From the mid 1970's on, however, Americans continued working more or less the same number of hours, while Western Europeans began working less and less each year.

Non financial companies could not get working capital, much less funding for long term investments.

Fewer Africans working in rich countries will automatically translate into less money circulating in African countries.

In fact, both sides should be working to recalibrate their bilateral imbalances Americans should spend less and save more, and Chinese should spend more and save less.

A little less than half of men and 10 per cent of women of working age were employed.

The Working Group shall comprise no less than three and no more than five members of the Committee.

But, of course, I'm working since 25, doing more or less what you see here. This is Castleton China.

If there are less people working today than yesterday, it is because more people have decided not to work.

Most of Africa s farmers, working tiny plots, do not produce enough food to feed their families, much less to earn an income.

Domestic working animals that were no longer able to work were slaughtered but not particularly appetizing and therefore were less valued as meat.

OIOS appreciates that the MSRP team has been working to solve this problem, however the results obtained so far are less than satisfactory.

Adding these individuals to those officially classified as unemployed implies that about 15 of potential labor force participants are working less than they want.

A proposal for flexible working hours of less than 8 hours per day and 48 hours per week is also under the Cabinet's consideration.

Hayashi and Sakakibara indeed, most Japanese economists more or less agree on the fundamental reason for such spectacular stagnation the Japanese have stopped working hard.

18 of residents are outside the job market at the age of 50 and less than a third are working at the age of 61.

A Security Council of 25 members need not be less efficient than the current one, provided that the working methods of the Council are revised.

The Working Group noted the advantages of publishing information on forthcoming procurement opportunities, such as transparency in the procurement process through reducing cases of ad hoc and emergency procurements, and, consequently, less frequent recourse to less competitive methods of procurement.

In addition, and not less importantly, we must also improve the working methods of the Security Council, as stated in the World Summit Outcome (resolution 60 1).

And Europe is an example of that, and people finding that their quality of life improves as they're working less, and also that their hourly productivity goes up.

One cornerstone of the project was smallholder farmers, meaning peasant farm families in Africa, Latin America, and Asia working farms of around one hectare (2.5 acres) or less.

Increase of the remuneration of part time employees by 7,5 in case they receive the minimum wages, and their working time is less than 4 hours per day.

Decides to approve the proposal of the Secretary General that the next Working Group on Contingent Owned Equipment, which will meet in 2008, carry out a comprehensive review of the contingent owned equipment system, as per the formats established by the Phase V Working Group, for a period of not less than 14 working days

Less investment will mean less capital deepening.

There would be more democracy, less oppression more freedom, less terrorism more growth, less poverty.

Deals like China s investment in Blackstone postpone that backlash, but not for long 3 billion is equivalent to what China accumulates in reserve in less than three working days.

Less effort, you're less persistent, and so on.

Sami started hearing from Layla less and less.

For a president bent on implementing reforms, less can be more less aggressiveness and less ego.

The number of people in the working age group, less disability pensioners etc., will grow by 10,000 to 2,860,000, and jobs by 70,000 to 2,790,000 part time jobs are included.

The American upper class is estimated to constitute less than 1 of the population, while the remaining 99 of the population lies either within the middle class or working class.

It turns out, most people over 50 feel better, are less stressed, are less hostile, less anxious.

As a result of the need to produce business results, UNIDO staff members are faced with increased expectations and are required to produce greater results, working more efficiently with less resources.

So, traffic keeps flowing, so that means less braking, which means less accelerating, less gas and less pollution, less time wasted, and that partly accounts for Europe's better efficiency than we have in the United States.

Here one encounters less collective hope and less individual fear.

There are Tunisians who want less rights, less freedom and less democracy to fight those who oppose freedom and democracy

China s technology inroads are usually less dramatic, but no less telling.

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The new government's defence strategy placed less emphasis on defending Australia from direct attack and greater emphasis on working in co operation with regional states and Australia's allies to manage potential security threats.

This sterility and inertia make Europe less and less interesting for Americans.

Currently in Haiti we are speaking less and less of security problems.

However, at the staff member's request and upon production of a certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner or midwife indicating that she is fit to continue working, the absence may be permitted to commence less than six weeks but normally not less than two weeks before the anticipated date of birth.

Multilateralism may have to be less comprehensive and less formal, at least initially.

Trial by jury, which was infrequent anyway, is being seen less and less.

Its youth are less conformist and more demanding, less passive and more pluralistic.

Less noise, please.