Sentences with phrase «most big nations»

Defenders is the route to go, England Ireland Wales and Scotland, I'm willing to bet that you could find a defensive line or two which would stand up to most big nations back lines, even if not quite as good I think it would be not far off.

Not exact matches

Australia's big four banks and one insurance company have been ranked within the top 100 most sustainable companies in the world, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia leading the charge for the nation.

Exports from Canada to the U.S. could be subjected to a maximum tariff of 3.5 per cent under the World Trade Organization's «most favoured nation» provision, to which Canada would almost certainly respond with its own tariffs on imports from the U.S. «For Canada, under WTO rules, we'd have to put up barriers with the U.S., and the retaliation would be one of the biggest sources of negative impact for us,» says Dan Ciuriak, a former deputy chief economist with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

The big question on most Americans» minds Tuesday was whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton would be the nation's next president, but voters in nine states also had a big decision to make regarding marijuana legalization.

That sounds reasonable, as the Gulf Coast is home to most of the nation's biggest refineries, many of which can process heavy Canadian crude.

Most of the other big industrialized nations have experienced a similar decline in both performance and expectations.

As the presidential elections draw near, the nation's debt woes are coming into clearer focus — and Bank of America - Merrill Lynch Global Research warns that the «fiscal cliff» is bigger than most market observers imagine.

Maduro's administration has pointedly claimed that the people who will be hurt most by the sanctions aimed at stymieing the nation's ballooning debt will be shareholders in the U.S. Indeed, there is outcry that the potential banning of oil imports from Venezuela — the 3rd biggest supplier of oil to the U.S. behind Canada and Saudi Arabia — will dramatically drive up gasoline prices and hurt the U.S. job market.

The annual ranking is Barron's largest, most comprehensive listing, encompassing financial advisors from all over the nation, from small independent advisors to big Wall Street firms.

In addition to having some of the best seafood and colleges in the country, the state is close to many of the nation's biggest cities and has some of the most beautiful landscapes around.

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.

However, only a tiny, tiny, tiny percentage of «Muslims» are actually terrorists, which is supported by the fact that most of the terrorist acts are done by the same few organizations, and ALSO supported by the fact that the 57 Islamic nations in the world are NOT run by al - Qaeda, and ALSO supported by the fact that the US still exists (if a big chunk of Muslims were terrorists, the US would not exist).

The «Nation's Restaurant News» has released the results of a new poll that reveals what the country's favorite «Casual Dining» eating establishment (a pretty broad category that encompasses most big, non-fast food chains) is, based on categories including «craveability,» and The Cheesecake Factory took the No. 1 spot.

Think of how our two seminaries relate to their surroundings — Union in the middle of the nation's biggest city and from the most savory part of Manhattan at that, but drawing vitality and the pulse of reality from it.

This trend has been highlighted in a recent study that the emerging global order is spearheaded by a few hundred corporate giants, many of them bigger than most sovereign nations.

Chris Lilly injects the pork butt while instructing at Kingsford University in Arizona Since 1992, Chris Lilly has been with Big Bob Gibson Bar - B - Q Restaurant in Decatur, Alabama, one of the nation's oldest and most revered barbecue...

Since 1992, Chris Lilly has been with Big Bob Gibson Bar - B - Q Restaurant in Decatur, Alabama, one of the nation's oldest and most revered barbecue destinations.

World food prices posted their biggest monthly rise for four years in June, buoyed by a surge in sugar and increases for most other edible commodities, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.

UNITED NATIONS: India, projected to be the most populous country over the next decade, will be the world's largest milk producer by 2026 and will account for the biggest increase in wheat production globally, according to a report by the UN and OECD.

ArrowStream empowers some of the nation's largest food chains, such as Golden Corral, Popeyes, Jamba Juice, and more, to quickly uncover the biggest savings opportunities and proactively address the most pressing threats in their supply chains by centralizing inventory, contract, and quality assurance information.

