Sentences with phrase «fear of falling behind»

This created a fear of falling behind and accelerated the development of eLearning.

In the longer run, some countries — perhaps Singapore, maybe China — will start to promote cognitive enhancers to their own populations, and other countries may follow suit for fear of falling behind.»

Fear of falling behind in the race to be leaders of influence.

Guilt and fear of falling behind are hard to overcome.

Not exact matches

Businesses that let fear and misinformation get the better of them, risk falling behind in the race.

But there are fears that the party is falling behind in the selection of women candidates in parliamentary seats.

Underlying all the recommendations were fears that the U.K. may fall behind other countries in terms of progress in science, partly owing to recent increases in the U.S. science budget: «We will have a brain drain if we don't stay ahead of the game in this country,» says committee member Brian Iddon MP.

In 2009, driven by fear of falling further behind the U.S. in computers, digital services and other technologies, what is now the European Commission's Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology began creating a competition for «flagship» projects funded with at least $ 1 billion each.

The former is behind the Iron Curtain to recruit Gaby Teller (Alicia Vikander), the daughter of a missing nuclear scientist feared fallen into the clutches of a crime syndicate seeking to acquire the bomb..

Despite the threat of owing thousands of dollars to possibly the most feared organization in the U.S., millions of Americans continue to fall behind on their taxes.

After missing out on the very early installments of The Legend of Zelda, I basically brushed the series off because I feared I had fallen too far behind to truly appreciate the story that started all those years ago.