Sentences with phrase «other than citizens»

Indeed, the paragraph he refers to is obviously one of those that set out a number of separation issues other than citizens» rights, the financial settlement and the Northern Ireland border, which were discussed in phase 1.

Not exact matches

When it came to that last question, there was plenty of anger to go around, with many complaining about David Cameron's decision to call the referendum, others infuriated at the weak Leave campaign, and still others offering less than polite commentary on segments of their fellow citizens.

So far the battle has entailed more words than action, with the tax's supporters trading charged public comments with representatives of the tech companies such as Weinberg's Bay Area Council Economic Institute and the San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation, which represents Salesforce, Google, Pinterest, Twilio, and others.

«They're decent citizens, they work hard every day — in many cases both the husband and the wife work hard everyday — and they're raising their kids fine, and they see other people getting ahead much faster than they are.»

As it is, Americans pay vastly more for health insurance than citizens of all other advanced countries in exchange for inferior results.

It's a sentiment rarely seen in our litigious society today, but Lincoln seemed to believe lawyers had a greater social responsibility than other citizens.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

The National Bank of Hungary issued a warning to its citizens about the potential dangers of virtual currencies on 19th February, calling the payment method «much riskier» than other electronic payment options such as credit cards.

But according to a recent survey by Citizens Bank, less than half of millennials have looked into refinancing, consolidation, or other options to improve their loan terms.

In other words, the federal government is today spending nearly 50 per cent more real dollars per citizen than it did a decade ago.

We as citizens of the province and Canada will be looking at new sources of energy other than petroleum.»

Rates at Citizens Bank are also similar to, and in some cases, better than rates offered by other banks and online lenders.

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

Nobody thought much of religions other than Christianity; as was obvious by our public school pledge — which admonished us all to be good Christian citizens... Sure, I had questions too, but our church was pretty low - key so I was safe from some of the more radically - minded (read: brainwashed) of my peers.

A more urgent question is this: Will U.S. citizens recognize in time to save themselves and others that low - intensity - conflict strategy is far more compatible with fascism than democracy?

But rather than illuminating the tension involved in loving aliens and recognizing our collective responsibility to each other as citizens, the resolution proceeds to call for a more flexible, expansive immigration policy.

We have a representative democracy which tends to validate religious belief instead of recognizing that they should have NO ROLE where religion is concerned other than to protect it's citizens, religious or not, and allowing all to live within the basic laws of the country which should have wide support and sound evidence supporting the need for them.

Obviously, given there is a majority of those who identify as «christian» (of some sort)-- in this country, the «attacks» (other than ongoing obviously more violent types in various Middle East countries with state enforced muslim citizens) are so angry and vicious.

Where are the «upstanding citizens» doing the shooting in your examples, other than the the last one?

On the other hand, it is usually easier for citizens to organize to express their will locally than nationally or globally.

Muslims, including lifelong U.S. citizens, are being detained at airports for no other reason than their faith, and law enforcement officials report a surge in hate crimes against them.

«America has more God - fearing citizens per capita than any other nation on earth,» says FaIwell.

I think the burden of proof rests on those followers of the crucified Lamb to show that citizens of heaven can truly pledge allegiance to anyone other than Christ — and that's something Christians need to think about deeply.

He asked me if I could tell the papers the truth, which I then did, which was that the other claimant was indeed younger than Bear, but he was an Australian citizen.

U.S. government leaders and an «objective» press described the Sandinistas in Nicaragua as «communist,» «Marxist,» «Marxist / Leninist,» «totalitarian,» «Cuban - backed,» or «Soviet - backed» so often that few U.S. citizens knew that Sweden was giving more aid to Nicaragua per capita than to any other country or that while Nicaragua does have both a Communist party and a Marxist - Leninist party these two parties together received less than 3 percent of the vote and are distinct from and hostile to the Sandinista party.

If we threat any US citizen for any reasons, we are not better than other people.

Two years ago, the Czechs were in the streets of Prague facing Russian tanks, not because of compassion for human want and misery, but because they were not free; the Vietnamese continue to resist America, as they did Japan and France before us, not because of hunger for food but hunger to determine their own destinies; black militants are in the streets of our cities today, not because they are famished — though poverty and want still stalk our land, particularly black communities — but because black citizens, more than any others, have been politically isolated and impotent, unable to act in their own governance.

In fact, much of Nussbaum's own rather unconventional view of democracy in this book derives from the Gandhian idea of Swaraj (self - rule), in which control of one's inner life and respect for other people create self - aware and engaged rather than passive citizens.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

Senator Bernie Sanders has advanced further in the presidential campaign than any other Jewish citizen before him.

