For all concerned with social-welfare legislation, the significance of this radical and revolutionary change in the thought and habits of the vast majority of the American people is clear, profound and far-reaching.

Debierne, who is now considered by the vast majority of historians as the discoverer, lost interest in the element and left the topic.

The vast majority of energy is produced with imported fuel, including gas and nuclear fuel ( for its one nuclear power plant ) from Russia ; the main domestic energy source is hydroelectric.

This means that the individual atoms can be treated as if each were in isolation, as the vast majority of the time they are.

Wesley thoroughly agreed with the vast majority of what Arminius himself taught, maintaining strong doctrines of original sin, total depravity, conditional election, prevenient grace, unlimited atonement, and possibly apostasy.

The vast majority of his Khoja Ismaili followers in India welcomed him warmly, but some dissident members, sensing their loss of prestige with the arrival of the Imam, wished to maintain control over communal properties.

It has been estimated that during his entire career Aalto designed over 500 individual buildings, approximately 300 of which were built, the vast majority of which are in Finland.

Many actors train at length in special programs or colleges to develop these skills, and today the vast majority of professional actors have undergone extensive training.

Artillery is the most lethal form of land-based armament ; in the Napoleonic Wars, World War I and World War II the vast majority of combat deaths were caused by artillery.

" When Li ' l Abner made its debut in 1934, the vast majority of comic strips were designed chiefly to amuse or thrill their readers.

His superior command of Greek, and the fact that the vast majority of his writings were in Greek, led some in the West to claim that he was a Greek born in Alexandria.

A paradox in metabolism is that, while the vast majority of complex life on Earth requires oxygen for its existence, oxygen is a highly reactive molecule that damages living organisms by producing reactive oxygen species.

The vast majority of bird species are socially monogamous, usually for one breeding season at a time, sometimes for years, but rarely for life.

They are responsible for the vast majority of published standards and specifications.

" However, the vast majority of evolutionary biologists, anthropologists and paleontologists completely dismiss the possibility of the existence of sasquatch.

When the United States renounced its offensive biological warfare program in 1969 and 1970, the vast majority of its biological arsenal was composed of these plant diseases.

Thus, a robust surveillance system involving human clinicians and veterinarians may identify a bioweapons attack early in the course of an epidemic, permitting the prophylaxis of disease in the vast majority of people ( and / or animals ) exposed but not yet ill.

Although details remain disputed, the vast majority of recent studies agree with Martin Noth's thesis, published in 1943, that the book of Samuel was composed as part of the Deuteronomistic history, the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings.

There are three " parts " of the act under which the vast majority of " acts of bankruptcy " fall.

: Consumer estates were the vast majority, with 122 999 estates.

The vast majority of companies covered by the Act have hired internal auditors to ensure that the company adheres to required standards of internal control.

As with other learned professions, each state has certain ( fairly similar ) requirements for becoming licensed as a registered Professional Engineer ( PE ), but in practice such a license is not required to practice in the majority of situations ( due to an exception known as the private industry exemption, which effectively applies to the vast majority of American engineers ).

The vast majority of these products are exported, mainly to the United States.

At the same time the vast majority of these resources are exported, integrating Canada closely into the international economy.

" Of the Federalists, he continued, " But this opens with a vast accession of strength from their younger recruits, who, having nothing in them of the feelings or principles of ' 76, now look to a single and splendid government of an aristocracy, founded on banking institutions, and moneyed incorporations under the guise and cloak of their favored branches of manufactures, commerce and navigation, riding and ruling over the plundered ploughman and beggared yeomanry.

Between 18 and 24 April 1975, with the fall of Saigon imminent, the Navy concentrated off Vung Tau a vast assemblage of ships under Commander Task Force 76 comprising:

In contrast, the 2007 Micropædia has roughly 65, 000 articles, the vast majority ( about 97 %) of which contain fewer than 750 words, no references, and no named contributors.

Plea bargaining is a significant part of the criminal justice system in the United States ; the vast majority ( roughly 90 %) of criminal cases in the United States are settled by plea bargain rather than by a jury trial.

At that time, French-speaking Canadians formed the vast majority of the settler population of the province of Quebec ( more than 99 %) and British immigration was not going well.

Zulu ( isiZulu in Zulu ) is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority ( over 95 %) of whom live in South Africa.

The vast majority ( over 85 %) of people in the United States consume caffeine on a daily basis.

Based on the proportion of Cecropia species producing Mullerian bodies in at least some parts of their distribution, myrmecophytes comprise the vast majority ( 80 %) of species in the genus ; most nonmyrmecophytes occur at higher elevations and on islands, where their ants are missing .” ( Berg, Rosselli and Davidson, 2005: page 214 )

The vast majority ( 80 %) of the Afghan leprosy victims are Hazara.

While " cask-strength ", or undiluted, whisky ( often having an alcohol content as high as 60 %) has recently become popular, the vast majority of whisky is diluted to its " bottling strength " — between 40 % and 46 % ABV — and bottled for sale.

The vast majority ( 80 %) of Canada ’ s licensed pharmacists work in community pharmacies, another 15 percent in hospital or institutional pharmacies, and the remainder work in situations that may not legally require licensed pharmacists such as associations, pharmaceutical companies, and consulting firms.

The crisis boosted Sinn Féin so that in the December general election it won the vast majority of seats, leaving the Nationalist Party with only six seats for the 220, 837 votes cast ( 21. 7 %) ( down from 84 seats out of 105 in 1910 ).

The vast majority ( 97 %) of households in the top quintile had two or more income earners.

In April 2006, Broadcasting & Cable reported, " Two thirds of advertisers employ ' branded entertainment '— product placement — with the vast majority of that ( 80 %) in commercial TV programming.

The vast majority ( more than 90 %) of Orthodox priests are married men — having married before they were ordained.

The vast majority of the sky ( over 98 %) has yet to be surveyed, and each point in the sky must be surveyed many times to exclude even a subset of possibilities.

The vast majority ( 98. 6 %) of the population described themselves as white in the 2001 census.

The vast majority of people ( 97 %) have detectable antibodies by three months after HIV infection ; a six-month window is extremely rare with modern antibody testing.

Reduced complication rates even for third degree repair ( e. g., fistula rates below 5 %) have been reported in recent years from centers with the most experience, and surgical repair is now performed for the vast majority of infants with hypospadias.

The population during the year 2000 census was 118, 350 people, the vast majority of whom ( about 90 %) live in small rural villages.

Public opinion however holds negative feelings towards the HST with an Ipsos Reid poll showing vast majority of British Columbians ( 82 %) and Ontarians ( 74 %) oppose their provincial government ’ s plans to harmonize the sales tax.

The vast majority of Tunisians are Arab / Berber ( 98 %) followed by European ( 1 %) and Jewish ( 1 %).

The vast majority ( 97 %) come from one of at least 14 distinct ethnic minority groups.

The vast majority ( around 90 %) of the legionaries were Czechs.