Sentences with phrase «few cities in the country»

«We're one of the few cities in the country with a fully funded pension» with a healthy rainy day fund and a AAA bond rating, she says.

Phoenix, the largest city in Arizona, is one of the few cities in the country that has four professional sports teams.

In today's world, completely living without a car isn't a realistic option except for just a few cities in the country.

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Foreign reporters are limited to residence in a few major cities, chiefly Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen; they are followed and harassed when they travel elsewhere in the country and find it particularly difficult to reach the countryside.

Regulations have twisted the laws of supply and demand, causing Western Canada's biggest metropolitan area to have fewer taxis per capita than any other city in the country.

A recent report by the Academy of Finland warned that some schools in the country's large cities were becoming more skewed by race and class as affluent, white Finns choose schools with fewer poor, immigrant populations.

Only a few years ago, China's current account surplus was the largest relative to GDP among significant countries, it was holding its currency down to maintain demand for its exports, and most software used on its personal computers and videos on sale in its major cities were pirated.

The country is small, so you can easily drive from the city to the rural, interior areas, including those gorgeous cool mountains, in just a few hours.

By opening up bids for its second headquarters to cities and municipalities across the country, Amazon is countering that narrative: For only a few billion dollars in tax breaks, the lucky winner would get 50,000 jobs.

A few weeks ago, in the country, far from the lights of the city, I saw the entire sky «powdered with stars» (in Milton's words); such a sky, I imagined, could be seen only on high, dry plateaus like that of Atacama in Chile (where some of the world's most powerful telescopes are).

Actually few months before what is happening now in my country I saw big flood flooding over the city but not in to my place of my living... although people were some screaming and some as riding it smiling but all were being washed away... then have asked a freind about it who said it might mean no much money or business will be coming to me which I doubted if it meant that, but today I know what it was about...!

I have spent most of my years living in surburbia, or out in the country, or a small city that doesn't really feel much like a city at all — more like a few towns connected by miles and miles of country roads and freeways.

I was particularly excited to just be in a city that recognised GF and DF after travelling through quite a few countries that were not too accommodating at all.

And if Portland isn't in your travel plan anytime soon, there are some other really great lists for cities across the country already listed and more coming in the next few weeks.

The agency said in the past few weeks, «this Service has uncovered a sinister plot by terrorist elements to stage series of coordinated attacks using explosives on different cities across the country.

The ability to destroy at most a few cities in US would in no way save the country and the regime - the nuclear retaliation would result in complete destruction, however it would make such scenario for every aggressor unprofitable - you have conquered an atomic desert, and lost a few millions of your taxpayers.

Most people don't know much about the global nature of the protest — many think it just happened in their city and a few other places at most, rather than in nearly 800 cities in 72 countries.

The Department of State security (DSS) said on Friday that its operatives uncovered a sinister plot by terrorist elements to stage series of coordinated attacks using explosives on different cities across the country in the last few weeks and arrested the masterminds.

Last week's local elections decided who will make most of the most important decisions in English cities over the next few years — decisions that will have a big impact on local economic growth across the country, as well as the national economy.

A practice of only placing affordable housing in low - income neighborhoods, combined with the fact that few landlords outside those blocks are willing to accept housing vouchers, has resulted in Syracuse being one of the most segregated cities in the country, according to a report by CNY Fair Housing.

«Not only are we underrepresented in New York statewide politics but there are very few African - Americans or Latinos who have led state and city legislatures around the country,» Smikle said.

«I think it's some of the time that's going to be best spent in the next few weeks because if it helps us change the trajectory of the country and the federal government, that's going to help New York City in a very big and very material way,» de Blasio said of campaigning for Clinton.

Johnson, who represents Chelsea and famously came out to the country as gay while in high school, praised city government's accomplishments over the last four years, but said it still has much to overcome in the next few years.

However, when he launched his three - day, six - event State of the State tour in New York City on Monday morning, just a few blocks from Wall Street, home to the country's financial industry giants, Cuomo made no mention of the proposal, which his Sunday press release said would» better help prevent situations like the one seen recently at Wells Fargo.»

