Sentences with phrase «country as small children»

Senators and witnesses both invoked Google, Yahoo, and eBay as examples of immigrants» reputedly special propensity to found great corporations; as often happens, the discussion failed to note that these companies» foreign - born founders and co-founders arrived in this country as small children and were educated in American schools.

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Because many Latin American countries don't value milk as a nutritional staple and only consider it a necessity for babies and small children, milk is left behind at a very early age.

Daycare costs will vary greatly according to where you live (cost of living based on which part of the country you are at as well as whether you reside in a large city or small town), whether you need traditional hours and services or require a more unique arrangement, and on the age of your child.

Steven served as mayor of Pitcairn from 1999 to 2004, when he along with six other men (comprising about a quarter of the small country's male population) were put on trial for a slew of child rapes and sexual assaults.

Over 3,000 events showcased the big and small ideas across the country: Manchester United held a staff bike ride, the Arcola Theatre in Hackney taught children how to make hydrogen powered cars, and stars such as Lily Cole and Gemma Arterton showed how fashion can be part of the solution to climate change by modelling a low carbon designer Climate Week T - shirt.

In Buddhist countries, where the head is regarded as sacred as the seat of soul, touching it is insulting even for a small child.

d) Even as a small child I knew the model airplanes I built wouldn't fly me across the country.

In cities of other countries, the rooms might be small but children can take a stroll on the streets as they like.

I am deeply committed to working with and for families and I see children as the future of this small country of ours.

That original buyer, for whatever reason — whether it's a change of circumstances (such as a change in a marital situation, job transfer to another city, province or country; birth of children resulting in a home / condominium unit being too small for the buyer), cold feet, or simply the desire to make a profit — has subsequently decided to «sell» that right to buy to the new buyer.

If you measure generations at their birth, Carlson explains, you include those who die as infants and young children (as much as one - fifth of early 20th century generations), but miss all the people who immigrate into the country as part of one generation or another (such as those who continue to inflate Generation X, which started out much smaller).

I remember singing it as a child in our small country church and knowing that once we started singing those words, it meant one thing — Christmastime was upon us!