Sentences with phrase «role it has played historically»

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Like more than 10 million others worldwide, I depend on treatment advances to maximize my quality of life, and historically, large pharmaceutical companies have played a key role in spurring these advances.

Saudi Arabia has historically played a central role in Middle East peace talks, and spearheaded a proposal called The Arab Peace Initiative, which called for an end to the Arab - Israeli conflict, in 2002.

This group meets twice a decade to study ways to improve the nation's multifaceted financial system, and has historically galvanized the nation's financial institutions into action, playing a leading role in China's domestic and foreign fiscal policies.

Kerner will head the OSC, which has historically played an integral role in providing necessary protections for brave individuals who have come forward to shine a spotlight on government abuse.

Although rising U.S. Treasury debt has not historically fueled higher interest rates (until recently), the timing of the U.S. debt burden may play a larger role.

Many may not agree with me, but religion has played a crucial role in keeping order in the society historically that is a lot more in magnitude than historical violence in the name of religion.

And Beijing already feared faith for legitimate reasons; historically, religion had already played a central role in the Yellow Turban, White Lotus, and Taiping rebellions.

Recent decades reveal a massive diminution of the role that church leaders have historically played in positively shaping society.

However, the relation between theology and philosophy is markedly altered once we fully recognize that the starting point of philosophy, that is, the fundamental vision with which the thinker begins, is historically conditioned and that Christian faith has played a major role in the formation of the Western vision.

Historically, the Isma`ilis have played a dazzling and substantial role.

While elected Congressional officials do not directly control redistricting, they have historically played a vital role in the process.

I think if we focus less on party politics — as Chris Gibson, John Boehner and other Republicans are doing — and more on these common - sense roles that the government has played historically, and should play, we'd be in a much better place.»

Talks likely to continue, but slowly Japan, meanwhile, focused on ways to curb more emissions by midcentury instead of by 2020; Saudi Arabia, like India, insisted that the burden of doing more to cut emissions falls squarely on the shoulders of industrialized countries — which, within the world of U.N. climate talks, does not include Saudi Arabia, despite its wealth and vast oil resources; and Qatar, which is hosting the next major climate conference but which has historically played a quiet role in the talks, did not offer a submission.

Doctors measure levels of triglycerides as a marker of heart disease risk, though whether these fats play a role in causing plaque to build up in arteries historically has been a matter of debate.

Historically, workers have often played the role of canary with other toxics.

Abstract: Colloidal elements have historically played a key role in «bottom - up» self - assembly processes for nanofabrication.

Historically, it has played an important role in healthcare.

The Oscars controversy also begat a much - needed conversation around the types of roles that the Academy has historically rewarded black actors for playing: slaves, maids, criminals, other kinds of stereotypes.

Historically, it'd be a hugely anticipated launch for role - playing fans everywhere, but... unfortunately, something bad has happened to this once storied franchise.

Historically, philanthropy has played a really big role in Australia — not only in education, but in the medical fields, environment and so forth.

She explains that suburbs have historically played an important role in the experience of many immigrants, especially immigrants rising in class status.

Historically, public education has played a key role in growing the middle class and ensuring that all children, regardless of their backgrounds, have an opportunity to achieve at high levels.

California low - income students and students of color who we've historically underserved continue to receive less — we deny them equal access to college preparatory courses, to college counselors as well as to diverse and effective educators, like Ms. Lockhart, who play such a vital role in supporting student success.

Whether it's growing to serve more students, improving academic outcomes for historically underserved students, protecting our most vulnerable students so they can focus on learning, or developing innovations that are working their way into all public schools throughout the state, CCSA members have played a catalytic role helping public education improve for all California students.

GLSEN has historically played an important role in obtaining national and state data on school climate.

Unions have historically played leading roles in improving public education, and most nations with strong public educational systems have strong teacher unions.

Finally, unions have historically played a role in defending teachers from administrative incompetence and bias.

It's a role they historically have played well in draw - downs caused by economic deterioration and other risk - off periods.

What I can say from a strategic perspective is that 1) I like a purchase of assets at historically low prices, 2) MFC has some expertise in the commodity business so this isn't completely outside their playing field, 3) perhaps, worst case, there could be a strategy to purchase the assets in bulk at a distress sale and then sell them off piecemeal for a profit, and 4) while this may be a role of the dice (who knows where gas prices will be a year from now) MFC is not betting the ranch; the total investment will be about CDN $ 75 million ($ 33 for the outstanding shares, $ 8 million for the warrants, $ 30 million additional investment and I've estimated $ 4 million for transaction costs), or less than 25 % of MFC's current cash hoard.

Historically, vaccines have played a very important role (second only to improved hygiene and sanitation) in reducing contagious diseases in people and animals.

* Foreign game companies have had success in the rapidly growing segments of MOBA and Shooter games, while domestic Chinese companies dominate the historically popular Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) segment.

The Gallery's exhibitions have played a significant role in highlighting the achievements of artists historically marginalized in the mainstream art world due to both active and passive discrimination on the basis of race and gender.

The contemporary art trade may seem like a funny old business but historically it has played an integral role in the development of Western art

«Historically, the ICA has always critically reflected on the role that contemporary art and culture play within the larger socioeconomic conditions of their times.

Uppity Negress addresses the layered roles gender and race have played historically in black women's ability to navigate their position in urban space.

The Cooper Union must play a key role in the city's transformation, as it has historically.

«[T] he role historically played by alternative spaces has been made somewhat redundant,» Mr. Huberman has written.

The growing volume of distributed generation, aided in part by the rapid growth of third - party - owned solar PV in some states, is challenging the role that electric utilities have historically played as the sole provider of electricity to customers.

What we find with all the evidence we're seeing is that this temperature effect, which has been largely ignored historically, is playing a role in some of the droughts happening right now, and is likely to play an increasingly important role in the future.

Even within religious - based legal systems (Islam is not the only one) social policy plays an enormous role, and has historically borrows heavily on many of the principles you cite.

Acknowledging this contradiction, Schulz noted that historically there has been a significant role to play for the partial mediator.

And they have historically played the role of client defender, not business partner.

When it comes to divorce and family law, an unfortunate but very significant stereotypical view of men has historically existed and continues to play a role in family and divorce disputes, sometimes affecting their outcomes.

Fathers play a crucial role in child development, but historically, social programs aimed at poverty alleviation, health, and parenting have been geared almost exclusively toward mothers and children.

«Home buyer fatigue after months of intense competition over historically low inventory» also may have played a role.

«Homeownership plays a pivotal role in the U.S. economy and has historically been one of the primary sources of wealth accumulation for middle class families,» he said.