Sentences with phrase «like nation building»

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Political scientist Keith Brownsey of Mount Royal University argues the Liberals paid close attention to the many fumbles made by Harper's Tories on the energy file: failing to build solid relationships with First Nations, allowing environmental groups to seize the public - relations initiative, not asserting federal authority and handing provinces like B.C. and Quebec control of the political agenda, keeping Canada outside of the international consensus on climate change, and ignoring legitimate criticisms of the federal review process.

Great leaders, like the ones we are celebrating in this issue, are building companies for the long haul: companies that can weather storms and anchor the nation in good times and in bad.

As we've made our great leaps from tribes to cities to nations, we have always had to build social infrastructure like communities, media and governments for us to thrive and reach the next level.

As Henry Kissinger emphasizes in his new book World Order, the fundamental building block of all American and international engagement over the past hundred years — namely, the nation state and the Westphalian system in which states are embedded — is particularly weak in the Middle East due to fragile national roots and competing local and universalist identities, including pan-Arabic movements and messianic religious calls from the likes of Iran's ayatollahs and ISIS.

The question now is whether Germany's auto industry — which is behind on the electric trend and has been upended by Volkswagen's emissions scandal — can build an e-vehicle that the nation's drivers actually want to buy, or whether the incentive will end up lining the pockets of foreign companies like Tesla and the Renault - Nissan Alliance.

The agency, created in 1946 to build houses for veterans of the Second World War, liked to describe itself as the «heart of housing» — an enormous Crown corporation that dominated the mortgage insurance market, guaranteed complex, bond - like assets called mortgage - backed securities, and subsidized the building and upkeep of First Nations and social housing.

Mr Trudeau's cabinet will make this decision without paying a lick of attention to blustery politicians like Brian Jean and Greg Clark because inter-provincial pipeline projects are nation building projects; they shouldn't pit one province against another no matter how much the boys want to strut their stuff in the media.

While the importance of «community» is preached in churches across the nation, most of the time, we feel like we've aced this tenant of our faith simply because we're constantly building a tribe of followers online.

we could have taken out terrorists just like Israel does, quietly and covertly but no we got ta make a big stink and try to nation build which ends in complete failure.

Thats fine as long as the christmas tree is more than 33 feet tall.just like u should never fly another nations flag above the american flag america was built by christians and their religion should never be dwarfed by another.

In the new imperial division of labor on display in Afghanistan, the Americans do most of the fighting while the Europeans, who have no ideological problems with big government but don't like fighting, are only too happy to take on the soft sides of nation - building: roads, schools, sanitation and water.

and like lnivig stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

This nation whether we like it or not was built on judeo - christian values and that is a fact you can search out history Congress had prayer meetings and sought God for guidance every time they came together and they read the Bible together.

If Israel reduces Zionism to «a Jewish community in Palestine» or tries to build a small nation just like other small nations, it will end by attaining neither.

It is a melting pot of all nations, cultures and religions that is why everyone likes to come here... America is built by immigrants... even ur ancestors came from somewhere so don't act like ur own America... Muslim Americans have as much rights here in America anyone else.

So when in middle age I come at last to believe that a nation builds up a moral treasury of merit by the sacrifices of its people in war and I begin to worry, like the ancient moralists did, that we grow fat, lazy and contemptible amidst our plenty, I don't have a leg to stand on.

@budd Kenya is a third world nation but believe me we work hard and give our all to build our nation.we live happy, sleep happy and wake happy just like anybody else including you.

«With today's sentencing, I want to state publicly that, like many, I took Leibell's recent requests for leniency, actually seeking «overseas nation building» duty in lieu of jail time, as a final indictment on his complete disconnect from reality and justice,» Ball said in his statement.

The Wall is a place where literally thousands and thousands of people committed to a revolutionary new energy future for our nation and the world are coming together — to express our hopes, share our resolve, and step up to a leadership role in building a grassroots movement for change like nothing America has ever seen.

We will build an outward looking Britain that cooperates with other nations to tackle the great challenges of our time like mass migration, modern slavery and climate change.

Let me end by saying that this promise when implemented will bring an end to the era of athletes being cheated by managers and other stakeholders of sports as well as build the nationalistic spirit in athletes hence we are not going to see athletes hold the nation to ransom like we saw in Brazil again.

The MP argued further that because of the challenges of the third world country like Ghana, there is always a dichotomy between the resources the country has and the enormous challenges of nation building that require «you will have to spend more than you generate.»

It is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the amazing accomplishments of the many women who have helped build and lead our great nation — women like Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks and Geraldine Ferraro.

We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / kickers A magnitude 5.8 earthquake that shook buildings and sent people in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas streaming outside into the summer weather on August 23 might seem like small shakes for residents of more quake - prone regions of the nation.

