This has allowed the winners of this global reordering to simply look away from the very real pain of
a significant percentage of the population.
I argued that this great national sport, which claims the devotion of
a significant percentage of our population, mirrors in a ritual way some of the worst characteristics of our culture.
Does obsessive reporting not create a heightened sense of importance or urgency on an issue that is NOT shared by
a significant percentage of the population?
Up until the latter half of the last century, their terrorist activities were undertaken with the tacit approval of
a significant percentage of the population and sometimes with the explicit support of law enforcement agencies in the southern states.
The other common definition is narrower, and includes only those MTA - serviced regions where
a significant percentage of the population uses the authority's trains to commute to jobs in Manhattan.
«HIV and AIDS still affect
a significant percentage of our population.
This is a major cause of overeating for many people, and affects
a significant percentage of the population.
A significant percentage of the population have below healthy magnesium levels, including many who already use magnesium.
But there is
a significant percentage of the population that is not so lucky.
Students and alumni make up
a significant percentage of the population.
But if comparable outcomes are the only measure used to drive grade boundaries we would be by definition, consigning the nation as a whole to pass rates designed to discourage, to tell
a significant percentage of the population, year after year, they are not good enough irrespective of what they've learned in absolute terms.
The civil rights movement was necessary because of the belief of
a significant percentage of the population that black people were less «civilized», less intelligent, and less deserving than white people.
Some have claimed it to work well, and I have watched streams on Xbox Live, but for a pretty
significant percentage of the population, it seems to not work.
We're already well down that path and recall that most large cities have on - hand food stocks for only a few days at most, so that
significant percentage of the population engaged in pursuits other than food production is more vulnerable than you seem to think.
John West @ 56: So, SLR is going to render mankind unable to produce food efficiently enough for
a significant percentage of the population to be engaged in pursuits other than food production...
But the projections that suggest it is going to wipe out
a significant percentage of the populations of various regions are dubious and already being revised downwards quite sharply in some African countries.
To make matters worse, in many of those counties, public transportation and internet access are sparse, and
a significant percentage of the population doesn't even have access to a vehicle.
Not exact matches
By analyzing data and employing A / B testing to decipher, for example, how its opening in Miami differed from its opening in Atlanta, the company quickly identified key indicators that a market was a good fit, namely cities with «
significant population density, restaurant density... and a high
percentage of independent restaurants,» says Zabusky.
All I can say is it's a
significant percentage of the iPad
population.
Since then, Mike says «a
significant percentage of the iPad
population» has already downloaded the app.
The problem with Santa Claus theology is that the same polls which show a high
percentage of the
population to be believers also show that this belief has no
significant influence on the values and practices
of daily life.
A
significant percentage (and probably the majority)
of the
population believe it to be «Thou Shall Not Kill»
That, however, outside the
significant but still quite small
percentage of the
population that is genuinely hungry, is not the real reason that poverty is unbearable.
«We've still got a lot to learn,» he notes, pointing out that overweight and obese people, who make up a
significant percentage of the obstructive apnea
population, are not considered good candidates for the procedure because
of their excess airway tissue.
Thus, a high
percentage (about 40 percent)
of the
populations of the U.S. and Canada is already at
significant increased risk
of death and major CVD events due to low sodium intake.
A
significant percentage of the general
population appears to have no response to creatine.
Even a small
percentage of the
population is very
significant.
Concerned about the absence
of black and Latino students in the field
of computer science, Margolis launched a three - year study
of students» computing experiences at three high schools in Los Angeles — one with a predominately African - American student
population, one with a largely Latino student body, and a third with a
significant percentage of white students from wealthy families.
Reports should be available in languages other than English if a sizeable number or
significant percentage of the student
population come from homes where another language is commonly used.
That's not only a huge jump, but we're really starting to approach very
significant percentages (to put that in perspective, New York & Massachusetts combined account for 8.42 %
of the U.S.
population).
As a larger
percentage of the
population closes in on retirement age, many are realizing the only
significant asset they have for retirement is the equity in their home.
This, in turn, drew
significant business for moneylenders and resulted in a large
percentage of the
population borrowing a lot more than they could afford.
We do not know the interval at which re-administration
of vaccines will enhance the immunity
of a
significant percentage of the pet
population, but it is certainly not at one or two year intervals.»
A
significant percentage of the Angolan
population still have no access to clean water, education, food or medical attention which should be considered a crime against humanity for a country which is Africa's top oil producer.
The conference participants, which included a
significant percentage of the country's architectural and urban planning heavyweights, also discussed issues such as transportation infrastructure in dense urban fabrics,
population diversity in neighborhoods, open spaces and public buildings in cities, and the connection between high densities and tall buildings.
Trading platforms today are also riddled with security issues that have caused a
significant barrier to entry for a large
percentage of the
population.
Divorce Mediation: The Best Forum for Families with Special Needs Children (10/15/15) Families who have children with special needs constitute a
significant percentage of the divorced
population.