Sentences with phrase «relative position in the world»

Canada's relative position in the world has been in decline for some time.

An eighth core idea is that people are more envious than greedy; they care more about their relative position in this world than their absolute well - being.

Not exact matches

The Fund remains underweight the U.S. relative to its position in the MSCI World Index, and this difference has become more pronounced with the differential in returns in 2016.

I think that means European bonds are potentially positioned to perform well — especially relative to other bond markets in the world — because the ECB is very much on a heavy easing cycle, compared with other countries where there is talk that rates eventually will rise (namely the United States).

Most modern thought about the physical world has assumed something like the metaphysics of Greek atomism, namely, that there are irreducible bits of matter that change only in relative position.

Alongside its soon - to - be — unveiled physical map, CEPH - Genethon is also leading the world with its efforts to build human «genetic maps» — maps which show the relative positions of thousands of genes, culled from careful genealogical work on the way characteristics are passed on in human families.

Fast forward 20 or so years, and I not only survived 10 years of tick - or - treating in good health, I'm now in a position of relative influence in the world of nutrition.

The standards covered in Unit 6 are: describe objects in the environment and the relative positions of these objects as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to, classify and sort, correctly name shapes, identify shapes as 2D or 3D (flat / plane or solid), analyze and compare two and three dimensional shapes, model shapes in the world by building shapes from components, and compose simple shapes to form larger shapes.

As the world's largest retailer, we believe Walmart is in a unique position to successfully compete with Amazon.com (AMZN) and maintain market share at a time when many smaller competitors are unable to make the necessary investments to stay relative.

Current account surplus / deficit This is a measure of the position of one country relative to the rest of the world in terms of imports and exports...

The reason I bring up the miners is not to boast, but to illustrate how difficult it is to buy and maintain a contrarian position in today's relative return world.

Although Ashley Schuermann is a relative newcomer to the film world, she has a long history in the banking and finance industries, having held a variety of positions and earning her FINRA Series 6, 7 and 63 securities licenses.

Richard Haass, president of the Washington - based Council on Foreign Relations, wrote in a recent issue of Foreign Affairs about the «relative decline of the United States» position in the world» («The Age of Nonpolarity; What Will Follow U.S. Dominance,» May / June 2008).

Each region around the world will be affected in a slightly different way depending on its change in position relative to the nearest climate zone.