Sentences with phrase «nation states do»

The nation state doesn't seem to operate well in parts of Africa.

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With epic cinematography, «Amazing China» — produced by China Central Television and the state - owned China Film Group Co. Ltd. — articulates a message of how China would like to be seen as it pursues President Xi Jinping's vision of a globally resurgent nation, against a reality that doesn't always measure up.

When that happens, the demographic pinch is likely to force China's economy to switch from low - cost exporter to advanced welfare state faster than any large nation has ever done before.

Just because the State of the Union normally refers to a speech given to discuss the year's upcoming priorities from the president's perspective, don't think that only a nation can derive benefit from an annual address of this sort.

There's only one nation - state that does: Russia.»

A scheme being debated by the executive body of the European Union suggests the 26 - nation Schengen zone, which does not include the UK, could operate a visa programme comparable to the United States» ESTA scheme, according to the Guardian.

I don't believe it's a coincidence that Minnesota has more Fortune 500 companies per capita than all but one state and the 10th most Fortune 500 companies in the nation.

How do you normalize nation - states regularly firing rockets full of people at each other without someone starting World War III?

Among the leading nations for retirement security, the United States didn't even crack the top 10, according to the 2016 Global Retirement Index by Natixis Global Asset Management.

«State attorneys general told five of the nation's largest banks on Tuesday they face a potential liability of at least $ 17 billion in civil lawsuits if a settlement isn't reached to address improper foreclosure practices» a «figure [that] doesn't cover additional billions of dollars in potential claims from federal agencies,» the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

In its most recent report on the state of global fisheries, the United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization warned that 90 percent of the world's fish stocks are fully or overfished, and increasing production to meet the world's growing demand for animal protein can't be done in a sustainable manner.

The state has the fifth - highest tax burden in the nation, according to the Tax Foundation, contributing to Wisconsin's 26th place ranking in our Cost of Doing Business category compared to 24th four years ago.

With crude oil and natural gas flowing to foreign destinations in greater volumes, the United States can make sure other nations don't have to «tolerate the intolerable,» Perry said.

If the apartheid state of Isreal is such a prosperous nation, why do they still come to us for aid?

There have been very few updates on the state of negotiations, but just because Iran and the P5 +1 nations reached a framework deal in April does not mean they can overcome the remaining outstanding differences, which also happen to be some of the thorniest.

Beginning after World War II, the United States gradually reduced its import taxes and pushed other nations to do the same, seeking not only to promote increased trade but to prevent conflict.

The good news is that the Chinese do not feel morally superior or exceptional, and that the majority of them believe China should not take on a world leadership role, or if it does, it should jointly lead the world with the United States and other leading nations.

We need, as a nation, to reexamine the single - payer plan, as many individual states are doing.

We joined franchise industry leaders from the region, state and nation on the steps of the State Capitol building to raise awareness about the high unemployment issues our veterans face, and to discuss what we are doing with other franchise companies to support veterans and their carstate and nation on the steps of the State Capitol building to raise awareness about the high unemployment issues our veterans face, and to discuss what we are doing with other franchise companies to support veterans and their carState Capitol building to raise awareness about the high unemployment issues our veterans face, and to discuss what we are doing with other franchise companies to support veterans and their careers.

The United States is turning into a nation of 1099 workers who eke out a living driving cars, renting rooms and running errands for people who apparently have better things to do with their time.

But equally wretched is the current state of politics in America, where Congress can't do anything about the nation's never - ending string of mass shootings or our massive federal debt or the dysfunctional state of U.S. health care or, well, anything important.

«I do think an agreement which benefits both Canada and United States... is absolutely possible and achievable and I can see the outlines of that agreement already,» Freeland said Monday in a teleconference call from Manila, Philippines, where she was attending meetings with her counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

In response to the moderator's question, Ledgett said he believes there are now nation - states robbing banks, although he did not point to any evidence already collected.

However, a new survey report from WiseBrand, based on over 2,000 respondents, does give a nice peek inside the current State of the Freelance Nation.

One of the driving forces is that it will allow us to do away in some ways with a nation state.

If it has not already done so, the United States could sell every ounce of the people's gold and it would not make one bit of difference to the nation's fiscal situation.

This likely does not reflect a willingness to «cut ties» with the United States, but more so a desire to negotiate for growth opportunities with other nations in good faith.

But we do see things consistent with the Bible, To take a concrete example, the Bible states that Israel wold be destroyed as a nation, but after a long period of time would become a nation again, It's a matter of belief whether the Bible made a God - inspired prophecy or a lucky guess, But it's a matter of objective fact that Israel was destroyed by the Romans and became a nation again in 1948.

