Sentences with phrase «likely than conflict»

And we should build the relationships, systems and processes that make cooperation more likely than conflict — and that, particularly after the illegal annexation of Crimea, give assurance to Russia's neighbouring states that their security is not in question.

Not exact matches

As the study says, «Those who served in recent conflicts are 30 percent to 200 percent more likely to commit suicide than their non - veteran peers.»

These are real questions, and when she utters the postmodern cliché, «Conflict is only generated by the familiar commitment to One; Creativity is generated by the Many,» I suspect that she doesn't really believe it: her own work tells her that univocal obsessives are much more likely to be creative than cocktail party flibbertigibbets who constantly espouse multiple positions.

In seeking to explain the commencement of armed conflicts among nations, writings from our century are far more likely to emphasize «environmental» causes, such as, of course, economics, than the freewill decisions of various leaders or the power of ideas.

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.

The nonpacifist is more likely than the pacifist to believe that God participates in human conflict, using stern measures and even if necessary the awful destructiveness of war, to protect a State against its enemies and to enable a State to protect the helpless against aggression.

The main finding of our assessment was that those SRs with stated sponsorship or conflicts of interest with food or beverage companies were five times more likely to report a conclusion of no positive association between SSB consumption and weight gain or obesity than those reporting having no industry sponsorship or conflicts of interest.

These findings indicate that systematic reviews that reported financial conflicts of interest or sponsorship from food or drink companies were more likely to reach a conclusion of no positive association between SSB consumption and weight gain than reviews that reported having no conflicts of interest.

But if your bank account is looking decidedly empty and your calendar is overflowing with conflicting obligations, March Break is more likely to be a source of stress than celebration.

In our view, long - term dialogue is more likely to promote positive change and a stronger joint understanding than conflict.

Wolfinger writes, «It is certainly good news that people are less likely to stay in high conflict marriages than they used to.»

Mothers reported that they were also more likely to use physical strategies in conflicts with their children than were their non-abused counterparts.

This survey found that fathers were more much likely to feel conflicts between their working lives and personal lives in 2008 than they had been in 1977, while mothers experienced only a modest increase in these conflicts over the same period.

Their study also showed that sleeping less than eight hours decreased individual's ability to resolve conflicts and were more likely to exhibit negative emotions.

A belligerent foreign policy is thus likely to harm American strategic interests abroad rather than further them, as well as provoke conflict and discord in other regions of the world.

[4] Brown, however, suggests that strong leaders are in fact more likely to ignore the facts when they conflict with their own preferences and are therefore likely make catastrophic errors in judgement than collective leaders.

The fact that all the major political parties have already made extensive and frequently conflicting promises on public spending, taxes and benefits means that such negotiations are likely to be more complex and take much longer than the 22 days of May 2010.

Women who reported higher levels of marital conflict were more likely in subsequent years to give birth to girls, rather than boys.

«We find that civil wars were much more likely to happen in warmer - than - average years, with one degree Celsius warmer temperatures in a given year associated with a 50 percent higher likelihood of conflict in that year,» Burke says.

In 2014 Safe Streets workers had 15,000 encounters with the public and mediated 880 conflicts, more than 80 percent of which were deemed to be likely or very likely to result in gun violence.

The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests a severe drought that began in 2006 was a catalyst for the conflict, and that climate change has made such droughts in the region more than twice as likely.

University of Iowa published a study in 2005 which revealed that spouses with similar temperaments and world views were much more likely to enjoy successful, conflict - free marriages than those with antipodal personalities.

The delays were due to a new director search after Rupert Wyatt's exit, a round of script rewrites and more than likely scheduling conflicts for Channing Tatum and director Doug Liman, who are busy bees themselves.

A lack of focus on the marginalized has left the poorest five times less likely to complete a full cycle of primary education than the richest and over a third of out of school children living in conflict affected zones.

Over the last 30 years, a large body of work has shown that children who are skilled at recognizing feelings, dealing with conflict, and exercising self - control are more likely than peers to succeed in school and to do well in life.

Children in conflict - affected countries are more than twice as likely, and adolescents two - thirds more likely, to be out of school than in non-conflict affected countries.

On the other hand, the term «refugee» refers to people who have to flee their countries due to an imminent threat to their lives such as armed conflicts, persecution, and / or natural disasters, and hence are more likely to be representative of, or even less advantaged and more marginalized than, the general population in their countries of origin.

Indeed, superintendents who use data to eliminate personnel or programs — even if these superintendents are successful and vindicated by the results — are often more likely to ignite political conflict than to reap professional rewards.

When conflicts arise, principal - teacher - parent - student relationships are more likely to be face - to - face than lawyer - to - lawyer.

Rather than write a rule that would likely conflict with one or more of the statutes, the Board will seek clarification from the Legislature on classroom - level data.

Children may be more likely to have a satisfying, less conflicting relationship with their pets than with their siblings, a new study finds.

