Sentences with phrase «seen as the continent»

Poland was seen as the continent's greatest hope for shale gas, and the Polish government went out of its way to court major companies.

Not exact matches

In that context, America's belated push to stop the trade free - loaders looks like a convenient pretext to argue that only a united Europe — around France and Germany, of course — can protect the continent's vital economic interests from what Paris and Berlin see as American protectionism and China's predatory trade practices.

WASHINGTON — Even as Apple became the nation's most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and went beyond anything most experts had ever seen, Congressional investigators disclosed on Monday.

The continent's pension funds, meanwhile, face a tougher challenge paying for their members» retirement, as early September saw the world's first negative - yielding corporate bonds, issued by French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi and German cement maker Henkel.

It seems to me they have much bigger fish to fry like: The Taliban treating women as less than human, stoning people to death, 60 year old men marrying teenage girls, cutting off an 18 year old girl's nose because she left her abusive husband (see TIME magazine a month ago), destroying over 125 schools because girls attend, suicidal Islamic fanatical cowards on every continent killing thousands of INNOCENT people, and these clowns are worried about their precious Koran being burned by a nutjob.

It is about Christ and it is a second witness that he lived and he came to the American Continent to see those people as well.

This aggressive persecution can be seen in every continent, but is most pronounced in countries with a militant religious faith, where Christianity is seen as a throwback to a colonial past; such as Pakistan, India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, or where the Christian faith is outlawed as in some Arab nations.

But it is shallow and worldly to see this continuity as the fruit of a meeting of minds between Jose Bergoglio and Joseph Ratzinger, men with different temperaments, from different cultures, different continents and perhaps different priorities.

I have a good job for a guy my age, work out / rock climb as often as I want, am content with the amount of physical intimacy I receive, have visited 13ish countries and see 3 continents.

To many African leaders, Mugabe is seen as a hero of the struggle against European dominance of the continent.

Yet Latin America has undergone remarkable growth in Pentecostal Christianity in recent decades (see info on p27) and Annacondia sees himself as part of a wider work of God to transform the continent.

«Rather than a challenge, Tetra Pak sees opportunity in the American continent, as well as the Middle East and Asia, to provide packaging for existing small to medium sized customers who are not yet ready to invest in new lines,» he said.

As is tradition, the Championship gear of the loser was sent to a different continent / third world country, never to be seen...

As is tradition, the Championship gear of the loser was sent to a different continent / third world country, never to be seen or heard from again.

Orta, who started out in a director's role at Spanish giants Sevilla, has also worked at Zenit St Petersburg and also at Spanish club Elche CF.. While largely unknown in England before coming to Middlesbrough in 2015, he was seen on the continent as a up and coming director after being a part of some extremely successful Sevilla teams.

The Canadian - born midfielder spent most of his best days across the continent plying his trade in the Bundesliga, where he spent the good part of six years as a first - team regular at Bayern Munich before joining Manchester United for a hefty fee of # 17 million in 2007; the same summer that saw a certain Thierry Henry swap Arsenal for Barcelona for # 900,000 less.

From a business standpoint, I can see the airlines view, for international flights (from continent to continent) where customers are paying almost three times as much for comfort.

Many see the launch of the Pan-African passport as one of the milestones for this year's AU Summit - with expectations that it would facilitate the seamless mobility of Africans and ease trade across the continent, consequently leading to the continent's economic transformation.

As these two forces interact, I don't think it'd be that surprising to see France pivot from backing up Germany to balancing against the strongest power on the continent, and challenging the Germans on their vision for the future of the European economy.

Barrow's surprise victory and Jammeh's initial decision to concede after 22 years in power was initially seen as a moment of hope on a continent where autocratic leaders are becoming more entrenched.

«The commodity crisis has demonstrated that we need to attract more capital to Africa and I would like to see the AFC mobilizing much needed capital to the continent as we engage with our political leaders to create the enabling environment for growth and development», Elumelu said.

«The board is fully persuaded that you have served your country, Nigeria, meritoriously, conducted a free and fair election, in which you lost and yet conceded defeat, a development seeing by many in the continent as historical.

So, we see consistent progress in terms of Nigerians being able to manage these processes and to the extent that it is our hope that they would provide not only the leadership within the Nigerian borders, but as increasingly been the case, beyond the Nigerian borders, on the African continent and on the world stage.»

«The mistake with Africa is that we are seen as homogenous unit and treated as such not taking cognizance that we are a whole continent with different aspirations, different cultures, democracies and even economic development.

