Sentences with phrase «failed promise of»

And there was a pessimistic feeling in New York during the 1970s — the recession, the misery of the American political scene, the failed promise of various social and artistic revolutions.

The narratives he exposes — the social and psychological consequences of economic inequality, the racism endemic to America's political elites and institutions, and the failed promise of American freedom and prosperity for all of its citizens — once seemed marginal to white, American society.

As David Angus and I discovered in researching our book on the history of the American high school (The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890 — 1995), these curriculum policy changes led to changes in student course taking.

He is the author of The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907 — 81, and, with David Angus, The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890 — 1995.

She had to have known that her beautiful pregnant belly with a failed promise of life was the source of awkwardness and discomfort for the rest of us.

At a time when many Ukrainians are trapped between the failed promises of Marxist utopianism and the often harsh realities of Western materialism, the Orthodox Church is in a position to offer the best aspects of tradition.

He cited what he called rising fuel prices and failed promises of the Akufo - Addo government as justification for his claim.

Once again, it's sex workers are who are the most abused, ignored and left behind by the failed promises of the open internet.

So finally all the waiting and failed promises of Miracast we have screen casting on Android.

Not exact matches

A respected research firm recently accused Facebook, for example, of «failing marketers» because content posted there reaches barely 6 % of its promised audience (and it's trending downward).

Some of those schools, however, have been accused of creating as much economic harm as help: students have reported falling deep into debt to pay for classes that they said had failed to deliver what they had promised.

The terms of service of crowdfunding sites state that they aren't responsible for campaigns that fail to deliver on their promises.

Either North Korea accused the U.S. of failing to deliver on its promises, or American officials were unhappy with their ability to verify that Pyongyang was telling the truth.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd subsidiary ATS Inc has made good on a promise not to extend its $ 1.16 billion hostile takeover bid for US - based oil producer Energy Partners Ltd, after failing to reach the minimum acquisition level of 50 per cent.

Syriza, which broke a two - party - led system, has disappointed some on the left for implementing austerity measures and the reputation of the mainstream parties remains damaged following what is perceived as years of failed promises.

Poulin and Medline were ousted within a week of each other, and Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Willis linked their departures as proof that «there's little tolerance for a boss who lacks a smart strategy for an increasingly tech - driven marketplace and even less patience for a leader who fails to deliver on digital promises.»

The problem is that, in the scramble to create the requisite impeccable customer experiences needed, these same companies run the risk of building on long - established myths promising, but failing to deliver, great business returns.

Only after the Falcon Heavy is rigorously tested and SpaceX manages to deliver on its promises of cheaper space launches, a return to the moon, and a mission to Mars (or fail to, for that matter) will we be able to say for sure which rocket was the true champion of human space exploration.

And there are plenty of instances in which member states have failed to deliver on bold promises made on a global stage.

The memory - eating disease, expected to afflict 15 million Americans by 2060 (and tens of millions more around the world as life expectancy increases), has no cure; a new drug for the condition hasn't been approved in well over a decade; initially promising experimental treatments seem to be failing with clockwork regularity; and there's not even a definitive consensus on what, exactly, biopharma companies should focus on while developing Alzheimer's medicines.

Unlike some of the promising treatments that have failed in 2017 that deal with the so - called «amyloid hypothesis» (the treatments target amyloid beta deposits in the brain that accumulate in people with Alzheimer's disease), approaches that try to prevent nerve cells from dying wouldn't have any impact on that buildup.

Oregon also accuses Oracle of breach of contract, along with civil racketeering, for «failing to deliver on its obligations, overcharging for poorly trained Oracle personnel to provide incompetent work, hiding from the state the true extent of Oracle's shoddy performance, continuing to promise what it could not deliver, and willfully refusing to honor its warranty to fix its errors without charge.»

His remarks come after finance ministers of the G - 20 countries failed to agree on a common statement promising to resist «all forms of protectionism.»

And, the first signal of if he will succeed or fail to keep these promises is the future of Carrier.

With Red failing to deliver on its original promise of a camera affordable to serious amateurs and tiny - budget filmmakers, the lower end has been firmly held by Canon's top digital still cameras, which can record high - def video.

American officials have been raising their concerns about China's IP practices since Bill Clinton was president, and Beijing has repeatedly failed to deliver on promises to reform, said the official, adding the administration is still open to discussing the issue with the government of President Xi Jinping.