We are a democracy, so just like many laws are based on Christian ideals (regardless of what other citizens believe other than Xtianity) laws in the future could be based on Islamic ideas - all it takes is enough voters becoming muslim.

Nations are jealous: they don't want their citizens whoring after foreign gods, and the worst form of such infidelity is to exhibit primary loyalty to some polity or institution other than the one you're a citizen of.

It admonishes believers to pay taxes, obey the law, honor the emperor, and be solid citizens (see Mark 12:13 - 17, Romans 13:1 - 5, I Peter 2:13 - 17), but it never reports an apostle engaged in public affairs other than preaching.

Not only has science made great strides in improving the lives of those with physical challenges, but our fellow citizens are also taught to be more kind and tolerant than most people in other countries and other centuries.

Laws prohibiting physician - assisted suicide, he concludes, do «injury» to some citizens for no other reason than «to satisfy the moral or religious precepts of a portion of the population.»

However, we would like to join the ranks of people, including the more than 6,000 supporters who have signed the petition to stop the destruction of field trials of GM crops, in calling for anti-GM activists and other concerned citizens to not take action that could delay the assessment and ongoing research of Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency and reduce the damage it can do to the precious vision and eyes of children.

W. HOWARD ECTOR, GEORGIA TECH Gifted with an extraordinary memory, Howard Ector is said to know more Georgia citizens on a first - name basis than any other businessman in the state.

Though more often than not these days I would rather be watching Sunday leaguers slogging it out down at the local park for little more than the joy of the game and competition, I found myself fixated, along with millions of other world citizens, at the unfolding spectacle that is, and has become, El Clasico.

Last year, the City Council rejected proposals to develop the land — one, to build a senior citizens facility there, and others, to construct houses on lots smaller than allowed.

There are two very important differences between other first world nations and the US # 1 — The others offer health care to all their citizens # 2 — The others are geographically much denser than the US, so more people live reasonably close to skilled health care.

The combined population of more - developed countries other than the U.S. is projected to decline beginning in 2016, raising the prospect of prolonged budget crises as the number of working - age citizens diminish, pension costs rise and tax revenues fall.

«In that regard, we have no other option than to commence his recall process as all necessary forms will be filled by everyone needed to do that and as a law abiding citizens we are following due process to do what we are doing.

Why have these attacks occurred in South Africa, where the government provides more financial support to its citizens than almost any other African state?

I could imagine a couple such reasons, e.g., that US citizens will be eligible for consular protection no matter where they live, and so they should darn well pay for it - but that would apply to citizens of other countries, as well, so it doesn't really tell why the US took a different view of this matter than everyone else.

Finally, if 1/20/09 comes and goes with a usurper in the Whitehouse (that is, Obama is definitely NOT an Article II «natural born citizen» — dad Kenyan / British citizen at BHO's birth — albeit he MAY be a 14th Amendment «citizen») with usurper enablers in Congress and the Supreme Court... God help us because many of the people will — rightfully and under our Constitution and Declaration of Independence — endeavor through other means to take back the Government from what is nothing less than a non-constitutional coup d'etat.

I've been asked more than once by political veterans skeptical of the role of blogs and other forms of online citizen activism to point a specific instance in which the Internet made a real difference in a political issue.

«No salaries to pay», on the other hand if every citizen becomes effectively full - time politician (voting is much more than merely pressing the button), who (and when) is going to get the real work done?

``... I think the major issue today is to get everyone to take a step back, to get everyone to embrace the spirituality of whatever culture they live in and remember that we're still residents of New York City and citizens of America and we can treat each other with a lot more better decorum than perhaps we have the last few days and perhaps turn the situation into a more positive discussion.»

In the «English cities», the new citizens identifying as British (who had often arrived on work or study visas from countries such as the Philippines and Nigeria) told us more than half their friends were of other ethnicities (although we did not ask them how extensive or deep their social connections were) but had low place attachment.

Tools are not causes of social actions, but parts of socio - technical action, things that help us do some things, hinder others, and are integral to how we live, act, and see ourselves — this is also how I hope people will think of the role of social networking sites and other technologies in the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, not as causes, or as irrelevant, but as tools (for protesters, though sometimes also for security forces)-- in North Africa, even with a less than open internet, some of those involved in recent events certainly seemed to produce their own role as active citizens partially through the use of everyday tools and technologies.