Sentences with phrase «status as a nation»

Blair wrote that he could see clearly the force of the «common sense and practical argument» against Trident, but in the end he thought giving it up would be «too big a downgrading of our status as a nation...»

Over the centuries, however, this durable motto has evolved to connote our status as a nation of immigrants — people of many races, religions, languages, and traditions who have come together as a single people in the American «melting pot» (a phrase itself badly in need of rehabilitation).

This reversal is a bruising blow to the Common Core, given Massachusetts» iconic status as the nation's longtime K — 12 leader on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

The automaker hopes the changes will improve the pickup's status as the nation's best - selling import truck.

China may be having some trouble coming to grips with its status as a nation that no longer truly qualifies as «developing» — its per capita emissions are higher than France's now — but it looks like it may not have much trouble realizing that

It's about preserving our status as a nation of laws.

Buoyed by the success of the model marriage education programs with middle - class families, and following the lead of former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, who was determined to end his state's embarrassing status as the nation's divorce capital, practitioners of marital education programs have begun applying and adapting these models to the needs of low - income couples.

Not exact matches

However, as the League of Nations fell apart in the 1930s and was then replaced by the United Nations, the ruling on the status of Hans Island carries little to no weight.

Canada lost its status as one of the fastest - growing members of the Group of Seven nations; according to the October update of the International Monetary Fund, we now are No. 5, ahead of only Italy and Japan.

Despite having a troubled relationship with India since the Sino - Indian War of 1962, China knows that having Most Favored Nation status with the U.S. (rechristened as Permanent Normal Trade Relations) is much too important to jeopardize.

But the latest carries special importance: this will be the first budget of the country's 11th Malaysia Plan, generally referred to as 11MP, a five - year plan aiming to plot a course for the country to leave its «emerging» status behind to become a developed nation by 2020.

It also elevates terrorist organizations to the same level as nation states — a status that makes them proud — when they are simply criminals.

Mnuchin said the US Treasury is «very focused» on cryptocurrencies, pledging to work with the Group of 20 nations (G - 2o) to stop digital coins such as bitcoin from rising to the status of a digital version of a Swiss bank account.

Any reform that might undermine their status as the ultimate custodians, for most of the year, of the nations» bank reserves was, so far as they were concerned, anathema.

Any updates in relation to the status of a nation (such as unemployment) is likely to impact the value of its currency.

He would grant statehood, make concessions on territory in the West Bank and on the right of return for refugees, and even» something no Israeli government had ever before considered» put up for negotiation the status of Jerusalem as his nation's united and undivided capital.

He doubtless conceived the method of the kingdom's coming in apocalyptic terms, as a dramatic overthrow of the earthly status quo by a heavenly invasion, but the meaning of the kingdom to him was centered, not in the victorious supremacy of one race and nation.

It carried to fulfillment a long development of thought, disentangling persons from submergence in the social mass and giving to each one status, meaning, and rights of his own; it concentrated attention on the spiritual value of personality and its possibilities; it created a religion to be entered by free personal choice, regardless of race or nation; it set persons to building a social fellowship for the redemption of souls; and it proclaimed as the ultimate goal of divine creation and human hope the kingdom of God in «new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.»

If Jesus refused to acknowledge and fight for Israel as God's favored nation — even though it was the one nation in history that actually held this status at one time — how much more must his followers refuse to acknowledge and fight for America as God's favored nation?

We are divided ethnically, as those born outside this nation are increasingly made aware of their status apart from natural citizens.

Not only are its people more polarized than ever over Puerto Rico's status question — whether to become a sovereign nation, become a state of the U.S. or stay as it is; it is the most impoverished North American territory, with an external debt of over $ 7 billion, an unemployment rate of more than 20 per cent, 65 per cent of its people on federal food stamps and 38 per cent who have an income below the poverty line.

I think most of the Americans are in lost... as most of them do not know who their father is and it is very unfortunate... even if they know who their father is, the mom has children from diff men outside of marriage... and while a child is being raised, watching what his / her parents do to enjoy their life... so things become normal when they grow up... like if you go back early nineteen century, women were not allowed to go to beach without being covered... and now it totally opposite... if you do not have a boyfriend or girlfriend before 15, the parents worries that their teenage has some problem... and lot more can be listed... And then you go to Church, what our children learn from there... they see in front of the Church an old man's statue with long beard standing with extending of both hand... some of the status are blank, white, Spanish and so on... so they are being taught God as an old dude... then you learn from Catholic that you pray to Jesus, Mother Marry, Saints, Death spirit and all these... the poll shows a huge number of young American turns to Atheism or believing there is no God and so on... Its hard to assume where these nations are going with the name of modernization... nothing wrong having scientists discovered the cure of aids or the pics from mars but... we should all think and learn from our previous generations and correct ourselves... also ppl are becoming so much slave of material things...

Imagine, then, their great surprise when defenders of the status quo, who included some of the leading political scientists in the nation, instructed them in no uncertain terms that devices like competitive elections, labeled «procedural democracy,» counted as next to nothing in comparison to «substantive democracy.»

I suspected when I first heard this claim that the Committee on the Status of Black Americans, loaded as it was with social scientists, had demolished a straw man, a bloodless construct so rigidly defined as to be meaningless in terms of the actual lives of the humans who inhabit the nation's ghettos and who, for the most part, make up what has come to be called the underclass.