Nando's PERi-PERi, the most popular hot sauce from England to Australia, is now widely available in over 10,000 of the nation's biggest retailers.

In a less public way, other athletes from the nation's three biggest and most profitable leagues — the NBA, NFL and Major League Baseball — are suffering from a financial pandemic.

TJARKS: I had Bennett as the No. 1 player on SB Nation's Big Board prior to the 2013 NBA Draft, so I wasn't as surprised as most when the Cavs picked him.

By the time most of the nation realized, «Holy cow, this team's really elite,» the Buckeyes had already humiliated Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game and vanquished title favorite Alabama in the CFP semifinals.

But perhaps their biggest service to watchers of the Eee Pee Ell — and the reason they have SB Nation Soccer's total and unthinking support in their struggle against relegation — is their badge, by some distance the most fascinating in the league.

Since then, the Nittany Lions have been one of the most dominant teams in the nation, rolling through opponents to a 9 - 0 SU and 8 -0-1 ATS record that was capped off with an upset win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game.

Most, including us here at SB Nation, ridiculed the Pacers for procuring a journeyman swingman and an uninspiring, yet young big man for a multi-time All - Star.

A 20 - 0 Sun Devils start and a shutdown of the one - time nation's most prolific passing game made for a leisurely evening for ASU, which turns its attention toward next week's very big Pac - 12 South battle against UCLA.

The 1963 NCAA title game between Loyola of Chicago and Cincinnati was surely one of the most memorable in tournament history: It was the last title game to be decided in overtime; the last one before UCLA began its intimidating reign of 10 championships, including seven in a row, over the next 12 years; the first one to be played under a lucrative new six - year television contract that launched college basketball into the big - money era; and, most significantly, the first in which the majority of players on both sides were black — or, as most of the nation was still saying back in March of 1963, Negro.

One of the most coveted recruits in the class of 2017, Westtown School (N.Y.) big man Mohamed Bamba will have his pick of the nation's top programs when it comes time to make a college decision.

A look at the «big five» nations of England, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France shows that, at an average of # 37, Italy has the most expensive ticket.

World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont said: «Rugby World Cup is one of the world's biggest and most popular global sporting events that attracts sports and major event fans from around the world for a six - week celebration of rugby and the host nation.

Convenience is such a big motivator for most parents when feeding their children — and I get that our world has changed and become faster paced, perhaps justifying some convenience - based feeding decisions — but I can't help but think it is one of the main reasons we have become such an unhealthy nation.

Yes, big data may well transform the way we do politics in the U.S., but I suspect that the more dystopic predictions, (which at their most extreme involve a nation of drooling automatons spoon - fed information through targeted communications) won't come to pass... if for no other reasons than practical ones.

The Big Kahuna of Nassau, one of the largest and wealthiest and most prestigious suburban counties in the nation.

But it won't be welcome at one of this year's biggest and most influential grassroots political gatherings, Netroots Nation — even though the event will be in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Actor Alan Cumming and PETA activists brought a sculpture of the New York skyline rendered entirely in vegetables to City Hall, as they named the the Big Apple the most vegan - friendly spot in the nation.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER The nation's two most significant news stories in recent weeks both underscore a critical shortcoming too big to ignore — that government, at all levels, too often fails in its obligations for transparency.

«Senator Warren is the nation's most powerful voice for working families fighting against a set of rules written by and for big banks.

The prevalence of lobbyists in New York — the lobbyist - to - state lawmaker ratio is somewhere in the neighborhood of 24 - to - 1 (the highest in the nation)-- is viewed by most good government groups as a big part of what ails Albany.

It is one of the most established internet dating sites and with over 20 million enrolled clients in over 22 nations, it's additionally one of the biggest web based dating administrations.

From these subtle yet powerful opening scenes (it's the poor and the disenfranchised who fight for the wealthy and powerful), The Manchurian Candidate explores a multitude of political «issues» to a lesser or greater extent: the ill that is committed under the guise of defending a nation; the behind - the - scenes machinations of any country's political process; the unpalatable relationship between entertainment, money and politics, and most specifically, the enormous influence big business has on politics and politicians.