After a slow and grudging response to the initial revelations, Cameron finally published six years of personal tax returns at the weekend, and for good measure Monday promised new legislation to make companies criminally liable if they fail to stop their employees laundering money on clients» behalf.

As tax revenues have shrunk, the city's financial obligations have grown — mainly to an ever - expanding pool of 30,000 retirees, promised life - time pensions and health benefits by short - sighted government officials over decades who consistently failed to fund those future obligations.

The Republicans failed to repeal former president Barack Obama's health - care legislation, a feature promise of Trump's campaign.

The Profit highlights a host of entrepreneur mistakes, from balking on promises to failing to communicate with employees to delegating too many important tasks to a third party.

Making such promises and failing to live up to them is a violation of FTC rules against unfair and deceptive business practices,» EFF Staff Attorney Nate Cardozo said.

«Donald Trump said he was going to be an economic game - changer for middle - class Americans, but every step of the way his administration has failed to live up to his promises,» said Andrew Bates, spokesman for the left - leaning group American Bridge.

There are already signs that the 16 +1 framework is being treated with decreasing enthusiasm by CEE countries as promises fail to materialize and the potential downsides of working with China become more apparent.

While some trade experts warned that China has failed to deliver on such promises before, Mr. Trump insisted on Tuesday that he was encouraged about the possibility of a deal.

Zuckerberg has committed to it, but his company has a history of failing to live up to its promises to users.

It is easy to overlook in light of today's IPO, but Lending Club almost joined the legion of early stage companies that get off to a promising start, but run into insurmountable roadblocks and fail.

With the new administration failing to find sufficient support in the House of Representatives to repeal the Act in late March, doubts have emerged regarding the president's ability to deliver on his other campaign promises.

This is one of the tradeoffs of deficit spending based government stimulus that politicians fail to mention when promising free lunches.

Political parties failed to form a coalition government after May 6 elections, triggering another contest between the pro-bailout New Democracy conservatives and left - wing Syriza party that has promised to cancel the terms of the country's rescue loan agreements.

Burdened by debt after a failed expansion, the owner of the Orange County Register filed for bankruptcy and its chief executive promised to mount a bid to acquire the troubled newspaper company.

For every resolution hater out there that says many fail to stick to their resolutions after just a few weeks, there is someone who believes in the power of a promise.

«As we move forward to the next election, I will continue to hold Christy Clark accountable for failing to keep her promises to British Columbians, and I will be putting forward a diverse economic platform that will bring jobs to every region of the province and a comprehensive climate plan, that incorporates LNG within the context of our overall climate goals.

Despite promises from Premier Christy Clark and Health Minister Terry Lake that the report would be released to the public, the government has hidden significant portions of the report and failed to make it available to the public online.

«We failed to make GoPro contemporary and failed to align GoPro with the smartphone movement,» Woodman acknowledged, while promising that «it will become less of a question of should I use a GoPro or my smartphone and more about using a GoPro with a smartphone.»

The electric vehicle maker failed to make as many of its more affordable Model 3 electric cars during the first quarter as it had promised just two months ago.

lkewise, failing to share God's promise of eternal is to leave out the assurance of life after death.

How such a spirit of sobriety expresses itself, not simply in literary or philosophic reading lists, but in platforms and party rhetoric that can resonate with 21st century Americans, I to a large degree leave to others (our Pete comes to mind), even if my turning here to the example of Solzhenitsyn reminds me that faith in God's promises will be necessary to sustain us in the quite possible event that even our grasping and steadfastly acting upon the «most precise» political prudence might yet fail to stop catastrophe.

I understand how you feel about this issue, the book Protocols of the Elders of Zion, speaks about how the Jews run the world from the back seat, but just like in the Old Testiment many failed God, but His promise was to them and He will return to them first and we will walk with Him and them.

All Popes in history that have proclaimed Truths from the Chair of Peter in this way have never failed in delivering the Truth to the people, not even a Pope that was otherwise not a holy Pope; this can only happen because the Holy Spirit is doing exactly as He promised... protecting His Church from evil and guiding Her into the fullness of Truth «as we can bear it».

Prophets» oracles are located in the context of narratives describing how God is related to Israel, and who Israel is - and is failing to be — in relation to God, and construed as announcements of promise and not simply as predictions of doom.