If you only have a few weeks to explore, don't try to cram in five different countries and a handful of cities.

I have interest in running the business in a few different cities, even countries as a short term experiment.

I travelled to a few different cities in the country but never Paris.

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Everyday we have new singles visiting from all over the world from major cities in countries like: This usually takes place for a few months giving each partner plenty of time to explore the potential of a relationship.

Along with a few other members of the foreign community including doctors and missionaries who remained in the city, and driven by simple humanitarian concerns, shock at the appalling behaviour of Germany's Asian ally, and a love for the country and people among whom he had worked for so long, he created a safety zone in which a quarter of a million civilians survived what was later to go down in history as the «Nanking Massacre.»

Although few adults in this country have ever set foot in these cities» schools (much less ever taught in them), they believe they know what happens there based on news reports and Hollywood portraits, such as those in the television series «Boston Public» and in films like «Stand and Deliver.»

In 2012, Chicago teachers — already the highest paid teachers in the country while working the fewest hours of any other big - city school district — went on strikIn 2012, Chicago teachers — already the highest paid teachers in the country while working the fewest hours of any other big - city school district — went on strikin the country while working the fewest hours of any other big - city school district — went on strike.

By 2006, Finland was first out of 57 countries (and a few cities) in science.

In 2013, the press reported that American students were falling behind when compared to 61 other countries and a few cities including Shanghai.

On December 3, 2013, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced yet again that American students were doing terribly when tested, in comparison to students in sixty - one other countries and a few cities like Shanghai and Hong Kong

GREENWICH, Conn. — Just a few minutes» drive from the polo fields, the fieldstone walls guarding 10 - acre estates and the Greenwich Country Day School, from which the elder George Bush graduated in 1937, is far denser terrain, where the homes are smaller and closer together and part of a public housing complex that seems escaped from New York City.

The ceremony took place at Universal City Nissan in Los Angeles, one of a select few GT - R Certified Nissan stores in the country.

And echoing a poignant essay she wrote for the Huffington Post about founding the program — New York isn't Book Country Anymore — Barton celebrates the far - flung reach of the site's service: defying the Brooklyln - Manhattan axis that once ruled publishing, fewer than 2 % of the Book Country membership lives in New York City.

You are both early in your careers, but that may change in next few years and renting will provide you with the freedom to move to where the work is — to another neighbourhood, city or even a different country.

Montreal Exchange also has run options education days in cities across the country for the past few years, as well as provided considerable options education resources so they are seasoned providers of investor education in this space.

Blake was raised in Rapid City and after a few moves cross country and a handful of jobs he returned home and found a position with the animal clinic as a veterinary assistant in January of 2018.

The program is the first of its kind in New York City and one of few to allow pets around the country.

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Soon after Eddie turned a year and a half old, Wendy and her husband moved from the city to the country, and Eddie saw very few people or animals in his new home.

When I was there a few years back, I made a number of videos from around the country in which I traveled to Bogota, Medellin and Cartagena, among other cities, and which I got many comments about how I wasn't playing the correct music in the background for each particular city's video.

Poor though it may be in places, Freetown is also startlingly welcoming to the few visitors who make it here to explore the fascinating relics of the country's birth and experience one of West Africa's most dynamic cities.

One of the biggest money savers if you're going to be in the same city or country for longer than a few days is to get an all - inclusive, multi-day pass.

Guests will enjoy easy access to one of the most popular destinations in the country — New York City, as the hotel is within just a few miles of the city's most iconic attractions including Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, the World Trade Center, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Central Park and many mCity, as the hotel is within just a few miles of the city's most iconic attractions including Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, the World Trade Center, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Central Park and many mcity's most iconic attractions including Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, the World Trade Center, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Central Park and many more.

Get a taste of New Zealand's culture at one of the many festivals around the country — Festival of Lights, Maori in the City and Caffeination to name a few.