Sentences with phrase «despite early promises»

2/13/18 --» Racial Disparities Persist In Marijuana Arrests» — Politico's Brendan Cheney: «Black and brown New Yorkers continue to face marijuana arrests at rates nearly 10 times those of whites, despite early promises from Mayor Bill de Blasio to close the racial disparity.

Despite that early promise - he was only ever a journeyman in France before moving to Italian side Udinese, aged 23, on a free.

Jack Wilshere had never played for any other club than Arsenal from an early age, and despite his early promise, injuries stunted his growth and development and stopped him getting much game time even when he felt fit enough to play.

Despite early promise, Lupoli was only given two more senior appearances in the 04/05 season, the first coming against Man.United in the next round of the League Cup and the last in a FA Cup Fifth - round replay versus Sheffield United.

Despite earlier promises to work with traditional Democrats, the five - member Independent Democratic Conference is expected to again align itself with Senate Republicans during the legislative session that begins Wednesday.

Despite earlier promises to the contrary, private school lobbying groups balked at turning over student test and other data to DPI.

In New York City, the United Federation of Teachers was left fuming too, as school officials there announced plans to release teacher evaluation data to the public despite an earlier promise that they would try to keep the information private.

These loot crates were introduced while the game was still in Early Access, despite earlier promises by the game's creator that microtransactions would not be added to the game before it had fully launched.

While injured workers won some victories, the Board introduced experience rating and the Liberal government, despite earlier promises, brought in the the dual - award system and deeming with the passage of Bill 162 (1990).

Phones and tablets running Android «Lollipop» will not have device encryption switched on by default, despite an earlier promise by the software maker.

Not exact matches

Despite official promises, the futures markets indicate investors now see the Fed waiting until at least early next year before it starts to gradually close the monetary spigot.

Still, the weak showing left G.M. with a lower market share for the year than it had a year earlier despite executives» promises that G.M. would begin to grow again after decades of shrinking market share.

Despite promising to have the squad ready early this summer, the opposite would appear to be true, with many makeshift defenders and hardly inspiring results against Leicester and Stoke.

Despite some great moments for club and country, I think it is fair to say that the Arsenal and England international star Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain has largely failed to live up to his early promise and has yet to prove Arsene Wenger right for paying what was at the time a hefty fee for a 17 - year old.

Despite the fact that Arsenal dropped points at home to Middlesborough recently, we still find ourselves neck and neck with Man City, as their early promise had disappeared and been replaced with the longest winless run of the Spaniard's career as a coach.

That being said (despite my pure hatred of the man) i used to respect the way Mourinho shifted all the focus onto him and away from his players, whatever the situation... That's a far - cry from what he's done this season and his early season promises of attacking football and proper team selections are all looking like empty promises.

Despite Jenkinson's promising campaign at West Ham, the Hammers» high standards from earlier this season haven't been maintained by Sam Allardyce's men.

Despite showing early signs of promise, unfortunately for Embolo he was badly injured in October 2016 and hasn't played competitively since.

The government has shelved plans to publish a review of rape convictions, despite promises earlier in the week it would be published this morning.

It did not go to the floor for a vote despite its high number of sponsors — and despite promises that rules reform would make the council more democratic under Mark - Viverito than it was for the months former Speaker Christine Quinn stalled votes on earlier police reform bills.

NEW YORK CITY — City Councilmembers who supported two NYPD oversight bills that Mayor Bloomberg vetoed earlier this week have promised to double down on their veto - proof support of the legislation, despite the mayor's doubts the Council will win out.

Despite early hints and promises to do so, Cuomo never launched a public campaign for ethics reform, and his rhetoric in the session's final days suggested he had simply thrown up his hands.

When the Obama administration promised $ 8 billion for rail service improvements earlier this year as part of its $ 787 - billion economic stimulus package, it opened a flood of interest in high - speed railroads, a mode of transport that has languished in the U.S. despite successes in east Asia, Europe and other parts of the world.

Despite the promising early results, there is currently no evidence to suggest that using apps alone can outperform standard psychological therapies, or reduce the need for antidepressant medications.

Exhibiting signs of drug - fueled brain damage, Galifianakis confidently treats the film's first half as a personal showcase, nailing so many weirdly uncomfortable one - liners — including a priceless gag involving an infant and simulated masturbation — that despite the predictable homophobic barbs marring the early mood, he single - handedly inspires confidence in the zaniness promised by the subsequently established premise.

Despite a promising premise, early reviews report a dismal execution of the script.

Despite promising earlier this year that he would eventually stop, Liam Neeson has just signed on to star in another one of those movies that he makes these days.

The 90th annual Academy Awards — a race that went from feeling like anything could happen before the ceremony to a relatively safe ceremony that, despite some memorable presenters, didn't quite live up to the promise of a diverse and exciting slate of nominees — took place earlier tonight at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Attorney General George Jepsen, with the support of Governor Malloy, moved to destroy the most important school funding case in more than half a century, despite Malloy's earlier promises to support the case.

Schools Week revealed last week how two of the three expert groups set up before the election have yet to be published, despite promises they would be released by «early 2016».

However, despite the fact that Vallas signed the contract on April 23, 2012, the promised conversion has yet to take place, and Bridgeport's School System continues to utilize the earlier company's software, at an undisclosed price.

Despite the book jacket's promise of a love story, it becomes clear early on that this is not going to be a love story in any traditional sense; even the narrator qualifies his statement by saying that it's a story of Russian love, indicating that we shouldn't expect anything remotely soppy and loving within these pages.

Despite showing clear promise and being a tremendous upgrade compared to earlier BlackBerry software, BlackBerry 10 didn't receive the warmest welcome when it was unveiled earlier this week.

Despite those early misgivings, Pronoun earned the approval of indie authors, including myself and fellow ALLi Watchdog Giacomo «Jim» Giammatteo, and ALLi decided to give the service the benefit of the doubt and observe closely what unfolded.So Monday's sudden announcement of the closure of Pronoun was a shock and a disappointing end for a service that held such promise.

Amazon Games Studios and the feedback on its titles have been rather promising, despite the studio losing some high profile developers early in its life (Kim Swift of Portal fame left for EA's Motive Studios and Clint Hocking of Far Cry 2 fame went to Ubisoft).

Despite early reviews looking promising for what should be a revitalization of Ubisoft's mix of action and stealth, hacking - based gameplay, it looks as though Watch Dogs 2 might follow the recent trend set by Titanfall 2.

It was hard for us to narrow down our favourites, and ultimately some games missed out because they were just too early in development despite showing promise (hi Phantasma and Cannibal Fever!)

It's early days for Android on smartwatches, but despite a few teething problems, Android Wear has an abundance of potential We have been promised a revolution in wearable computing for at least the past couple years.

Despite Bitcoin's failure to achieve its initial promise as quickly as early enthusiasts expected, Coinbase, a digital money startup based in San Francisco, has continued to chug along, attempting to find its footing in a market defined less by everyday consumers than by speculators and aficionados.

Despite promising the rollout of in - flight Wi - Fi from «early 2017», which it actually will still do with one plane, it won't be until 2018 that Qantas» entire domestic fleet will be Wi - Fi equipped.

But as with its predecessor, early availability of the OnePlus 2 was hindered by the company's frustrating invite system - and despite promises that the system had been greatly improved... well, it wasn't, and its CEO later apologized for having «messed up the launch» of the device.