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Likewise, where else but in South Korea can you find a Christian church whose registered membership runs
upwards
of 800,000, and where nearly 100,000 adherents attend each of the three Sunday services every week?
If and when that point is reached, a bit of ECB intervention can initiate the long march
upwards.
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of 15% of workers in banking, finance, and insurance were born abroad.
If the successor scheme, called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has a similar impact, it could determine the allocation of
upwards
of $700 billion.
For example, producing and delivering nutritious food consistently to
upwards
of nine billion people by mid-century has implications for water and energy consumption, agricultural development and land use, the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles, and ocean acidification, not to mention biodiversity loss, such as through overfishing.
Green bonds have taken off, with
upwards
of $40 billion issued in 2014, and they are likely to become only more popular as clearer standards and regulations are established.
But now the eurozone seems incapable of escaping near-deflation, with little economic growth and prices barely moving
upwards.
Moreover, Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel imports, while not targeted specifically at Russia, will cost the Russian economy
upwards
of $3 billion next year.
Measurements from Beijing show that
upwards
of 16% of the air pollution comes from coal.
That failure could end up costing Germany alone
upwards
of €21 billion annually for years to come.
In northern Europe, and especially Scandinavia,
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of 70% of women work, compared to less than half in southern Europe.
The Ifo climate indicator for Germany, based on monthly surveys of 7,000 firms, jumped
upwards
in the second half of 2005, reaching its highest value since the boom year 2000, with businesses’ assessment of the current situation and expectations improving.
Headlines about the launch were truly alarming: Over the next 18 years, global warming would kill 100 million people and cost the economy
upwards
of $6.7 trillion annually.
Then there was Space Adventures, the private company that arranges the space tourist trips with Roskosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency, for
upwards
of $35 million a flight.
He could liberalize the exchange rate and let it float upwards, but he is not even doing that.
I had a similar conversation this year with someone who noted that most of his company’s board had served for
upwards
of 20 years, and that his company had just established an age limit of 80 for board members.
Because long-time superstars like Kobe Bryant earn
upwards
of $25 million a year, the average annual NBA salary is more than $5 million.
Whereas some German companies persuaded workers to accept wage cuts to help weather the financial crisis, wages across the southern periphery have been marching steadily upwards, even as productivity has remained stagnant.
The EU invested
upwards
of $35 billion a year to assure the success of their Common Market integration.
But, in the end, he decided to interrupt his vacation and offer amounts of aid that were successively revised upwards, in a global competition which promised to benefit those who were desperate for help.
Moreover, the rapid advance of artificial intelligence and robotics means that even if manufacturing output in the US stabilizes or ticks upwards, it will not involve anywhere near the number of middle-skill jobs that it did in the past.
In the spring of 2010, the IMF committed
upwards
of $300 billion to Southern Europe alone.
Income disparities will not be fundamentally altered until the market equilibrium wage inches
upwards
sufficiently to create labor demand at decent wage levels.
In the private sector, business leaders representing 20 economic sectors and
upwards
of $1.3 trillion in revenue have publicly affirmed their commitment to combating climate change.
One explanation is that there were periods in history when material gain was not the highest value; when humanity knew that there were mysteries never to be understood, and before which people could only stand in humble amazement and perhaps project that amazement into structures whose spires point
upwards.
Upwards
to be seen far and wide, highlighting to everyone that which is worth looking up to.
Upwards, across the borders of ages.
To begin to address some of the world’s deepest problems, we too must lift our eyes
upwards
as we bow our heads in humility.
Specialty shops and Internet vendors sell the oil for
upwards
of $200 per liter.
In the meantime, the graph of deaths from conflict will keep trending upwards, mocking the world’s diplomats, peacemakers, and pretensions to humanity and civilization.
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