Tory MPs have rounded on the comments as a "frightening" indication of the world view of the man who looks set to win the Labour leadership contest – but some have argued his comments have been taken out of context.
Some indication of the world picture may be gained from the drainage census in the United States of 1959, which showed that about 92,000,000 acres (37,200,000 hectares) were drained through organized projects, about 10 percent of the land in agriculture.
PAGE D1 THE NEXT MARAVICH (MAYBE) In another indication of how the world's basketball axis has shifted from America, one of the most buzzed-about athletes in these Olympics has been Ricky Rubio, a 17-year-old from Spain who is seen as possibly the top point guard prospect in the 2009 N.B.A. draft.
His emergence is another indication of how the world's basketball axis is gradually shifting from America.
Has the Confederations Cup given us an indication of how the World Cup must adapt to survive?
To the degree that science is complex and that education implicitly frames expectations beyond the classroom, teachers may well be encouraged to include some complex case studies or problems at some point in their courses as an indication of the real world and as an occasion for developing interpretive and organizational skills appropriate to such situations.
To provide an indication of the 'real-world' effectiveness of e-cigarettes, future studies should examine the association between smoking status and the reported use of different treatments as aids to cessation among those who made a recent attempt to quit.
"Those instances don't constitute voter fraud but are indications of how the world works within an imperfect system".
If the talk at the World Economic Forum here was any indication, the focus of the world's elite has shifted away from the United States.
An indication of the "heavenly" art world that Saltz predicted could be found in Art Positions, the 20 shipping containers dedicated to showcasing work from emerging galleries.
In some ways, the arrival of artisanal hardware at South by Southwest, said Susan Etlinger, an industry analyst at Altimeter Group, can be seen as an indication that the world of mobile applications and "me-too" social networks has become oversaturated and crowded.
