Sentences with phrase «crackdown at»

Creative director Thompson built his career working on GTA at DMA and then Crackdown at Realtime Worlds.

Gamescom is right around the corner, and we are expecting to see more of Crackdown at the show.

After a crackdown at the urban crossings in California, illegal traffic from Mexico and Central America shifted to the Arizona desert, a riskier environment.

Governor Cuomo Announces End - of - Summer Underage Drinking and Fake ID Crackdown at Concerts and Events Across the State

The Upstate Republicans are preparing to battle over a tax reform plan that could hurt New Yorkers financially, a budget that cuts programs that are popular Upstate such as Meals on Wheels and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and an immigration crackdown at a time when Upstate cities are embracing refugees and new immigrants.

K.T. McFarland, Trump's deputy national security adviser, reportedly gave the president fake information, leading to a crackdown at the White House.

In a FoxNewsRadio.com story about a cupcake crackdown at one Greeley, Colo., school, an incensed mom is quoted as saying:

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Saudi's Attorney General said in November that the government estimated that «at least $ 100 billion has been misused through systematic corruption and embezzlement over several decades» and said 208 individuals had been arrested as part of the crackdown, with seven released without charge.

Bitcoin's price soared in 2017 — reaching a record high of more than $ 19,000 in December — but saw sharp declines at the start of this new year due to fears of regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies.

Voter turnout was low at 43 percent, however, although the regional government said 770,000 potential voters were not able to vote following the Spanish police's crackdown on voters and polling stations.

South Korea's new management - minded approach is a dramatic turnaround from its energetic regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges this past year, alarmed at a heated market that saw local prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies in South Korea trade for higher than international levels.

The action comes one week after the FDA disclosed a nationwide crackdown on underage sales of Juul e-cigarettes, which have become popular among some teenagers as a way to vape at school and in public.

Public discourse on marijuana legalization at the federal level has only seriously considered the options of Congress making it legal or, conversely, empowering some sort of crackdown.

The confrontation that followed lasted just a few minutes, but it was long enough to spark a class - action lawsuit, a criminal investigation spanning at least three states and a major regulatory crackdown in the U.S.. Now, for the first time, Canadian officials have confirmed they too are investigating the issues at the heart of the dispute.

The move comes at a time when Maduro's socialist government is in the midst of a crackdown on domestic freedoms and Caracas» financial transactions have been hamstrung by Western sanctions.

Sessions» crackdown would be at odds with public opinion.

This crackdown is partly due to a string of recent, highly - publicized disasters including the West Virginia coal mine explosion, an oil rig south of Louisiana that blew up, and a fire at a Washington State oil refinery.

Only 11,000 apartments are registered, perhaps one - fifth the total available on Airbnb and competing sites, Ian Brossat, the mayor's deputy in charge of housing, told Agence France - Presse, hinting at a coming crackdown.

President Donald Trump and his administration have insisted that the deportation crackdown is aimed at illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes, and that sanctuary measures contribute to rising crime.

The crackdown on information comes just months after President Donald Trump announced a new Afghanistan strategy aimed at breaking a battlefield stalemate by accelerating Afghan - led operations against the Taliban and other insurgent groups in the country.

Concessions to China over Scarborough would likely alienate Duterte from his constituents at home, who have given him high approval marks amid a bloody crackdown on drugs that has earned international criticism.

Duterte, who won just under 40 % of the vote in a five - way presidential election last May, remains popular in the Philippines, despite his at - times bellicose behavior and his bloody crackdown on drugs, which has claimed thousands of lives.

The first three games that will arrive on Game Pass at the same time as their global launch dates are «Sea of Thieves,» «Crackdown 3,» and «State of Decay 2» — all Xbox One exclusive games, published by Microsoft.

The crackdown on corporate crime sparked six years ago by accounting scandals at Enron and WorldCom has done little to foster ethical behavior in the workplace, where many employees are still afraid to speak out about misconduct, a new study finds.

President Donald Trump expressed support for medical marijuana on the campaign trail, but his administration has hinted at a possible crackdown on the growing number of U.S. states that have legalized marijuana sales in some form.

Uber, which is preparing for a potential initial public offering in 2019, lost $ 4.5 billion last year and is facing fierce competition at home and in Asia, as well as a regulatory crackdown in Europe.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health want to understand why current dosages of the antidotes are failing in some cases, yet the nationwide law - enforcement crackdown on opioid abuse means they're having a hard time getting permission to get samples of the illegal products they need to study.

