Sentences with phrase «good about the country»

The founders of the United States were keenly aware of the danger of concentrating power and developed a system of checks and balances that is responsible for much of what is best about our country.
«At the time, everyone hated America and there was this big idea to reboot America and feel good about the country.
We can dismantle, if we wish, all that is good about our country, in order to discourage desperate people from coming here.
Clinton called the new legislation a watershed, and said it displayed «what is best about New York and best about our country
An immigrant to the USA, she embraces all that is good about the country and believes there is no substitute for hard work.
Much like the journey of Jack Lemmon's character in Costa - Gavras's 1982 blistering critique of U.S. involvement in Chile, Missing), Snowden starts out believing only the good about his country, and ends up completely disillusioned.
6) The credibility of «the Left» — and I don't know who specifically you mean by this catch - all phrase — whatever you mean certainly has to have far greater credibility to far more people than the credibility of «the Right,» given the historic mess Bush and Cheney have gotten us into over the last too many years and that signal the very rapid decline of American power and influence in the world today and which, unfortunately, also means the decline of the power and influence of what has been rght and good about this country.

Not exact matches

«I think that every country has to think about the best way to operate and to run their own political systems,» he said.
When Warren was asked how she stays so optimistic about the future of America, she assured Bee that the country will come out of the Trump years better than it started because «we don't have any other choice.»
Asked for comment about the suit, a DoorDash representative told CNBC, «DoorDash uses its innovative logistics technology to deliver the very best food and products in neighborhoods across the country.
Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus told CNBC he's disappointed about the political divide in Washington and that the country's elected officials could be doing a much better job.
«We wanted to make sure that our own country was part of the conversation about global health issues in two ways — one, making sure that we're not thinking of it as issues that affect other people that don't have anything to do with us, but also acknowledging that we can learn so much from what has gone well or new models that are effective in other countries,» Bush tells Business Insider.
The great thing about cloud computing is that by the nature of the model, where you can sign up for our product and buy it online if you want, is we have customers in well over a hundred countries.
Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein has been taunting the U.K. government over Twitter in recent weeks about how he's getting ready to spend more time in Frankfurt after Brexit, as well as gently nudging the country to have a second referendum in case it wanted to change its mind.
He added that the committee's Democrats made clear in a document they compiled rebutting the claims in the Republican memo that the «FBI had good reason to be concerned about Carter Page and would have been derelict in its responsibility to protect the country had it not sought a FISA warrant.»
The best hedge against inflation is the US stock market since about 60 % of revenues of the S&P 500 comes from foreign countries.
It's also a good time to think about American history — namely, the people who made the decision to break away from the Mother Country and found a new system.
Indeed, about 90 % of the company's $ 5.3 million revenues (2012 figures) came from 120 different countries, but its primary customers are a handful of huge multinational printing equipment producers, like Cannon and Samsung, as well as some large distributors and dealers of printers in both the U.S. and Europe.
LinkedIn has 38 million members in about 200 countries, but in Hoffman's mind, that's merely a good start: He expects a quarter of the planet's population to sign up eventually.
«But the narrative about St. Louis leaves out the fact that St. Charles County and its elected leadership have helped make several communities in this area some of the best places in America to live, and that the region has one of the best startup scenes in the country
«It would be a big loss to the country if President Trump were to stop the program,» says Lam, 49, the founder and CEO of the Best in Class Education Center franchise, a Seattle - based chain of 50 learning centers in 10 states that employ about 300 people.
That the bragging happened a decade ago doesn't change the reality that a man who might be president sees half the country's population not just as objects for his own aesthetic gratification — we knew that thanks to the beauty pageants and the string of model wives — but objects for his physical gratification as well, regardless of how the women in question feel about it.
They're heavily exposed to Hungary, and considering the already fragile situation in the eurozone, this could spark fears about the stability of Austria and its sovereign rating — regardless of the fact that the country is in good shape.
Though the country's claims about its technology are often exaggerated, North Korea's latest advancement in its missile program have drawn concern from officials at the White House, who have said the country is «developing a pretty good nuclear reentry vehicle.»
«There are some sectors into the country, whether it's technology or AI, that are doing exceedingly well... I'm concerned about the resource - based economy, and access to tidewater for our product,» Porter said.
One of the best things about a franchise is that there are so many wonderful business owners across the country that you can learn from and share ideas.
That's symbolic of the fact that there are more countries competing for market share, even as global exports of good and services are growing at meagre rate of about 3 %.
«It clearly sends the signal that they intend to apply their management principles of cost - cutting and meritocracy as they describe it — the youthful assumption that it can always be done better — which will now be applied to the much more profitable and successful acquired company, in a country they've never worked in before,» Danahy said about the prospective new owners.
About to open the new Gahcho Kué mine in the Northwest Territories, De Beers decided Cowtown was a better logistical hub for its operations there and at the Victor mine in northern Ontario, as well as for exploration activities across the country, says De Beers Canada CEO Kim Truter.
Through telecommuting, a company can hire candidates outside its geographic area without worrying about costly relocation services, should the best recruit live across the country.
Love or hate Trump, the editorial made very good points about his incivility and disrespectful tone which adds to the already ugly level of discourse in this country.
Perhaps it's not a surprise that Pakistan had the unfortunate accolade of being the most anxious country polled — nine in 10 Pakistanis reported feeling anxious about the current state of the world, as well as their place in it.
If the financial connection to China, a country whose government typically opposes transparency and political dissent, seems problematic, Hwang isn't concerned: «If anything, we are informing the public about upcoming changes in laws as well as the decision makers behind it, emboldening affected parties to act up and speak up if necessary,» he said.
The Russian leader joked about rape as recently as February, has boasted that his country's prostitutes are the best in the world, and has put down women for menstruating.
Established in 2006 by Australian activist Julian Assange as a means to anonymously divulge sensitive information about countries and institutions, Wikileaks was best known for its revelations about U.S. military operations, diplomatic activities, detention camps and abetting of NSA leaker Edward Snowden — until 2016, when the site involved itself in the U.S. presidential election by releasing troves of Democratic party emails allegedly supplied by Russian operatives.
The cost of buying a home, living comfortably in the country, and eating good food is lower here compared to the U.S.,» says Laura Springham about rural France where she, her husband Keith, and their son Patrick moved almost two years ago.
LONDON — The United States and Britain on Monday issued a first - of - its - kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.
Such a currency would make it easier for the government to track and tax transactions, which is an advantage that other countries have spoken about as well.
Their prices are out of this country amazing!!!! I just can't say enough good things about this place!
In recent months, revelations from European authorities about the tax avoidance strategies used by Google, Starbucks and Amazon have all stirred public anger and spurred several European governments, as well as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris - based research organization for the world's richest countries, to discuss measures to close the loopholes.
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(Another good question, which I won't get into, asks about regional variation in wage growth; outside of states hit by the fall in energy prices, moodys.com reports that wages have picked up in most parts of the country.)
The two countries share similar concerns, but differ in their tactics as well as their thoughts about the role China should play in the emerging regional architecture.
One of the big concerns about comparing Puerto Rico to other blackout events — as Rhodium did in the first chart — is that not every country tracks power data as well as others, and some countries are still electrifying (there are still 1.1 billion people around the world who don't have electricity), explained Peter Marsters, a research analyst at Rhodium.
She has two TV shows currently on air: DOT on NBC Universal Kids (winner of Kidscreen's Best New Preschool Series) about a spunky little girl who uses tech to enhance her everyday adventures, and American Dreams on HSN, highlighting entrepreneurs around the country.
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Finally, Shivom recently released an announcement about their work with the Indian State Government of Andhra Pradesh, a collaboration that allows Shivom access to up to 60 mln people in the state, as well as the initiation of a pilot project in one of the largest cancer facilities in the country.
So if you're talking about Japan for them the deep the base the currency and make it the currency cheaper is a good thing because that creates this inflow of international investment into the country because they're able to get labor cheaper they're able to get goods cheaper because the currency is cheap.
The «spike» in expectations about Australian short - term interest rates is relatively small compared with those evident in other countries, reflecting a high degree of confidence among banks in Australia that liquidity needs have been well provided for.
The FBI had good reason to be concerned about Carter Page and would have been derelict in its responsibility to protect the country had it not sought a FISA warrant.
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