Sentence examples for half of humankind from inspiring English sources
As the UN marks its 70th birthday this autumn, half of humankind may still ask: what has been achieved for us?
In 1979, when the Pope met the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, in Washington, the assembly's leader, Sister Theresa Kane, the president of the Sisters of Mercy of the Union, asked the Pontiff that "half of humankind" be included "in all ministries of our Church".
Even the earnest bureaucrats of the U.N., who tend to favor euphemism and skip over cruelties like honor killings and "corrective rape," could not help but label the rate and the variety of mayhem regularly exacted upon half of humankind as "alarmingly high".
For those of us who love Afghanistan and continue to believe in its democratic future, for those who cannot be resigned to the idea of a world where only half of humankind has basic rights and, above all, for women, Homa's suicide is a call not to do less -- it is a call to do more.
In fact, some of the advice – such as making sure you have your driving licence when you flee – reflects a touching faith in a return to normality that seems unlikely if half of humankind is trying to eat the other half.
Plankton are at the center of the marine food web, produce at least half of the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, and absorb enough carbon dioxide each year to counteract half of humankind's fossil-fuel emissions.
"He admitted it when he got caught," Mr. Altshuler said, in the tone of one who has spent two and a half decades observing the stupidities of humankind and still retains a touching ability to be amazed.
Anyone who can boil water can whip up a batch of rice and lentils in just over half an hour, providing fiber, protein and one of humankind's classic comfort foods.
Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at Intel, who will introduce Prof Hawking's speech on Sunday, said: "With more than half a century of remarkable research Professor Hawking has continually pushed the boundaries of humankind's understanding of the cosmos.
In the history of humankind?
