Consider environmental degradation... the immense
pressures of economic forces on local communities... the dire need for sustainable urbanization, affordable infrastructure, and accessible communication.
Pressures of economic forces and oil embargos led to an engine regression the following year.
Not exact matches
The survey
of 16,000 people in 15 countries highlights the changing global retirement landscape as
economic pressures and longer life expectancy
force people to work longer.
Since the end
of the 2007 - 2008 financial crisis, lackluster
economic growth and deflationary
pressures have
forced many central banks to confront the limitations
of conventional monetary policy.
Economic pressures to reduce legal costs is the primary
force behind a growing number
of firms moving away from the billable - hours model to new alternative billing models such as fixed, flat, blended or capped fees.
Economics should be just one part
of the good life; instead, powerful
economic forces now create
pressures on individuals and families to pursue material gain at the expense
of other important human ends.
To me this appears the most satisfactory interpretation
of the present state
of Life on the surface
of the earth; despite a regrettable recrudescence
of racialism and nationalism which, impressive though it may be, and disastrous in its effect upon our private post-war lives, seems to have no scientific importance in the overall process: for the reason that any human tendency to fragmentation, regardless
of its extent and origin, is clearly
of an order
of magnitude inferior to the planetary
forces (geographic, demographic,
economic and psychic) whose constantly and naturally growing
pressure must sooner or later compel us willy - nilly to unite in some form
of human whole organized on the basis
of human solidarity.
But the history
of the voting privilege in the twentieth century shows that it takes the combined power
of mass movements,
economic pressures, and the Federal Government with its military
force to give even a relative assurance that this requirement
of justice will be realized.3 It seems, therefore, that when we move from the perspective
of love to concrete issues
of social strategy and political power, justice is accomplished by a confluence
of historical
forces and humane considerations which indeed may be enforced by love, but which must have other sources.
Especially in the
economic realm Americans find themselves under the
pressure of market
forces to which the only response seems submission.
In a situation
of social
pressure due to
economic shortages and unemployment, there may be the tendency for social
forces to raise issues
of religion and target as in India against the Muslims and in Indonesia this year against the ethnic Chinese, many
of whom were Christians and considered allied to the Suharto establishment.
Given various policy options, this line
of thought asserts, military
force stands alongside many competing actions as but one policy option among many, whether
economic sanctions, political incentives, alliance building, political
pressure, or shame in the court
of public opinion.
Shadow cabinet sources indicate it was only the combined
pressure of the leader's office, the shadow cabinet and Labour's disastrous polling on
economic trust that
forced Ed Balls into making the June statement committing to Tory spending plans for 2015/16.
Economic driving
forces such as increasing global demand for fish or improved fishing methods will lead in future to increased fishery
pressure on the most popular types
of edible fish.
Social and
economic pressures are
forcing senior education leaders to rethink business models and consider a range
of new technologies, to bring down the cost
of administering education institutions and scale the business, according to research from Gartner, Inc..
While Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau and the Bank
of Canada have stood their ground — committing to the 2 % inflation target, as opposed to following the U.S. Federal Reserve's lead — it's only a matter
of time before the Canadian economy is
forced to respond to U.S.
economic pressures.
The experience projected by Naming the Money is as much that
of the migrant or émigré as the slave — people whose personal identities are undone and remade according to
pressures exerted by global political and
economic forces.
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Examples
of science fiction based on devastating climate change are Ready (1998), well - meaning but scarcely noticed; Turner (1989), a story
of civilization collapsing under the
pressures of war and
economic forces as well as global warming (noted fairly widely for its literary quality); and, by two
of the field's major authors, Silverberg (1994)(little noted), emphasizing the greed, stupidity and ambitions that were bringing vast destruction through ozone as well as global warming, and Sterling (1995), where colossal storms mingle with stormy political conspiracy.
As Alex Novarese
of Legal Week is right to point out, overall revenue in the UK legal market last year fell for the first time in living memory, but even if the overall size
of the legal market in the UK remains static or falls (a tussle between the opposing
forces of economic growth increasing demand on the one hand and business
pressures to reduce fees and outsource on the other), market dynamics dictate that the revenue will be clustered differently, with the moderate - high fees currently enjoyed by the mid-tier for mid-market work under the most severe attack, the beneficiaries being niche firms and LPO providers.
Beck said that while big firms historically have been able to leverage their longstanding relationships with major companies to earn additional business,
economic pressures have
forced companies to realize they can achieve the same quality
of service at a cheaper price from smaller firms.
Lately, the health
of the global economy has been making news headlines daily and, as a recent article in the Washington Post observes, the larger and more intense
economic pressures are
forcing many clients and lawyers to seriously reconsider how fees for legal services are billed.
Many managing partners look to MacEwen to help determine how best to keep BigLaw prosperous in the face
of complex
pressures driven by
economic, technological and globalization
forces well beyond the control
of anyone «managing» a law firm.
In addition to the traditional sources
of anxiety and depression noted above, current
economic, technological and demographic
forces are putting increasing
pressure on the traditional law firm business model and lawyers themselves.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was a member
of Trump's
economic advisory board and was
forced to step down due to
pressure from the public.
In some cases, a devious husband may use
economic pressure or threats
of physical violence to
force a spouse to sign a separation agreement.
While that only has a direct impact on the short end
of the yield curve, global and domestic
economic forces, which have been keeping downward
pressure on long - term rates, may be starting to loosen.