Larger-than-life characters make up about .01 percent of the world's population.
There are a lot of studies that suggest a higher rate of creativity in bipolars than the general population.
Half of the world population is dying from poverty and hunger and still you think you are not rich enough.
It is true that I once refused to eat haggis in Scotland and this did not sit well with the local population.
Occupying armies have responsibilities, not rights. Their primary responsibility is to withdraw as quickly and expeditiously as possible, in a manner determined by the occupied population.
Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry.
Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's bidding.
The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding.
Any social movement throughout history has always been carried out by only 7% of population being passionately active in that.
The aging and declining population will have far-reaching impacts. Declining fertility rates will possibly increase immigration. The structure of family and society will inevitably change.
Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
The question for Obama is how he can rein in the furies of populism while making us all feel the malefactors of great wealth are being sufficiently punished.
Few things trigger fear and misconception more than economic tribulation, and nothing prompts elected officials to react with more simplistic populism.
I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to do with my life.
Most of us feel some kind of uncertainty, with the population increasing and resources decreasing. We have to face these issues.
Like most of the world's population I'm into coffee, but in a properly big and important way. My perfect weekend would start with a pint of coffee.
Maybe it's just my improv and sketch background, but I'm a lot more comfortable in a group. I like sharing focus and populating an ensemble.
We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.
In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.
People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.
My feeling is that if all Catholics or Reformed Christians had been deported to Germany, the Dutch government in London would have instructed the population in the occupied Netherlands to help them.
