Sentences with phrase «progress as a nation»

While we've made considerable progress as a nation in the past century and a half to end the evils of slavery and segregation, we still have a long way to go to ensure that all of our nation's children are afforded the opportunity for an unfettered start and a fair chance that Lincoln talked about.

JFK was once quoted as saying «Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.

Otherwise, we're not going to make progress as a nation.

Our progress as a nation --- and our values as a nation --- are rooted in free and open inquiry.

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Zuckerberg explained, «Progress now requires coming together, not just as cities or nations, but also as a global community.»

As a VP at Progress Investment Management Company, Ms. Nettles primarily focused on the Western Region of the U.S. with a secondary focus on select plan sponsors across the nation.

In a recent speech on Indigenous issues at the United Nations, for instance, Trudeau said to make progress First Nations must take «a hard look at how they define and govern themselves as nations and governments, and how they seek to relate to other orders of government.Nations, for instance, Trudeau said to make progress First Nations must take «a hard look at how they define and govern themselves as nations and governments, and how they seek to relate to other orders of government.Nations must take «a hard look at how they define and govern themselves as nations and governments, and how they seek to relate to other orders of government.nations and governments, and how they seek to relate to other orders of government.»

As mentioned above, SME's most likely hold the key to the nation's prouctivity as reflation progresses and skilled labour turns scarcAs mentioned above, SME's most likely hold the key to the nation's prouctivity as reflation progresses and skilled labour turns scarcas reflation progresses and skilled labour turns scarce.

An emerging market is a nation that is progressing toward becoming advanced, as shown by some liquidity in local debt and equity markets and the existence of some form of market exchange and regulatory body.

... [Americans] have become a nation that may defy every foe but that most dangerous of foes, herself, destined to a majestic future if she will shun the excess and perversion of the principles that made her great, prate less about the enemies of the past and strive more against the enemies of the future, resist the mob and the demagogue as she resisted Parliament and King, rally her powers from the race for gold and the delirium of prosperity to make firm the foundations on which that prosperity rests, and turn some fair proportion of her vast mental forces to other objects than material progress and the game of party politics.

All the time these things were going on, the gap between the average white income and the average black income in this nation continued to widen, while the white population says such things as, «We have made significant progress in race relations in the last ten years.»

On the one hand they thought of India as a nation - state in European terms — as a cradle of reason, progress and modernity.

Hegelian history progresses dialectically as nation after nation identifies itself and emerges into fuller self - consciousness via self - differentiation and conflict — processes we know as racism, nationalism and war.

Today, as a devout Jew, he is well aware of the need for something beyond an optimistic belief in human progress as a basis for shaping a nation.

The goal of improving themselves individually and as a team as the season progresses takes precedence over seeking a specific standing in the state or nation.

The French arrive at international tournaments with a distinct unpredictable nature, but in 2014 it looks positive as Matuidi has inspired the nation to successive victories and therefore progress to the knockout phase.

It will also provide extra motivation for teams such as Liverpool and Tottenham as the competition progresses, with some of the best teams in the competition and potential winners from smaller nations — the likes of Ajax, Anderlecht, Salzburg and Zenit immediately spring to mind — already likely to be assured of Champions League places through their domestic finishes.

The 22 - year - old has been a key player for the Central American nation, as they have defied the odds to progress to the quarter - finals of the tournament.

Unfortunately that is where the World Cup journey ended for the Lionesses as Japan won the match 2 - 1 to progress to the final but the ladies can be so proud of their performances, I know the nation is!

Bailey progressed through the Kingston - based Phoenix All - Star Academy in his home nation of Jamaica before leaving for Europe, initially in the youth ranks at Genk before signing for AS Trencin.

In truth, Brazil just about edged it and deserved to progress, and their presence as host nation only enhances what has been the best World Cup I can remember since the first one I was really aware of — Italia 90.

Mohamed Elneny will be out until at least the end of the month as he continues to progress in the Africa Cup of Nations, meaning Ramsey and Xhaka are likely to continue their run of form.

Describing corruption as «the bane of our nation's progress», President Akufo - Addo reiterated that «we will establish this year, by Act of Parliament, an Office of Special Prosecutor, who, independently of the Executive and with a statutorily provided security of tenure, will have the responsibility to investigate and prosecute acts of corruption, free from predictable claims of witch - hunting.»

«As I promised you last year, I'll continue to be a voice for progress by speaking out on issues that effect our daily lives and the future of our nation.

