Word Finder - minorities

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The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood.

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• childhood

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Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority.

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Most people agreed, but a sizable minority were upset by the decision.

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(used attributively of a party, government, etc.) Empowered by or representing a minority (usually a plurality) of votes cast, legislative seats, etc., rather than an outright majority thereof.

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A member of an ethnic minority.

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The company claims it has hired several minorities since the complaint was lodged.

The question of the rights of the national minorities and the enforcement of the Land Act were among the problems of the day that led on June 3 1921 to the fall of the Cabinet of Ulmanis.

The newly organized powers of the Crown were in evidence everywhere, interfering in the family affairs of the great feudatories and taking advantage of minorities, such as that of Theobald IV.

The panic-stricken severity of minorities is proverbial, but it is not to be forgotten that the Irish Protestants had been turned out of house and home twice within fifty years.

The rude old tales are as tender to minorities as any modern political idealist.

Soon after Mill supported in Fraser's, still with the same object, Hare's scheme for the representation of minorities.

The only speech made by him during his three years in parliament that was listened to with impatience was, curiously enough, his speech in favour of counteracting democracy by providing for the representation of minorities.

Though otherwise progressive, this law committed the injustice of temporarily disfranchising the nonYugoslav minorities, on the convenient pretext that they could not claim the vote until the expiry of the two years during which the Treaty of Trianon secures their right to choose citizenship in a neighbouring State.

It was the first modern attempt to define Lithuania ethnographically, to respect national minorities and continue the connexion with Russia upon the federative principle.

From the beginning the state has been unswervingly Democratic, save in the Reconstruction years, though often with heavy Whig or Republican minorities.

The House of Commons was composed of 148 members, representing the 26 electoral divisions of Portugal, the Azores and Madeira, which returned 113 elected members and 35 representatives of minorities, and of 7 members representing the colonies.

The bishops, the real inheritors of the imperial idea of government, had become great landowners through enormous donatkins made to the Church, and allied as they were to the aristocracy, whence their ranks were continually recruited, they had gradually identified themselves with the interests of their class and had adopted its customs; while thanhi to long minorities and civil wars the aristocracy of the high officials had taken an equally important social position.

Mere subordinates while the royal power was strong, they had become, owing to the frequent minorities, and to civil wars which broke the tradition of obedience, the all-powerful ministers of kings nominally absolute but without any real authority.

The chief merit of these early Capets, indeed, was that they had sons, so that their dynasty lasted on without disastrous minorities or quarrels over the division of inheritance.

Fromm has borne a long standing animus against minorities and immigrants who do not fit into his profile of what Canada should look like.

Communist PartyCommunist Parties were mass organizations, but nevertheless minorities.

Back to the top local demography The following figures were taken from Ethnic Minorities in Leicester.

The incomes of ethnic minorities Some minority groups have prospered in Britain, but others remain severely disadvantaged.

One study found that white victimization was the result of ethnic minorities ' resistance to racial abuse linked to territorial dominance.

Of course, Soames, a former equerry to Prince Charles, has also spoken out against spiteful and reckless attacks on minorities.

The Burmese military has been conducting ethnic cleansing against the Karen and other minorities in Burma.

It was therefore lamented that people from minorities remain peripheral to the comedy output on TV and radio.

Hence there were constant minorities and the necessity for choosing a regent.

The problem is that so many young people of ethnic minorities in our schools have a self-concept that is very negative.

It ignores cases where subordinate minorities may develop a negative self-concept together with positive attitudes toward the dominant group.

They insisted that the Government should introduce proposals as to the official language of functionaries, for they feared a return of the procedure used by Badeni, which by means of a Government ordinance had altered the received usage and upset the national balance of power; that in Bohemia the purely German sub-districts (Bezirke) should be included in German districts (Kreise), and in like manner the purely Czech sub-districts in Czech districts, so that there would then be a relatively small number of territories of mixed nationality, which would have to be governed bilingually; that minorities should be protected by law; and that in appointing to posts in the offices of the autonomous Bohemian territorial Government, proportionate consideration should be given to the Germans, attention being paid to the fact that in Bohemia more than a third of the population were German, and that they paid more than half the taxes, but that the Czech national majority had appointed more than 90% of Czechs and not even 10% of Germans in the Government offices.

These 239 sub-districts, according to the bill, were to be grouped in 20 districts, 10 Czech, six German and four bilingual, in which provision was to be made for minorities throughout the whole land through official translation bureaus.

Of 12 recent cases of congenital rubella syndrome, 9 have been in women from ethnic minorities.

Only racist violence and aggression (as were the skinhead attacks on minorities in Germany) or blatant forms of discrimination are criticized.

Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to apply.

The sector in Wales is underrepresented in terms of employing ethnic minorities across all ethnic groups.

Would they really be on the side of the judges in the protection of unpopular minorities?

Racial minorities know only too well what it feels like to be on the receiving end of this unthinking prejudice.

The treatment of blacks and other minorities in the early days of America was an unmitigated injustice.

The empowerment of minorities is a top priority to help all in our community feel heard.

Today, they reach more than 170 urban communities and work with minorities and underprivileged youth.

There have been no large studies that look at how the BDI II works for minorities or other sub-populations such as homeless youth or displaced employees.

There are scholarships for minorities, scholarships for athletes, and scholarships for people with an outstanding record of community service.

A site created for high school seniors might not be the best place for graduate school opportunities, and a list of scholarships for minorities will only help students who fit a particular profile.

Certain minorities also have much higher rates of diabetes-related complications and death, in some instances by as much as 50 percent more than the total population.

Approximately 78 percent of HIV-infected women are minorities and most become infected through heterosexual transmission.

Treatment should be directed toward the primary causes(s) that minorities have increased chances of developing disease(s).

Experts associate this difference with the availability of prenatal care to minorities.

Gang membership is no longer limited to ethnic minorities in America's inner cities, but is found in all ethnic groups, economic classes, and in rural, urban, and suburban settings.

Content may include holiday celebrations, recognizing heroes from different racial and ethnic groups, and focusing on the achievements of women and minorities.

Also, having teachers who are themselves members of minorities would be encouraged.

Children living in inner cities, low-income populations, and minorities have disproportionately higher morbidity and mortality due to asthma.

Numerous prevalence studies for chlamydia have shown rates to be highest among adolescents and young adults under 25 years of age, many of whom are minorities.

Option One specifically targeted elderly and ill customers and discriminated against minorities.

Her charity efforts seem focused on charitable causes that are centered on improving the quality of life for minorities across the world.

This includes schools for children in inner cities, helping to improve the welfare of minority women around the world, and elevating the educational and financial success of minorities in both America and abroad.