Sentences with phrase «just as a nation»

Simmons founded CMIT Solutions of South Charlotte in mid-2008, just as the nation's economy was souring and small business owners were cutting their spending.

From what little I have read so far of Jeremy's writings, it seems he understands that the institutions of «The Church» and «Christianity» are not the true ekklesia of God, just as the nation called «Israel» was not the true «Israel» of God.

Just as the nation is divided politically over the question of empire, these books expose a moral and theological divide.

Manent shows in great detail the ineptitude that invariably follows when the church attempts to think politically, to do the work the nation and its statesmen are supposed to do — just as the nation engages in tyranny based on psychological reductionism when it tries to displace the universal message of the City of God with some ideology or civil theology.

They found common interests, including good nutrition, just as the nation's marketers were pitching women on the ease of convenient but heavily processed foods.

A National Equality Panel - great, another quango to pay for just as the nation starts running out of money.

And now, just as the nation was beginning to tire of the great 2009 expenses scandal, we have servants» quarters paid for out of the public purse.

We face daunting health challenges not just as a nation but as a species.

Created between the early 1800s and the early 1900s, just as nations in the Americas gained and asserted their independence, the paintings represent efforts by explorers and by artists — both European and locally born — to capture and define the essence of a place on canvas, always rooted in the natural beauty of the land.

Not exact matches

... As a nation, we have been trained to look past the bad behavior of our rudest guests, especially the uninvited ones, and rather than cause a scene, we shall just go about our daily business as if nothing has happeneAs a nation, we have been trained to look past the bad behavior of our rudest guests, especially the uninvited ones, and rather than cause a scene, we shall just go about our daily business as if nothing has happeneas if nothing has happened.

And with member nations ramping up their enforcement capabilities as we speak (the United Kingdom alone is hiring 200 enforcement staff), it is becoming clear that all companies, not just the industry giants, could be targeted.

And yet, as painful as such events are, and as much as they seem to increasingly define America's uniquely violent profile among developed nations, they account for just 1 - 2 % of all gun - related deaths in the U.S. «We lose upwards of 90 people a day on average to firearm violence, to suicide and homicide,» says Wintemute.

Within a framework of sustainable development — including a cap - and - trade system and thorough environmental assessments — New Democrats would prioritize our own energy security and with it the creation of high - paying, value - added jobs, refining and upgrading our own natural resources right here in Canada — just as other resource - rich developed nations like Norway already have.

The other irony is the «revolutionary» forces which I fully expect to take power in many African nations by 2015 will expropriate Chinese properties just as they will expropriate any other colonial powers» «property.»

Yet, just months ago, a Jokowi victory appeared almost a sure thing — holding an almost 40 % lead over Prabowo, a candidate not allowed in the U.S. for past human rights violations and who, as the former son - in - law of Suharto, the Indonesian dictator overthrown 16 years ago, is certainly among the nation's entrenched powers.

If the US decided as a nation to reduce or eliminate incentives for homeownership, eliminating just the mortgage - interest deduction would, on average, eliminate about a third of that subsidy.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a longtime opponent of marijuana legalization, is embracing the Just - Say - No attitude towards marijuana and links the industry to violence and crime as he begins his role as the nation's top attorney.

The nation's largest retailer may be looking to play a bigger role in health care by acquiring Medicare insurance giant Humana — just as its rival Amazon is increasingly making moves in the sector.

Zuckerberg explained, «Progress now requires coming together, not just as cities or nations, but also as a global community.»

«We need to invest every defense dollar to meet the threat that we're facing right now as a nation,» she told CNN's Wolf Blitzer later on Wednesday, arguing that the Obama administration's decision to allow transgender people to serve would cost $ 1.35 billion over a decade just for sex - reassignment surgeries.

Not just for the sake of the cultural sector but for the nation as a whole.

Just this week, Will Carty, manager of public policy for Twitter, wrote a blog post praising reclassification as «critical to American economic aspirations and our nation's global competitiveness» with «important implications for freedom of expression.»

As for paying for the nation's crisis, well, the bill is just too big.

Recently appointed as the nation's first special representative for the Arctic, Admiral Robert Papp arrives in the region just as Russia and Canada are clamoring for a piece of its vast oil and gas reserves, and as Shell is exploring for oil in American waters.

It doesn't apply to just those big countries either — it affects smaller nations such as Canada, as well.

Now, the nation's largest retailer may be looking to play a bigger role in the sector by acquiring Medicare insurance giant Humana — just as its rival Amazon is increasingly making its own moves in the health - care market.