I believe it is an attack on the status quo and the status quo happens to be that of Christianity here in America because of the extreme indoctrination we have experienced as a nation for the last two hundred years.

The status quo was good for them, as it was for those «who sold the needy for a pair of shoes,» or for those who made entangling alliances with pagan nations and trusted in military might.

On May 19, President Clinton renewed Most Favored Nation (MFN) trading status with China, meaning that the country receives the same tariff rates on imported goods as any other regular trading partner.

The intervening years had seen World War II; the rise of the United States to «superpower» status as (in its own view) the guarantor of the security of the «free world,» a status underwritten by nuclear power and illustrated by the United States» participation in a United Nations «police action» in Korea; and rapid economic growth and high prosperity.

To date, no other European nation has gone as far as Italy in granting legal status to former sex slaves.

Both Obama, the nation's first black president, and Romney, a Mormon, have found that their shared status as members of minority groups and political pioneers, in many ways, has also changed the rules of this presidential campaign cycle, said Nancy Wadsworth, co-editor of the anthology «Faith and Race in American Political Life.»

In 1992, AOECS received observer status for the Codex Alimentarius Commission - an organization consisting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) with the task to adopt standards as guidelines for food legislation in the various countries.

In an assessment of 124 countries threatened by a biosecurity invasion, Australia was classified as «high risk» and ranked 15th for the potential cost of an invasion (US$ 7.8 billion) based upon the likelihood of arrival and establishment of a new pest.87 With the USA and China identified as the biggest threats to global biosecurity due to their existing pests, Australia's high levels of trade with these nations and comparatively pest free status significantly increases the risk.

One of the major criteria a roaster must meet to get favored nation status on the left sidebar as a source of sustainable coffee is transparency.

A victory Monday would cement Rupp's status as one of the greatest long distance runners in the nation's history.

Fans have to make a choice btw personalities in kroenke and wenger and ARSENAL FC the club that will always be there long after we are all gone and the two tyrants gone... i thought pple in England as the world oldest democracy embrace change in society as critical but am surprised to learn that there are fans in this grt nation that are lovers with the status quo at this club present at the heart of london... we were once a big club but we're not a big club anymore!!!

The IWD otherwise known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women's Rights and International Peace has since gained international recognition and celebrated world wide in different forms and even gained the status of a holiday in some countries such as Ukraine The day has also been marked under various themes encompassing peace and security, human rights, gender based violence, conflicts and hunger, education, gender equality, empowerment and affirmative actions, inclusion of woman in decision making, the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and many more.

In a different sphere, I was right to argue that English local government should be rescued from its status as the «humiliated Cinderella of English governance», but I should have argued much more forcefully for a constitutional convention to decide how the nations, regions and localities of the United Kingdom should relate to each other and to the centre.

In the early 2000's, India and the US began working on an agreement which would allow India to begin working with the US to develop nuclear energy, with a good part of the rationale being that India has «de facto» status as a non-proliferation nation.

I remembered this story when I read of warnings from William Hague and Tony Blair that the Union would be in peril if the rest of the UK (excluding Scotland) votes to enjoy the same independent nation status as America, Australia, Canada, India and New Zealand.

Governor Cuomo seeks to reclaim New York's status as the progressive leader in the nation in the following ways:

They had warned a ten - point cut would still represent a major blow to Britain's status as an innovating nation.

However the institution of the following policy changes can reduce both inter-state tensions and the associated recurring costs: a concerted effort to increase transparency in each nation's territorial claims; a US declaration on the status of disputed territory conflicts in its mutual defence treaties; and internal enforcement of international agreements such as the Code of Conduct.

At the time of dual theory was being implemented it was said that any province can choose any of the nation i.e India and Pakistan as well as they can maintain the neutral status and can run their state as independent under their own rule so somewhere around 1948 Raja Hari Singh signed the instrument of accession and become a part of India.

Governor Cuomo seeks to reclaim its status as the progressive leader in the nation in the following ways:

The Howard League, a charity of almost 150 years standing and with United Nations consultative status, was dismissed as a «left - wing pressure group», along with other eminent organisations such as English PEN and the Royal Society of Literature.

Astorino's campaign earlier this morning released a statement blasting the ad as untrue, blaming Cuomo for the state's status as home to the nation's highest property taxes, and pointing to the ongoing kerfuffle over whether the home he shares with Food Network star Sandra Lee has been properly assessed after considerable improvements, giving the couple what amonts to a property tax break.

«I therefore want to appeal that for this regional integration to be achieved with its desired objectives, politics must play the back role while we collectively determine our place, benefits and status as Yoruba nation in the country.

The four points were reportedly: an opt - out of «ever closer union»; an explicit statement that the EU is «multi-currency»; a «red card» system to allow a number of national parliaments to join together to reject legislation from Brussels; and a reorganised system for euro and non-euro nations, which has been read by some as giving the UK «associate status».

Massey has not argued against New York's sanctuary city status, stating that it should remain as it is, and has opposed President Trump's travel ban on immigration from certain Muslim - majority nations.

In reference to the United Nations Convention on the status of Refugees of 1951, it states under Article 1 (2), titled «Definition of the term refugee», as follows: