Sentences with phrase «call upon our country»

We, the undersigned members of America's scientific community, call upon our country's research institutions — large and small — to embrace openness.

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A year and a half ago, upon its approval by nearly 200 nations, The San Diego Union - Tribune Editorial Board called the Paris climate accord an achievement lacking in accountability because it would not punish countries that failed to live up to its high...

Upon Summers» departure from the White House, President Obama said, «I will always be grateful that at a time of great peril for our country, a man of Larry's brilliance, experience and judgment was willing to answer the call and lead our economic team.»

In particular, we pray for peace in Ukraine, a country of ancient Christian tradition, while we call upon all parties involved to pursue the path of dialogue and of respect for international law in order to bring an end to the conflict and allow all Ukrainians to live in harmony.

When natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes come upon neighborhoods, towns, cities, and countries so that homes are destroyed and lives are taken, we call these horrible events «acts of God.»

Call upon the educated, artistic, and creative members of our societies, as well as organizations of civil society, to establish a broad movement for the just treatment of religious minorites in Muslim countries and to raise awareness as to their rights, and to work together to ensure the success of these efforts.

(CNN)- In a recent conference call with conservatives across the country, Mitt Romney expounded upon subjects he usually doesn't talk much about: Jesus and eternity.

CNN: On call with conservatives, Romney speaks to Mormon beliefs In a recent conference call with conservatives across the country, Mitt Romney expounded upon subjects he usually doesn't talk much about: Jesus and eternity.

The five so - called «World - wide» wire services upon which each nation's mass media (and to some extent government) depend for information about events outside its own border are arms of their respective national systems (American, English, French and Soviet) and mirror the interests of the power structure within their home countries in the selection and presentation of information from the outside world.

In short, were we dependent upon the epigraphical sources alone for information about ancient Israel, we would know little more than that an entity known as Israel existed toward the end of the 13th century BC, and that two minor kingdoms, called Israel and Judah, existed alongside each other in the central Palestinian hill country after the mid-ninth century BC.

A pure love of my Country and the principles I have often advocated before the people, and «the name of honor that I love more than I fear death» have called upon me, and I have obeyed.»

Nor can those Americans who actually serve, whether in the army proper or in any enterprise connected to their country's defense, have quite so immediate and close - quartered a connection as do Israel's soldiers to the wives and children and parents and friends they are called upon to defend.

For him to say the Lord was calling him for a presidential run tells me that he not only relies upon faith for inner strength but he will also rely upon it to run this country.

Since President Obama was forced to offer up his birth certificate I don't think it is so absurd of a though to ask the political candidates to present some form of proof that god has call upon the specifically to run this country.

There should be no shortage of interest in Schurrle either with the former Bayer Leverkusen man impressing when called upon for both club and country, the 24 year old having put in a good series of cameo displays at the 2014 World Cup finals.

Monaco also have an in - form Radamel Falcao to call upon, the Colombian has scored a league - leading seven times in four outings and earned his country a vital World Cup qualifying point in Tuesday's 1 - 1 draw with Brazil.

It is a testament to Gnabry's quality that, despite the problems he has endured at club level in recent years, he has continued to be called upon by Germany at youth level and is an important player for his country's U21 side, having featured at that level on seven occasions.

And increasingly, FRUA is being called upon to represent adoptive families with birth countries and policy - makers.

The organization initially gave a voice and training to the first generation of school - lunch workers, who were called upon to introduce meals in every part of the country, including the remotest areas.

Increasingly, FRUA is being called upon to represent adoptive families with birth countries and policy - makers.

A group calling itself Taxpayers League Ghana is pressing upon the country's security agencies to pick up persons complicit in the GHC3.6 million rebranding of 116 metro mass transit buses.

It is common sense that transformative outcomes in so - called developing countries are dependent upon, above all but not exclusively, human agency and the position and role of the old guard and the military.

Problem is there was a so - called assault weapons ban that was enacted some years ago during the Clinton administration, and what the Justice Department found when they did a study of this after about 10 years of experience they found it had no appreciable effect upon the incidence of gun violence in our country.

We respectfully call upon Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Reid to attach the Zadroga Bill to the upcoming tax vote, so that we can finally begin to repay our debt to this country's heroes.

Based upon response to killing of students in Florida high school the Rump is going to call for arming «well trained» workers in every office across the country.

