• The United States of America is founded on the principle that all men are created equal.

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  • All pension plans work on the principle that money is paid into a fund which is then invested.

    FORBES: The Federal Reserve Produces A Black Swan

  • By making seating arrangements based on the principle that most people are short they can squeeze more people in the plane.

    FORBES: Second Circuit Declares Section 3 Of DOMA Unconstitutional

  • Rivalries were poisonous, based on the principle that it was not enough to succeed: others had to be seen to fail.

    ECONOMIST: British television

  • While Western medicine generally treats the same illness the same way, Asian medicine operates on the principle that no two people are alike.

    CNN: SPECIAL REPORT: HEALTH

  • There are no formal budgets or projections for the year ahead, on the principle that customer needs, not product targets, should determine growth.

    ECONOMIST: More Swedish lessons for the banking industry

  • Much of civilization is based on the principle that children are best socialized in a home by two biological parents in a committed relationship.

    FORBES: Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Punishes Marriage

  • Sentinel node biopsy works on the principle that a few of the underarm nodes are first in line to host the spreading cancer cells.

    BBC: 'One stop shop' for cancer

  • The Geneen machine ran on the principle that sound financial management could be applied successfully to any business, from rental cars to bakeries to insurance.

    ECONOMIST: Harold Geneen

  • It includes a historic commitment to comprehensive health care reform, a down payment on the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American.

    CNN: Obama speech to Congress focuses on economy

  • Next, I opened with the remodeling, on the principle that it's less important than the homey touches, and a sentence should ideally end with a (relative) bang.

    WSJ: Word Craft: Ben Yagoda on Not Writing Badly

  • Resulting in an emerging ecosystem of Insurers, brokers, and cloud marketplaces to provide that actionable data, and operating on the principle that cloud is a commodity .

    FORBES: CloudNOW unveils its 2013 cloud computing predictions

  • Mr. Lonegan counters that every working New Jersey resident should pay something -- on the principle that everyone should bear at least some of the cost of government.

    WSJ: New Jersey's Flat Tax Debate

  • If the Obama Administration insists on the principle that any settlement should return Mr. Zelaya to power we may be facing a case of a Latin American Yalta.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Latin American Yalta

  • It is increasingly clear that much of corporate America has been permitted to operate on the principle that it gets the profit but somebody else takes the risk.

    ECONOMIST: Letters

  • Property rights depend on the principle that you own yourself.

    FORBES: Are Property Rights Human Rights?

  • He must, however, insist on the principle that peace and democracy are inextricably linked -- and call upon the Central American presidents and the Congress to uphold that principle.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • Britain's approach to tackling domestic extremism has sought to mix vigilance with openness, on the principle that militants are least dangerous in places where they and their followers can be closely watched.

    ECONOMIST: Muslim extremism in Europe

  • Education in the Netherlands Antilles is based on the principle that each child, regardless of religious faith, race or social status, has to be given the opportunity to develop him or her self completely.

    UNESCO: Introduction

  • Barak will stand firm on the principle that Israel has no alternative but to make peace with the Palestinians, and will remind the electorate of the conspicuous failures of both Netanyahu and Sharon to make progress on this front.

    CNN: Why Barak gambled on an election

  • The cost of e-reading devices keeps dropping, and it's likely that in the next year or two companies like Amazon may be giving away basic e-readers for free (on the principle that you can make more money selling "blades" than "razors").

    CNN: E-books spur reading among Americans, survey shows

  • "They tend to work on the hedonistic principle that if it's enjoyable, then it must be right, " he said.

    BBC: NEWS | Health | Stress 'fuelling early puberty'

  • They said their ruling, published in March, depended in part on the established principle that "justice delayed is justice denied".

    BBC: Jailed man to get damages for Coventry Crown Court error

  • But I will not back down on the basic principle that, if Americans can't find affordable coverage, we will provide you with a choice.

    CNN: Obama offers health care details in speech to Congress

  • This nation was built on the basis of the principle that we are stronger, not weaker, for even the most vigorous debates -- debates that have energized our politics since the inventors of America argued over our founding documents more than two centuries ago.

    WHITEHOUSE: THE WHITE HOUSE

  • One of the principles our company was founded on was the same principle that brought my partners and I together in the first place: faith.

    FORBES: Selling My Company By Giving It Away

  • The e-learning programme is founded on the basic and practical principle that the use of the internet as a learning tool not only creates anonymity and thus dismantles the psychological barriers that prevent illiterate adults from resuming their studies but also enables them to balance their work, family and learning commitments by learning at home at whatever time is suitable to them.

    UNESCO: Ich will lernen (I want to learn)

  • The percentage depletion deduction was conceived in 1932 based on the accepted corporate tax principle that business taxes should be reduced in scale as the value of company equipment, structures and other assets diminish over time.

    FORBES: Connect

  • The music and lyrics by Kander and Ebb operate on the old-fashioned principle that every song should be a showstopper, regardless of whether the show should be stopped.

    NEWYORKER: Chicago

  • The trouble is, they have always agreed on the principle: indeed, the only thing that France, Germany and the ECB can agree is that a second support programme for Greece is essential.

    BBC: More time to argue about Greece

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