Sentences with phrase «how little the country»

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It does not promote democracy per se, and indeed seems to indicate little concern for how other countries are governed.

Many shops, restaurants and bank branches refuse to handle cash because of how little consumers use it, with retailers putting up signs to say they don't accept cash payments all over the country.

The calls for tax relief for U.S. Olympic medal earners became louder this week as more Americans realize how little most Olympic athletes earn and how much they're forced to give back to their country.

It was applied a little differently in Argentina than how it is being achieved by governments in developed countries.»

«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

It's so funny how often christians try to play the discrimination / mistreatment card, but when they actually get just the teensiest bit of what they could possibly, maybe call some minute persecution, they b!tch and moan until the whole country knows about it and changes some little rule of some college campus..

How about a little compromise for the good of the country and the lives of our children.

it's insane how you know so little of your own religion and how you go against your Christs teaching with such arrogant and disdain towards atheist and other religions your nothing but a bigot and hatemonger your world is only black and white and you can't fathom how a country can have so many different people with different believes that don't match yours and can live peacefully without your christs.

It's all too easy to see how we may become a country in which the big rewards are reserved for people with the right connections; in which ordinary people see little hope of advancement; in which political involvement seems pointless, because in the end the interests of the elite always get served.

In doing so, they make us think hard, again, about how this miraculous liberation took place — something no one expected on October 16, 1978, when a little - known Polish cardinal, who styled himself the pope «from a far country,» was presented on the central loggia of St. Peter's as the new Bishop of Rome.

We live in a rare time and country where we can choose for ourselves how much or little Religion we want in our lives, but the followers of most religions just don't understand the word no!

Dharius Daniels, a board member of the National Association of Evangelicals and pastor of the predominantly black Kingdom Church in Ewing, N.J., says the case was «a mirror that could show the country not just how much or how little we've progressed, but where — in terms of now, in terms of this point in history — our efforts and our focus and our attention needs to be.»

How about a little respect for our Country?

He observed that the last century had been the bloodiest in history, and when he considered how negatively many peoples of the world regarded our activity of protecting our interests in their countries he feared the future offered little hope.

Since the ACLU protects the KKK and other disliked groups, how about a little support for this atheist, who is simply the canary in the coal mine when it comes to warning us of the creeping descent into Shariah law in this country.

I can't imagine how little respect or admiration she has for African Americans in this country..

I've recently read a little more about how they started their winery, I found it quite fascinating that Ernest and Julio were out traveling the country selling grapes from the family vineyards, they always wanted to start a winery so they borrowed money from family, rented books on how to make wine and wala, their dream was born.

How many times have you heard about little cliques of players from one country, continent or even religion?

I wonder, while Roche is deciding whether or not to bludgeon this flaccid little man, How did our country survive for so long without the wonderful format of sports talk radio?

And always a little funny to see how each publisher in each country puts their own twist on it - I'm particularly curious about the one in which our family was replaced for another on the cover photo.

Well, a number of reasons... - I'm embarrassed at how little I've seen of my own country - I've heard it's fantastically beautiful - At just over 2mos.

MARIA DOZEMAN: So you have a little segment for a couple hours long where they show au pairs the baby equipment, right, because it's so different in our country what we use, so they just show them the different pieces they could see in the American family when they get there, from the car seat, how to work the car seat, and how to safely strap in the child, just different sorts of you know, baby equipment.

With the kinds of low temperatures that have been recorded lately in many parts of the country, it's critical to know how many layers little kids need to wear when they go outside.

This comment sounds a little as if you believed that people living in those «areas of influence» should have no voice about who and how rules their countries.

They way one county treats languages has very little to do with how other countries will.

With the «No» camp ahead in the polls and Better Together seemingly heading for a victory, there's been little thought in the rest of the country about how it will feel in the event of independence.

She really needs to do more to address the appalling problems we have with transport in this country and how little is being done - especially in London where yet again last night hundreds of people were stuck for three hours on the Jubilee Line as the result of a «power failure»!