Emerging economies like Saudi Arabia and China, the world's top emitter, want rich countries to commit to doing more to cut greenhouse gas output while allowing poorer nations to burn more fossil fuels to build their economies and end poverty.

Still, he noted, countries like Canada, Australia and Japan would still need to build on Kyoto with some concessions from major developing nations like China in order to extend it — another delicate discussion.

Some of her outfits even include built - in accessories, like this gray Pierre Cardin sheath featuring an oversize belt, which we wore on her way to a meeting at the United Nations.

For the next 25 years, Dockterman tested and created dozens of educational programs, among them the award - winning Science Court, an animated television show that aired on ABC Kids that taught the fundamental concepts of elementary and middle school science; the Great Ocean Rescue, a computer application where students face four challenging rescue missions that take them deep into the world's oceans; and Decisions, Decisions, a game that teaches students the complexities of topics like immigration, the constitution, environment, or building a nation through role - playing and informed discussion.

Top - performing nations like Finland and Singapore have built their success on teacher development and leadership — specifically by intentionally creating policies and programs so that classroom practitioners can learn from each other and spread their expertise in teaching (Darling - Hammond, 2014).

Grand Teton Nation Park is like a cathedral God built for himself.

Like the great sports car racing and Formula 1 cars before them, not to mention the über - classic F1 road car of the 1990s, these new McLarens are rolling embodiments of the central duality — big - brained engineering, craft prowess — of an island nation where the cottage - built, giant - slaying race car is the once and future king.

The occupants in the cab paid a heavy price for something that wasn't their fault, but could have been saved and walked away just like the lawyer, had the Eeco built by Maruti Suzuki prescribed to the United Nations vehicle safety norms.

That sedan, you might remember, proved Ford could build a world - class quality vehicle, and it helped rebuild the reputation of the nation's No. 2 automaker.The new Jeep may do the same for cash - starved Chrysler, where buzzards have been rumored to be circling for more than two years now.I don't think Chrysler has ever before built a vehicle quite like the Grand Cherokee.

That means the vehicle will have a built - in Wi - Fi hotspot so passengers can connect multiple devices like smartphones, laptops, and tablets — at the same time — to high - speed wireless Internet offered on AT&T's network, billed as the nation's fastest and most reliable 4G LTE network.

Patsy looked like her father, shared his even temperament and bore the brunt of the sacrifices made in the name of his political career and pursuit of building a new nation.

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Since then I learned some techniques from an experienced Hollywood script development exec, like starting with a one - sentence log line (the first sentence of my description of Vaccine Nation above is one, a bit long at 36 words) that captures the story, and then build the outline, including key dramatic steps, in three acts from there.

The debts built up like mad, ignoring the day when the inevitable weakening in aggregate demand would come, and debts of marginal, overindebted nations would prove weak.

Maine seniors, like many across the nation, struggle to make their monthly bills while they are sitting on a substantial investment often forgot about - the equity they have built up in their homes.

Massive Chalice is a turn based strategy that embraces the more free - form movement that has become popular in the tactical strategy arena and focuses on building your nation's legacy as a god - like ruler.

I like building libraries and universities and theaters, but those were merely targets for enemy bombers while my nation was still producing flintlocks.

Europa Universalis IV is a game about colonization, enlightenment, overthrowing tyranny, religious upheaval, nation - building, mercantilism, piracy, feuding monarchies, and political intrigue — or none of that, if you feel like ignoring it.

The nation state border is defined by a wall built in various parts, protruding like a sculptural artifact from the landscape, and that continues to be an object of political division.

Several of the pictures depict panoramic views of Disneyland, an iconic place of imagi - nation, and another group of works investigates often unseen sites of technology, science, and industry from our contemporary reality, like ship and oil rig building, space shut - tle repair, and research and medi - cal facilities.

USA Today voted the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District as the nation's best art district in 2015, citing 400 independent artists, a center at the Northrup King Building, and recurring annual events like Art - A-Whirl every spring, and the Fine Arts Show Art Attack and Casket Arts Quad's Cache open studio events in November.

One discussion centered on creating an international mechanism for humanitarian intervention when a malfunctioning nation's leadership fails to address a building crisis like the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, or when it consciously abuses its people by conducting or abetting mass killings...

These range from energy efficiency technologies for buildings, or industry sectors where currently the technology is largely absent, like in maritime shipping or on sustainable island nations.

So as I was walking out of the home my office manager Renita called me and said someone from FYI Television network called and said they would like us to build them a tiny house for their hit show Tiny House Nation.

That is why rapidly - developing nations like China and India are building power plants at the rate of one per week.