Sentence examples for Economic greatness from inspiring English sources

Japan's rise to economic greatness was basically a game of catch-up with the advanced West.

Indeed, there is a much more interesting story to tell about our national economic greatness if one starts with the premise that America was largely born enslaved.

SHIZUOKA, Japan — As Japan has ceded dominance in industry after industry that once lifted this nation to economic greatness, there has been plenty of blame to go around.

They say they are trying to rescue a tradition of industrial craftsmanship that once made blue-collar Ota a center for the high-quality manufacturing that propelled Japan to economic greatness.

The economic greatness of Amsterdam in the 17th century was due in part to Antwerp emigrants and their financial support, as was the case, to a lesser extent, for Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, and other mercantile cities.

In the other are the environmental activists, indigenous groups and concerned spectators who believe that Brazil's march to economic greatness will mean the continued devastation of its rainforest and its peoples.

Britain's rise to economic and imperial greatness was intimately connected with slavery.

It was a unique era of political, economic, and cultural greatness during which the little nation on the North Sea ranked among the most powerful and influential in Europe and the world.

On foreign policy, Putin would have had to choose between a predictable Clinton backed by a strong anti-war base and an unpredictable Trump, pledging to restore American economic and military greatness.

On the other side stand those who understand American greatness in economic terms and consider it foolish to lock up valuable resources.

President Trump sought to repackage his hard-line campaign promises with a moderate sheen Tuesday night, declaring what he termed "a new chapter of American greatness" of economic renewal and military might in his first joint address to Congress.