#significant

Cereal production in the rain-fed areas still remains relatively unaffected by the impact of the green revolution, but significant change and progress are now becoming evident in several countries. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#becoming #cereal #change #countries #evident

Television enjoys a de facto monopoly on what goes into the heads of a significant part of the population and what they think. ↗

— Pierre Bourdieu

#facto #goes #heads #into #monopoly

This crisis exposed very significant problems in the financial systems of the United States and some other major economies. Innovation got too far out in front of the knowledge of risk. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#economies #exposed #far #financial #financial systems

The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#globalisation #interests #most #movement #people

Although biodiversity loss continues globally, many countries are significantly slowing the rate of loss by shoring up protected natural areas and the services they provide, and in expanding national park systems with tighter management and more secure funding. ↗

— Helen Clark

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The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. ↗

— Norman Cousins

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They emphasize the viewpoint that the protracted economic stagnation in Japan derives from incomplete economic adjustments to significant changes in relative prices. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#derives #economic #economic stagnation #emphasize #incomplete

Acts of anti-Semitism in countries throughout the world, including some of the world's strongest democracies, have increased significantly in frequency and scope over the last several years. ↗

— Tim Holden

#anti-semitism #countries #democracies #frequency #including

It's not about what the speaker wants. It's not about necessarily what I want. There's two other principles involved here. It's what the constituents in my district want, and they didn't want to raise the debt ceiling unless there were significant structural reforms and spending cuts to help us balance our budget. ↗

— Tim Huelskamp

#balance #budget #ceiling #constituents #cuts

Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq, new challenges on the Korean peninsula, and key decisions in the president's plans to transform the military. ↗

— Duncan Hunter

#challenges #conflict #decisions #facing #iraq