Sentences with phrase «better than their forebears»

Americans, as they relax in air - conditioned comfort, enjoy amenities far better than their forebears had when the government took its first detailed look at housing in 1940, the bureau's American Housing Survey also found.

Not exact matches

He recommends incoming CEOs think about the skills they possess and how they can be used to best serve the company, rather than trying to copy their forebear's style.

This was particularly remarkable in - light of the fact that the village Christians» forebears, joining the faith in mass movements, had but the vaguest notion of what they were getting into — just that it was likely to be better than being an untouchable Hindu.

Certainly much less impoverished and vulnerable than their immigrant forebears, they recapitulate their forebears» migrating search for economic opportunity and a better life for their children.

Assist totals in the NBA are up, but opinion is divided over whether today's point guards are better passers and playmakers than their talented forebears

We need to remind ourselves regularly that, in launching the theme for 2017 «Harnessing the demographic dividend through investments in the Youth», we have made essentially a pact with both present and future generations to leave them a better legacy than we inherited from our forebears.

It will be interesting to see if Dawn, which is getting some of the best reviews of the year (even better than Days of Future Past), can do anything about the down trend at the box office or if like its forebear, it too will prove no match for the perplexing appeal of the critically trashed Transformers series.

Yet it doesn't fully do the character justice because Veronica Mars is far more than the sum of her forebears - smarter than the Hardy Boys, sassier than Nancy Drew, looks way better in a miniskirt than Encyclopedia Brown.

The company's latest Hardtop is a good bit larger than its forebear....

Released at the LA Auto Show in late 2015, the new CX - 9 is lighter -LRB--130 kg), safer and stronger than its forebear and arrives exclusively with an all - new SKYACTIV - G 2.5 T (2.5 - litre turbo - petrol) engine, as well as a new range of safety and infotainment technology.

And here's the good news: down there, it concedes nothing to its high - strung forebears, bearing out that adage that it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow.

The 2017 Civic Type R is lighter than its forebear, and a new multi-link rear suspension works with fatter tires and a longer wheelbase to handle corners better.

As more college - age Millennials and recent grads enter the new - and used - vehicle market, they are expected to demonstrate less brand loyalty and more wariness of overspending than their forebears, and with good reason: Saddled with student loans, younger buyers are less likely to make an aspirational purchase and more likely to look for a competitive price on a reliable car.

Black Ops 2 doesn't handle them any better or worse than its forebears.

The best - case scenario is that the new «borrowers» would also benefit from previous generations» mistakes, and would have the tools to be far less destructive than their forebears as they find their way out of poverty.