Sentences with phrase «more than citizens»

It found large differences in the topics of conversation most common around the world, with Canadians talking about their preferences more than citizens of any other country.

I like them even more than my Citizens jeans, which cost a fortune.

Human beings, the Catholic adds, are more than citizens, though; they have another and higher home than their political one.

Not exact matches

Responding to a question about resolving the issue of more than a dozen Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korea in the 1970s, the spokesman said he was unsure of what content was discussed in the morning meeting.

Could Zuckerberg still be fantasizing about the day when Chinese authorities bring down their «Great Wall,» allowing Facebook access to its more than 1.3 billion citizens?

Trump reportedly owns more than three - quarters of Trump Old Post Office LLC, the leaseholder, according to advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).

«I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.»

(In India alone more than 600 million citizens don't have access to toilets or latrines, and open defecation leads to contaminated water and chronic — sometimes deadly — health issues, like diarrhea.)

I see employees treated as «second class citizens» more often than I see them treated as royalty!

According to the company, Indians opened more than 200 million new bank accounts in the past several years, although there is still a large percentage of citizens who are considered unbanked.

This is not news; the city's decay — the slow letting of its industrial heart's blood, the fleeing of more than half its citizens, the blight that has shuttered tens of thousands of homes and businesses — has been covered extensively by the media.

The Dominican Republic has roughly the same population as Cuba, with more than 10 million citizens.

In saying that the government stands with «consumers» — rather than citizens or voters or, God forbid, shareholders — Clement diminishes the federal government's importance, making it nothing more than the complaints desk at the Better Business Bureau.

Meanwhile, within the next five years, China and India will comprise 900 million consumers — three times the U.S. market — and China will have more affluent citizens than any country except the U.S., U.K. and Japan.

At the University of Texas at San Antonio, the Institute of Texan Cultures is currently hosting exhibits exploring the history of beer, brewers and breweries in Texas; the stories and customs of more than 20 of the earliest cultural groups to settle in the state; and the role played by citizens from the Lone Star State in the World War I.

The change could affect the more than 4 million US citizen children under 18 who live with at least one undocumented parent, as well as the approximately 1 million more so - called «dreamers» who were brought the US by their parents as children and remain undocumented.

So far the battle has entailed more words than action, with the tax's supporters trading charged public comments with representatives of the tech companies such as Weinberg's Bay Area Council Economic Institute and the San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation, which represents Salesforce, Google, Pinterest, Twilio, and others.

What your citizens imagine now matters more than ever because they can act on their own imaginations farther, faster, deeper and cheaper than ever before — as individuals.

But now more than ever it's vital for citizens and companies to fully grasp the role botnets play in not only the digital economy, but on a geo - political level.

Immigrants today are more than twice as likely to start a business as native - born citizens.

But these days more than three - quarters of the 568 employees based in Vancouver (there remains a video - game team at the company's old digs on Beatty Street) are Canadian citizens or permanent residents, says de Martin, who himself hails from the Fraser Valley.

That's likely part of the reason that enrollment dropped, as Americans making more than 400 % of the Federal Poverty Level (about $ 48,000 for an individual or $ 98,000 for a family of four) wouldn't be shielded from those rising premiums because they don't qualify for federal subsidies that lower - income citizens do.

He challenged the citizens - and himself - to lose a collective 1 million pounds, setting up a website where more than 47,000 citizens registered for the OKC Million program and tracked their weight.

The year also saw a rise in the number of donations of more than $ 100 million, with 14 US citizens including Michael Bloomberg and David Koch giving at least that sum, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, which compiled the list.

As it is, Americans pay vastly more for health insurance than citizens of all other advanced countries in exchange for inferior results.

Citizens acknowledge they haven't rediscovered savings religion: in October, an Ipsos Reid poll for RBC found that more than one - third of Canadians were saving less than they had in the past, versus 19 % who claimed to be saving more.

«It's not so easy to say, «OK, I'm not a U.S. citizen,»» after living in the country for more than 30 years, Ashman said.

Its citizens are more vocal, and the government more responsive to their grievances — economic rather than political: the high cost of living, the wide wealth gap and the inflow of migrants.

One of the main reasons for this is that more than half of its 29 million citizens are under the age of 25.

More than 200 investors and startups today added their names to an open letter opposing President Donald Trump's recent executive order that restricted travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven Muslim - majority countries and suspended refugee admissions.

If you, the investor or concerned citizen, really want to send a message to the big players in gun sales, including companies like Wal - Mart, you're more likely to have an impact organizing a campaign to not buy stuff there, rather than abstaining from stock ownership.

More specifically, the overall unemployment rate might seem artificially lower than it actually is if fewer U.S. citizens are working or actively looking for a job.

A poll conducted for the Broadbent Institute shows deep unease with economic policies tilted more to the needs of corporations than citizens.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

The next big battle is in southern B.C., as citizens fight to stop Kinder Morgan's proposal to load more than 400 oil tankers a year in Burnaby.

But the biggest problem is a legal one: The U.S. courts are more protective of free speech than European courts, and in recent years have been hostile to election regulations, notably in the Citizens United decision of 2010.

Horse racing is something like a religion in Hong Kong, whose citizens bet more than anyone else on Earth.

More than 300 developers gathered to design creative solutions that make it easier for first - time home buyers, low - income renters and senior citizens to find homes.

In fact, small businesses now employ six out of 10 of B.C.'s working citizens and account for more than a third of B.C.'s GDP.

The US agency filed a new motion earlier this month, and in a ruling this week, the judge sided with the IRS and decided that Coinbase would have to hand over the personal details of all US citizens with a Coinbase account who bought, sold, sent, or received more than $ 20,000 worth of Bitcoin in a single year during January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2015.

After being battered first by Hurricane Irma and then, less than two weeks later, Hurricane Maria, the true toll to the island of more than 3 million U.S. citizens is still being assessed, a task made difficult by the lack of communication.

This is a tailwind for our Global Resources Fund (PSPFX), which maintains heavy exposure in the industries that India will increasingly need to support its more than 1.25 billion (and counting) citizens: oil and gas, chemicals, energy services and infrastructure, precious metals and food.

The restrictions imposed by federal law currently require that no more than 25 % of our voting stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens, and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

[2] For the purposes of the SBIR program, the term «small business» is defined as a for - profit business with fewer than 500 employees, owned by one or more individuals who are citizens of, or permanent resident aliens in, the United States of America.

The restrictions imposed by federal law currently require that no more than 25 % of our stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

We are also subject to restrictions imposed by federal law that require that no more than 25 % of our stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

In other words, the federal government is today spending nearly 50 per cent more real dollars per citizen than it did a decade ago.

This week, the premier announced that as of next week, anyone who admits to being a foreign citizen will have to pay 15 - per - cent more than Canadian citizens when they buy a home in Metro Vancouver.

The Baltic nation of Estonia is securely storing the healthcare records for more than one million of its citizens on distributed databases, Japanese airline Peach Aviation recently became the third commercial carrier to accept cryptocurrency as payment for flights, while the musician Imogen Heap built her own blockchain to release a single directly to her fanbase.

They do a very good job of educating troubled young people to be good citizens, and they're probably more successful than charter schools.»