Sentences with phrase «of generations of peoples»

Over that timeframe, it has sustained thousands of generations of people, cumulatively numbering in the tens or even hundreds of millions.

That is the story of this country, the story that has brought me to this stage tonight, the story of generations of people who felt the lash of bondage, the shame of servitude, the sting of segregation, but who kept on striving and hoping and doing what needed to be done so that today I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves.

«I thought, «One day I'm going to be part of a generation of people that fundamentally changes the relationship between poverty and race and the American dream.

The proximity of generations of people living closely together under the same roof, the every day struggles, the sounds of the streets, and the music all provide such a rich context in which to produce art.

Not exact matches

«We saw a generation of people who normally would have started thinking about investing for the future and getting 401 (k) s set up sit on the sidelines.

This is the second generation of the API undertaking and will extend the study to a larger share of people who have the APOE4 gene, which is a major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's.

«It's the next generation of sushi,» chef Dakota Weiss of Sweetfin Poké in L.A. told People.

I can explain all this to the last generation of people until my face turns blue and they still won't get it.

Certain inventions spawn generations of successive employment for people doing jobs that no one has ever done before.

All too often, people dramatically overthink the most basic keyword research concepts; keyword generation should start simply with answering the question of «What products or services do you sell?»

«On average, the amount of water required to produce one liter of biofuel is the same amount that's required to produce food for a person for one day,» he said, adding that the problem with first generation biofuels was that they were competing with food production systems in terms of water and land.

What next generation leaders do to engage and motivate their teams in the best way possible is to build their own self - awareness and draw on a range of different leadership styles to adapt to the person and situation.

In an age of racial tension and discrimination, next generation leaders will embrace diversity; welcome differing opinions, ideas, and expressions; and create an open environment that promotes mutual understanding, where people come together for a greater good.

Unlike a generation ago, when workers frequently stuck with one company for the majority of their careers, if not their entire career, now people switch jobs frequently, Cook says.

The first generation of babies that people actively tried not to have were about to invent the future.

The proportion of people who say they are saving less than last year to retirement savings is down, but the retirement income deficit for the coming generation of retirees is estimated to be $ 4.3 trillion.

People see no end to unbearable hardships, and a bleak future awaits an entire generation of jobless and seemingly hopeless youth.

In the end, people of any generation that call themselves «human beings» really want to follow those they can respect, admire, and trust.

Young people today represent one of the most educated, least violent, and most socially connected generations the world has seen.

I asked other people to get out of the way and retire as well, to let the next generation take responsibility.

Bob Lutz, a veteran of GM, Ford, and Chrysler, recalled in a first - person article for Road & Track last November how Piëch told him the secret of the fourth - generation Golf's remarkably tight body fits: «I'll give you the recipe.

«I think this house holds collected memories of a whole generation of people who grew up watching Harry Potter.»

Cambodia has a couple of other things going for it: Angelina Jolie and a generation of young people determined to rebuild their country from the poverty of previous generations and heal the scars of the genocide.

«These are news updates for people of the generation we serve, 18 - to 35 - year - olds.»

«We are going through the biggest wealth generation opportunity of the century, and people want to participate,» says Meltem Demirors, director of development at Digital Currency Group.

«So for a generation of people who are committed to posting pictures of nearly everything they do online... cosmetics, for everyone, have become a must.»

Seventh Generation was on the ropes, and Hollender, frankly, had run out of people to ask for money.

That's a contested issue in the blogosphere with some saying today's young people are a born generation of business owners and others arguing they're simply victims of the terrible economy forced into finding alternate routes to employment.

TUNG: People are investing more in education to build the next generation of Internet companies leveraging mobile internet or distance learning.

With six out of 10 Americans projected to fall short of their standard of living by retirement, it's more urgent than ever that people in this generation save — and save some more.

And, if you think about the children in that house and how the length and depth of that recession really impacted people, I think you have an entire generation with permanently changed spending habits.»

«I hope that someday all of you on the advisory committee can tell your families for generations that you were part of the process that ended the use of toxic treatments like chemotherapy and radiation as standard treatment, and turned blood cancers into a treatable disease that even after relapse most people survive.»

One of the people responsible is Brian France, the third - generation chairman and CEO of NASCAR, the most popular form of motorsports in the U.S.

«It is difficult to ask people to move away from family and friends to get a job, but it has been a reality of life for generations,» wrote one CEO.

People in the Greatest Generation (ages 72 and up, according to Cigna's report) are least likely to report having feelings of loneliness.

Meanwhile, an entire generation of people under 30 have moved over to Instagram and tend to avoid Twitter, which is widely known as a bastion of trolls.

As people sobered up, Komisar became the conscience of a generation of start - ups that he encouraged to build businesses with a significant purpose beyond just making money.

In a tech - driven world, the development of communication technology has influenced the «Net Generation» (a.k.a. people born between 1982 and 1991), bringing them into a world where the possibilities come with immense responsibility, Steve Blank told graduates of Dalhousie University during his commencement speech earlier this week.

«A Spool of Blue Thread» spans four generations of the Whitshank family — a loving group of people who share laughter, tender moments, milestones, and the challenges of growing up — but just like any other family, they also experience disappointments, heartache, jealousy, and deep - rooted secrets.

You can find this behavior in people of every generation.

«We really struggled with what the product would look like — we were initially putting it together as a supplemental product that we sell to schools, but then it became clear that it made more sense for us to partner directly with publishers to take advantage of their existing sales and distribution networks and help them transform their existing products into the next generation products that people would be expecting on iPads,» says Derek Lomas, CEO of Mathify, a company that partners with textbook publishers to create interactive learning material.

The people of that generation who are still in the game and making a difference today are the ones who giddily charged off to buy PalmPilots and mobile phones that weighed down their suits like bricks.

Smith started Vice as a print magazine with Suroosh Alvi and Gavin McInnes in Montreal more than two decades ago; with Smith at the helm as CEO, it's now a multi-platform content mill with a reported audience of between 250 million and 300 million people a month, many of them members of Generation Y. Smith made his money by convincing an older generation that Vice knows millennials better than they could ever hope to, and that pitch has worked: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox paid US$ 70 million for a 5 % stake of Vice in 2013, and Rogers Communications (which owns Canadian Business) inked a $ 100 million paGeneration Y. Smith made his money by convincing an older generation that Vice knows millennials better than they could ever hope to, and that pitch has worked: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox paid US$ 70 million for a 5 % stake of Vice in 2013, and Rogers Communications (which owns Canadian Business) inked a $ 100 million pageneration that Vice knows millennials better than they could ever hope to, and that pitch has worked: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox paid US$ 70 million for a 5 % stake of Vice in 2013, and Rogers Communications (which owns Canadian Business) inked a $ 100 million partnership.

In fact, many headlines around sports argue there is too much money in recruiting young people — imagine what a good problem that would be to have for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Although they do appreciate — and expect — more flexibility than older generations of workers, «Millennials and Gen Z value the in - person communication that comes with a traditional corporate office much like older generations do,» Dan Schawbel, Future Workplace's research director, said in a statement.

But a new generation of social clubs has cropped up to replace stuffy mainstays like the Metropolitan Club and the University Club, and young people are flocking to them.

The way most Americans pay for college — a patchwork system of loans, grants, and scholarships from colleges — was largely created generations ago, when fewer people went to college and when the pri...

Still, it didn't take much prodding to get dozens of people of all generations to email me and let me know what speaking habits they think Millennials need to stop using now — at least at work.

The goal is simple: make the next generation of top - notch Canadian medical researchers great business people too.

Do young people have any less of it than older generations?