Sentences with phrase «citizens of developed»

When it comes to seasonal preparation, cheap energy has allowed many citizens of developed nations to abandon the lessons of the Tale of the Ant and the Grasshopper.

What are the main threats facing citizens of the developed democracies in the medium term?

This is good news for citizens of developed countries who want to make the switch to a cleaner and increasingly cheaper energy source.

Which is, of course, precisely what leftists do when they point to the modern industrial economy and the citizens of the developed countries and accuse them of altering the climate of the earth.

«Mitigation» and control efforts that have been proposed will enrich a favored few with good political ties — at the expense of the great majority of mankind, including especially the poor and the citizens of developing nations.

This «selfless generosity... galvanized my desire to devote my career to helping the citizens of the developing world.»

Additionally, all applicants must reside in and be a citizen of a developing country with a per capita income of less than $ 8,000 USD per year.

An op - ed in the NY Times a few weeks ago said each person in the big 4 western economies — North America, Japan, Australia, and Western Europe — was consuming, on average, 32 times as much as a citizen of a developing country.

We complain about lower - income citizens of the developing world acquiring cars, yet we are not prepared to do anything to discourage them from doing so.

Are the citizens of the developing nations going to happily consent to the citizens of the US continuing to use ten times as much energy as, say, the Chinese?

The concept is that every human being on this planet has the right to emit the same amount of carbon dioxide; therefore, citizens of developing nations would be given the same quota for emissions as citizens in industrialized nations.

The world will be a better place because abundant, inexpensive energy will enable citizens of developing nations to achieve lives of comfort, well being, and promise for the future.

Bill 300 establishes a complaints mechanism under which any Canadian citizen or permanent residence or resident or citizen of a developing country may lodge complaints against corporations that contravene the guidelines for environmental and social behavior referenced in the Bill.

Humaniq, the entry to banking for citizens of developing countries, has announced today that its tokens are now listed on the world's biggest exchange in terms of daily transactions.

Not exact matches

Citizens of the country have even developed a reputation for having their guns ready in the closet at a moment's notice, which has led some people to wonder if the Swiss are all required to own arms in order to protect their state.

As a company and for all business in general, it is critical that we help develop rational, intelligent policies to help expand opportunities for all of our citizens.

Rõivas, the former Prime Minister, says Estonia is working on developing «precision medicine» that would tap into the genome data of its 1.3 million citizens in order to better diagnose illnesses, treat people, and design personalized drugs.

Unlike other developed countries, the bulk of Japan's debt (well over 90 %) is not held offshore but rather by its own citizens?

A Congress or Administration that wants to support broader employee share ownership and profit sharing in economic rewards could develop a checklist on any major program or legislation that is proposed to examine its likely effects on, and capacity to increase, financial participation and capital ownership and access to income on capital of employees and citizens in our economy.

-LRB-...) In the biggest developed cities, houses are beyond the reach of all but the wealthiest citizens.

We also predict that Greece's citizens will resist such impositions with all the cunning they have developed during centuries of foreign occupation and decades of rule by one of the most corrupt political castes in all of Europe.

Alberta should care to develop its own provincial system to the best possible option for full participation of its citizens.

The long - term vision is a country in which citizens, specialists, professionals, academics, community groups and even businesses can work together, developing innovative information access and visualization tools, better decision - making models, and more tools responsive to the needs of the citizens.

The stats of the company show that fewer than 9 percent of the citizens in developing countries have ever taken a loan from a financial institution.

During his 41 years at Calvary Baptist, Barbour served on a variety of city policy - developing committees, including the Chester Water Board and the Citizens Council on Urban Renewal.

And if this be so, our work as educators and as advocates of a well - functioning American educational system is to develop citizens who are at home in the canons that comprise the formal reality of their heritage, who are equally at home with the varied individual things that comprise the material reality of that heritage and of their present life, and who are able to devise constantly new frames that are adequate to both, that marry ancient canon and novel particular in a new canon which integrates as fully and complexly as possible all its participant elements.

These uncertain times call for different measures and communication tools than we have used in the past... There are more than 65 million citizens of the world recognized as refugees by the United Nations, and we are developing plans to hire 10,000 of them over five years in the 75 countries around the world where Starbucks does business.»

