Sentences with phrase «national differences do»

The Canadian frontier had taught him that national differences do not fade quickly, and Germans, while industrious and personally admirable, had little experience with free institutions in their politics.

Not exact matches

«This reality will not change even if large volumes reach tidewater for export, as the difference in price that existed over the past few years between the inter - national benchmark — Brent Crude — and North America's benchmark — West Texas Intermediate (WTI)-- which did provide a premium for tidewater access over the past few years, has now been reduced to almost nothing.»

This is a difficult task, because there are so many diverse reasons for the separations, reasons going back to the time of the reformation, reasons which have emerged only later through the historical development of the separated Churches, doctrinal reasons, but also sociological, national, cultural ones which by themselves do not add up to a real denominational difference.

The Council fathers knew, of course, that there would always be differences of social status, talent and national character, but in their view great genuine culture does not presuppose the existence of a large number of men who are poor, socially weak and exploited.

We must understand that if Christians and non-Christians differ over marriage, that difference does not lie in their understanding of the quality of interpersonal relationship needed to enter or sustain a marriage, but rather in a disagreement about the nature of marriage and its place in the Christian and national community.

This is where the National Council of Churches — and the National PTA, the National Library Association and other national organizations — should wield their clout to make a difference in the halls of Congress, even as it was done a half - centNational Council of Churches — and the National PTA, the National Library Association and other national organizations — should wield their clout to make a difference in the halls of Congress, even as it was done a half - centNational PTA, the National Library Association and other national organizations — should wield their clout to make a difference in the halls of Congress, even as it was done a half - centNational Library Association and other national organizations — should wield their clout to make a difference in the halls of Congress, even as it was done a half - centnational organizations — should wield their clout to make a difference in the halls of Congress, even as it was done a half - century ago.

The difference is we didn't immediately have our despair thrown on national television for the entire world to see.

In 2012, in recognition of April as National Youth Sports Safety Month, MomsTeam asked 30 experts to write a blog answering two questions: first, how or why did they get into their field, and second, how have they made a difference in the life of a youth athlete in the past year.

In recognition of April as National Youth Sports Safety Month, MomsTeam is again asking our friends in the medical, health, fitness, nutrition and athletic training communities to write blogs answering two questions: first, how or why did they get into their field, and second, how have they made a difference in the life of a youth athlete in the past year.

Their findings were that not only did those reviewing the guidelines have a difference of opinion on whether the recommendations reflected international standards and current best evidence, but there was concern that the adoption of national guidelines would compromise provider autonomy.

In recognition of April as National Youth Sports Safety Month, MomsTeam asked 30 experts to write a blog a couple of years back answering two questions: first, how or why did they get into their field, and second, how have they made a difference in the life of a youth athlete in the past year.

In recognition of April as National Youth Sports Safety Month, MomsTeam asked 30 experts two years ago to write a blog answering two questions: first, how or why did they get into their field, and second, how have they made a difference in the life of a youth athlete in the past year.

In recognition of April as National Youth Sports Safety Month, MomsTeam is again asking our friends in the health, fitness, nutrition and athletic training communities to write blogs answering two questions: first, how or why did they get into their field, and second, how have they made a difference in the life of a youth athlete in the past year.

In recognition of April as National Youth Sports Safety Month, MomsTeam asked our friends in the medical, health, fitness, nutrition and athletic training communities to write blogs answering two questions: first, how or why did they get into their field, and second, how have they made a difference in the life of a youth athlete in the past year.

4) Income eligibility guidelines and reimbursement rates are national (except AK and HI on the latter), and do not take into account regional cost of living differences.

«I do not think he knows what he is talking about... we went for a walk in Tamale even though it is not part of the reconciliatory activities proposed by the Kwesi Botchway Committee, that is how the Northern Regional Secretariat prepared itself to receive a committee put in place by the National Council of the party to deal with differences,» he added.

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Newmania: You do know there's a difference between the right to free speech and the right to edit a national newspaper without people disagreeing with you, don't you?

Governor Solomon Lalong of Plateau state, who chairs the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship Campaign in Ondo State, has declared that the absence of one of the party's national leaders, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and some Southwest governors at the party's mega rally in Akure on Saturday did not make any difference.

London Mayor Boris Johnson recently added his voice to demands for gay weddings while at the Gay Pride festival in London saying: «If the Conservatives and Liberals can get together in a national coalition and settle their differences, I don't see why you can't have gay marriage».

The average position in the national polls when this fieldwork was being done (10th September — 3rd October) was a 3.6 % Labour lead, so once again the difference between the swing in the marginal seats and the swing in the national polls is tiny.

The difference between the national picture and the marginal picture will normally be so subtle that it could easily be lost under or mistaken for normal sample variation, or the methodological differences in doing marginal polls (or vice-versa, normal volatility or methodological impacts could be mistaken for a different pattern in the marginals when there is none).

