Whether we choose to recognize it or not, today as in 1863, the very "life of the nation" hangs in the balance if we fail to defeat the coming nexus of weapons of mass destruction in the hands of Islamofascists.
If the work-life balance in the U.S. is tilting in favor of the employee, the benefits accrue equally to the companies who give employees the flexibility they desire, both in terms of devices and work hours.
But for many other hutong, the future of their slow-paced, village-like way of life hangs precariously in the balance.
Imagine yourself in the prime of your life and being thrust into something of which life and death hanged in the balance.
The richly textured populist panorama, with its long-simmering feuds, casual gunplay, corrupt local politics, and the shoddy justice of vigilante mobs, blends the comic hyperbole of long-ago tall tales with the intense melodramatic spectacle of life and death in the daily balance.
Non-spousal IRA heirs of any age must take RMDs from both traditional and Roth accounts. (The amount you must take out is calculated based on your life expectancy and the balance in your IRAs the end of the prior year.) There are special rules: for folks who turn 70 and a half, they typically have until April 1 of the following year to take their first distribution.
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You never think that your child's life will ever be hanging in the balance.
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In the video below, Dunham explains how finding balance in his life ultimately led to his dream come true.
"In the balance hangs the life of Milke, " Kozinski said, explaining the importance of his decision to overturn her convictions.
For the Danes, life in the EU has often required finding a balance between Germany, their neighbour and biggest trading partner, and Britain, their soul mate and historic market for butter and bacon.
The girls were Michelle Obama's priority throughout the campaign, but she also telegraphed her interest in the issue of work-life balance.
In work-life balance , Citrix topped the list at 4.1, with Google next, at 3.9, just ahead of Cisco and Intel at 3.8.
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The right work life balance is all about making calm, reasonable choices and not overextending oneself in the process.
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Women in the Arab world have work-life balance nailed and their productivity is through the roof because their priorities are clear.
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Where it might have been a predictable, stable life, and having a job that brings in the money, now I feel it might be having a work-life balance so that life can be enjoyed and a job that is engaging and meaningful.
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It's not the one I would have made, but then again the work-life balance that Gibson needs in order to be happy is probably different from mine.
To me, a decent balance of life and technology is illustrated by the way in which this column was published.
Sadly, one place where we see a lot of equity is in how stressed out everyone is by the struggle to balance life and work.
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Many of us marched right into our own offices, creating environments with the kind of values and work life balance we never found in corporate America.
Still, working abroad for any extended length of time requires flexibility and the ability to adapt to changes in culture and work-life balance.
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You get people who are just fascinated by the traditional cultural wisdom and how that helps them in their modern life to give balance to it.
Since we acquire these beliefs early on in life, the sooner we begin to collectively reshape our values around work, work life balance, family time, the sooner we can begin to shape the beliefs, and thus the behaviors, of the next generation.
We cannot ignore the fact that the workplace is in flux and employees are demanding more flexibility and better work-life balance.
Although non-life insurers are taking steps to improve their balance sheets, the prospect for life insurers doing the same is gloomy, particularly in Britain and Germany.
According to Glassdoor, employees at MITRE, a not-for-profit organization based in Massachusetts and Virginia, commented on the high value the company places on work-life balance as shown through flexible schedules, generous paid time off and other great perks like an on-site cafeteria and gym.
If ever a man is to receive credit for the good he has done, and his immediate misconduct assessed in the context of his overall life hitherto, it should be at the moment of his sentencing, when his very future hangs in the balance.
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The state-run China Daily said in its Chinese language edition that the country had to learn to balance development with quality of life.
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"It is about how to balance rights against each other: in particular, the individual's right to family life, the right of the individual to be free from violent crime, and the right of society to protect itself against foreign criminals, " she said.
Australia also ranks poorly in terms of work-life balance with more than 14% of employees working very long hours, well above the OECD average of 9%.
In a unique balance, the villages have found a way to both expose and protect their way of life, sharing profits equally while avoiding mass commercialisation.
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