Israel is a worthless stolen nation that leeches off the United States and does nothing in return except further distance us from possible Arabic alliances.

I don't like this current Israeli government, I don't like the settlements expansion, I don't like the way Palestinians are treated, and I don't like Sarah Palin, but I also believe that the state of Israel is a necessity, I believe in its future and in its strength, I believe it's an essential for the survival of the Jewish nation worldwide.

Wow.Mr.Limbaugh's belated «apology «aside, I find myself stunned at the level of vitriol, rudeness, and sheer hatred we seem determined to spew at each across the web nowadays; its advent has obviously unleashed some deeply - buried, long - simmering resevoirs of hate, scorn, and opprobium that has finally boiled over among many of us.If we spent even a third of that energy seeking solutions to righting the badly - listing ship - of - state called America... Well.The politicians aren't going to do it, fellow citizens.As clever as we think we are venting over folly and nonsense on these websites, we had better get busy getting our nation's affairs in order, or we'll become the laughingstock of the world, with tiny,no - name third world countries thumbing their noses at us and telling us to «Get lost, America, you silly, Hollywood has - been.

Although much of the Old Testament does have historically verifiable occurances, the lead characters are heads of state or high priests or the stories are about the nation as a whole.

In a letter announcing his retirement from the army at the close of the War, he wrote: «I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.»

Lemert, by contrast, believes nationalism corrupts nation - states, which can easily do without it.

The people you list were totalitarian leaders of nations who happened to head governments that did not endorse or give support to any religion as a matter of Marxist instruction because the state HAD used religion since the beginning of history to take advantage of people.

Left and right distinction in faith is usually reserved for things to do with the church vs. things to do with the state or nation.

What are the Christian nations doing for them (the United States is not one)?

While the nation - state does not claim to be our extended family, it often lays claim to the family as one of its essential building blocks.

What would you suggest, that some autocratic murderous dictator gain control over all the Muslim nations and force a single, state version of the faith, like Constantine did for Christianity?

«Christendom» not only did not decline from this time, but with its famous doctrine of cuius regio, eius religio, its underlying logic received powerful, official sanction, and it has continued on in the fragmented territorial or «state churches» of the emergent European nation - states.

In redefining marriage and the family, the state not only embarks on an unprecedented expansion of its powers into realms heretofore considered prior to or outside its reach, and not only does it usurp functions and prerogatives once performed by intermediary associations within civil society, it also exercises these powers by tacitly redefining what the human being is and committing the nation to a decidedly post-Christian (and ultimately post-human) anthropology and philosophy of nature.

That practice might have been permissible in 1787 or 1812, but it does not pass constitutional muster in 2013, when the United States is, as President Barack Obama acknowledged in his first inaugural address, «a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers.»

But after nearly 20 years in our nation's capital, I'm disheartened by the poisonous state of our political discourse and even more by the contribution that have been made to the toxicity by those who do it in the name of Jesus.

It often must do so in resistance to the nation - state.

The second challenge is presented by the emergence of «asymmetrical» or «fourth generation» warfare — conflicts that do not involve nation states (the war on terrorism, for example, involves nonstate entities like al - Qaeda) or involve them in «low - intensity» or clandestine combat (like the U.S. involvement in guerrilla warfare in Central America in the 1980s).

Even if this does not happen, even if the United States continues on as the greatest and richest and most powerful nation in the world for many generations to come, are you making preparations now to hold the fort for future Christian generations?

It's funny how he states that this nation does nt need people who believe in creationism — let alone, t hat we should not allow anyone else to further to believe in it.

Whether this was a reference to the United States in Iraq, or to the structural dominance of the Security Council in the U.N., or to the efforts of select nations to use the U.N. in imposing population and family policies opposed by the Holy See, Benedict did not say.

The big bang does not state that something comes from nothing, and the rest of your argument is ludicrous.This is why Bill Nye is right - a lack of scientific understanding results in a nation full of ignorance and lack of critical thinking; not good for a nation that is basically making money by being on the cutting edge of technology.

This state of affairs can be only partially encouraging, however, for the increasing worldwide popularity of TV has been accompanied by a steady decrease in reading (and in nations where the literacy rate is low, television can have an instant impact on people who have never read a newspaper or magazine) At any rate, recent research has concluded that of all media, newspapers do the best job of presenting a satisfactory image of aging.