Sentences with phrase «young nation»

That would be a bit of a problem in younger nations.

I think the reasons for Somalia and South Sudan are quite clear — Somalia has not had a functioning government in decades, and South Sudan is simply too young a nation to have signed and ratified all those important treaties yet.

The United States in the 1870s and»80s was deep in turmoil — a brash young nation torn by a great depression, mired in scandal and corruption, rocked by crises in government, violently conflicted over science and race, and fired up by spiritual and sexual upheavals.

«It's the end of a very painful and sad chapter in the history of a young nation, in which a dictator, as he became old, surrendered his court to a gang of thieves around his wife,» he said.

Soon after Italy's unification in 1871, the young nation turned to protectionism to foster its «infant» industries, whereupon it terminated its trade agreement with France in 1886.

A fatal weakness of a young nation.

Just a few miles south of my home, charcoal from local chestnut fired the historic iron forge Catoctin Furnace, a major source of nineteenth - century pig iron for a young nation's Industrial Revolution — and before that, for eighteenth - century cannonballs for our founding political revolution.

As a matter of fact, a tradition of violence is discernible throughout United States history — perhaps because it is a young nation, perhaps because it plunged into the industrial age without preparation.

What the young nation instead had was an enfeebled unicameral Congress under the Articles of Confederation, and a grant of power that went only so far as the states might permit — and they permitted very little.

But here, too, Kagan tends to focus on extremes, claiming that the commitment of America's founders to international law and diplomacy reveals a «psychology of weakness» that reflects the young nation's lack of power in the late eighteenth century; likewise, the secret yearning of the Founders to beat the Europeans at power politics pointed toward a properly imperial future.

For him, the key to the young nation's political success lay not in the fickle and uninformed opinion of the many, but rather in the steady and prudent interests of the few, those whose loyalty could be secured by the offices and emoluments made possible by a generous view of the Constitution's powers.

According to the U.N., more than 60,000 residents have been displaced by on - going violence, as the international organization contemplates sending more peacekeeping troops into the young nation.

American crisis management style has been easily overcome by the better - established Mideast - Obama is inexperienced and niaive to Mideast culture and «ancient blood» - America is still a young nation compared to the established old world of millenium existence and experience.

(«We remain a young nation, but in the words of scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things.»

I think they got past this in most of Europe several generations ago... Sure, we're a younger nation, but aren't we supposed to be an «advanced» nation with access to all sorts of great scientific knowledge?

The company's first commercial sale came in 1780, and sales flourished as Applejack made its way across the young nation, including to Springfield, Ill., where Lincoln served it for 12 cents a half - pint in his tavern, the company says.

George Washington's Birthday was one of the biggest holidays celebrated in rural New England during the 19th century, as he was almost a mythical figure to the citizens of a young nation.

Mr. John, I think this is not right way to teach our Young nation to be thieves.

Once, the young nation had a dramatic excuse: The Treasury was empty, the White House and Capitol were charred ruins, even the troops fighting the War of 1812 weren't getting paid.

In antiquity, they were often interpreted as omens of doom, but the eclipse that occurred over the American West in 1878 signified the young nation's arrival as a global scientific power.

In the mid-1970s, Sheikh Zayed, the founder of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was preoccupied with such earthly matters as building his young nation when a series of meetings at his palace with several Apollo astronauts turned his gaze to the heavens.

As a young nation, just four score and seven years old, we had plucked the engineering fruits of the Industrial Revolution that transformed Europe, but Americans had yet to embrace the meaning of science to society.

He saw it as a crop that could be grown virtually anywhere, which could help the average citizens of his young nation.

It's hard to believe that this young nation (only 200 years old) has come so far so fast.

Moments after this highly charged and historical win, Israeli - American basketball hero Tal Brody captured the heart of the young nation when he famously said, «Israel is ON THE MAP, not just in sport, but in everything.»

It's a bad place to be during the closing ebbs of the war — the bloodiest chapter in the young nation's history.

Today the young nation presents a complex picture of development post-conflict, an effort that includes rebuilding an education system that saw 95 percent of its schools torched and a mass exodus of teachers in 1999.

Today the young nation presents a complex picture...

Horace Mann reminded our young nation of its responsibility to support public education, spoke out against the inferior conditions in our schools, and fought to double the wages of teachers, to improve textbooks, and to build a new institution — the American high school — across this Commonwealth.

While not an engineer, it was Jefferson who made possible our young nation's first federally funded road project — what has since come to be known as «The National Road.»

If you slept through your American history classes on the War of 1812, you'll appreciate Molotsky's clear explanation of what caused the war and why it was important to our young nation.

Often overlooked, this young nation is slowly gaining attention from travelers and backpackers alike because of its beautiful and unspoiled countryside nature and, surprisingly, its wine.

The 1978 - released novel hasn't always aged so well when it comes to stereotyping but it's a finely crafted tale focusing on the political turmoil that engulfed the young nation in the 1960s, through a Westerner's eye.

That makes Belize Central America's youngest nation.

Landlocked Kosovo, surrounded by mountains and Europe's youngest nation, has managed to preserve a wealth of mosques and monasteries despite many years of conflict.

For a young nation with a fledgling tourism industry, winning one award is big news — but two on the same night?

You can really tell how nervous you would be about being a young nation, but thankfully you become more confident with each kingdom you control.

As a Native American Assassin fights to protect his land and his people he will ignite the flames of a young nation's revolution.

From this point, taxes on imported and exported goods were paid, and the city's ports, where countless goods changed hands, were serviced and maintained, effectively becoming a major seat of the young nation's quickly growing economic clout and international interests.

After gaining independence from the British in 1966, the young nation would see the beginnings of an exodus of its citizens migrating to the United States as they sought reprieve from political conflict, racially - divisive violence, and poverty.

This exhibition brings together photography and popular music of the West African country to present an immersive experience of a young nation negotiating its various identities.

In the early nineteenth century, Washington Irving's short stories created an «instant mythology» for a young nation.

«South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, appears to have stopped Guinea worm disease within its borders, the country's health minister announced Wednesday.»

When artists like Ernest Hemingway fled America with the desire to lose themselves in the cultural embrace of Europe, they left behind a young nation still searching for an identity.

Having said that, for the last 40 + years people have been investing here, and it's safe to say that UAE is quite a young nation, both in terms of law and industrial and financial growth.

Only twenty years after defeating the French, Haiti was forced to pay a sum of $ 21 billion to France in exchange for official recognition from the international community — a crippling sum for a young nation still recovering from the devastation of slavery and the aftermath of war.