However, Cope has called upon all South Africans to resist any attempts «to make South Africa the home of last resort of those leaders who have violated the human rights of the citizens of their very own countries».

Last year we took our case on zero hours contracts to the European Parliament's Committee on Petitions — and now they've taken up the mantle, and called upon the chief representative of the UK to the EU, alongside several other countries, to do something about it.

Responding to a question on whether she was willing to return to Nigeria to serve again if called upon, the former Minister said, «I served the country for seven years; I think I'm the longest serving finance minister in the country.

The PDP national chairman, who called on Nigerians to support the PDP to rescue the country from what he described as the looming total collapse under the President Muhammadu Buhari - led All Progressives Congress government, said that the lies and propaganda upon which the APC rode to power wouldn't work in 2019.

«Richard Graham: Why I, a Conservative parliamentary candidate, am prepared to go to jail Main Alistair Thompson: Next time the country faces a big freeze, battalions of unemployed people should be called upon to clear the streets of snow»

He told a reporter yesterday that the government had called upon people like him who had once ruled this country to come together toward charting a course for lasting peace.

Alistair Thompson on Platform: Next time the country faces a big freeze, battalions of unemployed people should be called upon to clear the streets of snow

The legislation called for the country to curb emissions 30 percent below business - as - usual growth by 2030 and 50 percent by midcentury, but those targets were conditional upon international assistance.

Loosely inspired by the true story of the Niland brothers, and using a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to the mother of three brothers he had erroneously believed to have died in battle (only two actually died), Saving Private Ryan uses the theatre of war to explore the emotional impact of extreme military violence and danger on the often unprepared individuals called upon to serve their country.

When President George W. Bush called upon our schools to «leave no child behind,» he did so because he understands, like most people in this country, that a well - educated America is also an economically competitive America.

Guest of honour HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands called upon Mayor Boris Johnson to team up «on a European bicycle tour» with Beanstalk and herself as the founder of the Reading and Writing Foundation to expand the success of the «Get London Reading» campaign across other European countries.

The challenge, which called upon educator teams across the country to create plans that detailed innovative uses for federal funding for professional learning and student outcomes under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), named the Hope Street Group State Teacher Fellow team of Trey Ferguson (NC), Cassie Reding (KY), Carly Baldwin (KY), Natalie Coleman (TN) and Debbie Hickerson (TN) as finalists.

Thus, it is no surprise that calls for accountability regarding the impact of these efforts upon student achievement continually echo throughout the country.

Baffling as it is in a country where $ 4.00 per gallon gasoline is the norm, pickup trucks are increasingly called upon to serve double duty as both mobile workstations or tow rigs, and family haulers.

This group called upon college students from across the country to go to Mississippi and register African Americans to vote and to establish Freedom Schools to educate adults and their children.

Once upon a time there was a country called Canada.

Theo will have to call upon everything she's ever learned in order to prevent the rising chaos from destroying her country — and herself!

I like telling the story of when I was 17, a confused kid going nowhere, and how I happened upon a TV series called ROUTE 66 about two young men in a Corvette traveling the country in search of America and themselves.

Neighboring countries hosting thousands or even millions of refugees, Western governments called upon to provide financial assistance and even new homes for the refugees, regional and international organizatio...

Garcia, working with Academic Dean Phil Darrin, has been called upon to advise schools around the country as they make the switch.

Law enforcement agencies across the country call upon us to assist with the invesigation and prosecution of every type of animal abuse — from individual situations of neglect and abuse, to cockfighting or dogfighting operations, to abusive, illegal puppy mill operations and to large - scale animal cruelty situations such as animal hoarding.

In many animal hospitals across the country there is often a hospital donor cat and / or dog that can be called upon to donate blood if needed.

He has trained dogs in 18 states in the U.S.A and four other countries worldwide and has spent several years working with high level executive protection dogs who make wonderful family pets, but potent guardians if called upon.

Guests can combine these sailings to create a 45 day voyage calling upon 17 ports, in seven countries, across three continents including Australia, Fiji and French Polynesia.

Dawn: Released by the World Bank, the report calls upon the government to make urban air quality improvement a priority in the country's policy agenda, noting that the issue has received little attention despite strong evidence indicating an urgent need to tackle pollution in major cities.