Sentences with phrase «small nations of»

A historical epic is what a director makes when he wants to matter again: a globe - trotting sword - and - sandal spectacular that has everything from small nations of extras to bellicose pachyderms on the payroll.

In San Francisco, early in 1945, all of the great and most of the small nations of the world, with the exception of the defeated powers, signed the charter creating the United Nations.

The small nations of the Nordic region like Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland have much in common besides cold weather and long, summer nights.

Because of his love for Israel he chose them when they were few and were the smallest nation of the earth — they possessed no merit, they had no claim upon God: of his free will he bestowed upon them his love and chose them as his own people (Dent.

In this small nation of 1.3 million people, citizens have overcome fears of an Orwellian dystopia with ubiquitous surveillance to become a highly digital society.

The results show that the relatively small nation of Gabon has the majority (almost 60 percent) of the remaining forest elephants.

The small nation of Singapore has a talent for great organization, and public transportation is a great example of that.

The small nation of Wakanda is a protected valley enclave in east Africa, hidden from outside eyes by some very advanced technology fueled by the alien metal vibranium, which arrived via asteroid millennia ago.

Locked into South - Africa, the small nation of Swaziland has many places to visit and has a lot to offer if it comes to wildlife and nature.

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The agents were particularly interested in the facility's practices when it came to an even smaller subset of those scheduled drugs: the highly addictive pain medicines containing oxycodone and hydrocodone that have been at the center of the nation's opioid epidemic.

Scott Griest is founder and chief executive officer of American Finance Solutions (AFS), one of the nation's fastest growing merchant cash advances for small businesses.

Canada might be a trading nation, but we are mediocre traders: in its report on trade, the growth council said the majority of the country's smaller enterprises don't trade at all.

«America's small businesses reflect the best of who we are as a Nation — daring and innovative, courageous and hopeful, always working hard and looking ahead for that next great idea.»

Here is a rundown of what small business owners and advocates hope to hear from President Obama as he addresses the nation tonight.

It's an accepted and well - circulated meme that small businesses are the drivers of economic growth, creating most of the jobs that keep the nation humming.

«National Small Business Week is a chance to honor our nation's 28 million small businesses and renew our commitment to fostering the entrepreneurial spirit that is central to the American experience,» says SBA Administrator Maria Contreras - Sweet, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, in a stateSmall Business Week is a chance to honor our nation's 28 million small businesses and renew our commitment to fostering the entrepreneurial spirit that is central to the American experience,» says SBA Administrator Maria Contreras - Sweet, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, in a statesmall businesses and renew our commitment to fostering the entrepreneurial spirit that is central to the American experience,» says SBA Administrator Maria Contreras - Sweet, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, in a stateSmall Business Administration, in a statement.

In mid-June, the nation celebrated the contributions and achievements of small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with the 50th anniversary of National Small Business Week (Nsmall and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with the 50th anniversary of National Small Business Week (NSmall Business Week (NSBW).

The nation's 28 million small businesses and tens of millions of self - employed freelancers need a voice the President will listen to.

Rhonda Abrams writes the nation's most widely - read small business column and is the author of The Successful Business Organizer, Wear Clean Underwear, and The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies.

There are also smaller films that should have your attention like the Sundance hit «The Birth of a Nation,» the powerful «The Light Between Oceans,» and the Amy Adams sci - fi trip «Arrival.»

Rhonda Abrams writes the nation's most read small business column and is the author of The Successful Business Plan: Secrets and Strategies.

The largest decrease came from African and Middle Eastern countries, though these nations make up a smaller portion of foreign U.S. visitors each year.

The commission on Thursday outlined three options for taxes aimed at internet companies that could be agreed upon relatively quickly at the EU level or by a smaller group of EU nations.

For most of the nation's history, Hispanics have played informal, yet largely small roles in advising U.S. presidents.

So while the heart of this argument and debate revolves around big money properties (team owners and wealthy players), the effect on the nation's economy would be considerably greater and have a massive effect on small business.

California topped the nation in small business filings for reorganization or liquidation: The state's metro areas claimed four of the top five slots on the most - filings list.

Founded more than two centuries ago by small medicines vendor and namesake Chobei Takeda in Osaka, Japan, the company was that nation's largest pharmaceutical firm by revenue as of 2014.

There were high hopes for the G20 when President Barack Obama declared at a summit in Pittsburgh in 2009 that the group would thenceforth be the guardian of the global economy, replacing the smaller Group of Seven industrial nations.

In a report published in February, Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page projects the cost of elderly benefits will increase from $ 36 billion today to a peak of $ 142 billion in 2036 - 37 — but as dire as that fourfold increase may sound, that will amount to a relatively small portion of the nation's economy (3.2 % of GDP), and Page estimates that «the federal fiscal structure is sustainable.»

Yves Savain, executive director of a Haitian garment industry group, estimates the small Caribbean nation needs $ 100 million to upgrade its existing clothing factories and build new ones.

In the ongoing saga between the nation's biggest banks and small retailers, the courts today ruled in favor of small businesses.

Todd McCracken, NSBA president, said in a statement that with many leading proposals containing «penalties of up to $ 75,000 and 10 years in prison,» small business support for nation wide expansion and implementation of the existing program is likely to decrease.

In the ongoing saga between the nation's biggest banks and small retailers over swipe fees, the courts rule in favor of Main Street.

It currently has a population of four and holds the Guinness World Record for «the smallest area to lay claim to nation status.»

Although you might not guess it by the number of malls and outlet centers cropping up, we're mostly a nation of small, independent merchants.

One of the most cutting - edge is Palo Alto - based Bling Nation, which is trying to deploy a system that lets small firms create on - the - fly loyalty programs.

Singapore, the smallest nation in Asia, occupies a 225 - square - mile expanse of swampy, tropical islands — an area about the size of Trenton, New Jersey.

As a significant contributor to the nation's economy — 40 % in Dubai, and 60 % of the overall UAE economy — the small and medium business (SMB) market is a highly dynamic one with unique connectivity needs that must be supported.

Biggest of all: How would she plan to keep capital flowing to the nation's still struggling small businesses?

The SMB sector plays an important role in the UAE's well - diversified economy, comprising 95 % of small business and employing 42 % of the nation's workforce.

As Singapore is a small nation, most people will find themselves within five to 20 minutes of the nearest hospital.

All this was just a small part of the party that cost at least $ 1 million in a nation where just about everyone ekes out a meager existence.

By 2016, the number of small firms operating in six or more nations will more than double, the report found.

Currently, Minneapolis has the fourth highest concentration of small businesses in the nation, thanks in no small part to the city's variety of financing programs designed to help Minneapolis - based businesses.

The author of Small Giants and co-author of The Knack (with Inc. columnist Norm Brodsky), as well as two books with open - book - management guru Jack Stack, Burlingham joined the magazine's staff in 1983 and has developed an unmatched ability to get inside some of the nation's most fascinating organizations.

The Next Evolution of Marketing can be applied to billion - dollar brands or small businesses, to consumer marketers and B2B firms, in both highly developed markets and developing nations around the world.

For a rather small nation — technically a sovereign city - state — Singapore has a lot of dining options.

Most of its foreign employees and manufacturing facilities were already located in the Caribbean, and Gildan's founder and then CEO Greg Chamandy explained in a press release that the small island nation was attractive because of its high literacy rate and excellent telecommunications system.

They represented the boards of trade and chambers of commerce in cities as large as Montreal, the nation's economic and cultural hub, and as small as Elmira, a newly incorporated town of 2,500 in southern Ontario.

So small business is the economic growth and innovation engine of the nation.