Sentences with phrase «near inevitability»

With the near inevitability of a civilian death toll any time the Avengers are involved in an incident, the U.N. steps in with an accord proposing regulation and oversight of the super-powered people.

Despite Santorum's exit and Romney's near inevitability, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox still believes New York will play a major role in the former Massachusetts» governor's campaign — if only to fill his coffers.

But yields have started spiraling upward again in countries including Spain and Italy, making further European bailouts seem a near inevitability, destabilizing the global financial markets and suppressing growth on the Continent.

Not exact matches

Captain Jerry Kyd, the Royal Navy officer in charge of HMS Queen Elizabeth, described naval drone warfare as an «absolute inevitability» for his ship, and the British armed forces as a whole «in the near future.»

Sophia, made by Hong Kong - based Hanson Robots, is no super advanced intelligence yet, but some experts think that if her intelligence keeps growing rapidly — and it likely will given near exponential growth of the microprocessor, increased investment in the AI sector, and the inevitability of quantum computing — she could be as smart as people in 10 or 20 years.

One experiences a depressing sense of inevitability as one nears the end of the letters.

Despite the minimal amount of text, the book does manage to convey a real sense of the passage of time, as well as a sense of dread over the near - inevitability of his death.

That inevitability of triumph is established early via Cavayé's portrait of nurses aid Samuel (Gilles Lellouche) and pregnant wife Nadia (Elena Anaya) playfully canoodling on the couch after Nadia is told that bed rest is a must, a compassionate vision of everyday domestic bliss so pure and undefiled that, despite the disrupting madness to come, it's near - impossible to believe that Cavayé will permanently shatter it.

Included in the PowerPoint: a) Scarcity, Choice and Opportunity Cost - The Fundamental Economic Problem - The Meaning of Scarcity and the inevitability of choices at all levels (individual, firms, govt)- The basic questions of what will be produced ow and for whom - The Meaning of the term «Ceteris Paribus» - The Margin and Decision Making at the Margin - Sort run, long run, very long run b) Positive and Normative Statements - the distinction between fact and value judgements c) Factors of Production - the rewards to the factors of production: land, labour, capital and enterprise - Specialization and division of labour d) Resource Allocation in Different Economic Systems and Issues of Transition - decision making in market, planned and mixed economies - the role of the factor enterprise in a modern economy e) Production Possibility Curves - shape and shifts of the curve - constant and increasing opportunity costs f) Money - functions and characteristics in a modern economy - barter, cash and bank deposits, cheques, near money, liquidity g) Classification of Goods and Services - free goods, private goods (economic goods) and public goods - merit goods and demerit goods as the outcome of imperfect information by consumers PowerPoint Also Includes: - Key Terms for each Chapter - Activities - Multiple Choice and Essay questions from past exam papers.

Anyone who's ever given a talk on an environmental subject knows that the population question is a near - inevitability (second only to the nuclear question).