Sentences with phrase «wealthier societies doing»

Not surprisingly, some of the greatest support for wealthier societies doing more is found in relatively poor economies that are not major sources of emissions.

Not exact matches

Rather than hoarding their money or creating family dynasties as many of their predecessors did, a growing number of wealthy Americans are pledging their fortunes to benefit society.

In the former, euergesia (to do good) was a practice of the wealthy, who contributed to the well - being of society.

So, for these and other reasons, we do not now often see our society as one divided into wealthy exploiting owners and poor exploited workers.

I am not calling for cuts to government programs as of now — they are necessary for so many people's basic survival — but Mr. Beck does have a pertinent point: voting to tax someone else (typically wealthier than us) to provide assistance does not necessarily demonstrate a society that «cares» — much more caring is a society that willingly donates those funds to charities they have taken the time to research, and more caring still if the members of that society take the time to volunteer to administer that aid.

However, for the wealthy and millionaires, mingling with the common opposite sexes do not come naturally because of their placement in the society and the places they frequent.

That being said, they do justice to Mr. Sorkin's fine writing and directing as the film examines this almost hidden part of society that caters to the whims, addictions and games of extraordinarily wealthy and successful men.

The wealthy have used this time to purge society of criminals and ne'er - do - wells.

Moreover, like vouchers, online learning is theoretically egalitarian but could further stratify society, as the wealthy and educated exploit new technology before low - income and working - class students do.

«We must recognize that different colleges provide different experiences for students, and, if we as a society value equal opportunity as we say we do, it's critical that Colorado's low - income students have the same access to elite colleges as their wealthier peers,» said Van Schoales, CEO of A + Denver.

I worry that if we, as a society, don't figure out how to make this happen, the diversity of points of view we find in the books and articles we read will slowly shrink, until we're left with a situation where we only have the points of view of people wealthy enough not to need the money and people so over the top invested in sharing their ideas that they don't care about money at all.

This does not sit well with the Payne's, who want to debut their own daughter, also named Katherine, into society so she can marry a wealthy husband.

You could dig up statistics on the wealthy, chronicle those who are showy in our society, and write a book about the glamour of the well - to - do.

What we do know is that the game follows a low - class protagonist named Charlie who lives in a society that only the wealthy can enjoy.

However, when presented with the opportunity to marry the wealthy businessman Charles Nevelson and move to New York as a society matron rather than alone as a poor student, she did not hesitate to do so.

You fight the natural disaster with the economy / society you have, not the economy / society you might want or wish to have (note: this does not apply to the armies of wealthy countries).

The move is inspired partly by studies of wealthy societies that show when a country grows through a certain level of basic prosperity more money does not make people more content.

What the sensible and practical middle ground of society must do is defuse the fear and frame a positive social narrative in favour of healthy and wealthy human societies and environmental conservation and restoration.

As more devices keep us connected 24/7 to an increasingly hectic world, as blinking cursors and back - lit screens invade the intimacy of our inner sanctums, society would do well to follow the wise words of Benjamin Franklin: «Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.»