As my friend Andrew Crane points out there are many dimensions along which to evaluate the ethics of any product — including not just the intrinsic properties of the product but also things like the process of production and nation of origin.

Rather than repeat this approach, both the federal government and state governments should write contracts to ensure that economic incentives focus on reducing recidivism and improving outcomes for the nation's inmates, not just warehousing as many people as possible.

We looked at it, and indeed, it is persistent and it's economically just as strong as it was then,» University of Miami associate professor Michael Fuerst told CNBC's «Trading Nation» this week.

Camber Capital Management, a hedge fund with an activist history, has purchased 5.7 million shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp., or a 5.7 % stake in the money - losing hospital chain.The emergence of Camber was disclosed Monday, just three days after Tenet's largest shareholder, Glenview Capital Management, resigned two Tenet board seats, citing irreconcilable differences with management and the board.Glenview Capital, which owns an 18 % stake in Tenet, gave notice Friday that it would no longer participate in a stand - still agreement that had prevented it from launching a proxy fight for control of the company.Tenet investors welcomed the Camber disclosure Monday, driving up Tenet's stock price to $ 2.18, or 15 %, to $ 16.63 as of 12:30 p.m. ET.Tenet is the nation's third - largest investor - owned

It just makes us poorer as a nation.»

A portion of the first months book sales were donated to Green America, which describes itself as the nations leading green economy organization, helping people and businesses everywhere make the shift to a socially just and environmentally sustainable economy.

Such a policy stance would be favorable, not just for the nation but for our region as well.

She described Beijing's view of these islands as more than just individual small nations, but collectively as an important factor in China's ability to resist Western containment.

Indigenous nations have just as much right to provide food, clothing and shelter for their families as anyone else, including Canadian businesses, like convenience store owners — who do not have constitutionally protected rights to engage in the tobacco trade.

As long as Group of Seven nation bond yields remain generally lower than similar - maturity Treasuries, it's just one more reason why yields on U.S. bonds are likely to stay lower for even longeAs long as Group of Seven nation bond yields remain generally lower than similar - maturity Treasuries, it's just one more reason why yields on U.S. bonds are likely to stay lower for even longeas Group of Seven nation bond yields remain generally lower than similar - maturity Treasuries, it's just one more reason why yields on U.S. bonds are likely to stay lower for even longer.

The average effective property tax rate (taxes per year as a percentage of home value) in the Magnolia State is just 0.8 %, the 15th - lowest rate in the nation.

Ezra Klein: Also, to just build on that point a little bit, every Western European nation and also Canada and also Israel gets about... It's about half of what we pay, it's not as cheap as Singapore, but if we only managed to cut our costs in half, that would also be a big advance.

Seen as an accelerator for harm not just inside of the nation's rust belt, the incoming administration made it a top priority.

The projects we photograph are as diverse as their locations, from just around the corner in downtown Vancouver, to Victoria and Nanaimo, across the border in Bellingham or Seattle, or out to the Gulf Islands, San Juan Islands, Sunshine Coast, and remote Coast Salish First Nations reserves.

Just over one week ago, Saudi Arabian royalty paraded titans of Silicon Valley and Wall Street through the Ritz - Carlton in Riyadh as part of a flashy showcase of the nation's seriousness about global investing.

One by one, we will grow and improve our whole nation... just as President Obama is hoping for as well.

CNN: Expectations high for first Hindu member of Congress Just days after Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii was sworn in as the first Hindu member of Congress, Hindu American advocacy groups made it clear that they hope Gabbard will help represent the nation's wider Hindu community, on top of her Hawaiian constituents.

It is a part we are given as a part of our tribe, just as we are all sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, citizens of our nation, servants of Jesus Christ.

If they would just educate there husbands as to Linbaugh's drug induced tirades against there own kind it would render him irrelevant and we could go on with a more informed less bigoted nation.

You'd have a family of super-popes ruling as kings and queens over much more than just nations.

Faith is one dimension, and so is family and patriotic loyalty, which can mean loyalty to a local place just as much as to a modern nation - state.

He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your ancestors.

For 2,000 years through pogroms, inquisitions, crusades and holocausts the Jewish nation survived «never to be destroyed completely» just as promised in Leviticus.

Create a single payer healthcare system just like they have for House & Senate members so that as a nation we can negotiate less expensive medical costs & prescription drugs and limit the amount any provider / hospital / doctor can be sued to $ 500k.