Sentences with phrase «higher than citizens»

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Government has no higher obligation than the protection of national sovereignty and the security of citizens.

Its citizens are more vocal, and the government more responsive to their grievances — economic rather than political: the high cost of living, the wide wealth gap and the inflow of migrants.

The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

If the point of religion is to bring peace and guide a culture toward certain specific behaviors, primarily for order and the preservation of the good qualities of society, then how can one say that one religion is better than another or that a «religion-less» person who STILL acts the SAME way (i.e. does right unto their neighbors, lives according to the thing the bible suggests) but is more tolerant is not as high quality a citizen as another who is associated with a Major League Religious Team?

Human beings, the Catholic adds, are more than citizens, though; they have another and higher home than their political one.

For example, by 30 percentage points (67.3 percent to 37 percent) native - born citizens are more likely to believe that the U.S. Constitution should be a higher legal authority than international law if there is a conflict between the two.

Part of what I said in my letter was that I had a higher regard for the citizens of our town than to think that they would attack some one over a peace symbol.

Two of the books considered here cite data showing that the quintile of U.S. citizens with the highest income receives nearly 50 percent of all income, while the lowest quintile receives less than 4 percent.

This is a fact as the Citizens have an unlimited pit when it comes to buying players and paying higher wages than anyone else in the Premier League, and even if Wenger won ten jackpots in a visit to www.freespinsonlinecasino.com he could still never outbid the oil - rich shiekhs.

Watfordians used to spending their evenings lingering over cappuccinos in the fashionable High Street, as carefree citizens wander around soaking up the last rays of the autumnal sun, probably find the gritty and unpretentious surroundings of Burnley less than pleasing on the eye.

Yes, school meals in France are indeed superior to ours, but that's reflective of a government so supportive of raising good food citizens that it actually provides state - sanctioned «taste training» to all preschoolers, puts warnings on junk food ads, and funds school meals at a far higher rate than our own government.

References to ordinary people were much more gender balanced, with women accounting for 46.8 per cent of individual citizens, although when you take into consideration that women account for a higher proportion of the electorate than men, this too might be viewed as problematic.

The February protests were the largest that Bulgaria has seen since the fall of communism, with more than 100,000 Bulgarian citizens mobilizing themselves against poverty, high energy bills and widespread political and social corruption.

What is sadly clear however is that, despite the high hopes of the youthful African population about the deepening of the continent's democracy, within that bubble of hope is a seed of corruption which is bound to deflate it sooner than later as the new leaders, such as Mr Nana Akufo Addo continue to find ways to scheme away the resources meant for their citizens

Indeed, a higher proportion of people have tried marijuana in the U.S. where millions have been arrested for it than in the Netherlands where citizens may buy it lawfully.

Teachout spoke to the mostly multi-aged crowd, sprinkled with children, students, adults and senior citizens, saying that she has a vision for New York that will make public higher education affordable; a New York that «should be leading the way in renewable resources» and environmental policies; a New York that bans fracking and all fracking byproducts; and a New York that «supports small local businesses and farms, rather than giving tax breaks to corporate campaign donors.»

Ghana's High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng, has asserted that some citizens are more Ghanaian than others, hence deserve better treatment and immediate attention from his outfit.

Syrian citizens — together with those from Sri Lanka, Iran and Zimbabwe — have much higher than average appeal overturn rates.

Let's see... We're No. 1 in property taxes nationwide; No. 1 in overall taxes; we're ranked as the state with the worst economic outlook in America by the American Legislative Exchange Council; we have the most corrupt state government in America, according to the University of Illinois; we're losing more citizens to other states than any other state; we're 48th in business climate, according to the Tax Foundation; we have the second - highest electric rates in the country; we rank as the worst state in America in which to retire, and the list goes on.

Case in point is Concord Mass. that successfully runs its own high speed broadband to all its citizens at less than half the market rate and is making a profit that goes back into the community!

«Since Election Day, we continue to hear the growing chorus of frustrated and concerned citizens who demand more from their government than profligate spending and mountains of debt that will be paid for in higher taxes by our children and grandchildren,» Sessions said in a statement.

Foreign - born residents tend to have higher levels of education than U.S. - born citizens in the Syracuse area.

In this, and other areas, Miliband's thinking shows clear signs of influence by the campaign group London Citizens, which is calling for a «living wage» of # 7.60 — higher than the current minimum wage at # 5.80.

To make the «greenest thinking» list, each city had to contain more than 100,000 citizens, a high percentage of whom self - identify as eco-conscious.

As planned by the Juno team, citizen scientists took the raw images of the flyby from the JunoCam site and processed them, providing a higher level of detail than available in their raw form.

The United States pays three times as much per citizen as the average of other wealthy nations — far more than even the second - highest spender, Switzerland, adding up to $ 3 trillion a year.

In a U.K. study published last year, researchers looked at 276 senior citizens and found that those who got the vaccine between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. had a higher antibody response to two out of three flu strains one month later than those who got their shot between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

More than 50 percent of American senior citizens have high blood pressure, but the incidence of high blood pressure among senior citizens in countries eating plant - based diets is virtually zero.

Citizens of Humanity is distributed in more than 35 countries including high - end specialty boutiques such as 10 Corso Como, Joseph, Club Monaco, Steven Alan, Trilogy, and Anthropologie; online at Moda Operandi, The Dreslyn, Shopbop, Revolve Clothing, Need Supply, and mytheresa.com as well as in luxury department stores Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom.

Citizens of Humanity is a well - known brand for high - quality denim products that last for a lot more than one or two seasons.

More than ever, Citizens from Asian countries are flying to the United States for their higher studies or job purposes.

A police raid has sparked a massive citizen uprising, and tensions are running higher than ever.

The researchers found that citizens who are less educated, of lower income, or minority are no less able than better - educated, higher - income, or white citizens to evaluate the schools on the basis of student achievement.

Statistical significance aside, these teachers turned out at higher rates than ordinary citizens in 12 of 18 elections, but in 5 they actually turned out at lower rates.

In a report summarizing the study upon which its recommendations are based, the Citizens» Council for Ohio Schools notes that fewer than half of the Ohio students who completed high - school vocational programs in 1982 found jobs in the field in which they trained.

First, do teachers and other district employees vote at higher rates than other citizens?

A corollary issue is whether teachers who live in a district where they don't work vote at higher rates than ordinary citizens do.

In every district with available data, and for all three sets of elections, other district employees who live and work in their districts vote at substantially higher rates than ordinary citizens do — rates that, on average, are just a shade lower than those of teachers who live and work in the district.

We have a higher percentage of black citizens in prison right now than South Africa did at the height of apartheid.

These community professionals, business officials, public policy leaders, and leading citizens offer their time and talent to serve on the governing boards of this century's most innovative higher education institutions - community, junior, and technical colleges - and make decisions that affect more than 1,200 colleges and over 11 million students annually.

He contrasted these citizens with the subjects of feudal France, who, rather than solve their own problems, would wait passively for orders from on high.

Fewer than one in five high school students are able to explain how citizen participation benefits democracy.

A + was originally comprised of more than 100 citizen leaders, including community and business leaders, parents and representatives from local foundations and higher education.

The threshold on the average citizen should be higher than that on an elected official, who by their pursuit of elected office should be expected to be more versed in the regulatory aspects of the process.

Citizens stuck in blue states like California now have no recourse to escape the failed test prep approach other than to get their children into private schools — and if they lack the resources to pay for tuition a second time (since they still must pay taxes for the second class teaching their local state schools are dispensing), their children will be doomed to fall behind the international competition, since that is a consequence of the second missed opportunity of the past decade, the Common Core standards that doom American children to fall 2 - 3 years behind their peers in Asia and northern Europe by the time they finish high school.

Now in 2017, we can only reminisce about bygone days when new Scion hatchbacks, coupes, and toasters sat in showrooms waiting for eager high - school teens to arrive with daddy's money or senior citizens to stroll in looking for something more economical than their worn - out Mercury Grand Marquis.

I am a U.S. citizen living in Germany and would like to sell some movable property at a higher price than I bought it for.

Like most readers of your blog, I am a Canadian citizen and hold several USD denominated ETFs (e.g. VTI, VEA, VWO, DBC) because they are much cheaper to own than comparable ETFs in Canada and are fundamentally superior in other ways too (e.g. wider breadth of index, higher trading volumes, etc.) I don't own any US real estate.

While we have plenty of choice when it comes to high - interest savings accounts, President's Choice Financial still remains the only major game in town when it comes to no - fee chequing accounts (Citizens Bank briefly offered a no - fee chequing account but shut it down in less than a year).