Sentences with phrase «better than average citizens»

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Studies show that Seventh - Day Adventists, whose church encourages behaviors that promote healthy aging, have a well - documented average life span of 88 years, approximately eight years longer than the average U.S. citizen.

But this claim needs to be tested, for there is clearly a plausible alternative: that teachers are not only better educated and more middle class than the average citizen, but also more public spirited, more committed to public education, and thus more likely to vote in school - board elections regardless of their personal stakes.

With access to so many new voices, it turns out that many of our pop - culture and publishing - sanctioned pundits and leaders are considerably less well - informed than we were led to believe, if not less well - informed than your average citizen.

And incidentally, a lot of average citizens like me wonder if things like buying cars with a bit better gas mileage and switching to CFL and LED light bulbs amount to much more than pissing in the wind.

a nation of remarkably productive, often well - paid workers who are becoming increasingly reluctant to pause from their labors and refresh their souls — a nation whose cash - drenched corporate employers typically don't pay for much time off (less than two weeks annually, on average), a nation whose globe - gripping federal government is the only one in the whole industrialized world not to legally require generous periods of paid kick - back - and - hang time — is a nation that's socially screwed up, particularly in comparison with European countries like France, which orders its citizens outside to play for the entire month of August and a few other weeks spread through the year.

Getting life insurance coverage involves a few more considerations for military personnel than it does for the average citizen, but getting a policy is well within reach.

Experts tells us that uninsured numbers tend to swell during tough economic times, and that they go up faster than they eventually do back down when things get better financially for the average citizen.