Sentences with phrase «vast system»

The state's vast system remains one of the nation's costliest, and business operators, who complain of ever - rising premiums, say it is just as convoluted as ever, but in new ways.

I promise you: In less time than it took to plan and pave that «vast system of inter-connected highways,» you'll see high - speed trains carry significant numbers of Americans within and between regions.

«Instead of a watch list limited to actual, known terrorists, the government has built a vast system based on the unproven and flawed premise that it can predict if a person will commit a terrorist act in the future,» Hina Shamsi, the head of the ACLU's National Security Project, told The Intercept.

Yet ecological disasters, fearsome instruments of war, vast systems of...

It's a small place, a nullity in our vast system of higher education.

Yet ecological disasters, fearsome instruments of war, vast systems of classism, racism, and sexism all have impact upon our lives, and we experience ourselves as caught up in such systems with or without our consent.

Nobody had yet dreamed of what we call natural law, a vast system of law - abiding procedures by which we explain everything that happens in the universe.

Our hope for survival and prosperity depends on how well these vast systems and forces can work in harmony to achieve worthwhile human goals.

In regard to the most primitive forms of organization, Whitehead stresses the fact that a society «bends its individual members to function in conformity with its needs, so that symbolic reference gives way to vast systems of inherited symbolisms that result in automatic or reflex action» (S 73).

Like Habermas, he has immersed himself in the growing literature on language, discourse, and communication, coming increasingly to conceive of society itself as a vast system of communicative action, and this perspective has given him a number of novel ideas about the nature of religion.

Those who have known the renowned Basel professor only as the re-creator or a vast system of orthodox and dogmatic theology have no doubt been amazed at his active contribution to the bicentennial of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

What we need today is more awareness, a wider recognition of how the vast systems we are caught up in can do terrible things and how we can contribute to that evil without even being conscious of it.

Welcome to the global food supply chain of 2016, a vast system in quiet crisis which requires an emergency intervention to nourish people, preserve our planet and protect profits.

Yet Iran also has very progressive policies towards drug addiction, which include distribution of clean needles to injecting drug users, methadone substitution programmes (also in prisons) and a vast system of addiction treatment.

Today these Muslims are poised for inclusion in the vast system of reservations (positive discrimination or affirmative action in education and employment) that have in the last two decades propelled lower caste groups to political power in India.

Following a lengthy, fractious process, Cuomo last year agreed to put an additional $ 7.3 billion in state money toward the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's $ 26 billion plan to repair and expand its vast system of subways, buses and commuter rails, bringing the state's total to $ 8.3 billion.

The topic has been discussed in Buffalo too, but New York City has made it central to the administration of its vast system in recent years.

«The rollout of the benefits has been so complicated» across the vast system, however, that the insurance plan is not slated to go into effect until 1 January 2004, he says.

The new UC postdoc contract will not alter basic economic structures, but it can, if executed properly, give postdocs, professors, and administrators throughout the vast system the chance not just to improve life on their campuses but also to serve, as California so often has in the past, as a model to the nation.

In an effort that spanned several years and all 10 UC campuses, dozens of administrators from across the state worked together to develop an innovative and unified benefits plan for all the vast system's postdocs, including first - in - the - nation uniform health coverage that went into effect on 1 January 2005.

The oceans contain 252 billion billion gallons of water, and the energy imbalance caused by climate change is so huge that it affects this vast system.

The sophisticated Mayan system of math enabled them to develop accurate time measurements (among the most accurate ever developed), erect huge step - pyramids, and control a vast system of trading with neighboring civilizations.

Drought conditions during most of the 21st century have forced water managers to plan for a day when the region's vast system of dams and reservoirs no longer have enough water to store.

Titan's lakes may form one component of a vast system in whichmethane circulates throughout the planet, much as water does on Earth.

A group of leading scientists representing a wide range of disciplines has formed a unified initiative to support basic research, technological development and commercial applications to better understand and harness the capabilities of Earth's vast systems of microorganisms.

Loeb and fellow Harvard researcher Manasvi Lingam propose that if alien spacecraft were being propelled by a vast system that converted solar power into energy for laser beams, that system could be twice the size of Earth.

This vast system of bacteria work together and is crucial to the overall health of our body.

He is our entry into the reality because he sees it clearly as a vast system designed to humiliate and destroy him.

Set just a few years from now, it imagines that the world's nations have collaborated to build a vast system of satellites that somehow prevent the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

Differentiated instruction (DI) is a vast system in which it is difficult for many teachers to find a foothold for supporting students in a meaningful way.

It's such a vast system, and one has to realize that just because you pull the lever in Albany it will not necessarily impact practice in district X or school Y.

He envisioned building — and I quote — «a vast system of inter-connected highways, crisscrossing the nation.»

Did you know, when UNESCO designated the town a World Heritage Centre in 1995, not only did they protect 34 temples and 443 civic buildings, they also protected Luang Prabang's vast system of natural ponds and wetlands?

Lakes Entrance... 9000 years ago a vast system of rivers, lakes, lagoons and islands was enclosed by 140 kilometres of the most secluded, untouched ocean beaches in the world - to create the largest inland waterway system in Australia.

Many people do not know that the Yucatan Peninsula is home to the world's longest underground river, flowing through a vast system of connected caverns known as Sac Actun that includes more than 150 cenotes.

The majority of this dive is spent ducking in and out of the vast system of swimthroughs.

Today the Internet is a vast system of bottomless pits containing everything from cat memes to Ancient Greek theatre.

Her projects are elaborated by creating a vast system of echoes and internal references, allowing us to read them today not as a simple accumulation of titles but as connected chapters of a total and absolute artwork.

A link to this post was made in comments to a WUWT article and provoked the following reply — «So a vast system of undersea volcanos, that is erupting constantly, absolutely can not have an effect on the planet's geo - physics but man's activity is the primary driver?

A vast system of reservoirs and dams, pumped storage, and run - of - river facilities helps provide reliable electric service to consumers throughout California.

The question for anyone looking to buy into the Garmin system - and, as we've said, it's a vast system - is how much do you really need from your watch?

Our oceans are a vast system of diverse and complex ecosystems and natural resources; and the health of the world's oceans is inextricably tied to the health of our planet.