But others see them as evidence for an immense migration of «Beaker folk» across the continent.

«Being in the middle of the ocean, I saw it as an opportunity to get some connections at the continent.»

Until recently, there was little love lost between researchers and the E.U. Scientists have long bemoaned Europe's Framework Programmes for their focus on applied research, the forced collaboration between many labs and companies across the continent, the crippling bureaucracy, and what many see as too much meddling by politicians and bureaucrats in Brussels (Science, 8 December 2006).

In turn, we can see which animals were dispersing into new areas, particularly as an ice age was ending in the southern continents and environmental conditions were becoming more favorable for reptiles and amphibians.»

Today, as we contemplate his life, we see a remarkable legacy: at this point, seventeen Kavli Institutes of Science on three continents, seven university endowed professorial chairs, scores of programs supporting the scientific enterprise, and the Kavli Prizes in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience.

I hope to see some blog readers as I trek around the continent (twice to beautiful Canada!)

As you can see, the very description of these kale types requires us to think about two continents and even more countries in which the kale was being grown.

I'm here to see if I can meet possibly and starts off from a long distance ship then builds up the close distance where as than the they become one in one continent but like to travel back - and - fo..

He's just been cast in Chef alongside Bradley Cooper (not the Jon Favreau flick currently in cinemas, confusingly) and will also be seen in upcoming sci - fi sequel Monsters: Dark Continent as well as Ron Howard's period drama In the Heart of the Sea.

As for Boutella, she'll next be seen in Monsters: Dark Continent (due May 1), Jet Trash and Tiger Raid.

There's beadwork seen throughout the continent of Africa and so beadwork was probably something that would still remain something that was a way of communicating, as a way of sharing a story.

His films Black Girl, Xala and Moolaadé are often recognized as the greatest films ever from the continent, exploring much more than the outsider view we so often see.

Starting from the basic Google Earth interface, students can type in any location on the computer — the Forbidden City, say — and watch as the globe spins and then slowly zooms in, in this case, on the Asian continent, eastern China, Beijing, and the walls of the Forbidden City, where individual visitors can be seen clustered around the Imperial Palace.

The issue of inequalities is major too, as the continent is seen as the one which is most unequal.

This likely comes as welcome news to the workers at the Valenciennes plant, as France's auto manufacturing sector has been hit especially hard in the auto industry downturn in Europe, which has seen plant closures across the continent.

As has so often been seen and experienced by competitors in every class and on every continent, endurance races can bite you when you least expect it.

As part of a four - race endurance series that takes part on four different continents, the 2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge will enjoy its third round on Sunday, featuring an eight hour race that will campaign similar GT3 and GT4 specification cars seen in this season's Pirelli World Challenge.

They stared at it as if ensnared, the mass of multicoloured land that delineated the African continent, the regimented lines of borders, the names of countries they hadn't even known existed until they saw them printed on the map.

It's not mentioned specifically in Robert Olmstead's Savage Country, but his references to settlers driven off the land by crop failures, drought, and other factors might be seen as one of the adverse influences of 1862's Homestead Act, probably the most significant factor in the expansion of the United States across the continent.

Yes, as an immigrant, I can see that people on this continent are well trained by the banks to believe that principal residence is a good investment.

As they watched the data pour in, Million Cat Challenge co-founders Dr. Julie Levy and Dr. Kate Hurley realized they were seeing a cat - saving revolution sweeping the continent.

Follow us as we explore many of the world's most awe - inspiring and photogenic places, both close to home and to every continent around the globe — not just famous and iconic «must see» destinations, but also little - known treasures off - the - beaten - track that you may not find elsewhere.

Follow us as we explore many of the world's most awe - inspiring and photogenic places, both close to home and to every continent around the globe — not just famous and iconic «must see» destinations, but also little - known treasures off - the - beaten - track that you may not find elsewhere.

Cape Town is South Africa's most beloved city and is often seen as a world of its own as it is so different from both the rest of the country and the rest of the continent.

Having visited 100 countries on 6 continents as well as 45 U.S. states, Wayne and his wife, Pat, show people what is worth seeing and unique easy - to - use strategies how to travel for half the cost for all levels of travel from budget to luxury and 100's of other unique travel tips.

As a Canadian, born in Pakistan, spent my childhood growing - up between 2 continents, worked and volunteered in 4, married to a European, traveled to over 37 countries, I kind of see Mr. Iyers point.