Sentences with phrase «by swelling the ranks»

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Swelling ranks of seniors with ever - increasing lifespans will soon be confronted by a retirement in poverty while a diminishing number of working taxpayers are saddled with a crushing public - services liability.

Th round catapults the firm into «unicorn» territory, the swelling ranks of private firms occupied by young guns valued at $ 1 billion or more.

By 2010, its ranks will swell to 35 million, making the cohort a larger chunk of the population than even the fabled baby boomers.

The deal is the biggest to date under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella, and the logic, according to some reports, is that Microsoft (MSFT) would be able to swell the already formidable ranks of Minecraft players by its position in computer and console market, and increase revenue from licensing for merchandise and other spin - offs.

Since its formation, the APC's ranks have been swelled by former PDP members, including state governors and lawmakers.

In addition, the mood of society by the mid - «70s, with the emphasis on personal fulfillment, swelled the ranks of the dissenters.

E. Nevertheless some Jews remained, presumably in parts of Galilee and in Hebron, and their ranks were swelled from time to time by new arrivals from the diaspora.

A number of features stand out: gender; left - wing identity; social liberalism; campaign activism; feelings about the leadership; and the possibility that the ranks of the newer members, and those that support Jeremy Corbyn, may have been swollen by what we call «educated left - behinds» — people who, given their qualifications, might have been expecting to earn more than they currently do.

Labour has always been split on electoral reform, and for the moment the ranks of the naysayers are swelled by intense animosity to coalition government as currently practised, and towards the Lib Dems in particular.

This boom - and - bust scenario also lines up well with arguments by some that human immigration from Europe may have artificially swelled the ranks of the passenger pigeon by eliminating their Native American hunters and foragers, who competed with the birds for nuts and other forest foods.

In each of the major urban centers the story is the same: the better - off white families are moving out of the central cities into the suburbs; the ranks of the poor who remain are being swelled by Negroes from the South.

Ms yeo is part of singapore's swelling ranks of «singles» — a term used by statistics gatherers to define someone who has never married — who are aged 35 and older.

However this latest set - to is resolved, Washington joins the swelling ranks of school districts forced to lay off teachers, cancel textbook orders, trim summer - school plans, raise school - lunch fees or take other measures to close budget gaps caused by falling state tax revenues.

If the Supreme Court decides to strike down agency - fee laws nationwide, the NEA and the AFT would be forced to recruit their members one by one; additional teacher hiring would not automatically swell the unions» ranks.

This ratio of staff to students has gone up by 70 percent since 1970, swelling the ranks of the public school employee unions to about 4.5 million people.

But it worked out well for the CTA, whose ranks and coffers were swelled by all those new teachers.

So for anyone who has, however briefly, played that reviled gatekeeper role, a darker question arises: What happens once the self - publishing revolution really gets going, when all of those previously rejected manuscripts hit the marketplace, en masse, in print and e-book form, swelling the ranks of 99 - cent Kindle and iBook offerings by the millions?

And content borrowing could also swell the ranks of those who are first introduced to Kindle reading by downloading a free Kindle app onto another device such as an Android, iPhone, iPad, PC, or Mac.

And, she wonders, what will happen when all of those «previously rejected» manuscripts «hit the marketplace,» swelling «the ranks of 99 - cent Kindle and i - book offerings by the millions.

On the morning of June 23, some 150 people (the ranks would swell to 300), several dogs a horse, three modern masterworks (in replica, of course), and one Kiki Smith borne aloft by the throng,...

Toxicologists rank the degree of irritation by measuring how long contact is required to induce swelling, judging the severity of effects (for example how much corneal opacity or iritis or redness occurs), and watching how long it takes before the situation returns to normal.

As general counsel vote by reducing their legal spend, the LPO and NewLaw ranks continue to swell, putting increasing downward pressure on the profits of BigLaw firms.

But, even if these oligarchs all do fine, and their ranks swell by one or two, the country and the world will have to ask if they have too much power — and, if so, how to curb it without killing progress.

By attrition, however, the swelling ranks of applicants either unemployed or confronting imminent unemployment has diminished the potential openings available via this avenue of traditional career networking.

Solomon condensed and coalesced the scientific opinions of the swelling ranks of academic heretics into three arguments: man - made global warming was a crock; unscrupulous politicians and NGOs were getting powerful and rich by perpetuating the myth; and, if the nonsense continued, the Western World would be a much poorer place.