Its opening film is the British - produced mountaineering thriller Everest, featuring Anglo - American glamour in the shape of Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley and Josh Brolin; its competition strand has an impressive list of international auteurs, including Tom Hooper (The Danish Girl), Alexander Sokurov (Francofonia), Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash) and Charlie Kaufman (Anomalisa); and a number of authentic coups, including the world premiere screening of Black Mass, the much - hyped gangster film featuring Johnny Depp as James «Whitey» Bulger, and a first look at Beasts of No Nation, the African - set war thriller that represents Netflix's most serious shot yet across Hollywood's bows.

Mahershala Ali — ««The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Parts 1 and 2),» «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Anthony Anderson — «The Departed,» «Hustle & Flow» Adam Beach — «The Departed,» «Hustle & Flow» Kate Beckinsale --- «Love & Friendship,» «The Aviator» Chadwick Boseman --- «Captain America: Civil War,» «Get on Up» John Boyega — «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» «Attack the Block» Betty Buckley --- «Wyatt Earp,» «Carrie» Rose Byrne — «X-Men: First Class,» «Bridesmaids» Julie Carmen — «The Milagro Beanfield War,» «Gloria» Enrique Castillo — «Déjà Vu,» «Bound by Honor» Morris Chestnut — «G.I. Jane,» «Boyz N the Hood» Cliff Curtis — «Live Free or Die Hard,» «Training Day» Idris Elba — «Beasts of No Nation,» «Pacific Rim America Ferrera — «Cesar Chavez,» «End of Watch» Vivica A. Fox — «Kill Bill,» «Independence Day» Andrew Garfield — «99 Homes,» «The Amazing Spider - Man» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha,» «To Rome with Love» Jesse D. Goins — «The Ugly Truth,» «Patriot Games» Bruce Greenwood — «Flight,» «Star Trek» Carla Gugino — «Watchmen,» «Night at the Museum» Luis Guzmán — «Punch - Drunk Love,» «Carlito's Way» Dennis Haysbert — «Dear White People,» «Wreck - It Ralph» Tom Hiddleston — «Crimson Peak,» «Marvel's The Avengers» James Hong — «Safe,» «Mulan» Oscar Isaac — «Ex Machina,» «A Most Violent Year» O'Shea «Ice Cube» Jackson * — «Ride Along,» «Friday» Dakota Johnson — «Black Mass,» «Fifty Shades of Grey» Cherry Jones — «Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,» «Signs» Michael B. Jordan — «Creed,» «Fruitvale Station» Daniel Dae Kim — «The Divergent Series: Insurgent,» «Crash» Regina King — «Ray,» «Jerry Maguire Brie Larson — «Room,» «Trainwreck» Byung - Hun Lee — «Terminator Genisys,» «G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra» Nia Long — «Keanu,» «Boyz N the Hood» Sal Lopez — «The Astronaut Farmer,» «Full Metal Jacket» Ignacio López Tarso — «Under the Volcano,» «Nazarin» Patti LuPone — «Parker,» «Driving Miss Daisy» Peter Mackenzie — «Trumbo,» «42» Rachel McAdams — «Spotlight,» «Midnight in Paris» Eva Mendes — «The Place beyond the Pines,» «Hitch» Tatsuya Nakadai — «Ran,» «Kagemusha» Adepero Oduye — «The Big Short,» «12 Years a Slave» Marisa Paredes — «The Skin I Live In,» «All about My Mother» Nate Parker — «Beyond the Lights,» «Red Tails» Harold Perrineau — «Zero Dark Thirty,» «28 Weeks Later» Jorge Perugorría — «Che,» «Strawberry and Chocolate» Silvia Pinal — «Vintage Model,» «The Exterminating Angel» Freida Pinto — «Immortals,» «Slumdog Millionaire» Michelle Rodriguez — «Avatar,» «Girlfight» Anika Noni Rose — «For Colored Girls,» «Dreamgirls» Cecilia Roth — «Lucia Lucia,» «All About My Mother» Mark Rylance — «Bridge of Spies,» «The Other Boleyn Girl» Pepe Serna — «The Black Dahlia,» «The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez» Martin Starr — «I'll See You in My Dreams,» «Adventureland» Elizabeth Sung — «Memoirs of a Geisha,» «The Joy Luck Club» Sharmila Tagore — «Dhadkan,» «The World of Apu» Tessa Thompson — «Creed,» «Dear White People» Lorraine Toussaint — «Selma,» «Middle of Nowhere» Glynn Turman — «Super 8,» «Men of Honor» Gabrielle Union — «Top Five,» «Bad Boys II» Jacob Vargas — «The 33,» «Jarhead» Alicia Vikander — «The Danish Girl,» «Ex Machina» Emma Watson — «The Bling Ring,» «The Perks of Being a Wallflower» Damon Wayans, Jr. — «Big Hero 6,» «Let's Be Cops» Marlon Wayans — «The Heat,» «Requiem for a Dream» Rita Wilson — «It's Complicated,» «Runaway Bride» Daphne Zuniga — «Staying Together,» «Spaceballs»

