Following the Beta launch of what it describes as a societal network, Microsoft has addressed some of the questions emerging around Vine. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia News - Global] Reference
Investing in TEC Edmonton is a long-term societal strategy. From Wordnik.com. [Edmonton Sun] Reference
Especially ones that have to do with shifts in societal morays. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Massive Problems with Anti-Obama Allegations That Have Been Making the Rounds Recently] Reference
I find "political correctness" works both ways in societal politess. From Wordnik.com. [Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off] Reference
Rehabilitation of private land forests would be a long term societal investment. From Wordnik.com. [Orangeville Citizen] Reference
I just think we have two different impressions of where we are in societal evolution. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » The Party of Lincoln falls short on civil rights.] Reference
Interesting to see the change in societal attitudes go from eradication to assimilation. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: The Year's Best Science Fiction #21 edited by Gardner Dozois] Reference
Focus government funding on areas of science with a longer term societal and fiscal payoff. From Wordnik.com. [Sun Bloggers] Reference
Treat universities as a long term societal investment, not a short term fiscal investments. From Wordnik.com. [Sun Bloggers] Reference
And this discursive friendship seems to replicate what we want to happen in societal cooperation. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Secular Conviviality] Reference
Another factor is that urban dwellers have little patience for rural migrants, a built-in societal bias. From Wordnik.com. [If only one flower stands out, it is not truly spring: a Chinese house church pastor’s perspective] Reference
But it can't tell which companies are aligned with long-term societal trends, such as the aging of the population. From Wordnik.com. [Stocks for the Long Term] Reference
Large cap food stocks will benefit from this long-term societal realignment opine Mr. Badishkanian and analysts at Goldman. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
The solemn future for Europe has more to do with a sea change in societal attitudes than in the future size and composition of its population. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Researchers Respond to the Muslim Demographic Video] Reference
One that could help us on our increasingly exciting voyage of participating in societal changes brought about through and with computing technology. From Wordnik.com. [Women in Computing, our accomplishment and a charge: An Ada Lovelace Tribute « Beki's Blog (there's an original name)] Reference
It was described as a societal activity for people of all ages. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
This will fundamentally address what could be termed a societal "burning Issue". From Wordnik.com. [Address by the Executive Deputy President, Thabo Mbeki, on the Site Tour of the New Kokstad Prison and Launch of the Skills Development Programme] Reference
They’re rooted in societal indifference and individual callousness — in the imperfections of man. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Word: Faith on the Trail - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Because a truly humble culture does not believe in societal progress, and neither should it’s founders!. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause and Life Without Parole for Under-18 (Nonhomicide) Offenders] Reference
By the nineteen-sixties, the dictatorship in Hungary had reached a state of consolidation that could almost be called a societal consensus. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Lecture - Literature 2002] Reference
"We've got to have some kind of societal consensus.". From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Suicide Van] Reference
This does suggest that polygyny is generally a symptom of some kind of societal problem. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Surplus of Males and Runaway (with the Bride-Price) Brides:] Reference
Parental influence is much more important than "societal," whatever that word even means. From Wordnik.com. [Seen On a Post-It Note While Filling in on the YA Desk Down in Teen Central] Reference
I accept it, but wonder what kind of societal effects it has, and admit it makes me kind of uncomfortable. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » May Is National Foster Care Month…] Reference
I can even live with "societal" as long as we come to some consensus as to what matters--seems we've forgotten. From Wordnik.com. [Teaching, farming, and the American Way] Reference
Catching up on old blog reading, then, I discovered that I'm not alone in my hatred for the word "societal" (as opposed to "social"). From Wordnik.com. ["Societal" -- Yuck!] Reference
It is too focused on dehumanisation and some kind of societal revenge than it is in the UK. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
The bros are way not cool with that, as some kind of societal line has been crossed but I'm not sure which one?. From Wordnik.com. [NBC New York - Top Stories] Reference
From homophobia, there comes a lot of unwanted symptoms such as societal / cultural intolerance of what one can wear. From Wordnik.com. [CommonDreams.org Headlines] Reference
So while fairly common, it is not seen as the kind of societal problem that it is seen as, I assume, in muslim communities. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
In a 2008 study, however, the CDC estimated that widespread vaccination is saving money when all "societal" costs are considered. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
Having recurrently "got away with it" - they develop a theory of personal immunity, founded upon some kind of societal and even cosmic. From Wordnik.com. Reference
For generations it has represented the epitome of arrogance toward customers and inattentiveness to major societal changes. From Wordnik.com. [Stop The Bail Outs Now] Reference
We may tend to cling to our mythology more than older nations that have societal glue based on things other than movies and TV shows. From Wordnik.com. [Of Myths and Men] Reference
Tanenhaus: Quite bad if you prize a mature, responsible conservatism that honors America's institutions, both governmental and societal. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem for the Right] Reference
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