Sentences with phrase «over a quarter of a century of»

And unless the very availability of modern contraceptives by itself stimulates a revolution in attitudes toward family size — as over a quarter of a century of family planning efforts have failed to do in Nepal, and three decades of programs have not done in rural Pakistan — the demographic impact of family planning would be a discrete and self - extinguishing adjustment, as the previously «unmet demand» of motivated users is progressively satisfied.

You could buy a VW Golf R for the cost of the full outfit and still have some change (on Scan's website, the whole setup, sans PC, costs # 35,999), but running Project Cars it delivered the most immersive, most convincing racing game experience I've had in over quarter of a century of whiling away the hours on videogames.

Celebrating over a quarter of a century of the timeless Ys series, the Ys: Memories of Celceta Silver Anniversary Edition will come packaged with a host of celebratory bonus items including a 3 - CD collection of original and arranged music spanning the entire history of the franchise, as well as game - specific items such as a cloth map detailing the lands of Celceta, a logo - emblazoned compass, and «Adol's Travel Journal» containing adventuring strategies and artwork, all within an exclusive commemorative package.

With over a quarter of a century of experience in the art of cross-examination, contested cases are his passion.

Not exact matches

What's not uncertain: the slow drip of unresponsive labour market regulations and mostly unenforced rules over the past quarter century has shifted bargaining power towards employers, against workers.

Anything, these days, that's over a quarter century old has got to have the sense of getting a little long in the tooth, but with that comes total brand identity.»

As much as the fall of the Berlin Wall or the rise of social media, the astonishing decline in world - wide poverty stands as one of humanity's greatest achievement over the past quarter century.

A quarter century after the Iron Curtain that once divided Europe opened, the European Union nations and Russia are again involved in a tug - of - war, this time over six former Soviet Republics.

The consumer brand that Schultz has built over a quarter - century — stepping out of the CEO job in 2000, only to return eight years later — has never been stronger.

As part of its 25th anniversary, CNBC is creating a definitive list of people who have had the greatest influence in business over the past quarter century.

It reported over $ 22 billion in worldwide revenue last year and its CEO, Daniel Amos, has been heading the company for over a quarter of a century.

Foremost is the significant decline in the natural rate of interest, or r * (r - star), over the past quarter - century to historically low levels.

Over the past quarter century the VIX has averaged over 22, the highest of any month, in SeptemOver the past quarter century the VIX has averaged over 22, the highest of any month, in Septemover 22, the highest of any month, in September.

Franklin Templeton pioneered international investing over 60 years ago, and our expertise in emerging markets spans more than a quarter of a century.

Over the last quarter century, APEC has shaped and transformed the global economy and supported half a billion people in their rise out of poverty.

This same proposal is basically the same one I made over a quarter of a century ago in that hearing room on Parliament Hill.

Can a look at the complexion and character of US Treasury owners over the last quarter century help us in counting the cards of the current cycle?

Exclusive access to Technical Analysis video library — Tim Knight has been an active technical analyst for over a quarter of a century and has authored several popular books on technical analysis.

Over the past quarter century the level of the fed funds rate has explained nearly 50 % of the variation in stock / bond correlations, according to Bloomberg data.

It's been more than a quarter - century since the world's first exchange - traded fund debuted right here in Canada, and over the years those of us in the industry have got pretty adept at rhyming off the benefits of ETFs.

I haven't kept exact count, of course, but over the past quarter - century I have surely read (or tried to read) a couple thousand books on investing.

In a perhaps apocryphal story, Adolph Hitler recalled to his General Staff in 1939 the amnesty that outside powers gave to the Turkish officials who massacred over one million Armenians nearly a quarter century earlier, quipping «Who after all is today speaking about the destruction of the Armenians?»

Rejoice with me Jesus paid my frightful price — Took me to Him — Into HIS Mystical Body — That we shared in life the same tormented cry; He had walked in His Way the same streets as I — Insane — I was never at a total loss; I KNEW the Blessed Mother choose my Cross In Her maternal love for me and for us all; THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — Conceived In LOVE such a Holy Cross for me; Through Mary Jesus was someone I could serve — She knew it was the Cross that I deserved And so did I — for over a quarter of a century I stood with Her at Calvary — a wretched sentry With the Communion of Saints, and Blessed Kateri Till Easter came for me -

Søren Kierkegaard is being discovered by the English - speaking world after something over three - quarters of a century of complete neglect.

The Coptic and Russian Orthodox Church leaders have held a formal meeting in Russia for the first time in over a quarter of a century.

