Sentences with phrase «disproportionate number of the nation»

The conference has a disproportionate number of the nation's Young Turk coaches, had four of the first 16 players chosen in last spring's NBA draft and has all the fandom and facilities that a power conference takes for granted — and it's still sniffed at by the college basketball cognoscenti.

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While over half of the world's nations have abolished capital punishment, and while international criticism of the U.S. has been intense, America continues to condemn the poor and racial minorities (particularly those who kill whites) in disproportionate numbers, as well as the mentally ill, the mentally retarded, juveniles (here the U.S. leads the world) and sometimes the innocent — and all this to no apparent deterrent effect.

The protestors said they wanted to draw attention to the recent deaths at the county Holding Center, the disproportionate number of people of color who are incarcerated, as well as Howard's participation at a recent «Spirit of America» rally in downtown Buffalo at which Aryan Nation supporters attended.

Although racial profiling occurs across the nation by law enforcers everywhere, New Jersey has had a disproportionate number of documented cases of excessive force by police officers and an absurd amount of targeting of minority drivers.

Basing the decision about which dog to adopt on a sensational storyline designed to sell newspapers or their digital equivalent results in a disproportionate number of dogs with a certain look dying in our nation's shelters.