Sentences with phrase «position in the world as»

«We must begin to do the needful to reposition our position in the world as a race with the most rich and valued cultures and traditions in the world.

The United States must double the rate of progress in graduating well - qualified high school students by 2020 in order to reclaim its position in the world as the country with the highest proportion of college graduates.

Looking at these pictures it is easy to catch some fundamental aspects that recur throughout the exhibition: performance, sculpture, painting, objects, film and photography converge, all equally plausible mediums for expressing her bodily and material position in the world as an artist, woman, worker, lover.

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A year ago, the London - based multinational undertook a study entitled «The World in 2050,» which projected Canada would be the only major developed economy to hold its position in the world — at the No. 10 spot — at mid-century, largely because of the demand for its resources and its ties through immigration to emerging markets (which by that time will no longer be labelled as sWorld in 2050,» which projected Canada would be the only major developed economy to hold its position in the world — at the No. 10 spot — at mid-century, largely because of the demand for its resources and its ties through immigration to emerging markets (which by that time will no longer be labelled as sworld — at the No. 10 spot — at mid-century, largely because of the demand for its resources and its ties through immigration to emerging markets (which by that time will no longer be labelled as such).

Since Ripple controls 61 % of the world's supply of XRP coins — 61 billion out of 100 billion in total — the gains placed Larsen's personal position in the cryptocurrency as well as his share of the XRP owned by his company at a dizzying total of $ 59.8 billion.

Whereas Apple's old logo connoted the free spirit of an upstart that was taking on staid tech giants, its current position as one of the most valuable corporations in the world calls for the sleek, futuristic logo it has now.

That's because China rocketed into its position as the world's second - largest economy in a matter of decades under a strict one - child policy, contributing to a rapidly aging society with rising medical needs.

Apple may have gone all out in introducing its newest iPhone 8 and iPhone X (10) models to the world, but Apple's position as the second - biggest smartphone maker in the world is being threatened.

«Our unique position as both a manufacturer and retailer allows us to bring the world's first 3D printed running midsole to market,» New Balance President and CEO Robert DeMartini said in a statement.

After acquiring more than 65 tech firms in the past five years, the mercurial CEO announced in September that he would be «buying chip companies,» suggesting that Oracle is positioning itself for what Bill Tatham, head of Toronto - based enterprise software firm NexJ Systems, describes as «another level of world domination.»

Over the last few weeks the world has watched as Deutsche Bank has struggled to convince investors and the public that it is in a sound fiscal position.

What it's about: «Sargeant York» may have been about World War I — a sharpshooter becomes an unexpected hero after attacking and capturing a German position using the same strategy as turkey hunting — but the American - proud movie became a point of major discussion in the United States over the merits of entering World War II.

CEO Kotick said in a statement, «We should emerge even stronger — an independent company with a best - in - class franchise portfolio and the focus and flexibility to drive long - term shareholder value and expand our leadership position as one of the world's most important entertainment companies... The transactions announced today will allow us to take advantage of attractive financing markets while still retaining more than US$ 3 billion cash on hand to preserve financial stability.»

China laid out plans in July to position itself as a world leader in AI by 2030.

We believe that we were one of the first major luxury fashion online retailers in the world, which positions us well as a leader in this evolving channel.

As FloSports» growth continues and the service expands further into more mainstream sporting events, Floreani looks to position his company to gain a foothold in the increasingly competitive world of digital sports media.

By the time I graduated high school, I had over 10,000 daily readers and had positioned myself as a powerful voice in the world of competitive gaming.

World - class asshole Martin Shkreli found himself in the news yet again when he resigned his position as CEO at Turing Pharmaceuticals.

Amazon maintains a global workforce of 566,000 among the largest in the world and is positioned to recruit tens of thousands more as the company looks to further expand.

The former Soviet Republic of Georgia is positioning itself as one of the leading countries in the cryptos space and is now ranked second in the world for cryptocurrency mining after China.

The more we process this «raw natural resource» into finished products and services and the more we commercialize them globally, the better will be Canada's position as a competitive Innovation Nation in the world.

Dr. Summers previously served as President of Harvard University, and he has also served in various other senior policy positions, including as Secretary of the Treasury and Vice President of Development Economics and Chief Economist of the World Bank.

When Canada's export economy gets savaged, as it will in the next year, the only fall back position is the domestic economy — potentially one of the biggest in the world.

This is the game of Goldman as they are the largest front runner of oil short positions in the world.

Working closely with industry partners, authorities and local communities, we drill to maintain our position as one of the world's leading exploration companies — whether you measure us in terms of value creation, health, safety or environmental performance.

This strategy is clearly paying off as we are have now firmly positioned ourselves as the market leader in Europe and soon the world.

In 2007, the United States lost its position as the world's largest economy.

