Sentences with phrase «considered as a minority»

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This past summer, when Congress considered ditching the individual mandate as part of a «skinny repeal» — an effort that ultimately failed — the CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans cautioned Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that, should the mandate go, «premiums will rise rapidly, few or no affordable coverage options will be available and more people will be uninsured.»

(Merely as a point of interest, consider that the average seat - advantage these six minorities held over their official Opposition was roughly 14, while the average number of months from their initial election victory to the next tilt was about 15.)

Another way of calculating the proportional reduction in the content rule, is to consider the combined effect of the two thresholds. An auto part can qualify as TPP - made with just 30 % TPP content. A vehicle can qualify as TPP - made if 45 % of its content originate within the TPP — including auto parts which only had minority TPP content in the first place. This «double jeopardy» effect means that the theoretical minimum regional content for a finished vehicle to qualify for TPP trade preferences would be only 13.5 % (equal to 30 % of 45 %).

They allowed the religious populace to use their bible to enforce slavery and consider women and minorities as less than human.

Their law permits them, as a temporary expedient, not to impose it in full in countries where they are in a minority: but in areas within that country which they consider to be Muslim territory and therefore part of the Umma, like large parts of Bradford, say, or certain parts of London, more of Sharia law will be imposed (unknown to the rest of us) than in others.

The little dialogue raises some points worth considering, not about the science, though Taylor can't resist the usual demeaning smear of dissenting scientists as «the small vociferous minority.»

Yesterday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that she doesn't think the Democratic Party should consider support for abortion rights as a litmus test for its candidates.

There is a minority of Christian circles that practice «spiritual snobbery» and look down on people who are not «in the know» as they consider people should be.

Once it was determined homosexuality is not a choice, nor a mental illness, it is automatic that they would be considered a minority group, and as such have certain protection.

Balmer wrote his book, however, as an evangelical who wanted to recover what he considered to be the heart of the movement, which was its late - nineteenth - century coalition of conservative theology and progressive social activism around the poor, women, and ethnic minorities.

Equality of all persons is a central and inescapable component of justice, and it deserves special focus because of the world's history of exploitation and violence against women, children, minority groups, and anyone considered as «other.»

In Thailand the Muslim, Christian, and tribal minorities are sufficiently small that Buddhist culture can be considered normative for the nation as a whole.

Just four years later, a group of concussion experts meeting in Zurich, adopted the minority position of the Prague experts, reaching a new consensus, one which considers concussions in sport as a single entity with a range of «modifying factors» instead of being classified as «simple» or «complex.»

You should think about who's hearing what you're saying and consider the democratic impact — be aware of how political debate risks undermining certain groups, such as minorities or women, and of the risk of silencing or objectifying other voices.

Osei Kyei Mensah - Bonsu, downplayed this, stating that the Minority was pushing for an appraisal of the Ford saga and had not, as yet, considered starting impeachment processes.

Lawmakers have expressed concerns over the company's business practices, considering they have operated nutrition clubs in minority neighborhoods as a way of taking advantage of low - income people.

I did not recognise, at the point that this visit was arranged, a need to disclose to my officials and the High Commission that Abid Hussain and I have a common business interest as minority shareholders in a small food company... I sincerely regret that I did not consider the significance of this relationship with Mr Hussain when the arrangements for the visit were being made... I am sorry.

Gillibrand has been mentioned as a potential presidential or vice presidential contender, and insiders say she would be unlikely to even consider a gubernatorial run even if she's relegated to the minority next month.

1 It's considered successful as it managed to last much longer than Wilson's minority government in 1974.

Nearly every Democratic senator considering running for president in 2020 voted against reopening the government, as furious liberals accused Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of selling out the base in the immigration fight.

He cited a recent Newsday report, which showed that racial and ethnic minorities on Long Island were far more likely than whites to be arrested and incarcerated, as reason to consider an «outside perspective, who will bring about the change that needs to happen.»

The second benefit allows the County to consider a bidder's status as a Minority or Woman Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) when determining contract awards.

The Minority in Parliament is unhappy with what they consider as a clear deviation of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), from its core mandate.

The Minority in Parliament have yet again refrained from taking part in discussions on the floor of the House despite being present, in protest of what they consider as ill - treatment from the Speaker, Mike Oquaye.

In a scathing critique of the Akufo - Addo government's first budget, the Minority in Parliament has described the budget as a manifestation of «monumental deception», especially considering the New Patriotic Party's promises to the education sector.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Anyone who wonders whether Congressmember Sean Patrick Maloney regrets having given up his days and evenings as a Manhattan attorney in exchange for the life of a minority party House member sitting through long DC committee hearings and weekending in his upstate district to attend pancake breakfasts and ribbon - cuttings should consider just -LSB-...]

