Sentences with phrase «despite early efforts»

Despite the early efforts of Dr. Pfiefer and many other enthusiasts, the AWS has never regained its pre - World War II popularity.

Despite early efforts from the House, which passed a version of the tax bill that condensed the current seven tax brackets to four and cut many of the deductions — like those for teachers» supplies and high medical expenses — the final draft of the tax bill does no such thing.

As the game resumed, despite an early effort by Agbonlahor, it soon became clear that the Eagles had landed, with Bolasie forcing an acrobatic save from Guzan, Jerome hitting the bar with his shot two yards from goal and Ledley almost scoring from the centre of the box.

He also tries to make better hearing aids for Regan, who can't hear a thing, despite his earlier efforts.

Not exact matches

OTTAWA — Canada's cities say that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government is reducing its efforts to invest in affordable housing and fight poverty despite suggesting earlier that it was ready to take action.

Thanks to the work of several dogged journalists, and despite the NFL's best efforts to subvert the truth, we now know that repeated blows to the head experienced in the normal course of football play can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a type of brain damage resulting in early onset dementia and severe (and, in the worst cases, suicidal) depression.

I ate a couple of these cookies (okay, maybe like five) one evening after taking two final exams earlier that day (read: major sleep deprivation), and I was still wide awake until about 4:00 am, despite my best efforts to relax and catch some winks.

Despite an early stumble - flourish from Chelsea, despite Arsenal's best worst efforts, things have already settled back into their predictableDespite an early stumble - flourish from Chelsea, despite Arsenal's best worst efforts, things have already settled back into their predictabledespite Arsenal's best worst efforts, things have already settled back into their predictable shape.

Despite an effort from Alex Iwobi early in the second half, it wasn't enough to spark an Arsenal comeback as they suffered what could prove to be a really costly loss in the Premier League title race.

Vettel got into the DRS zone on the last lap but couldn't mount enough of an attack despite his best efforts, and Bottas took the win by just six - tenths of a second - the same gap he beat Vettel by when he won his first GP in Russia earlier this year!

Despite my best efforts to convince myself I was just accidently peeing, my younger daughter (J) was born early the following morning.

Despite our best efforts to keep him on a schedule of an early bedtime and naps every 3 hours, our days were inconsistent.

Sometimes she wakes early, and despite my cry it out efforts, she will not fall back asleep on her own.

There will always be those children that start to sleep through the night, with no trouble, super early on, and then there will be others who, despite your best efforts, refuse to sleep for a very long time.

NIFA, which calculated a $ 176 million budget deficit in January, last week estimated Nassau's fiscal «risks» at $ 118.8 million despite Mangano's efforts to cut costs through layoffs, early retirements and a police reorganization.

Despite Espada's efforts, the bill was narrowly defeated on Tuesday, after several Democrats who had earlier supported the legislation voted no.

The state labeled Hughes a «persistently low - achieving» school in early 2010 because of its low test scores, and despite an infusion of state funding and efforts to turn it around, it has not markedly improved, district Chief Academic Officer Laura Kelley said.

The Park Foundation, an Ithaca - based philanthropic fund, has also continued to fund state - based anti-fracking efforts despite the ban, including a $ 125,000 grant to New Yorkers Against Fracking earlier this year.

In a letter to be sent to lawmakers Friday morning, Cuomo's counsel Alphonso David proposes the date and faults legislators for not responding to earlier attempts at coordinating their schedules «despite our best efforts.»

Some early targets are obvious: Despite all of former Chancellor Joel Klein's best efforts, city middle schools remain an academic black hole; our high schools have a higher graduation rate, but too few graduates are ready for the academic rigors of college.

Despite the cost in time and effort, collaborating with the world's best scientists and the world's leading scientific facilities can result in stronger science and increased visibility for early - career scientists.

Despite the best efforts of Chazan, Hlubik, and others, many archaeologists remain skeptical that humankind tended flames at these early dates.

Despite decades of effort since then, seismologists still have not settled on a reliable early warning system for such deadly quakes, though systems are used in Japan and Europe.

Dozens of utilities surveyed by Reuters earlier this year said they would continue to move away from coal despite efforts by the Trump administration to revive the coal industry.

The mystery object discovered earlier this year traveling through our solar system is showing no signs of any alien life, despite plenty of efforts to look and listen for a signal.

Despite efforts to protect them as early as the 16th century, they were all gone by 1844.

Despite ongoing efforts toward finding novel entities for the treatment of the most challenging cancers, translation into patient benefit has been slow due to the fact that translational cancer research from early drug discovery to late stage drug development and assessment in clinical trials is a long process.

I have been tested for hashimotos and antibodies and they've been negative, but I have been reading / trying to determine if there is something I could take to aid immune issues re; getting pg (potential immune rejection w / 3 early miscarriages, difficulty getting pg despite repeat efforts / years and few if any Repro Endocrinologists in the country aware or interested in determining if I have immune issues in this area — I've been diagnosed with «idiopathic infertility»).

Having established his bona fides, he then tackled his first project with a professional cast, led by Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron, but despite its topical subject matter — the plight of the American farmer — At Any Price seemed hopelessly contrived.99 Homes takes the best qualities of his early efforts and channels them through a well - crafted screenplay, brought to life by top - flight actors.

Early on, we see him at breakfast, refusing — despite her desperate efforts — to give his attention to a young woman named Johanna (Camilla Rutherford, her extraordinary eyes blazing with anxiety).

As I wrote about earlier, in true professional learning communities teachers work interdependently - that is key to this working (as witnessed at Cherokee Heights) and despite Jan's efforts, this was not happening yet at her school.

This paper argues that decentralizing decisionmaking authority to schools is a reform worthy of a new look, despite the perceived failure of earlier school - based management (SBM) efforts to improve student performance.

Allen said that despite those «top down» reform efforts, in the early 1990s similar numbers of children and college students still needed remedial education assistance.

It is sort of frustrating that despite out best efforts we can not find the real handling limits on the open roads, always braking early and just occasionally touching the lateral limit.

In the end, despite its meaty, 295/40, 21 - inch Continental CrossContact ultra-high-performance summer tires, the G65's ultimate handling limits are very low, with the electronic nannies stepping in early and often in an effort to keep things from going pear - shaped.

Despite BMW's best efforts to liven things up a bit with that gloss black trim we mentioned earlier, it's not exactly an exciting place to spend time in, and the cabin design is starting to show its age a bit now — especially when compared with the rather classy center console layout on the Mercedes - Benz C - Class.

«Despite creative efforts by Gulf carriers such as gate - side (laptop) check - in, separate secure inflight storage and dedicated arrival pick - up, not to mention onboard loaner tablets, early indications are the negative impact on bookings has been significant.»

Recently released Lastfight made an attempt at being the new Power Stone earlier this year, but it's not the Power Stone 3 a number of Dreamcast fans have been waiting for, despite a valiant effort.

Shares in NRG (NYSE: NRG) tumbled nearly 70 percent from January to early December 2015, despite Crane's reorganization efforts.

Despite early knowledge about climate change, electric utilities have continued to invest heavily in fossil fuel power generation over the past half a century, and since 1988 some have engaged in ongoing efforts to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

So after 11 years in government, despite some notable efforts in the early years, Labour's constitutional reform project can be broadly categorised as having had limited successes, followed by a longer fallow period in which the government has seemed more preoccupied by reforming the constitutions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Despite the fame of these early computers, little effort was made to ensure full documentation survived.