Sentences with phrase «where populace»

In his 1963 classic, Cat's Cradle, iconic writer Kurt Vonnegut described the sleepy little Caribbean island of San Lorenzo, where the populace was mesmerized by the prophet Bokonon, who created his own religion and his own vocabulary.

The picture's protagonist is Riva (Patsha Bay), a petty thief who has commandeered a truckload of gasoline across the Angolan border into the Congo with plans to resell it in his hometown of Kinshasa where the populace is presently in the grips of an oil shortage.

The last condition, where the populace surrenders and abdicates their individuals freedoms, is the most threatening because we can see indications that it is already happening.

Not exact matches

«I think that played into greater degree of effect in Midwestern states where, generally speaking, pretty educated populace, above average income nationally,» he said.

The PayPal connection could be dropped in the future, especially in situations where a government is trying to cut its populace off from connectivity.

De Leon will deploy later this year to Afghanistan, where his mission will be to persuade the populace to side with the Afghan government rather than with the Taliban.

That said, VPNs are used much more by the general populace in places like Turkey and China, where content is likely to be heavily censored.

Both types of socialism can point to accomplishments which include (1) a vast improvement in education and health care for the general populace, to the point where the education and medical care of the poor is in some cases better than that available to them even in advanced capitalist countries; and (2) a reduction in the disparity between the poor and the rich, through supplying goods and services to the poor and also through elimination or heavy taxation of the rich.

well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all of all times or knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth of knowledge and understanding of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?

Gee, with all these examples of how guns save lives, gun related homicides in the US should be a fraction of other countries where there are strict gun laws, I mean there only the bad guys have guns so they must be having a field day with their guns and the unarmed populace... oh, completely the opposite, strict gun law countries have a fraction of the gun homicides of the US... oh and a fraction of knife homicides as well, and other method homicides as well... oh well, forget it.

In 1919 Henry was selling Fords in a society where 90 percent of the populace had never owned a car.

Finally, the writer [apparently] operates on the mistaken view that if we can only get at least 51 percent of the voting populace to be swayed sufficiently by our coalesced, power structure, emotional appeals, and biblical truth (used only where it will work), then we can pass laws outlawing abortion.

This spectrum stretches from pure democracy, with majority rule, to representative democracies where a subset of the populace speaks for the whole.

«Governor Ambode has recognised this fact and that without securing where food comes from, the populace will not be safe.

Revolutionary Socialism (e.g. Communism) where a militant minority forces a change in government tends to remain autocratic as no real input is desired from the populace (i.e. counter-revolutionary).

«We are also mindful of the «paradox of exposure» — which creates a scenario where government's efforts to expose and punish acts of wrongdoing such as the National Service case — generates discussions among the populace, creating a misleading impression of pervasive corruption when the opposite is in fact the case.

«Remember, there are 30 other states where the legislators and the populace believe we are not worthy of recognition,» Carter said.

It makes a situation where the risk perceptions of the populace have to be continually worked on to break down stereotypes.

On the distant possibility that you are living in specific parts of America, at that point, it shouldn't be too elusive territories with a higher populace of Latinos, and these are where you ought to go if you are wanting to begin dating one.

The get - together with Thor acquires riffs from the Planet Hulk storyline, now with the gamma - green monster as the populace's superstar (apparently Hulk is happy where people hold parades to honor him).

Who: Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell What: City boy Ren McCormack moves to a small town where rock «n» roll and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit begins to shake up the populace.

«It may be easier for this kind of stardom to develop among sci - fi fans, where the love may take a while to go mainstream but is very rooted in a devoted populace,» says Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, author of «The Totally Sweet»90s.»

City kid Ren McCormack moves to a small town where rock «n» roll and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Such is the conundrum facing the society in X-Men: The Last Stand, where those with incredible powers caused by genetic alterations mix with the rest of the populace.

Last Train Home Where: Red Vic Movie House, 1727 Haight St., 415-668-3994 When: Jan. 23 - 24 Why: It's an annual tradition created by accelerated modernization, an expanding economy and the world's largest populace: Each year, 130 million Chinese peasants, displaced from their villages to work in urban factories, crowd train stations to return home for the New Year.

A sector densely concentrated in urban areas, where a minority of the voting populace has children in those schools and statewide political reach is limited.

For NBCTs to affect the greater populace of teachers and students, their expertise must be shared, which is not easily accomplished in the typical milieu of schools, where teachers usually work as isolated solo practitioners.

«Quinn paints a picture of a not - too - distant America where politicians inflame the hatred of one section of the populace for another — all for their own gain — and you worry that her world is not so far off from our own.»

In emerging markets, where the great majority of the world's populace resides, coal is the fuel of choice.

This is not the end, but the beginning of debates over where the resources of the US go, and how much is extracted from the populace.

(But where is the political will to change things — the populace wants easy prosperity, and who is there to tell them to accept a rough world where work and competition is tough, and there is no «Big Daddy» to make life easy?

As a Christian, you'll celebrate in a nation where 80 - percent of the populace shares your faith; if you're not Christian you'll have an equally fabulous time of it since Belize serves up some of the most beautiful sights, sounds and tastes in the Caribbean at this time of year.

In the year 2091, society has devolved into some sort of lower life - form where empathy and compassion no longer exists and all the populace is concerned with is indulging their most lurid fantasies via the invention of Virtual Reality, or how its more commonly known, Virtuality.

From then on I found a hypnotic pleasure in running across rooftops of the city of Glass, where Faith lives, dodging and beating up the corporate security forces charged with maintaining the super rich's stranglehold over the populace.

Further developments are unlocked through research where you can discover more efficient ways to produce income, feed the populace, and produce better troops to command.

The game's prologue establishes a backdrop where a disheartening dominance looms both in the hearts of the populace and across the drab skies above.

It is one of those issues where politicians think they will gain kudos with the populace but who do not understand the issues.

They are oblivious to the fact most of the world's populace does not live in these concrete - cocoon heat traps and are not experiencing ludicrous warming where the wealthy and powerful congregate.

In a recent article here Michael Mann wrote about his NYT oped piece, where he said: «Yet a fringe minority of our populace clings to an irrational rejection of well - established science.

As for the rest, well, the dystopian evidence seems overwhelming indeed, to the point where it might be no stretch at all to say the biggest threat facing America is perhaps not global warming, not perpetual warmongering, not garbage food or low - level radiation or way too much Lindsay Lohan, but a populace far too ignorant to know how to properly manage any of it, much less change it all for the better.

This is where it gets interesting: the pre-mined coins will be distributed to the entire populace of Iceland starting on 25th March.

Based on the popular Ernest Cline novel, Ready Player One is set in 2045, a dystopian future where the impoverished populace spend more of their time in a virtual reality video game called OASIS, than they do in the real world.

These groups of mid-level health providers were trained exclusively in the past by Health Training Institutions (HTIs) under the Ministry of Health with the aim of extending care to the populace where physician numbers were scanty or not present.