Sentence examples for built a generation from inspiring English sources

In short: we have built a generation of "distraction machines" that make great feats of concentrated effort harder instead of easier.

Like its famous sister, Choquequirao seems to have been a kind of royal estate for Inca nobility, built a generation or two before the Spanish arrived.

Built a generation ago to link the valley with Palermo, the road met with fierce resistance from the Brusca family and other Mafiosi, who saw it as a threat to their domination of the then-isolated region.

He cited a study by the Congressional Budget Office that called for increasing spending on new weapons and equipment to $90 billion a year, from roughly $60 billion today, saying the armed services needed to replace weapons built a generation ago.

They include Jay-Z, who rescued his hit "Hard Knock Life" from the inanity of the movie version of "Annie" and built a generation's anthem around the original song's tossed-off chorus.

In fact, the very limitations of the ZX81 are what built a generation of British software makers.

The organisation's Zaid Muhammad wants to build an alternative: "Our aim now is to build a generation through non-ideological education.

The president's proposals for directing $30 billion in credit toward small businesses won him some praise, as did his proposals to build a generation of nuclear power plants.

"Our mission is to build a generation of Democrats who are more modern and global in their outlook," said Simon Rosenberg, executive director of the PAC.

When the stockpile stewardship program was begun in the 1990s, the goal was to build a generation of supercomputers capable of 100 teraflops.

Supporting young people to engage socially, politically and economically and creating opportunities for them to contribute to development processes creates effective policy and builds a generation of engaged citizens.