Sentences with phrase «despite recent efforts»

The downward spiral of the market that consists of traditional tablets, detachables and convertibles, continues, despite recent efforts from manufacturers like Apple and Microsoft who released upgraded versions of iPad and Surface, respectively.

Chrome OS has failed to penetrate the market in great numbers, despite recent efforts to merge compatibility of Android apps from the Play Store into the newest «Alpha» versions of Chrome OS.

Despite recent efforts to make the draconian UK Family Court system more compatible with the ECHR — in both domains of private and public law — it still remains an aberration long overdue root and branch reform.

(Calif.) The state's 43,000 public school students in foster care pose an enormous academic challenge to districts despite recent efforts to emphasize intervention programs.

That hasn't changed, despite recent efforts.

(Va.) Despite recent efforts of the Obama administration to provide states more flexibility in developing new accountability systems, school districts across the nation continue to rely on performance measures tied to conventional testing systems, according to a new report.

They found that despite recent efforts by the movement's leaders to address the problem of racial discrimination, evangelicals themselves seem to be preserving America's racial chasm.»

Despite recent efforts at regulatory reform, our supply chains still suffer from the «tyranny of small differences.»

Not exact matches

Part of the reason is that it can take years to access prison rehabilitation programs if you have a longer sentence because people with shorter sentences get priority; despite recent national efforts to make opioid antidotes and addiction treatments more widely accessible, many prisons still don't have these programs in place, leaving addicts who make it out of prison far more susceptible to relapse.

The unicorn remains on our radar, despite falling short on its revenue targets and its recent effort to trim costs.

Ernst came from behind and surged in recent weeks despite herculean efforts by powerful Democratic figures to save Braley, including a campaign visit by Obama's wife, Michelle.

China has had little success in projecting «soft power» (despite considerable effort and investment), and has far less recent experience than the U.S. in managing global affairs.

The house - sharing juggernaut Airbnb is accelerating its China expansion with more localization efforts, despite the recent hiccups in China management team.

But despite her efforts, as well as the recent start - up of spousal and child support, it wasn't enough to dig herself out of a financial hole.

Despite Chamber of Commerce - type efforts to discredit the «slow growth» approach as «elitist» and «anti-business,» and despite shamefully blatant local newspaper support for the pro-growth candidate in the recent municipal election, the pro-cap mayDespite Chamber of Commerce - type efforts to discredit the «slow growth» approach as «elitist» and «anti-business,» and despite shamefully blatant local newspaper support for the pro-growth candidate in the recent municipal election, the pro-cap maydespite shamefully blatant local newspaper support for the pro-growth candidate in the recent municipal election, the pro-cap mayor won.

It also followed some recent wild tweets by Musk about building a cyborg dragon, how his eyebrows can grab things and an April 1 post in which he wrote, «Despite intense efforts to raise money, including a last - ditch mass sale of Easter Eggs, we are sad to report that Tesla has gone completely and totally bankrupt.

Despite such efforts to instill doubt in voters, a recent CNN / ORC International poll showed that a candidate's Mormon faith made no difference to 80 % of Americans, and that 51 % believed Mormonism was a Christian religion.

Despite the efforts of Carter, Martin and more recent advocates, the prison abolition movement in this country is still small.

Theories of modernization, despite the rather serious attacks to which they have been subjected in recent years, have been so prominent in the social sciences, and have played such an important role in our thinking about social change, that any effort to consider the changing relations between states and religious institutions must begin here.

Still, Calhanoglu's sublime effort is a reminder of the threat Milan pose in most areas of the pitch, with Gennaro Gattuso's side in largely fine form since he took over despite the recent setback against Arsenal.

Before the groups were set, there were four English teams (Chelsea, Man City, Man United, Arsenal) with 20:1 or better odds to win the Champions League despite overall disappointing efforts in recent years.

That stance softened in recent weeks when it became apparent the playmaker was determined to push through a move, and manager Jurgen Klopp decided not to keep an unhappy player despite the club's best efforts to entice him to stay.

Despite Saturday's opponents appearing a great deal weaker at first glance than Aston Villa, Blackpool will still take some beating judging by their most recent effort against Fulham when earning a 2 - 2 draw at the Cottage.

A recent example is Brad Lander, who lost 6 to 1 in Boro Park despite Hikind's massive efforts on his behalf in 2009.

