Sentences with phrase «concerns about the nation»

More than 60 percent polled in the third quarter cited concerns about the nation's financial conditions, compared with 43 percent in the previous three months.

I wonder what that man would have said, could I have asked him whether he was concerned about our nation's need for a renewal of powerful, ethical religion that would re-establish faith in spiritual realities and values, and elevate the standards of personal and public integrity.

Can't remember on growing up and being a young adult that anyone was concerned about our nation praying in unison to one God we all believed in.

Concerns about the nation's collective $ 1.3 trillion in student loan debt — more than either credit card or auto loan debt — have prompted the federal government, states and some schools to offer debt forgiveness or relief programs.

The move has irritated some French scientists, who say it raises concerns about their nation's commitment to homegrown science.

At the beginning of the last decade, before concerns about the nation's graduation rate ascended to prominence on the policy agenda, only about two - thirds of U.S. public school students were finishing high school with a regular diploma.

Back in November 2017, Prime Minister Lee Nak - Yon voiced his concerns about the nation's youth being corrupted by the meteoric rise of the value of Bitcoin, saying, «If we let things continue, I feel some serious pathological phenomenons (sic) could occur.»

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Last year, the United Nations» heritage body expressed concern about the state of the Great Barrier Reef and urged Australia to boost its conservation efforts.

For others, concerns about the second - order effects, including possible retaliation from other nations, is the dominant concern.

Ironically, the selloff of U.S. stocks began a few weeks ago because of weakness in the Chinese economy, the devaluation of the yuan, and stock market turmoil in the Asian nation, which led to serious concerns about a global economic slowdown.

The United Nations voiced deep concern about reports of Syrian soldiers and allied Iraqi fighters summarily shooting dead 82 people in east Aleppo districts this week - accusations denied by the army and the Iraqi militia in question.

TORONTO, April 23 (Reuters)- Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations will create a working group to study Russia's «malign behavior» because of concerns about Moscow's actions, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Monday.

In exclusive interviews with Reuters in Davos, Gates and Chambers both voiced concern about leadership changes in the U.S. and in United Nations bodies and what these might mean for funding and commitment to global health.

Amid concerns about hacking and cyber espionage by China, the country has become the committee's most highly scrutinized nation, supplanting the U.K.

Very clear KM is concerned about First Nations decisions and rights in law.

Indigenous leaders, First Nations communities, even Amnesty International, have all expressed concerns about «man camps» at resource development projects and the potential for exploitation and violence against Indigenous women they pose.

Cuts to arts and media spawned a coalition of «Canadian citizens who are artists, arts professionals and cultural workers concerned about ensuring the social and cultural health and prosperity of our nation.»

It logged a third week of gains, up by 0.5 %, bolstered by geopolitical tension in the Middle East and concerns about supply disruptions in key oil - producing nations, such as Venezuela.

«After discussions with the FDA, we have a greater appreciation for its concern about the proliferation of caffeine in the nation's food supply,» Wrigley North America President Casey Keller said in a statement to the AP.

According to Yurdiga, «it was vitally important to listen to and engage with the Council of Yukon First Nations about issues concerning their members, as well as the various stakeholders who are impacted by federal legislation on a daily basis.»

«I hope the Brits have better luck than Canadians in convincing Mark Carney to address concerns raised about the absence of women from that nation's bank notes,» said author and historian Merna Forster, one of the Canadian activists.

Stevens offered not a word of concern about whether religious students might feel themselves to be less than full members of the political community if, by order of the nation's highest court, their messages and only their messages are categorically excluded from the school's public arena.

It was just last month that a United Nations official expressed concern about the two - year war possibly damaging the mosque, a World Heritage site.

The recent Christ at the Checkpoint Conference has a number of evangelical groups concerned about waning support for the nation of Israel among Evangelicals (see here and here).

Healing, and building bridges??? Really??!! Where these terrorists concerned about healing and bridge building when they blew up the building that killed my cousins (firefighters) and best friend (and her unborn child)??? Please - how about what the people of NYC want and all of the families that were affected by this tragedy around the nation?

The result is that America is a nation deeply divided between people who are concerned about real - life issues — war and peace, social justice, the health and welfare of people — on one hand, and other people who are concerned, instead, about «values,» by which they mean adherence to ancient taboos, dependence on a magical God, enforcing acceptance of ancient creeds, requiring everyone to believe as they do, and finding safety in raw (though often hidden) social and economic power.

In December 2013 The Prince expressed concern about the current challenges facing Christians in some Middle - Eastern nations and visited the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre in Stevenage and the Syrian Orthodox Church in Acton to find out more.

The biblical God is deeply concerned about the well - being of people of all nations.

«What's happening around the nation are important issues to be concerned about, but they don't phase me or discourage me,» Aman said from the road Monday.

Despite Pope Francis's unprecedented visit to a Pentecostal church and apology for past treatment of Pentecostals by Catholics, many Italian evangelical leaders remain concerned about how evangelicals in the United States (and other nations) are cozying up to the popular pontiff.

Finally, there is increased anxiety concerning climate change — with some environmentalists demonising human beings, consumer - based Western cultures castigating poorer nations for their waste and pollution, and little attempt to think more profoundly about what a more ecologically - aware approach to our world may demand from such societies.

They were not concerned about bringing the Word of Yahweh to bear on the practices of the nation and individuals.

This marked the beginning of serious concern of nations about the «sustainability» of the earth if current ideas of progress were persisted with indefinitely.

When used in the historical terms with which I prefer to use it, globalization in so many ways sums up the dominant and encompassing reality (note that I underscore this word) of the collective life of people and nations in our time, so potent and full of issues and questions for or against human development, so that it presses upon everyone who wants to make sense of the times in which we live, or who wants to be concerned about «keeping and making life more human».

The way you supporters of the nation's community organizer are whining and name calling about a minor side story concerning one woman's faith and views says more about you than anything else.

As a fellow parent, advocate, or other community member concerned about the well - being of school children in the nation's capital, we hope you join us in this shared cause.

Dear Abby: Your readers who have expressed concern about hungry children in their communities expose one of our nation's worst secrets.

As a mother of 2 children and an individual who advocates for peaceful existence for our children, I'm concerned for our nation but, as importantly, about the inflamed political and social tone our kids are surrounded by.

Though you may find this to be shocking given the wealth of our nation and available technology, this issue is among several concerns about birth in the US that Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein set out to explore in their documentary, The Business of Being Born.

«On behalf of the Ministry of Power, permit me to say that we are very much concerned about the current supply challenges confronting the nation and its consequences on industry, homes and the citizenry.

What's left is little faith that she will do something about the issues of most concern (housing and the NHS), nor that she has the strength represent the nation's interests at the Brexit negotiation table.

More recently, a group of experts at the United Nations raised similar concerns about the timing of the referendum in a press release.

Dan - Ali, however, expressed concern of Nigeria about IUUF — Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing activities by foreign flagged ships in the nation's coastal area.

Elinor Tatum, publisher and editor - in - chief of The Amsterdam News, (the nation's oldest continuously published black newspaper), has given voice to a concern I've heard a lot of worried murmurs about in Democratic circles: That black voters won't come out to vote for Andrew Cuomo.

«After a budget process that included unprecedented anti-employer actions — including a drastic increase to the minimum wage and the most expansive paid family leave mandate in the nation — the employers and the communities we represent are deeply concerned about their ability to operate in a state that is consistently viewed among the worst in the nation to start or grow a business by every objective ranking while effectively competing in a global marketplace,» the groups wrote in the letter.

Perhaps best known for advocating that the nation guard against the potential influence of the military — industrial complex, a term he is credited with coining, the speech also expressed concerns about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending, the prospect of the domination of science through Federal funding and, conversely, the domination of science - based public policy by what he called a «scientific - technological elite».

The Cayuga Nation has «grave concerns» about the recently announced deal that gives the Oneida Indian Nation exclusive gaming rights in Central New York, including Cayuga County.

Strong said in her campaign announcement that she's running because «I'm concerned about the direction our nation is heading in.

Just weeks before the November 6 election, outgoing Seneca Nation of Indians President Robert Odawi Porter and other Nation officials are raising concerns about a charitable organization run by presidential candidate Barry Snyder.

«We're deeply, deeply concerned about any Democrat who chooses to prop up Republican control during this moment in our nation's history,» said Bill Lipton, WFP's New York director.