* There is too much conflicting evidence about climate change to know whether it is actually happening * Current climate change is part of a pattern that has been going on for millions of years * Climate change is just a natural fluctuation in Earth's temperatures * Even if we do experience some consequences from climate change, we will be able to cope with them * The effects of climate change are likely to be catastrophic * The evidence for climate change is unreliable * There are a lot of very different theories about climate change and little agreement about which is right * Scientists have in the past changed their results to make climate change appear worse than it is * Scientists have hidden research that shows climate change is not serious * Climate change is a scam * Social / behavioural scepticism measures * Climate change is so complicated, that there is very little politicians can do about it * There is no point in me doing anything about climate change because no - one else is * The actions of a single person doesn't make any difference in tackling climate change * People are too selfish to do anything about climate change * Not much will be done about climate change, because it is not in human nature to respond to problems that won't happen for many years * It is already too late to do anything about climate change * The media is often too alarmist about climate change * Environmentalists do their best to emphasise the worst possible effects of climate change * Climate change has now become a bit of an outdated issue * Whether it is important or not, on a day - to - day basis I am bored of hearing about climate change

I think it is more likely that he was annoyed about his conflicts with Heartland at Forbes, at the fact that the WSJ published a letter by 16 skeptics but refused to publish the letter than he had authored and organized signed by 255 warmists, and so on.

A maximalist strategy will run into far more roadblocks and conflicts — and is more likely to fail — than one that seeks to make serious contributions without attempting or claiming to solve the entire problem by itself.

To suppose that a view held by a minority is more likely to be correct than a conflicting view held by a majority, on the basis of no other information other than the numbers holding each view, is irrational.

Without serious action to reduce the massive risk of conflict and corruption, his push for new contracts is likely to do much more for the Taliban than America.

And greater than the impact on winter tourism, the expected variability in precipitation is likely to bring greater conflict for scarcer water resources — after all, the glaciers of Europe provide 40 % of the continent's fresh water.

Others suggest entirely realistic social conflicts that seem more likely than not to occur.

The IPCC has already concluded that it is «virtually certain that human influence has warmed the global climate system» and that it is «extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010» is anthropogenic.1 Its new report outlines the future threats of further global warming: increased scarcity of food and fresh water; extreme weather events; rise in sea level; loss of biodiversity; areas becoming uninhabitable; and mass human migration, conflict and violence.

Biglaw attorneys also need mediators and arbitrators, and smalls are less likely to be conflicted out than neutrals at other large law firms.

If more than one device has DHCP enabled, you will likely see address conflicts and have issues accessing the Internet or other resources on your network.

Unhappy spouses who divorced reported more conflict and were about twice as likely to report violence in their marriage than unhappy spouses who stayed married.

Were unhappy spouses who later divorced or separated more likely to be victims of high conflict or violent marriages than those who stayed married?

Life and family events premigration and postmigration have been found to have a profound effect on the health and well - being of immigrant children.1, 2 Risk factors include trauma, separation from parents, nonvoluntary migration, obstacles in the acculturation process, 3 and children who immigrate in their mid - or late teens.1, 4 Research also shows that parents who have experienced or witnessed violence have poorer mental health, 2,5 which is likely to affect parent — child attachment and negatively impact child development and mental health.5 Transitioning to a new country may be beneficial for both parents and children, but it may render new and unexpected constraints in the parent — child relationship (eg, children tend to acculturate to the new country faster than their parents), cause disharmony and power conflicts, 6 — 8 and, subsequently, affect the child's mental health.9

Children who witness violence are more likely than those who have not to exhibit frequent aggressive and antisocial behavior, increased fearfulness, higher levels of depression and anxiety, and have a greater acceptance of violence as a means of resolving conflict

The following themes were identified: (1) personal acceptance of having a mental health problem rather than treatment access is the major barrier to treatment entry; (2) tightly connected, supportive peer networks can decrease stigma related to mental health problems and encourage treatment; however, soldiers in impoverished or conflicted peer networks are less likely to receive these benefits; and (3) soldiers are generally positive about the idea of peer - based programs to improve treatment engagement, although they note the importance of leadership support, peer assignment, and unit specialty in implementing these programs.

There are several reasons: (a) it's less adversarial than going to court; (b) it's more private; (c) you retain control of the process — i.e., you are not bound by what the mediator thinks (indeed, most mediators see their role as helping the parties effectuate their goals, not imposing the mediator's ideas); (d) it's usually much less expensive; (e) if there are children involved, the process is less likely to embroil them in a painful conflict; and (f) mediation often gives divorcing couples a better chance of successfully negotiating issues that may come up in the future (such as child support, alimony, or custody and visitation issues).

However, when husbands spent more time on social networking than their wives, they and their wives were more likely to report marital conflict.

Those in the partner - focused group were more likely to have their relationship progress (for instance, advancing from casual to serious dating) than those in the dramatic group, while the conflict - ridden group was more likely to keep their relationship status stable compared to the dramatic group.

Research shows that if you are a female in a heterosexual partnership, you are far more likely to initiate discussion around conflict and pick up on nonverbal cues of distress than your male counterpart.