In a nationwide survey in 2015, 40 percent of adolescents who identified as one of these sexual minorities or said they were unsure of their orientation reported seriously considering suicide.

«Historically, type l diabetes has been considered a disease that affects primarily white youth; however, our findings highlight the increasing burden of type l diabetes experienced by youth of minority racial / ethnic groups as well,» the authors write.

We need to consider preparing disadvantaged children as early as the preschool level and continuing throughout the high school years in order to complement the college and graduate school programs that focus on increasing minorities in the sciences.

Demographic variables were year of graduation, sex (men vs women), age at graduation (≤ 29 years vs 30 - 32 or ≥ 33 years) and self - identified race / ethnicity, which students reported from a list of options on the GQ (categorized as white vs Asian / Pacific Islander; other or unknown race / ethnicity; or racial / ethnic groups considered underrepresented minorities in medicine relative to their numbers in the general population, including black, Hispanic, and American Indian / Alaska Native).

As omega - 3 fatty acids can reduce triglycerides, a type of fat found in the blood, the supplements should be considered only for people who have severely high triglyceride levels, who are an extreme minority in the population, Rizos said.

We may be in the minority on this, considering the warm reception that has greeted the film at festival screenings, but The Disaster Artist struck us as less a movie than an over-extended Funny Or Die skit packed with celebrity cameos — which is to say, it makes little sense if you haven't already seen The Room.

Schools that participate say they are curious to see how their students compare to students from other countries, especially if the school is considered high performing; a few participated to demonstrate that low - income minority students could perform as well or better than students nationally or internationally.

Keiffer, who won the Spencer Dissertation Fellowship last year, also received an 2010 Exemplary Dissertation Award for his dissertation, The Development of Morphological Awareness and Vocabulary Knowledge in Adolescent Language Minority Learners and Their Classmates, which examines two specific English skills considered to be important in LM learners» language development during early adolescence - morphological awareness (i.e., understanding of complex words as combinations of meaningful units) and vocabulary knowledge (i.e., knowledge of word meanings).

The 1983 report A Nation at Risk, found that about 13 percent of all 17 - year - olds in the United States could be considered functionally illiterate, and that functional illiteracy among minority youth could run as high as 40 percent.

Santiago argues that free college tuition can help minority students consider higher education as an option when presented as a more affordable choice.

Especially when you consider that Alabama Republicans in control of state government have worked for the past decade to disenfranchise minority voters through efforts such as closing motor vehicle branches in Black communities, a key way of frustrating voter registration.

Florida is considering legislation to sharply regulate the use of fingerprint, palm print, iris scans and other biometric identification systems once found only in futuristic thrillers such as «Mission: Impossible» and «Minority Report.»

He also finds it particularly interesting that Common Core foes say they want high - quality education for all children, yet fail to consider that their opposition to the standards hurts poor and minority kids as well as middle class white and Asian children in suburbia, both of which have few options — including vouchers and charter schools — to which they can avail in order to get high - quality education.

«We need to find ways to encourage more minority students and males to consider a career as an educator.»

Exclusion factors such as mental retardation, sensory deficits, serious emotional disturbance, language minority children (where lack of proficiency in English accounts for measured achievement deficits), and lack of opportunity to learn should be considered.

Instead of providing all kids with college - oriented learning (as Eliot supported), these educators pushed what would become the comprehensive high school model, with middle - class white kids (along with those few children of émigrés deemed worthy of such curricula) getting what was then considered high - quality learning, while poor and minority kids were relegated to shop classes and less - challenging coursework.

The strong presence of books - born - as - preorders in our bestseller lists is especially significant considering that only a small minority of books (13.5 %) originated as preorders.

Though I'm a little astonished to see it's business as usual in the UK, considering the Kennedy loan issues in Ireland... But FRM's a small company — there's far more upside for David Kennedy to try raise new equity / rebuild the company (vs. screwing existing minority shareholders).

However as mentioned above, most dogs benefit from the standard surgery even if they have secondary laryngeal collapse, and tie - back surgery is only considered in the minority of cases that do not improve or in those that deteriorate after a period of remission.

I consider myself a hardcore gamer, and as one of the minority that usually start out on «Hard,» I figured I would be as good of a case study as any to find out what the motivation behind this is.

Girl gamers have been considered a niche audience for a long time, but it's time to stop treating them as a minority in the industry.

Marc Morano U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee [ANDY REVKIN comments: So let's consider this Dot Earth string a place for the AGU, GSA, AMS, NAS, AAAS «minority report,» as well.

Many firms have started or are considering sponsorship programs as a way to retain women and minority lawyers and cultivate diverse talent.

The Committee considers that the response of the justice system to the high rates of violence affecting Aboriginal women, as a disadvantaged group and a minority of the population, offers only insufficient protection.