Sentences with phrase «than citizens in»

Australian per capita income is the highest in the world, yet we are less happy than citizens in austerity - riven Spain.

Suzanne Collins» «The Hunger Games» series, for example, alludes to vomitoriums when the lavish inhabitants of the Capitol — all with Latin names like Flavia and Octavia — imbibe a drink to make them vomit at parties so they can gorge themselves on more calories than citizens in the surrounding districts would see in months.

Chelsea have been a lot more ruthless and clinical than the Citizens in recent weeks, so it's hard to see a repeat of that result.

Not exact matches

Responding to a question about resolving the issue of more than a dozen Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korea in the 1970s, the spokesman said he was unsure of what content was discussed in the morning meeting.

Trump reportedly owns more than three - quarters of Trump Old Post Office LLC, the leaseholder, according to advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).

«I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.»

(In India alone more than 600 million citizens don't have access to toilets or latrines, and open defecation leads to contaminated water and chronic — sometimes deadly — health issues, like diarrhea.)

According to the company, Indians opened more than 200 million new bank accounts in the past several years, although there is still a large percentage of citizens who are considered unbanked.

In saying that the government stands with «consumers» — rather than citizens or voters or, God forbid, shareholders — Clement diminishes the federal government's importance, making it nothing more than the complaints desk at the Better Business Bureau.

Even as millions of Chinese citizens leave the farm and flock to cities looking for work, there are fewer manufacturing jobs in China than there were 20 years ago.

At the University of Texas at San Antonio, the Institute of Texan Cultures is currently hosting exhibits exploring the history of beer, brewers and breweries in Texas; the stories and customs of more than 20 of the earliest cultural groups to settle in the state; and the role played by citizens from the Lone Star State in the World War I.

«They're decent citizens, they work hard every day — in many cases both the husband and the wife work hard everyday — and they're raising their kids fine, and they see other people getting ahead much faster than they are.»

But now more than ever it's vital for citizens and companies to fully grasp the role botnets play in not only the digital economy, but on a geo - political level.

But these days more than three - quarters of the 568 employees based in Vancouver (there remains a video - game team at the company's old digs on Beatty Street) are Canadian citizens or permanent residents, says de Martin, who himself hails from the Fraser Valley.

The year also saw a rise in the number of donations of more than $ 100 million, with 14 US citizens including Michael Bloomberg and David Koch giving at least that sum, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, which compiled the list.

U.S. mortgage insurance is thus based on the actual risk characteristics of the individual borrower rather than pooled across all citizens, as is the case in Canada.

As it is, Americans pay vastly more for health insurance than citizens of all other advanced countries in exchange for inferior results.

It's a sentiment rarely seen in our litigious society today, but Lincoln seemed to believe lawyers had a greater social responsibility than other citizens.

Beyond offering Saudi citizens and residents the opportunity to watch movies in their hometown rather than traveling abroad, the government hopes the industry will contribute $ 24 billion to the economy and create 30,000 jobs.

Citizens acknowledge they haven't rediscovered savings religion: in October, an Ipsos Reid poll for RBC found that more than one - third of Canadians were saving less than they had in the past, versus 19 % who claimed to be saving more.

«It's not so easy to say, «OK, I'm not a U.S. citizen,»» after living in the country for more than 30 years, Ashman said.

If you, the investor or concerned citizen, really want to send a message to the big players in gun sales, including companies like Wal - Mart, you're more likely to have an impact organizing a campaign to not buy stuff there, rather than abstaining from stock ownership.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

The next big battle is in southern B.C., as citizens fight to stop Kinder Morgan's proposal to load more than 400 oil tankers a year in Burnaby.

But the biggest problem is a legal one: The U.S. courts are more protective of free speech than European courts, and in recent years have been hostile to election regulations, notably in the Citizens United decision of 2010.

Horse racing is something like a religion in Hong Kong, whose citizens bet more than anyone else on Earth.

In fact, small businesses now employ six out of 10 of B.C.'s working citizens and account for more than a third of B.C.'s GDP.

The US agency filed a new motion earlier this month, and in a ruling this week, the judge sided with the IRS and decided that Coinbase would have to hand over the personal details of all US citizens with a Coinbase account who bought, sold, sent, or received more than $ 20,000 worth of Bitcoin in a single year during January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2015.

Indeed, the paragraph he refers to is obviously one of those that set out a number of separation issues other than citizens» rights, the financial settlement and the Northern Ireland border, which were discussed in phase 1.

This is a tailwind for our Global Resources Fund (PSPFX), which maintains heavy exposure in the industries that India will increasingly need to support its more than 1.25 billion (and counting) citizens: oil and gas, chemicals, energy services and infrastructure, precious metals and food.

[2] For the purposes of the SBIR program, the term «small business» is defined as a for - profit business with fewer than 500 employees, owned by one or more individuals who are citizens of, or permanent resident aliens in, the United States of America.

In other words, the federal government is today spending nearly 50 per cent more real dollars per citizen than it did a decade ago.

This week, the premier announced that as of next week, anyone who admits to being a foreign citizen will have to pay 15 - per - cent more than Canadian citizens when they buy a home in Metro Vancouver.

In particular, medical and insurance expenses make up a larger proportion of the spending of senior citizens than for the general population.

As a Danish citizen who has lived in the US and UK for more than 20 years, I might instinctively over-allocate to the US and Europe because I am more familiar with those markets than, say, Thailand or Japan.

Bitnation now has several thousand citizens and ambassadors in more than 50 different countries.

Online, more than 11,000 Global Citizens have called on world leaders to help the millions of people affected by extreme weather around the world in the past year.

The stats of the company show that fewer than 9 percent of the citizens in developing countries have ever taken a loan from a financial institution.

The length of time these citizens were kept in ICE custody ranges from one day to more than three years.

Rates at Citizens Bank are also similar to, and in some cases, better than rates offered by other banks and online lenders.

Ms. Russell wrote with penetratingly keen insight, and as a result, I am much more cognizant of why policy makers in Canada defer in favour of the interests of multinational oil companies rather than making decisions that are in the best interest of the ordinary citizens of central and eastern Canada when it comes to oil security.

Find rest in the truth that we are «fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,» a family that extends further than our travels and through generations ancient and yet to come

Find rest in the truth that we are «fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,» a family that extends further than our travels and through generations ancient and yet to come (Ephesians 2:19).

As a matter of civic health and social cohesion, the people we allow to work in the U.S., whatever their country of origin and whatever their skill level, should be invited as future citizens rather than as units of labor.

With courts increasingly willing to nullify popular legislation and proclaim new rights, legislators are encouraged to avoid their responsibility for tackling controversial issues; interest groups are encouraged to take their cases to the courts rather than to try to persuade their fellow citizens; and citizens get the feeling that they have no say in setting the conditions under which they live, work, and raise their children.

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

The citizens of Warsaw, determined to secure their own freedom rather than be liberated by the approaching Russians, rose up in armed rebellion against the Nazi occupiers.

In many situations Atheists ARE treated like second class citizens (though no more so than anyone who doesn't follow a Christian religion); but I agree that doesn't necessitate the name calling.

In many countries the role of government was far more to protect its weak citizens than to exploit them.

In 2011, the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimated that more than 75,000 citizens migrate annually to Libya, most with the hope of making it to Europe.