Sentences with phrase «of nation at large»

In some ways the US military is ahead of the nation at large in its thinking about energy and climate.

The economic resources are unequally distributed among the people in a society of nation at large.

Shot through with the mysteries of generations and the shattering visitations of the nation at large, it is a social novel of panoramic ambition, yet at the same time achingly personal.

Developing a scientific community in the United States that is representative of the nation at large will unleash a store of scientific talent that is currently not fully tapped.

The Aztecs knocked off Stanford in Week 3 with a last - minute touchdown pass that followed a roughly 25 - minute delay after the lights unexpectedly went out in San Diego Stadium, getting the attention of the nation at large beyond merely those who had stayed up for #Pac12AfterDark.

Not exact matches

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday began testing the use of body cameras by its employees at nine locations, potentially leading to a broad rollout by the nation's largest law enforcement agency that would make it the first federal agency to use the devices on a large scale.

In case it has escaped anyone's attention, Amazon is well on its way to becoming the nation's largest apparel merchant; and that's even before the rollout of its just - announced Prime Wardrobe business, which provides an at - home, try - it - before - you - buy - it clothing service.

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.

Don't hold your breath — especially if your savings are parked at Bank of America (bac), Chase, or one of the nation's other large banks.

The Corporate Cupcake After a slightly uneasy night's sleep (I had overdone it that evening at Baked & Wired, a well - entrenched Georgetown cupcake establishment), I start the first full day of my trip at Crumbs Bake Shop in downtown D.C. Crumbs is the nation's largest cupcake company, with 35 locations and $ 31 million in annual revenue, and also the most corporate, with plans to trade shares on the Nasdaq starting in May.

A few years ago, I watched as my boss at one such title — an offshoot of a brand famous for ranking the nation's 500 largest corporations — proposed to his boss the heretical idea that we cover more startups.

For a nation that isn't officially at war against another nation, the United States dropped an awful lot of bombs on a pretty large number of countries last year, according to research by Micah Zenko, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and research associate Jennifer Wilson.

It's part of a far - reaching effort by the nation's largest department store chain to regain its former mantle as a tastemaker among better brands at its 664 stores nationwide.

The types of tasks that are best outsourced fall into three general categories, according to Gregg Landers, director of growth management at CBIZ MHM, the nation's eighth largest accounting and business services provider.

On Thursday at the American Museum of Natural History, Regeneron made the largest single commitment the Science Talent Search (STS), the nation's oldest and most prestigious high school science competition, has ever received.

According to Whoriskey, ``... executive compensation at the nation's largest firms has roughly quadrupled in real terms since the 1970s, even as pay for 90 percent of America has stalled...» Setting aside imprecision of language, that suggests a significant disparity — not disparity of outcomes (which are a given, here) but disparity of rate of improvement.

As more and more bookstores have closed, Amazon is now believed to be the nation's largest bookseller, with an estimated 30 per cent of a total book market that PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates hit $ 34.9 billion last year, and 60 per cent of an e-book market that PwC pegged at $ 7.9 billion.

The nation's largest chain of drive - in restaurants saw system - wide same - stores sales rise 2.2 percent during the first quarter, powered by a 2.3 percent increase at franchise drive - ins, the corporation reported Monday.

Until now, there was no reimbursable way for pre-diabetic patients to receive care, said Mike Payne, head of medical affairs at Omada Health, the nation's largest federally recognized provider of diabetes prevention programs in the U.S. Medicare has always reimbursed providers to screen for diabetes and to treat those who have the disease, but there wasn't a way for providers to be reimbursed to stop that progression all together.

«State attorneys general told five of the nation's largest banks on Tuesday they face a potential liability of at least $ 17 billion in civil lawsuits if a settlement isn't reached to address improper foreclosure practices» a «figure [that] doesn't cover additional billions of dollars in potential claims from federal agencies,» the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan policy institute at the NYU School of Law, reports that overall crime rates in the nation's 30 largest cities remain at or near historic lows.

The nation's financial and economic stability should not be at the mercy of a few large financial institutions.»

Profits at the nation's largest telecom were down last year, largely because of a massive employee buyout.

Questions about the investigation have been raised because a majority of the nation's transport ministry's investigators previously worked at Korean Air, South Korea's largest air carrier, the AP reports.

Today, Lee is dean of the University of Utah medical school as well as CEO of its hospital system, where she has undertaken an experiment that has the potential to revolutionize the nation's health care system at large.

Some of the nation's largest hospital networks saw their shares soar in Monday trading after House Speaker Paul Ryan and Republican leadership pulled the AHCA at the behest of President Donald Trump.

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Prior to joining EFH, Young was executive vice president of finance and markets at Exelon Corporation, one of the nation's largest electric companies, with responsibilities for the finance functions and the trading and marketing organization, the Power Team.

The Hussman Strategic Growth Fund holds a well diversified portfolio of stocks, custodied at Firstar Bank in Cincinnati, one of the largest mutual fund custodian banks in the nation.

TRENTON, N.J. — President Donald Trump lashed out at the CEO of the nation's third - largest pharmaceutical company after he resigned from a federal advisory council, citing the president's failure to explicitly rebuke the white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville, Virginia.

But neither of these hurricanes brought the kind of widespread flooding currently being experienced at the nation's largest refineries.

Previously he served as Chief of Staff to the Governor of Delaware and was an Executive Vice President at MBNA Corporation, the nation's second largest credit card issuer (now part of Bank of America).

Venezuela's only hope at this point would be more assistance from Russia or China, two countries that have loaned large sums of money to the South American nation, a lot of which was given in exchange for oil cargoes.

«That 65 - year - old is looking at potentially 30 years in retirement,» said John Sweeney, executive vice president of retirement and investing strategies at Fidelity, the nation's largest provider of retirement plans.

At the same time, capital flows have grown to become several times larger than trade flows, with merchandise trade only accounting for just over 1 percent of daily foreign - exchange trading volume, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

Other recent research, moreover, indicates that executive compensation at the nation's largest firms has roughly quadrupled in real terms since the 1970s, even as pay for 90 percent of America has stalled.

Our analysis demonstrates that the limited number of North Korean leaders and ruling elite with access to the internet are actively engaged in Western and popular social media, regularly read international news, use many of the same services such as video streaming and online gaming, and above all, are not disconnected from the world at large or the impact North Korea's actions have on the community of nations.

The report also showed that the nation's largest lenders continued to account for a shrinking share of mortgage originations, at around 65.3 % of all loans, down from over 90 % in 2008.

At this point, Berkshire Energy which has invested heavily in the segment is one of the nation's largest producers of both wind and solar power.

«It's not even this time that is different, it is that this place is different,» said David Onyett - Jeffries, an economist at Royal Bank of Canada, the nation's largest lender.

Sure enough, after the drug was approved, Anthem, one of the nation's largest insurers, said it would cover the drug at the $ 400 price.

The uptick in rents at the national level is being mirrored in many of the nation's biggest markets — the map below show's month - over-month rent growth for the nation's 100 largest cities (markers are sized by population):

Huffington Post: At United Nations, Organization Of Islamic Cooperation Calls For Ban On Insulting Prophet Muhammad As anti-American protests continue in Islamic nations against a U.S. - made film that mocks the Muslim prophet, the leader of the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet MuNations, Organization Of Islamic Cooperation Calls For Ban On Insulting Prophet Muhammad As anti-American protests continue in Islamic nations against a U.S. - made film that mocks the Muslim prophet, the leader of the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet MuhammaOf Islamic Cooperation Calls For Ban On Insulting Prophet Muhammad As anti-American protests continue in Islamic nations against a U.S. - made film that mocks the Muslim prophet, the leader of the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet Munations against a U.S. - made film that mocks the Muslim prophet, the leader of the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet Muhammaof the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet MuNations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

In a letter announcing his retirement from the army at the close of the War, he wrote: «I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.»

How does the variable of communication interactivity offer potential changes to relationships among individuals, small groups, and nations at large?

I think Iran needs to take a good look at itself as a nation and realize that the world is watching — and Iran is part of a larger world, despite it's posturing — it is subject to just as much temptation to war and Evil that it claims to be against.

Second, because I teach at a very large secular state university, one of the largest in the nation in one of the largest states, with a growing multicultural population, I am constantly required to think about religion (and what my own Christian faith means) in a pluralistic setting.

That their campaign to bring America «back to God» will, if successful, mean the imposition of their deeply felt religious values upon the nation at large goes without saying.

The German universities expressed less opposition to the growth of Nazism in the 1930's than did the churches and labor unions; their failure at this point has been attributed in large part to their neutral pursuit of truth without concern for the life of the nation.14 By contrast, an example of intellectual responsibility occurred a few years ago when the University of Chicago was building a new cancer research hospital.

At the time, 13 states had defunded Planned Parenthood by keeping Title IX funds from going to the organization, which is the nation's largest provider of on - demand abortions by far.