Search Details

Word: creations (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Cells is a model for the job creation the German government hoped for when it passed solar legislation. Although highly educated and technically skilled, the country is struggling with a 10% unemployment rate. Building an advantage on the next big technology, goes the thinking, could drive economic growth. "We feel there's a chance for Germany to be innovative, to create an industry and possibly be the leader," says Cornelia Viertl, a senior adviser at the German Federal Environment Ministry. Public awareness of environmental issues and a desire to be less dependent on Russian natural gas have created a favorable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economic Development: The Future Is Bright | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...little' become 'too much'? The nervous boy who cried 'Wolf!' in the admonitory tale told one lie too many and was eaten alive. The irony of this denouement, of course, is that when the boy met his fate, he was, at last, hollering the truth. This story demonstrates the creation of what is sometimes, and euphemistically, called 'a climate of mistrust.' (Translation: Everybody's lying.)" Read more at timearchive.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...lack of Koizumi's charisma, Abe has taken a team-oriented approach. He packed his cabinet with close associates, expanded the number of prime-ministerial advisers from two to five and began forming a Japanese equivalent of the U.S. National Security Council, reporting directly to the Prime Minister. The creation of Team Abe is an attempt to shift political power away from Kasumigaseki, where Japan's formidable bureaucrats toil. "There's always been a struggle between the LDP and the ministries," says Tomoaki Iwai, a professor of political science at Nihon University. "Abe came through with a White House-style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitting His Stride | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...creation of “The Market and Society” component is quite unnecessary. It would represent the undue prioritization of the discipline of economics within a general education. Worse, its inclusion is symptomatic of a kind of a vulgar pseudo-scientism that is unfortunately all too common to the discipline’s defenders...

Author: By William E. Johnston and Sahil K. Mahtani | Title: Dismally Yours | 10/20/2006 | See Source »

Under the heading of the "The United States: Historical and Global Perspectives," the proposed requirement mandates that courses explore the history of American institutions and practices in addition to their global contexts. While we lend our full support to the creation and selection of courses that employ comparative methods, this approach should not come at the expense of being able to explore the U.S. on its own terms. The scope of the U.S. history category should be broadened such that courses focusing predominately on the U.S. (such as Gov 1510, "American Constitutional Law") fit in as well. We trust that...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Putting the ‘U.S.’ in Gen Ed | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

Previous | 248 | 249 | 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | 254 | 255 | 256 | 257 | 258 | 259 | 260 | 261 | 262 | 263 | 264 | 265 | 266 | 267 | 268 | Next