“If it is possible to have a linear unit that depends on no other quantity, it would seem natural to prefer it. Moreover, a mensural unit taken from the earth itself offers another advantage, that of being perfectly analogous to all the real measurements that in ordinary usage are also made upon the earth, such as the distance between two places or the area of some tract, for example. It is far more natural in practice to refer geographical distances to a quadrant of a great circle than to the length of a pendulum.” IfsMadeTwoRealSeemsEarthScienceNaturalPracticeTakenExampleDependsOffersOrdinaryAdvantageAreasDistanceDefinitionsCirclesLengthQuantityUnitsMeasurementLinearUsagePendulums Author:Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
“Active liberty is particularly at risk when law restricts speech directly related to the shaping of public opinion, for example, speech that takes place in areas related to politics and policy-making by elected officials. That special risk justifies especially strong pro-speech judicial presumptions. It also justifies careful review whenever the speech in question seeks to shape public opinion, particularly if that opinion in turn will affect the political process and the kind of society in which we live.” IfsKindLawPoliticalTurnsStrongProcessLibertyOpinionRiskSpecialPolicyExampleShapesSpeechAreasCarefulActiveRelatedOfficialsJustifyReviewsFreedom Of SpeechPublic OpinionJudicialPresumptionElected OfficialsLive FreePublic OfficialsPolicy Making Author:Stephen Breyer
“One of the really fascinating areas is marketplaces that take advantage of mobile devices. Ridesharing is the obvious example, but that's just the start of it, of selling goods and services with lightweight mobile apps.” ExampleAdvantageAreasObviousSellingFascinatingDevicesGoodsMobileMarketplaceAppsGoods And Services Author:John Collison
“We can bring crews in from other areas, too. If Monterey is hard hit and Bakersfield, for example, is not, we can bring crews in from there.” IfsHardExampleAreasCrewMontereyBakersfield Author:Bryan Swanson
“I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting Hill, Belgravia and Mayfair. All are characterised by high density and a generosity of green spaces. They are all pedestrian-friendly with shops, entertainment, restaurants and pubs within easy walking distance.” EasySpaceExampleWalkingAreasGreenDistanceEntertainmentLondonPlanningHillsGenerosityRestaurantsShopsFriendlyExpansionDesirablePubsChelseaDensityPedestriansNotting HillMayfair Author:Norman Foster
“YouTube has proven it can flourish in a model where there is more autonomy, and in that way I think it is an example and a potential model for other areas of the business.” ThinkingWayExampleModelsAreasProvenAutonomyYoutube Author:Salar Kamangar
“I opposed annexing in areas around our city borders, because I knew that if neighborhoods wanted to be a part of the city, well, they would mandate themselves in and invite themselves into a city. That's just one example of even on a local level how dangerous it is for a politician to start thinking they know more than that individual family, that individual business.” IfsThinkingKnowsWellsWantedIndividualLevelsCitiesDangerousExamplePoliticianAreasLocalsBordersJust OneNeighborhoodInvitesMandates Author:Sarah Palin
“There are areas using what's called the "checkerboard strategy." They are different cities where you can move around the "checkerboard," doing things you can't do in every square, that you can do in some of them, building a mosaic of these kinds of practices. There are about 400 cable television networks, for example, that are publicly owned. That's a big fight for big private companies. In some areas, this is a political struggle, in some it's conventional common sense.” KindDifferentBigsMovingPoliticalFightingCan DoCommonCitiesCompanyPracticeStruggleExampleTelevisionBuildingAreasStrategyCommon SenseSquaresConventionalCablesMosaicsPolitical StruggleCheckerboard Author:Gar Alperovitz
“Each summer, for example, nitrogen and phosphate washing from farmlands in the Mississippi Valley enter the Gulf of Mexico, creating a massive algal bloom covering some 16,000 square kilometers. As the blooms die off, this area-roughly the size of New Jersey-is so deprived of oxygen that no fish survive.” DiesExampleSummerCreatingAreasEnvironmentalSizeFishesMassiveValleysSquaresMexicoPollutionOxygenDeprivedJerseyCoveringWashingMississippiNew JerseyNitrogenGulf Of MexicoFarmland Book:Vital Signs 1999-2000: The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future Source: Vital Signs 1999-2000: The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
