Sentences with phrase «in times of plenty»

If you were to believe the government, we are living in a time of plenty, with zero inflation, low unemployment and wage rises combining to boost living standards.

In their natural conditions, it appears the worms are able to increase their growth rate and fertility in times of plenty and then to turn these traits back down in hard times.

Sometimes this is because food is scarce, but even in times of plenty, it's probably because food is not so easily available.

Often, this wealth is treated as a boon, proof that we live in a time of plenty — but are endless options really that good for us?

David lived by this same certainty, he fattened his soul in the times of plenty and it sustained him in the times of need.

Mutuality is not an ownership technicality nor is it rose - tinted, but a tried and tested business approach which has seen societies grow and flourish in times of plenty and times of crisis based on the reality that if you look after your customers then business and profit will follow.»

Though most of us are not Pimas, our own hunter - gatherer forebears would also have needed to survive food shortages and scarcity — conditions that favor the evolution of similar fat - storing mechanisms, which are a problem in times of plenty.

Although harmful in humans, the altered gene helps the fish eat all they can and hoard body fat in times of plenty.

A recent study in Science adds a twist to that theory: variability already present in a population's genome may remain hidden in times of plenty but come unmasked in stressful situations, ready to help with adaptation.

Over time you may just find that the key to living well on a variable income is to spend sparingly in times of plenty and save as much as possible for future dry spells.

The diversification of museums in this country took place because the Metropolitan Museum didn't want to collect The New, so the patrons who wanted to foreground it established the Museum of Modern Art in 1929 (reinforcing the fact that some of the greatest achievements in The New have been created not in times of plenty but in times of adversity).

Adaptations that made sense during a time of famine can then transfer to children and grandchildren who live in a time of plenty.

But in times of plenty, when people can easily eat too much all too often, the system is stressed by insulin overproduction.

In times of plenty, however, the more egalitarian approach of choosing the hungriest or feeding at random is most successful.

But in times of plenty, say the researchers, it is best to favour daughters who will stay put and help their mothers take full advantage of the agreeable local conditions.

In times of plenty, this mandate discourages efforts to make productivity gains; when revenues shrink, it means that special - education spending will consume an ever - growing slice of school budgets.

Law enforcement, including park protection and monitoring, may suffer from lack of funding, while «green» initiatives by governments and private entities that are «nice to have» in times of plenty) become an afterthought as the economy sours.