The honeymoon, that is, between the now enfeebled and increasingly remote souls who for over a quarter of a century had carped and sneered at Pope John Paul II (and by the same token at «PanzerCardinal» Joseph Ratzinger) but who had nevertheless hoped against hope for a Pope who would be somehow reborn if not as a fully paid - up liberal, as a Pope at least who would go easy on all that counter-cultural JPII stuff about being «signs of contradiction» and about continuity with the pre-conciliar Church and who had breathlessly found (so they thought) that, lo, it was even so, in the wonders of Deus Caritas Est. «On his election last spring,» carolled The Tablet, «the former CardinalRatzinger was widely assumed to have as his papal agenda the hammering of heretics and a war on secularist relativism, subjects with which he was associated as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.»

Modern chauvinism has assumed that all recent modes of knowing the truth are vastly superior to all older ways, a view that has recently presided over the precipitous deterioration of social structures and processes in the third quarter of the twentieth century.

We must be open to whatever new church emerges and not be overcome with guilt over the Protestant disestablishment of the past quarter - century.

As it happened, I was able to spend a couple of hours between flights with Bob Bork just ten days before he died, and I got to tell him of my gratitude for so much friendship and laughter over the past quarter - century, of my admiration for his depth, and» embarrassing him, as I knew this would» of my love for him.

For our immediate purposes, it may be helpful to oversimplify a great deal by reducing to just three broad categories the ideological contenders for the soul of the American university over the past century and a quarter.

During the last quarter of a century the large mass media corporations themselves have been taken over by even larger corporate powers.

Over a quarter of a century ago he was editing a paper on race relations and social legislation.

Furthermore, in the United States, for over a quarter of a century the writings of Professor Charles Hartshorne, including Beyond Humanism, The Vision of God, Reality as Social Process, The Divine Relativity, The Logic of Perfection, and A Natural Theology for Our Times, as well as many occasional articles and essays, have eloquently argued the case for «process - thought».

Now, for a half century — the last quarter of the tenth and the first quarter of the ninth — the larger, stronger North and the smaller but more compactly integrated South know a relationship if not of war, at least of unceasing armed bickering over disputed common boundaries (14:30; 15:7,16).

Over the last quarter century, it has been the subject of scientific studies in the areas of pain, digestion, and circulation, and there have been some interesting results.

Other significant achievements of the Commission over the last quarter of a century include the establishment in 2000 of the Lodi Wine & Visitor Center — one of the industry's original regional wine education and tasting centers — and the creation of the Lodi Rules ™ for Sustainable Winegrowing Program in 2005.

The company has been rewarded with over 68 brewing awards within its quarter - century of brewing history.

Over the last quarter - century, Milisci has built Romulus up from that first underperforming location into one of the nation's largest franchisees and developers of IHOP restaurants.

The research, commissioned by Linda McCartney Foods to celebrate the famous vegetarian food brand's 25th birthday, looked back at food trends over the past quarter of a century and forward to the next quarter.

India is projected to become the world's biggest milk producer over the next decade, having tripled its output during the first quarter of this century, a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OECD) has revealed.

Creative Automation has specialized in the design and manufacture of packaging machinery for over a quarter century.

Perhaps the producers believe that chileheads are a new species of humankind that has evolved over the last quarter century...

McCartney's dabbling in divisive social issues will prevent him from ruling a state as diverse as Colorado — and it reminds us that, over a quarter century, Bryant may have been the only public man in Alabama to transcend the issue of race.

But look at how our collective understanding of those issues has evolved over the last quarter - century.

He began his managerial career whilst still a player with Chelsea, and led them to their first major trophy for over a quarter of a century when they won the FA Cup in 1997.

In some ways it was reminiscent of the infamous FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest over a quarter of a century ago when Keith Hackett totally ruined a game of football, but the fans continued to support the team until the end.

The 71 - year - old has led United for over a quarter of a century winning 13 English championships and two UEFA Champions League titles.

But, having guided the Red Devils to 12 league championships, five FA Cups and two UEFA Champions League successes in just over a quarter of a century in charge, Sir Alex probably merits it.

In what was a truly dismal season considering the standards Manchester United have set over the past quarter century, there have been a lot of murmurs that they need up to six or seven players in order to compete next year.

Ferguson would later describe Hargreaves» Red Devils career as a «disaster», writing in his autobiography that he considers the midfielder, who made just 27 Premier League starts in four seasons, one of his worst signings in over a quarter of a century as United boss; a sad indictment for Hargreaves when you consider that flops such as Bebe and Anderson had pitched up at the Theatre of so - called Dreams since the turn of the millennium alone.