These efforts made us feel good because we were doing something but the programs were not producing significant, measurable results.At the same time, drawing on publishing experience I had gained in my prior position as Asia marketing director for the online division of Knight - Ridder, at the time one of the largest newspaper companies in the world, I quietly created content - rich marketing and PR programs on the Web.Against the advice of the PR agency professionals we had on retainer (who insisted that news releases were only for journalists), we wrote and sent dozens of releases ourselves.

«We should emerge even stronger — an independent company with a best - in - class franchise portfolio and the focus and flexibility to drive long - term shareholder value and expand our leadership position as one of the world's most important entertainment companies.»

South Africa, which for many decades held the position as the largest gold - producing country, currently stands at number 5 in the list of the top mining countries in the world.

Jürg Zeltner inspired UBS to regain its position as the world's best private bank, and his departure has shocked many in the industry — what will he do next?

The world's biggest wealth fund is for now sticking to an overweight position in the shorter bond maturities as the U.S. 10 - year Treasury yield has broken through the 3 percent threshold for the first time since 2014.

Before being ushered out of view in November, the prince was considered to be one of the world's richest men, with Kingdom Holding owning or having owned meaningful positions in satellite TV networks, as well as in News Corp. (a stake it mostly sold), Citigroup (shares of which it has owned since 1991), and a growing number of tech companies.

As I pointed out in my first blog, the percentage of women in corporate leadership positions today is abysmal, and it's even worse in the venture capital world.

As a member of the Global Positioning Strategy (GPS) Project Panel, I had the pleasure of working with a group of «next generation» leaders who are not the «usual suspects» in Canadian foreign policy, but who work in areas that connect deeply with international policy and Canada's place in the world.

This positioned us as the world's second largest investor in real estate * with investments spread across direct and indirect equity and debt in Europe, the U.S. and the Asia Pacific region.

Hong Kong is looking to capitalize on financial technology to keep its leading position as one of the world's top financial hubs in the world.

When asked if Syrah was a takeover target at its current share price, Mr Slifirski said: «Anytime you see a company with a world class resource in terms of scale, quality and position on the cost curve, which is exposed to a disruptive technology and has an open share register, it makes absolute sense as a takeover target.»

In an era where the world around us keeps demanding an eye for an eye, and our biggest pop stars are literally singing the same tune, Christians are in a unique position to offer up something more than the flywheel of punching back twice as harIn an era where the world around us keeps demanding an eye for an eye, and our biggest pop stars are literally singing the same tune, Christians are in a unique position to offer up something more than the flywheel of punching back twice as harin a unique position to offer up something more than the flywheel of punching back twice as hard.

I hear he wants me to worship and believe him, despite putting me in a position to doubt his existence as our world is filled with horrific acts from his perfect creations.

While I am glad for the new and more accurate translation of the Mass, which is not perfection but closer to it than one deserves in an imperfect world, a far more important reform would be the return of the ad orientem position of the celebrant as normative.

Instead of affirming the idea of evolution as supporting atheism or rejecting it because it did so, some Christians took the position that its acceptance changes the way we understand God's work in the world.

The fact was that as the Church moved westward with the people, the Episcopalians soon lost their position of leadership in the New World.

Andrew M. Greeley, «Comment on Hunt's» Mythological - Symbolic Religious Commitment: The LAM Scales,»» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 11 (1972): 287 - 92, proposes a fourth nonliteral but transcendent category for the scales but argues only for its legitimacy as an autonomous position, not, as I do, for its role in completing a quadripolar approach to world view.

The view that time is essentially contingent is an untenable position if we accept the evolutionary law applicable to all things that evolve, namely, that a thing is not what it is, but what it shall be — or as Teilhard expressed it, all growing magnitudes in the world must become different so as to remain themselves.31

Her argument against this position, as best I can discern and summarize it, is that each new divine occasion would in turn be irresistibly objectified or «superjected» (she uses this as a verb) back into the world, which would «bind the present irrevocably to the past, to sacrifice spontaneity and autonomy at the altar of necessity» (p. 164).

When we place ourselves up as the bringers of peace, as God's spokesman in the world, as the ones who will restore humanity to the garden, and then God seems to favor someone else who is «doing it all wrong,» we get jealous and envious, and we set out to kill and destroy them so that we ourselves do not lose our privileged position.

It is thus crucial to the communicative enterprise to take an egocentrism - avoiding stance that rejects all claims to a privileged status for our own conception of things as bound to our own particular historical position in the world's processual scheme.

DH «I am in favour of recovering the biblical understanding of shaming in the sense that «God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong» 1 cor 1:27... as an encouragement to anyone who is a victim (and therefore considered weak in the eyes of the world) that there is a greater power to call on in order to shame... any person in a position of power in the church that is using their power to oppress rather than serve... Does that help or hinder?»

If, instead of the prevailing anarchical relationships among nations, there were co-operation in the control of raw materials, agreement on methods of manufacture of such materials, and regulation of the world market, Society would be in a position, for the first time, to constitute itself as such.