“For example, the vast majority of security break-ins occur as a result of problems with known fixes. With an automated system, you can keep up to date.” ProblemResultsKnownBreakSecurityExampleMajorityUp To Date Author:Ben Horowitz
“Vacations for wage earners have proved both popular with workers and profitable for employers. Unfortunately, the majority of large employers have not yet followed the example set by a number of progressive corporations. I don't know of a single company that has abandoned vacations for wage earners after having tried the experiment. But I do know many that are delighted with the fruits they have gathered. Under some of the plans vacations with pay must be earned by good behavior, punctuality, etc.... The best results have come where the treatment has been regarded as most liberal.” KnowsHas BeensResultsNumbersPayCompanyPlansExampleBehaviorMajorityFruitWorkersExperimentsCorporationsEtcTreatmentProgressiveAbandonedVacationEmployersProfitableDelightedPunctualityGood Behavior Author:B. C. Forbes
“In terms of economical aspects, reinforcing those national parks with sophisticated anti-poaching patrols - these poachers are beefed up like the army. In the case of Cameroon, that's a perfect example of the lack of finance. The government could not provide the national park with more guards. Therefore, they lost the majority of the elephant population. I don't want to see that anywhere else.” WantGovernmentLostTermPerfectCasesExampleAspectArmyMajorityPopulationFinanceParksSophisticatedElephantsNational ParksPoachingCameroonPoachers Author:Veronika Varekova
“The majority of American states had laws by the 1930s that allowed for forced sterilization of socially undesirable categories of people, so-called feeble-minded, for example, and with Hitler culminating in genocide.” PeopleStatesLawExampleMajorityCategoriesGenocide1930sUndesirableSterilization Author:Michael Sandel
“Look at the history of civil laws in our world and the source from which they emerged, and you will see that the vast majority of them arose directly from, or where based in principle on, Roman Canon Law, or the laws of other religious origin. Sharia is another notable example.” WorldLooksLawReligiousPrinciplesExampleSourceMajorityOur WorldNotableCanonSharia Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“Train passengers may be astonished to learn how many working practices still seem rooted in the age of steam. For example, the majority of Sunday services rely on staff working overtime - an antiquated and expensive arrangement given the seven-day society in which we now live.” MayStillsSeemsAgeGivenPracticeExampleMajorityTrainSevenRelyExpensiveSundayRootedStaffArrangementsSteamPassengersSeven Days Author:Simon Calder