Being utterly bored with what passes for news in the media, in particular the endless opinion polls supposedly showing voting intentions 3 months before the general election — and how many of those questioned actually know why they will be voting for the party they choose; even more importantly, how many of those questioned even understand what democracy is or how politics works in this country — I thought a little light relief was called for.

But some astronomers say that this is too little, considering how much the country provides for the organizations running the telescopes.

In 2008, while he was a medical resident at New York - Presbyterian Hospital, Balsari and two colleagues were struck by how little data existed about emergency rooms in non-Western countries.

Saturday is for Funerals tells the story of how one country, Botswana, is stemming the epidemic with bold political leadership, a strategic and scientific approach, and more than a little grit.

Although the Ramsar treaty can do little to stop illegal or legal draining of wetlands, its very existence highlights how seriously the majority of the world's countries take protecting land formerly thought of as God - forsaken and useless.

Environmental activists in California have tried to topple the 12 - second rule before — which would immediately change how retardants are used in the rest of the country — with little success due to supporters» concerns that change would result in more fire deaths.

This piece you are currently reading is going to bounce around a little bit to make sense of everything we must focus on here, so we will break it down by first looking at the laws in North America (United States, Canada and Mexico), then we will take a quick peek into how the laws work in other countries around the world.

This little Boden number is one of my favourites this season, i've featured it on my blog a couple of times already (because i'm wearing it so much) and love how it adds a country chic vibe to my look.

From there it was time to decide just how I was going to transform this little lamp into something country and fun!

As we know, the British Royal family has a rich and storied history of coming into other people's countries and telling them how to live, so it comes as little surprise that they would try to impose a dress code on a group over which they have no power.

The best thing before hanging out is read a little bit about her country and origins and how people from her area behave on dates.

I love the country horses are my life been riding since I was a little girl looking for the same in a man he must know how to ride;) I want a man that can make me laugh and has a nice since of humor, someone who knows how to treat a...

It is a film brimming with rich characters, incredible performances, nuanced direction, and a pitch - perfect script, and Rees uses the backdrop of World War II America to highlight how much — and how little — our country has changed in half a century.

Considering how few Finnish films make it to this country (or indeed get an international release at all) it's a little strange that Rare Exports was given such a rare opportunity.

Examples: Visited Florida this summer, Is an avid waterskier, Has a big brother and little sister, Was born in another country, Lives nearest the school, Learned how to skateboard this summer, Didn't see the movie Titanic, Likes anchovies on pizza, Was born in the same month as you, Has a brother or sister in the same school, Favorite subject is science, Has an ear pierced more than once, Father's name is Jim, Read more than one book this summer, Speaks two languages, Has two pets.

One of the things that struck me in discussions with other engineering professors around the country was how many students had little experience in actually building things.

INTERVIEWER: So Massachusetts was a little bit ahead of the curve, but at the time in 1975 this was a big deal for the country and a little bit of history lesson about how this legislation came about, how it was kind of pushed through and how it's changed in 40 years, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

While in Korea studying the country's education system on my Eisenhower Fellowship, I observed how little Korean society values educational software.

«This decision also underlines how little the government is protecting the education budget which is vital for the future success of our children and our country.

«Many schools across the country invest in stuff, but there's little foresight into how will it improve learning.»

Those matter more than a little in contemporary American K — 12 education as she is (a) close to the Obama administration, (b) the intellectual and spiritual leader of one of the two major «consortia» of states that are going to develop new assessment systems to accompany the new «common core» standards, and (c) she is at the epicenter of much work on multiple fronts — with big bucks from major foundations — to transform how the country views assessment and how states engage in it.

«Polling shows that education is the most important issue to our country — how our children get educated — and it ends up being very little in terms of what the candidates actually talk about,» Brown told CBS News.

Many students were curious about how Shelley's photos captured the culture of Haiti, a country several said they knew little about.