Sentences with phrase «nation of more»

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said a one - metre rise in sea level could displace 30 million people in her country, a delta nation of more than 150 million on the Bay of Bengal that faces heavy seasonal flooding and intense cyclones.

But even that amounts to small change: 36,000 homes in a nation of more than a hundred million dwellings.

His announcement of his gift to the nation of more than 200 pieces from his art collection looks like a case in point.

His current book of photographs, Nomad's Land, makes it possible to perceive the many facets of this nation of more than one hundred ethnicities.

This nation of more than 900 islands still honors cultural traditions dating back a thousand years and offers landscapes of stunning natural beauty.

If this annual pattern is allowed to continue, 13 million students will drop out of school during the next decade at a cost to the nation of more than $ 3 TRILLION.

The object the law acts upon is The United States of America, a nation of more than 300 million people.

«In this nation of more than more than 300,000 small, family - run coffee farms, the expansive Gemadro Estate stands as an exception.

We are a nation of more than just Christians, and certainly more than just conservative evangelical Christians.

«China will have a nation of more than 200 million middle - class people in next 10 to 20 years,» Ma said.

Not exact matches

The growth of the cosmetic medicine industry has led two Perth entrepreneurs to expand their businesses in order to tap into more of the nation's $ 6 billion annual spend.

The Minneapolis metro area saw 2.3 % job growth over the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost a full percentage point more than the nation as a whole — adding nearly 45,000 jobs.

HOW is it possible for 11 nations that, on a combined basis, command very little more than 15 pert cent of the world's capitalisation, hold the rest of the world to ransom?

EU Parliament head Guy Verhofstadt told Business Insider that Brexit was an opportunity for the EU to become a tighter, more unified family of nations, but this ambition is under threat from populist, anti-EU movements in numerous member states.

Holders get a diversified basket of securities that could include more developed nation products as well.

Getting elected president of CONCACAF [the 41 - nation arm of the world soccer federation representing North and Central America and the Caribbean, in May] just means it involves more travel and more conversations across time zones.

Eventually, the technology could help providers identify more individuals who are at risk of developing cardiovascular conditions — cardiovascular disease not only affects over 100 million people in the US, it is also the costliest disease in the nation, with associated costs reaching $ 555 billion in 2016, according to American Heart Association.

Those looking for a deep dive into what Laszewski thinks will actually work can check out the complete post, but for non-wonks, his bottom line seems to be this: To fix health care we need to control costs overall, and to do that, the industry as a whole must be forced to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's money.

U.S. officials attended a meeting on Saturday of ministers from more than 30 of the nations that signed the climate change agreement.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The rupee joins the rupiah (which had fallen more than 13 % against the U.S. dollar as of August), and Brazil's real in a spate of tough economic times for developing nations, particularly those with large current account deficits.

The nation's biggest labour market has more people working at low wages than any other big economic engine of Canada (Quebec, B.C., Alberta)

The world added more solar power capacity than any other type of energy in 2017, outpacing all fossil fuels, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Shell — a cash machine that racked up $ 9 billion in profit in the first nine months of 2017; a colossus that employs 90,000 people in more than 70 countries; a corporation that, were it a nation, would have the world's seventh - largest carbon footprint, behind Germany; and the No. 7 company on Fortune's Global 500 list last year, with $ 240 billion in sales — is in an existential squeeze.

It also reintroduces a little bit more of that first - fill bourbon cask type of flavor that almost enhances the vanilla sweetness,» says Nation.

Viral Nation has cultivated a stable of more than a thousand social - media stars, and cut deals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for major brands.

He tells CBS that «happiness is a result of creating strong social foundations,» and that if other nations prioritized «social trust» and «healthy lives,» they could also find that their citizens become more content.

The founder and chairman of Quicken Loans, the nation's largest online retail mortgage lender, Gilbert is spearheading the revitalization of his native Detroit, investing $ 1.3 billion (and counting) to acquire and renovate more than 60 commercial properties occupying about 9 million square feet of Motor City real estate.

Australia was one of 11 nations that signed on to the successor to the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal in Chile last night, just more than a year after the United States pulled out of the original deal.

Since then, their Toronto - based startup, Viral Nation, has evolved into one of the largest social - media marketing firms in the world, on track to generate more than $ 15 million (U.S.) in 2018 sales, according to the founders.

But it's notable since it's the first such drop noted in more than two decades, and Americans» life expectancy is already lower than that of other developed nations like Canada, France, and Germany.

Fast - forward 15 years, and Alibaba drives 80 percent of China's online sales and accounts for more than half of the nation's parcel deliveries, yielding profits that exceed those of Amazon and eBay combined.

Residents of the United States have, on average, more food - energy available to them than anybody else on the planet: 3,729 calories per person, per day — or so the United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization calculates.

«The country, now more than ever, is looking for innovations that can improve care and increase efficiencies,» says Robert Grajewski, president of Edison Nation Medical.

But this isn't a sport, it's business — the Great Game of Business, as practiced by Springfield Remanufacturing Corp. (SRC), the midsize Missouri company that may be having more effect on American management than any 10 of the nation's business schools have.

A survey of the 1997 Inc. 500 revealed that casual or «business casual» dress is standard at more than one - third of the nation's fastest - growing privately held companies.

The United Nations estimates that by 2050 more than 60 % of the world's population will lack fresh water for drinking and cooking.

Moreover, as China, India, and other nations develop, they'll find ways to keep their top students from leaving and spending hundreds of times more for an American education.

More recently allegations have been made toward several nation states and their potential government sponsorship of these attacks.

«Working with Clarence was the toughest challenge in my career,» says Scott, «as the more you gave of yourself, the more was expected of you — seven days per week and always driven by a man whose own anger and frustration with what had happened to his people by «white guys» made him determined and impatient to advance his own nation's well - being.»

But if the Kremlin's angry response seems out of proportion to what NATO stands to gain, it may make more sense given the unspoken message the alliance's invitation sends: that all nations should be free to choose their alliances, without Moscow's interference.

But more American students fell on the lowest end of the scale than in other nations: 17.8 percent did not reach basic proficiency versus 15.3 percent globally.

Crony - state capitalism has imposed rentier monopolies and cartels on wage earners, effectively transferring more of the nation's income and wealth to politically powerful entrenched interests and cartels.

But while 2014 predictions bode well for host nation Russia's performance — forecast to achieve a total haul of 25 medals, 10 more than their total in the last winter games in 2010 — the same can not be said for the U.K. team.

But that was a more shrewd than conciliatory strategy on the government's part: Today marks the 86th birthday of the nation's much adored monarch, King Bhumibol, an occasion that calls for sober celebration and peace.

On a more micro level, they're one of the only non-First Nations casino operators in the province, so there's not a lot of competition.

The point is that the nation has received zero value from trillions in quantitative easing, and so if even 10 % of the 130 million households do something useful with their $ 10,000 in cash then that would be one heck of a lot more than we've gotten from the trillions thrown down the rathole of a venal, corrupted, insolvent banking sector.

The company on Wednesday launched YouTube movie rentals in Canada, which should make a nation of already prodigious online video consumers even more ravenous devourers of bandwidth.

We also contacted Allete, a company whose Minnesota Power (MP) utility serves more than 140,000 state residents and «some of the nation's largest industrial customers.»

Over the course of Sarnova's 10 - year partnership with Water Street, the company doubled its customer base to serve more than 30,000 of the nation's hospitals, surgical centers and EMS providers.