I thought you had higher standards.

Contrary to his predictions, capitalism spawned ever higher standards of living for more than a century, while attempts to implement radically different systems have fallen spectacularly short.

And, like investors, they seek ever higher returns.

The stakes are higher than they have ever been.

New vehicle emission standards meet the most stringent equivalent European standards, and are higher than in the United States.

The stakes of geo technological competition are higher than ever.

Continued threats of ever higher tax burdens could prove dangerously counterproductive.

There is a need for higher standards than those set by the Kimberley Process.

Quality control will enable higher standards to be set, quickly and at reasonable cost.

SEOUL The commodity super cycle in which commodity prices reach ever higher highs, and fall only to higher lows is not over.

Meanwhile, for Brazil s new middle class, higher incomes have meant higher tax payments and thus a growing sense of entitlement to improvements in living standards.

(a) Higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development

Even though new standards would apply to suppliers from all exporting countries, compliance costs usually vary, meaning that those less equipped to meet higher standards could suffer.

Securities issuers and traders were required to release more information, and were subjected to higher transparency standards.

And he set and attained personal standards of conviction and courage that few will ever match.

We are also applying higher technical standards and specifications for vehicles to ensure their safety and operating condition.

Arab Schizophrenia? Ever heard of it? Arab schizophrenia often consists of double standards in majority Muslim countries.

The prize is higher living standards for Russia s long suffering people and a recovery in the country s international standing.

Unfortunately, there is enough cheap coal around to power ever higher emissions for at least another century.

National and local politicians are being held to increasingly higher standards of environmental protection. A new era of citizen involvement and public scrutiny has begun, creating opportunities for truly inclusive environmental action that promise to achieve more than elites negotiating behind closed doors ever could.

On the positive side, we have broad agreement on higher quality capital and liquidity standards with appropriate phase in arrangements.

Degrees of ( higher ) grades from Him , and Forgiveness and Mercy . And Allah is Ever Oft Forgiving , Most Merciful .

Degrees of ( higher ) grades from Him , and Forgiveness and Mercy . And Allah is Ever Oft Forgiving , Most Merciful .

We believe that the ICC is the most significant international mechanism ever created to implement international standards of justice.

Welcoming the efforts of the United Nations system to develop higher aviation safety and security standards in humanitarian and peacekeeping missions,

The US has at long last done some of this in adopting new and much higher standards for automobile fuel efficiency.

For many decades, Californians had rapidly rising living standards, great public K 12 and higher education systems, and unprecedented upward mobility.

So the rich world will, in a knee jerk response, erect ever higher barriers to stem the human tide.

Elsewhere, yields have been a little higher around 2 in Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand but still very low by historical standards.

Even with the prevalence of dollar indexation across the region, exchange rate appreciation would still help promote cheaper imports and higher living standards.

They know full well that their popularity can be sustained only if they are able to deliver growth, employment, and higher living standards.

UNHCR has encouraged member States, as they transpose the relevant Directives into national law, to adopt standards in line with international law and best practice, including where these are higher than the minimum standards in the Directives.

And we know that, across the spectrum of sophistication, the risk of destabilizing cyber attack beating cyber defense is getting ever higher.

Relying on ever higher taxes to fund payments to an outsized population of benefit recipients is a recipe for exporting prosperity elsewhere.

In 2012, the growth rate of M2 was about 14 , relatively low by historical standards, but still significantly higher than the nominal GDP growth rate.

The resulting data showed Chinese prices to be 40 higher than previously thought Chinese living standards were then revised downward by roughly the same proportion.

These are the people who are doing the bulk of the site, and they are, in a sense, semi professionals at what they're doing, that the standards we set for ourselves are equal to or higher than professional standards of quality.

The problem is not that governments lack resources to spend, but that higher government spending, taxes, and debt are eroding economic growth and future living standards.

It is realized that application of higher standards will be a challenge for some Customs services, so a capacity building plan and program is being developed.

With bonds of peripheral eurozone nations continuing to fall in value, the risk of Irish, Greek, and Portuguese sovereign defaults is higher than ever.

The lesson is that booms have to be managed adeptly, and that financiers have to be supervised in their pursuit of ever higher returns.

Such negotiations tend to result in deeper market access and higher regulatory standards than negotiations at the multilateral level, and therefore could have implications for developing countries.

We are providing European Union electoral observation missions to monitor elections in Africa and to help promote the adoption of ever better electoral standards and practice.

But the same economic stimuli that underpin higher food output also lead to supply problems, a decline in living standards, and massive social strains, especially in urban centers.

But the secret of the University of California s success is its ability to obtain ever higher amounts of funding from private sources and the federal government.