Cuomo insisted the city's homelessness crisis is continuing to worsen because of the «mismanagement» of his nemesis, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, despite a spate of recent efforts by City Hall to improve the crumbling shelter system.

Defence budgets will always be under pressure, but the situation has been made worse by the recent revelations that despite Hammond's efforts to plug the UK MoD's budget «black hole» — defence is still set to suffer deep cuts.

Despite a series of federal and state efforts in recent months to get rid of the product, it remains in salons across the country.

The steep rise in costs comes despite an intense effort in recent years to bring efficiency to pharmaceutical R&D.

Despite the difficulty of working with this sexually transmitted parasite, the minimalism of its genome has made it the focus of several recent bioengineering efforts.

The researchers found that, «despite large environmental change and management efforts over recent decades, water quality of lakes in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. has not overwhelmingly degraded or improved.»

Despite more gym memberships sold and a greater effort to engage in regular workouts in recent years, it seems they're not having much of an effect on our nation's collective weight loss — more than half of Australian adults are either overweight or obese, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Despite a growing number of efforts to reduce childhood obesity in recent years — and even some data showing declines — new data shows the rates of overweight or obese children continue to rise in the U.S., with severe obesity increasing significantly.

Recent randomized controlled studies back up the point that diet drinks may sabotage weight loss efforts despite the large decrease in consumed sugars.

I'm still a big fan of a family day here despite recent events, we just all need to be responsible for ourselves and not assume that barriers are impenetrable - especially with enough effort from a determined child.

No, she's not actually playing Janis Joplin — but Bette Midler's powerhouse performance in «The Rose» as a fearsomely talented, self - destructive and very Joplin-esque singer was the closest we've gotten to Janis onscreen, despite numerous recent efforts.

Despite countless «man - on - a-mission» flicks in recent years, DEATH SENTENCE, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, even Cage's tepid JUSTICE, to name a few, as well as future projects such as Joe Carnahan's DEATH WISH remake or Albert Hughes» MOTOR CITY, I'm always a one for a great one of these efforts in this sub-genre, if done right... and heaps of violence!

Despite Capcom's best efforts at making the series more approachable to newcomers in recent years (and I applaud them for it) there's still a long way to go, and a great need for more concise, useful information on the game's nuances.

However, despite the considerable effort and resources allocated to this priority over recent decades, there is little evidence that gaps have been reduced.

In a recent article published in the journal Neuron, neurobiologists Blake Richards and Paul Frankland challenge the predominant view of memory, which holds that forgetting is a process of loss — the gradual washing away of critical information despite our best efforts to retain it.

Institute noted in their recent report on targeted teaching, that «Despite heroic efforts by many teachers, our most advanced students are not adequately stretched while our least advanced are not properly supported.

The gulf between North Carolina's richest and poorest school districts is widening despite an effort by the legislature to close the gap, a recent study of local school finance says.

The report, written in collaboration with immigrant advocates and community groups throughout the city, shows that many immigrant parents remain shut out of school activities and leadership opportunities despite the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) recent efforts to increase parent involvement in schools.

Despite best efforts, most school improvement initiatives — especially in high - needs, disadvantaged schools — fail or show little improvement, as evidenced by the recent findings from the USDOE School Improvement Grants.

Reading achievement in D.C. public schools has climbed in the fourth grade in recent years, the federal government reported Wednesday, while progress nationwide has stalled despite huge instructional efforts launched under the No Child Left Behind law.

Despite its less than stellar track record, teacher evaluation has taken center stage in recent efforts to reform public schools in the United States.

Despite best efforts, most school - improvement initiatives — especially in high - needs, disadvantaged schools — fail or show little improvement, as evidenced by the recent findings from the USDOE School Improvement Grants.

Unfortunately, we were unable to achieve the 40 mpg bogey on a recent test drive here, despite our best efforts which included driving a steady 60 mph (96.5 km / h) on a long stretch of highway.

DCL has garnered recent media attention for its efforts to increase the number of e-books available to library patrons, despite roadblocks to library acquisition of e-books from large commercial publishers.

Despite this ratio, the Board's actually boasted about its recent cost control efforts..!

Despite recent government efforts to drive down auto insurance rates in Ontario these are still over-proportionally high when compared to the rest of Canada.