“Some countries need extra stimulus in specific areas. Something has to be done against high youth unemployment in Greece and Spain, for example. But in the end, there is no way around it: The debt levels have to come down.” WayNeedsEndsCountryDoneLevelsExampleYouthAreasDebtExtrasUnemploymentSpainGreeceStimulus Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“The Constitution, in addition to delegating certain enumerated powers to Congress, places whole areas outside the reach of Congress' regulatory authority. The First Amendment, for example, is fittingly celebrated for preventing Congress from "prohibiting the free exercise" of religion or "abridging the freedom of speech." The Second Amendment similarly appears to contain an express limitation on the government's authority.” FirstsWholeGovernmentCertainExampleExerciseSpeechAuthorityAreasConstitutionCongressLimitationAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechFirst AmendmentSecond AmendmentPreventing Author:Clarence Thomas
“Gujarat's e-governance projects have been recognized in the country and abroad. To give a few examples- Gujarat has the largest Wide Area Network in the Asia Pacific. It is the first State to provide broadband connectivity in all schools and villages. It makes maximum use of video-conferencing including trial of the prisoners. Gujarat's ICT based Grievance Redressal System called SWAGAT has got the United Nation's Public Service Award. In addition, it has received eleven national awards for our various e-services.” GivingFirstsHas BeensCountryStatesUseSchoolNationsUnitedExampleProjectsAreasIndiaIncludingVariousWideTrialsVideoVillageAwardsPrisonerAsiaUnited NationsGovernanceMaximumElevenPublic ServicePacificGrievanceBroadbandGujaratIct Author:Narendra Modi
“The Romans have provided a lot of writers with a model for various interstellar empires, of course, and no wonder. The Roman Empire is a really good example of a large empire that, in one form or another, functioned for quite a long time over a very large area. And over all that time, there was all sorts of exciting drama - civil wars and assassinations and revolts and bits breaking off and being forced back in ... But I didn't want my future - however fanciful it was - to be entirely European. The Radchaai aren't meant to be Romans in Space.” WantLongWarFormCoursesBitsSpaceWonderExampleDramaLong TimeModelsAreasExcitingVariousCivil WarEmpiresMeant To BeMy FutureRevoltAssassinationRoman EmpireGood ExamplesInterstellar Author:Ann Leckie
“There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the way American prisons are run, which is pretty tough.” WayStatesRunningUnitedUnited StatesExampleToughAreasPrisonRussiaOfficialsProtest Author:Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
“It is not possible to starve an organised terrorist group because it is number one a state, so it levies taxation inside the territory that is controlled by Islamic State. But also the activity, for example the smuggling of oil, is taking place in an area which is a war zone. So of course people will buy that oil because they don't have any alternative. So even if we wanted to stop that kind of trade, it will be very, very difficult to do that.” PeopleIfsKindWarStatesWantedCoursesDifficultNumbersGroupsExampleActivityAreasTradeOilTerroristAlternativesIslamicZoneControlledTerritoryTaxationOrganisedIslamic StateWar ZonesSmugglingTerrorist Groups Author:Loretta Napoleoni
“He [Wilhelm Reich] believed that the individual's walk, stance, and breath patterns revealed a specific character type. Reich thought chronic muscular tension indicated repression and blocked the expression of affect. An example is the tight holding of the chest area as a sign of repressed feelings of need and longing.” NeedsCharacterFeelingsIndividualWalksExampleExpressionTypeAreasBreathsLongingPatternsTensionChestsRepressionStanceBlockedRepressed Author:Judith Lynne Hanna
“There is less gray area there, less doubt. There is a security in being some thing all the way. Our culture, too, encourages this way of being - exaggeration, for example, is the key to advertising success in the United States. But hyperbole also seems a big part of Iranian culture, as well.” WayWellsStatesBigsSeemsCultureUnitedUnited StatesDoubtSecurityExampleKeysAreasAdvertisingGrayExaggerationIranianHyperboleGray Area Author:Porochista Khakpour
“In fact, in the history of a lot of cultures there is a theater. For example, there are the theaters in Java, [Indonesia] and of that area where they use puppets and they have backgrounds and shadows.” FactsUseCultureExampleShadowAreasTheaterBackgroundsIndonesiaPuppetsJava Author:Michelle Stuart
“How many migrants, how many immigrants, how many migrants and refugees fleeing war-torn areas in the Middle East are permitted into the Vatican? I'm not kidding. I think I saw a story where they're going to take ... two. It's obviously symbolic. They will take two at the Vatican, thereby setting an example and showing how it's done.” ThinkingTwoWarDoneStoriesSawsMiddleExampleAreasEastSettingSettingsImmigrantsMiddle EastTornRefugeeSymbolicMigrantsFleeingSetting An Example Author:Rush Limbaugh