The official explanation for the detainments — which involve at least 11 princes, including well - known billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, four ministers and «dozens» of ex-ministers — is that they are part of an ongoing crackdown on corruption.

Still, if growth comes in at 7 percent this year, it would be the slowest expansion since 1990, when China was sanctioned by many countries after the Tiananmen crackdown.

Prince Bader splurged on this controversial and decidedly un-Islamic portrait of Christ at a time when most members of the Saudi elite, including some in the royal family, are cowering under a sweeping crackdown against corruption and self - enrichment.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — More than 200 people have been summoned for questioning, and most are still detained, in a wide - ranging crackdown that Saudi Arabia says is aimed at rooting out corruption and reclaiming embezzled funds, the government said Thursday.

Something that took hardly any time at all was the immediate backlash from citizens aimed at South Korea's official presidential Blue House website; heavy traffic temporarily disabled the site and by Thursday afternoon, 55,000 South Koreans had signed a petition requesting a stay on the crackdown.

With no further prospects of Chinese government action, or at least with any further action not having nearly the effect that crackdowns up to now have had, the Chinese cryptocurrency market shouldn't have anywhere near the impact on cryptocurrency prices that it has had.

At one point it tumbled more than 4 %, and is down almost 40 % from the peaks of mid-June when shares started crashing from 7 - year highs, partly triggered by a regulatory crackdown on leveraged trading.

It's also grappling with systematic racial discrimination from hosts, facing a crackdown from the New York state legislature, and, as of Monday, suing San Francisco over short - term rental rules that the city's board of supervisors passed unanimously at the start of June.

Long a leader in flexible work options, IBM has initiated a companywide remote worker crackdown as a way to bring marketing professionals, engineers, and other workers into the office at six of the company's regional hubs.

In 2014, OSHA's Atlanta office, after detecting a high number of safety violations at the region's parts suppliers, launched a crackdown.

Hossein Askari, a business professor at George Washington University and a one - time adviser to a former Saudi minister of finance, said the crackdown was «not just to get rid of people who are threats» but also to address the country's financial issues.

For some analysts, the latest crackdown is a backhanded attempt at controlling capital flight.

Benedict Rogers, East Asia team leader at religious freedom charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said the vote is an «extremely significant development, which will in all likelihood mean a continuing crackdown on human rights generally, and religious freedom in particular».

The New York Times: China Assails U.S. «Arrogance» in Report on Religious Freedom The United States has issued its annual report on religious freedom around the world, taking particular aim at repression and crackdowns in China, North Korea and Myanmar.

The crackdown on Christians in China has meant that crosses have been removed from churches, churches have been demolished, and Christians suspected of worshipping at home have been detained.

China's crackdown happened despite the fact that many countries benefit greatly from welcoming foreign groups, said Arch Puddington, senior vice president for research at Freedom House.

CNN: Vatican intensifying crackdown on American nuns The Vatican denies there's a connection, but its reprimand of an influential American nun, at a moment when the Holy See is already engaged in an intense fight with most American nuns, sends a clear message: The Catholic Church's leaders think America's nuns have gone rogue and must be reined in.

This has prompted and item in today's Australian Financial Review by Sue Mitchell - «Woolies, ACCC at loggerheads on deals» (at p 3), in which she refers to the «tense» relations between the ACCC and major supermarkets «hehead of a crackdown on creeping acquisitions».

Instead of a crackdown, the state Senate and Assembly have ordered state health officials to test items like pastries and Peking duck in order to see how long they can be kept at room temperature.

(BBC)... Whilst Everton's captain Phil Neville has hit out at coddled party boy players with easy relaxed millionaire lifestyles, and says that there should be a crackdown on the slackers in Premier League football... cough..

The Montreal Expos, who were the first team to visit after the city announced its tax crackdown, rose up against this attempt at taxation without representation with a latter - day Boston Tea Party.

The FTC, which is spearheading the crackdown, doesn't want to admit this, but the guidelines are actually a blueprint for a world where most highly processed fare isn't marketed to kids at all.

«The brutal crackdown on protesters and residents in the western counties, part of a pattern of violence and repression in opposition strongholds, undermined the national elections,» said Otsieno Namwaya, Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW).