Sentences with phrase «important national example»

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«An important consideration is that our national infrastructure, which guarantees our energy and water supplies and enables safe and reliable use of road, rail and air transport, is increasingly interconnected and interdependent (for example flooded power stations mean power cuts, which result in telecommunications failures).

Recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Parkside Candy is another example of the important role state and federal historic tax credits play in revitalizing Buffalo's neighborhoods.

For example, an absolute threshold in the number of votes (e.g. requiring a certain proportion of the whole population or of registered voters to be elected rather than a plurality of the vote) can seem intuitively appealing but has never, to my knowledge, been implemented for a national election, precisely because leaving an important office unfilled is a problem (unless, of course, you subscribe to radical small - government ideas, in which case the question seems moot and you might just as well do away with elections or democracy itself).

This finding, reported in today's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is an important example of a disease caused by the interaction of two genes.

The best examples of charter schools that make the development of character and self - discipline an important part of students» education are systems such as the Knowledge Is Power Program (or KIPP), a national network of 99 schools, and Green Dot Public Schools, an organization that runs 19 inner - city high schools in Los Angeles and New York.

In New York State, NYSUT — a federation of more than 1,200 local unions representing more than 600,000 members — a union that is affiliated with both the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) has become a leading example of the critically important role that teachers and their unions can play in supporting parents, students and public education.

The palace is regarded as one of the most important examples of regal architecture in Portugal and has been classified as a National Monument.

Many examples from the «Paris Circus» series are housed in important international collections including the Tate Gallery, London; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

The Contemporary Art Society has a history of placing important works by most of the most significant artists of the twentieth century in national and regional public galleries in the UK for the first time — from Picasso to Hirst — continuing today with recent gifts of works for example, by current Turner Prize nominees Luke Fowler and Elizabeth Price (see «Recent Gifts Currently Showing» below).

National Galleries of Scotland holds the important early comic book painting, In the Car 1963 along with two prints, and an example of wallpaper produced by the artist in 1968.

In Serengeti National Park, for example, they are the most important resident herbivores of the kopjes.

As an example, the National Self - Represented Litigants Project findings document how important it is to SRL's to be treated with dignity and respect and to be cared for as individuals, not as case numbers.

If Canada can demonstrate that it is possible to fairly accommodate religious dress codes without conflict or harm to national security, then we will set an example for the world — and hopefully move on to other more important debates.

There has been this need for some time in relation to a host of other contracts of adhesion — insurance contracts, for example — but the prevalence of EULAs and their proximity to critical national interests make them important in a way that we haven't seen up till now.

When I collaborate with other groups, the ABA, the American Bar Foundation, or the National Judicial College for example, everyone always comments on what a great organization IAALS is and what important work it does.

The basics of positive psychology are examined first, such as positive emotions, emotional intelligence, happiness, subjective well - being, flow, optimism, resilience, self - determination theory, meaning, mindsets, and strengths, followed by less common (and in my view equally important) topics, for example national and global well - being, the positive body, positive change, time perspectives, and a review of positive psychology applications in professional contexts, such as education, coaching, and psychotherapy.