories that line the landscapes of far too many of my communities, today we have an opportunity to fix this problem and restore the once great Empire State and our nation to the manufacturing strength it once enjoyed,» Tenney said.

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Countries like Greece and Italy, that were once the homes of great empires and nation states have in the modern age been laid low by financial crisis, recession and a whole «lost» generation of young people — 40 percent in Italy and almost 52 percent in Greece — who are unemployed.

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Upon this model of hierarchy we have built our political systems — from the Greek city - state and the Roman Empire to feudal castes, the Holy Roman Empire, and modern nations.

Although held in theory over a long period, the belief was accentuated during the latter part of the nineteenth century and since, and became finally a basic dogma underlying the Japanese Imperial thrust, which is often regarded as the beginning of World War II.9 The idea was taught in the schools, in the army, and resulted finally in a fanatical religious, as well as patriotic, devotion to the emperor, without which, it seems to the writer, it is impossible to explain the daring attack of the island empire of Japan upon the richest and most powerful nation in the world, the United States.

Notable, too, for its rapid growth in territory, population, and wealth was a nation which had begun as part of the British Empire, the United States, in which Protestantism was also in the ascendancy.

For most of European history from the emperor Constantine's embrace of Christianity onwards there has been a strong tendency to identify worship of God with loyalty to and reverence for the tradition and authorities that constitute the Holy Roman Empire, or its competing fragments in the Middle Ages, or their successor nation states, or one's home town and its familiar «way of life.»

The political and economic system created by the United States and its allies after World War II — a system built around common defense measures and free trade — rescued Europe from the self - inflicted catastrophe of 1914 - 1945, prevented nuclear war, preserved the peace until the collapse of the Soviet empire, and allowed once - captive nations to reclaim their liberties.

The slow but steady growth of the craft beer segment in New York means there should be lots of room for Empire Brewing Company and its competitors once the state catches up with the rest of the nation.

Unfortunately, the Empire State has the third latest date in the nation for when taxpayers pay off all their tax obligations and start pocketing their hard - earned money to pay for things like mortgage, groceries, car payments, electric bills and college tuition.

A major part of the speech was the governor's proposal for what he called the largest multi-use trail in the nation, the Empire State Trail that would stretch 750 miles across the state and connect the Erie Canalway to the Hudson River Valley GreeState Trail that would stretch 750 miles across the state and connect the Erie Canalway to the Hudson River Valley Greestate and connect the Erie Canalway to the Hudson River Valley Greenway.

He had served as executive director of the New York Empire State Development Corporation's (ESDC) Division of Minority and Women Business Development, one of the nation's largest public sector supplier diversity programs.

His initial reaction to Trump's shock victory was to call the mogul (a longtime donor of his), proffer his congratulations and highlight which of his pet infrastructure projects that could benefit from federal funding — then to go on television and talk about how the Republican's Empire State roots were «a bonus» for New York and the nation.

Gabay — a 43 - year - old Harvard - educated lawyer who'd worked for Cuomo's Empire State Development Corporation — was walking along Bedford Avenue after the annual West Indian community celebration in the early morning hours of Sept. 7 when the firefight broke out between the warring Folk Nation and 8 - Trey Crips gangs, prosecutors say.

We will continue to lead the nation in championing the rights of workers and ensuring the promise of hope and opportunity is afforded to all working people across the Empire State.

[1]- There were earlier attempts and ideas to create a nation - state - for example, I would consider Alexander the Great's efforts to be such, since he tried to unify the culture of his empire (and definitely succeeded doing so in the scope of Greek Peninsula itself).

As such, the Austro - Hungarian Empire would have been a single state with mutiple nations - including Austrians, Magyars (Hungarians), Gypsies, and others.

According to a Pew Charitable Trusts report, most states, including New York, have seen some modest gains in personal income since the recession and over the past year, but the Empire State since 2007 has lagged behind the nation as a whole.

«The HIV / AIDS epidemic was a terrible tragedy in our nation's history but make no mistake the Empire State has led the nation in ending the epidemic and helping New Yorkers lead long, healthy and happy lives,» Governor Cuomo said.

«New York is the Empire State; we must lead the way, not blindly follow what now passes for leadership from our nation's capital,» Rosa and Elia said.

Hochul noted the governor and Empire State Development President Howard Zemsky — also, coincidentally, a Buffalonian — already have a good relationship with Amazon, which she believed could be beneficial as communities across the nation try to outdo one another to woo the online retail giant.

Students seeking teaching jobs in the Empire State might be interested to know that, according to the National Education Agency, New York offers the sixth best salary to beginning teachers in the nation ($ 41,079) and the overall best average teacher salary ($ 69,118).

Following World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Allied nations carved up the Middle East, redrawing the political map of the Arab world into mandated territories which they then reorganized into states.

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Overlooking the United Nations building from the 27th floor, this health club, open to both hotel guests and the general public, takes in iconic views of the Empire State and Chrysler buildings, along with New York's bridges.

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Treating Berlin as a subjective microcosm, Gaitán traces its globality and mercantile linkages in the late 19th century as well as its journey from empire to nation - state.

In 2011, the North Korean Chosun Central Television announced the results of a new global happiness index reported by the national research team, and it states that North Korea is the second happiest nation aside big China which is supposedly the happiest due to the mere number of people; South Korea being in the 152nd place and «the American Empire» in place 203, which would not be a surprise if it was dead last place.

Switzerland only freed itself from the Empire Holy Roman Empire in 1499, and was recognized as an independent nation by the remainder of Europe in 1648, only to be conquered by the French in 1798 and made a French satellite state, not regaining full recognition of its independence until 1815.

Independence Day of the United States, also referred to as Fourth of July or July Fourth in the U.S., is a federal holidaycommemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by the Continental Congress declaring that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and no longer part of the British Empire.