In rejecting Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind as yet another example of «that old - time [Platonic] Philosophy» which presupposes an objective foundation for an elitist social agenda, Rorty quite properly endorses Dewey's view of the need to develop literacy in all our citizens.

There are more than 65 million citizens of the world recognized as refugees by the United Nations, and we are developing plans to hire 10,000 of them over five years in the 75 countries around the world where Starbucks does business.

From the point of view which we have been developing it becomes apparent that the citizens of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. need each other in order to play out their despair; they need to have a scapegoat against which to battle in order to fortify their precarious sphere of existence.

Morality requires you to be a citizen of the world in order for you to develop compassion.

If the welfare state needs individual citizens who can sustain a sense of obligation to strangers; if individuals, in order to develop a capacity for empathy and cooperation, need families; if families, in order to function effectively, need supporting communities of various sorts; and if communities are being eroded under present conditions, we may need to break out of the standard liberal and conservative frameworks.

As well of course I am working to develop the character of the citizen of the Kingdom according to scripture.

G. Seek inclusion for local cable programmers, local public radio broadcasters, computer network operators and similar professionals operating in the public interest as members of training delegations going to developing nations in order to propagate the concept of a vigorous, involved public citizen movement.

B. Assist in developing guidelines for the organization and functioning of citizen advocate groups.

Machiavelli wrote not only The Prince but Discourses on the First Ten Books of Livy, in which he went on to develop citizen rights and the institution of tribunes to protect them.

Sweden for example has the highest percentage of athiests in developed countries, estimates have varied but have been as high as 85 % of citizens are athiests or don't believe in a god.

Educators insist, according to E. Dale David, that «a list of civic values consciously chosen by a school system to realize the goal of developing effective citizens is the necessary first step in the teaching of civic values.»

In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.

... As a Canadian looking south it seems almost ludicrous to watch the childish interaction of USA citizens about the healthcare question... Most of the developed countries especially Western and European countries have enjoyed top healthcare for its polulations for anywhere from 60 years to over a century... Why the USA refuses for once to look beyond it «s borders is a complete mystery to the outside world....

The implication is that Solzhenitsyn uses prudence rather than abstract ideology to choose the best regime for the circumstances, with the main requirements of good government being constitutional limits on power to prevent crushing tyranny and the promotion of a cultural climate that encourages citizens to develop their souls.

As an alternative to enacting legal controls over reproductive technology, a national commission of scientists, doctors and citizens is needed, a commission that could develop voluntary ethical guidelines.

Developing this sense of responsibility in all citizens takes emphasis in churches, schools, media of communication, and specialized journals on philanthropy.

Aurora Organic Dairy is the leading producer and processor of store - brand organic milk and butter for U.S. retailers, and develops initiatives «to be a responsible corporate citizen and to be good stewards of our natural resources.»

¬ ∂ To understand why a very tall man dunking a basketball would be remarkable, one must first appreciate what Hill has been through: the five left - ankle surgeries in four years; the thousands of hours doing water aerobics alongside senior citizens; the electro - stimulator machine he wore to bed every night, promising his wife, Tamia, that he would let it vibrate for only half an hour; the clamor in Orlando that he abandon his comeback so that the Magic, like heartbroken lovers, could move on and find someone new; and most of all, the chilling day a year and a half ago when he was taken into the hospital on a stretcher, delirious, Tamia fearing for his life, after he developed a dangerously high fever in reaction to the latest surgery.

If we understand that to be a successful citizen of the 21st century, students have to develop critical, creative and collaborative thinking then surely it starts with play in the kindergarten.

• Our students develop a lifelong love of learning and become world citizens who care about their local and global communities.

During our time together we trust you will witness our commitment to nurturing our students as they unfold and develop their unique potential, gain a deep inner sense of purpose and lifelong confidence to act as conscious citizens of a more beautiful world we know is possible.

As citizens of an industrialized nation, we often act as if we have nothing to learn from the developing world.

The combined population of more - developed countries other than the U.S. is projected to decline beginning in 2016, raising the prospect of prolonged budget crises as the number of working - age citizens diminish, pension costs rise and tax revenues fall.