#measures

Over the last 10 years a huge amount has been achieved in getting people into work. Measures such as the New Deal, tax credits, the minimum wage and improved childcare have brought about record numbers of people in work, a number that is still rising despite the global economic slowdown. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#achieved #amount #been #brought #childcare

Airport security is a particular bugbear. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, while I can see that averting terrorism is manifestly important, the measures taken seem, simultaneously, absurd. ↗

— James Purefoy

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These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

#adopted #constitute #ever #greatest #guarantee

The situation in the West Bank and Gaza involves a military occupation amid urban guerrilla warfare, analogous to the British security measures in Northern Island, that hopefully will end with a cease-fire. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#analogous #bank #british #cease-fire #end

I'm confident that we have measures in place. And the additional measures that we announced yesterday will be even more protective of our food supply in this country. ↗

— Ann Veneman

#announced #confident #country #even #food

We shouldn't any of us be afraid of teaching protective measures to save lives. ↗

— Kyan Douglas

#any #lives #measures #protective #save

All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men. ↗

— Sam Houston

#always #class #extreme #favor #invested

But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years. ↗

— Bulent Ecevit

#apart #become #building #country #course

Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#incentives #measures #strategy #tactics

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress. ↗

— Ramana Maharshi

#degree #freedom #freedom from #gauge #measures