Former President Bill Clinton is going to bat in cyberspace for Rep. Carolyn Maloney, sending an e-mail to the Upper East Side congresswoman's supporters that lauds her for «figuring out how to build upon the progress we've made as a nation.»

«If we stick to the policy of ensuring that as far as public finance is concern, there is no impunity and that we hold people to account, I'm absolutely confident that this country has what it really takes to make the kind of progress we deserve to make as a nation.»

«Today's outcome is a testament to the progress we have made together over the last four years: restoring economic opportunity, replacing dysfunction with results, putting people before politics and re-establishing New York as a progressive leader for the nation,» Cuomo said in a statement.

«We want to use this occasion to re-assure the nation that the incoming NPP government will seek effective partnership with all Ghanaians, individuals and groups, as we work together to ensure that the new era of change engenders the kind of progress and prosperity that will satisfy the needs and aspirations of the people,» it said.

He said the country will make progress towards the fulfillment of its great potentials as a nation if Nigerians promote peace, security and stability, which are very essential for development by showing greater respect for national safety and public order laws.

The lecture themed «Credible and peaceful election; a prerequisite for Africa's progress» was to discuss teething challenges affecting elections in Africa and to suggest credible ways of solving them as Ghana heads to a nation defining election in November.

«Today's outcome is a testament to the progress we have made together over the last four years: restoring economic opportunity, replacing dysfunction with results, putting people before politics and re-establishing New York as a progressive leader for the nation.

For instance, the state Chairman of the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, Dr. Bashir Ruwangodya, said he was saddened by the comments made by Fayose and Fani - Kayode, which he described as sentimental, political and bad for the nation's progress.

«Let us, therefore, shun all attitudes, behaviours, and actions that promote hatred, religious intolerance, disunity, and violence and embrace true love that would promote peace and unity among us as a nation to allow for meaning progress and development which our dear nation is in dire need of now,» Fayose said.

Charleston has compelled us as one nation to hold up a mirror, to reevaluate the progress we've made and take a hard look at the tremendous yet necessary work that remains.

Irving, N.Y. (WBEN)- The Seneca Nation of Indians Saturday announced progress in their public fight against an energy giant's plans to utilize the Allegheny River as part of its wastewater treatment plan.

As evidence of the progress of the economy, President Akufo - Addo, during his 2018 State of the Nation address, cited the strong trajectory of the Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index in January 2018, which gained 19 percent in dollar terms, according to benchmarks tracked by Bloomberg.

The federally run National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often known as «the Nation's Report Card,» periodically tests students on several subjects to gauge their progress ovProgress (NAEP), often known as «the Nation's Report Card,» periodically tests students on several subjects to gauge their progress ovprogress over time.

Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society who is popularly known as «the science guy,» pointed to the vision of the nation's framers for enshrining in the U.S. Constitution support for promoting the progress of science.

Because enhancing the conservation of crop wild relatives is one of the United Nations's Sustainable Development Goals, the authors suggest that the study's numbers could be used as a baseline for measuring progress toward meeting conservation goals.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

Out of the tumult of history and the psychic torture that is the legacy of slavery, Steven Spielberg forged his most accomplished film since Schindler's List: a ruminative epic that used America's 16th president as a totemic figure against which a nation's progress over the centuries since could be gauged.

Nonetheless, the experience is similar, as the life of a seemingly unremarkable man becomes a device for revisiting our collective past and charting a nation's progress.

While Texas has shown gains on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), it makes little sense to generalize from Texas» policies to the nation as a whole.

Simply observing a delay in progress and pointing out that there is a limit to the human life span (it is a matter of ceilings, you know) would blind one to the obvious reforms that the nation could adopt that might improve life expectancy, such as reducing rampant alcoholism, bringing its AIDS epidemic under control, and cleaning up its environmental messes.

No conclusive evidence of cheating has yet been established, but it may well be prudent to focus, as Ginsburg does, on the performance of D.C. students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), commonly known as the nation's report card.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is administered by the U.S. Department of Education and is generally known as the nation's report card.

In light of the ongoing push to establish common academic standards across states, the authors examined data from the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress to see whether citizen ratings of school quality are responsive to the level of student performance relative to the nation as a whole or only relative to other schools within the same state.

Certainly, there is nothing in the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), commonly known as the nation's report card, that justifies such optimism.

The desired performance standard of a nation is measured in a market economy, basically by its performs in the economy using as benchmarks of progress the size and growth of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and inflation rate.

Federal law also mandates the periodic administration of tests in selected subjects to a representative sample of students in 4th and 8th grade as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often called «the nation's report card.»