In a close election that could still be the difference between a majority and a hung Parliament, so don't underestimate its potential importance, but it would be a remarkable election if the swing in marginal seats really was 4 or 5 points bigger or smaller than the national picture.

So comparing the swing in Con - Lab seats to the swing in national polls at the time the polls were done shows no difference at all (both show swing of 5.5 %).

Sheehan closed the press conference with this summation of her case: «This is sorta taking that national angst that people may have, and really bringing it down to the local level, and saying «Here is something you can do today, this week, over the next three weeks, and truly make a difference in our community.

I wanted a blog, but with a difference... so rather than have the usual candidate's blog of where I've been and what I've done today, I asked a local young resident, Rachael Hudson, to be the site's blogger, giving her take on the issues of the day both national and local.

New research from the National Bureau of Economics confirms what teachers have always known: Money does make a difference for schools, and districts with large proportions of high - need students need comparatively more money than districts with fewer high - need students.

An influential 2012 report on 120 monkeys being studied at the National Institute of Aging (NIA) reported no differences in survival for caloric restriction animals and a trend toward improved health that did not reach statistical significance.

The study doesn't show that a larger amygdala causes the behavior differences, but it's a good start toward spelling out the connection, says psychiatrist Jay Giedd of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Last year, an evaluation of a decadelong $ 250 million program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve the skills of some 70,000 science and math teachers in 31 states concluded that such efforts could make a difference — if they were done well, with high - quality materials, supported by policies, and sustained over many years.

The difference couldn't be explained by the ratio of men to women in a country, its gross national income, or the race of the participants, but it did correlate with the national health index of the men's countries — a measure of overall well - being.

Part of the reason for the difference has to do with what the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) calls your basal sleep need and your sleep debt:

The main difference between a by - law and a law passed by a national / federal or Judaism does not maintain that Jews are better than other people.

It's the same spastic - type kids with the same silly jokes, and if there is one big difference between the two films, it's that the second film doesn't have the added benefit of being a nostalgia film extolling the virtue of the grand national pastime, baseball.

This is lower than the national average score change, which was a gain of 0.2 points, but does this difference mean anything?

There is a big difference between funding development of curriculum — which is something we have always done — and mandating a national curriculum — which is something we have never done.

After joining Jane Goodall's worldwide organization, Roots & Shoots, aimed at youth making a difference in their community and its environment, they wrote a proposal to the national nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do, which funded their basic expenses with a small Student Research for Action grant.

The Principal Difference — this blog, by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, doesn't shy away from raising important issues such as uncovering myths of student engagement or if elementary teacher bias discourages girls from math and science.

«Teachers can make a big difference in the lives of kids by doing really simple things,» says Joel Baum, director of education and training at Gender Spectrum, a national organization that helps schools create gender - inclusive spaces for all kids.

«This was a very cynical statement that she doesn't believe teachers and schools can make a difference in high - poverty areas,» says Colorado State Senator Mike Johnston, a former teacher and principal whose sweeping tenure - reform law is a national model.

As a report by the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics has explained, «Differences in the set of countries that participate in an assessment can affect how well the United States appears to do internationally when results are released.»

The subtle differences between the SOL and the Common Core do not justify the disruption to instruction, accountability, professional development and teacher preparation that would follow word - for - word adoption of the model national standards.

The Obama administration's Race to the Top competition brought renewed attention to teacher evaluation, as did The New Teacher Project's 2009 landmark report, «The Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Differences in Teacher Effectiveness.»

In order to make a true difference in attitude, teachers need time (and money, as necessary) to do professional reading and reflection (professional journals, discussion, writing), attend regional or national multi-day conferences, conduct peer and self observations and analysis, and / or perhaps join a Critical Friends group.

This combination of knowing students well and a determination to do right by them is what makes all the difference, Wacker says, to the success of the little district on the plains — a place that could provide some national lessons as well.

In fall 2016, Facing History and Reach Higher will launch a co-branded national Public Service Announcement campaign to showcase inspiring students who've learned that they can make a difference in the world and plan to continue their education as a means of doing so.

It turns out that the quality of state standards is not related to past gains in student achievement, the levels at which states set past proficiency standards did not make a difference in achievement, and standards have little effect on the variation on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores both within and among states.

As the 2018 NJ State Teacher of the Year and also a National Board Certified teacher, I will soon have the opportunity to travel the state sharing the message that difference in others doesn't take away from us; it brings us together.

The $ 250 discount you get with the National Geographic card doesn't scratch the surface of this cost, and equates to a 1.1 % discount, but in other packages it makes a bigger difference.

Although mortgage rates do show slight differences by city and state, it's also useful to look at the recent history of mortgage rates on a national basis.