No country gets it all right, though some (like the Nordic ones) do better in general than others (notably, America).
Other countries put more emphasis on preschool education. New Zealand and the Nordic countries are particularly keen on getting women back to work and children into kindergartens.
Major events such as the Swiss Alpine Marathon,Nordic Cross Country World Championships,Spengler Cup Ice Hockey Tournament and the UBS Snowboard World Championships are just a few of the highlights from an impressive palette of sporting attractions.
Start a Nordic tradition in your house.
Now, America should not and cannot simply copy the Nordic model or any other.
The world is looking for lessons from Nordic countries, some of which are weathering the crisis better than most.
The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters.
The original population of Iceland was of Nordic and Celtic origin.
The truth is that there is never a single economic model for other countries, even the Nordic states, to follow.
Team USA is guaranteed at least a silver in women's hockey, and it should pick up MEDALS, some of them gold, in Nordic Combined, speed skating, short track and perhaps bobsled.
So it would make sense to move Switzerland north, where it would fit neatly into the Nordic countries.
Perhaps the Nordic judges felt it was a suitable consolation after Chicago lost out to Rio DE Janeiro in its bid to host the 2016 Olympic games.
Luck has played a part: Estonia has been pulled up by recovery in Germany and the Nordic countries.
The Nordic detective is often careworn and rumpled.
But beyond that, Mr Cameron-like other British politicians before him-is sincerely curious about the Nordic nations, home to what one senior figure calls "brilliant ideas working well".
Ethnically most Norwegians are Nordic/North Germanic, while small minorities in the north are Finnish.
Denmark and its Nordic neighbors have the most extensive cradle-to-grave protection systems in the European Union. They also pay the highest taxes.
He looked the same as I remembered - tall, lean, blond, boyish and handsome in a Nordic ski instructor kind of way.
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