Award: The Assassin Least Sexy Movie: 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: A LEGO Brickumentary) Best Tolkien Reference: The Martian Best Gag Involving a Hammer: Avengers: Age of Ultron Best Joke About Naming Your Fists «Cagney and Lacey»: Spy Best Celebrity Cameo: LeBron James, Trainwreck Best Imaginary Friend: Bing Bong, Inside Out Most Awkward Interplay Between Real and Fictional Theme Parks: Tomorrowland (Runner - up: Jurassic World) Best Contact Lenses: Johnny Depp, Black Mass Best Eyeglasses: Sean Harris, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Best Glass Eye: Christian Bale, The Big Short Best Robot: Ava (Ex Machina) Worst Robot: Chappie (Chappie) The Cameron Crowe Award for a Soundtrack in Search of a Movie: Aloha Best Aerial Stunt: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Runner - up: Spectre) Worst Oven - Cleaning Method: The Visit Worst Misuse of a Juice Bottle: Sleeping with Other People Best Movie About Journalism: Spotlight Worst Movie About Journalism: Truth The Sudden Ubiquity Award: Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, Brooklyn, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Revenant); Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road; Legend; The Revenant); Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina, Mojave, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) Best Dog - boy: Jack Bright, The Good Dinosaur Worst Dog - man: Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending Worst Implicit Historical Comparison: Moving the events of The Secret in Their Eyes from Argentina's Dirty War to post-9 / 11 America Best Backward - Looking Reboot: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Backward - Looking Reboot: Terminator Genisys Best Home Movies: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Nicest Russian Spy: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Trends of the Year: Women ruling comedy (Trainwreck, Spy); an overdue pushback against CGI (Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens); sneakily feminist themes in summer sequels (Magic Mike XXL, Mad Max: Fury Road); spy spoofs (Spy, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, the final third of Spectre)

In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about american history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta - Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis.

Ron Zimmer, of the RAND Corporation, and two colleagues studied the impact of charters in Michigan, one of the most chartered states in the nation, and determined that private schools were taking as big a hit as traditional public schools because of charters.

Perhaps the most prominent big - city superintendent in the nation, Vallas is widely credited with having turned around the Chicago school system.

As I see it, discussion of Success should revolve around one big question: Why do Success's academic results seem so outsized, even compared to some of the nation's other, most - accomplished charter schools?

2017 was a big year for education news in Los Angeles, drawing national attention to the most expensive school board race in U.S. history, the looming fiscal cliff exacerbated by declining enrollment, and a new state accountability system that has sparked sharp criticism from parent groups across the state and education advocates across the nation.