Sentences with phrase «nation over the past generation»

He insists on the need for honest debate as we struggle toward «new foundations and new rules» in the face of the institutional changes and the uncertainties that have swept our nation over the past generation.

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Previously rare in the politics of the nation - state, a concern not just with punishment but with reconciliation has sprouted up dramatically in global politics over the past generation.

But the lower levels of eighth - grade achievement serves as evidence of a point Dropout Nation has made over the past few years: That the generation of reforms that culminated with the passage of No Child aren't enough to help children master the knowledge they need — from algebra and statistics, to mastering the lessons from the Wealth of Nations and other great texts — for success in higher education and in life outside of school.

In 1968, she went to Documenta, an international art show in Germany, and was bowled over by the freshness and originality of the work on display by a new generation of artists seeking to come to terms with their nation's past.

The Government has suggested that a «statement of regret», an allocation of sixty - three million dollars over 4 years aimed at so - called «practical assistance», and their subsequent denial of the very existence of the Stolen Generations may suffice to allow us as a nation to turn our backs on the cruel legacy of our indigenous past and move forward, blind to the future.