Sentences with phrase «opponents of the measure in»

Opponents of the measure in the state assembly claimed that it would open the state to an invasion of teen - age and preteen drifters, drug addicts and prostitutes.

Not exact matches

«You should measure yourself in the spirit of improving upon your last best record, not what an opponent has accomplished.

«Part of the reasons active measures have worked in the US election is because the commander - in - chief has used Russian active measures at times against his opponents,» Watts said, pointing to Manafort and Trump's citations of fake - news stories pushed out by Russian - linked entities last year.

In Robert Pittenger's primary, there is no doubt that the animating issue of the campaign is support for Trump — and he and his most prominent opponent, the deeply conservative Mark Harris, are taking increasingly extreme measures to prove their Trumpian bona fides.

However, for copyright opponents in Canada, such as commentator and law professor Michael Geist, we can expect that any acceptance of such measures would be criticized as «caving» to US pressure.

Identification of opposition to the measure with Catholicism might have been avoided if other religious groups had been perceived in the public's mind as early and strong opponents.

Mississippi would have become the first state to define a fertilized egg as a person, a measure which was aimed at outlawing abortion in the state but, opponents contended, would have led to all kinds of unintended consequences...

Both College of Charleston, which took care of the ball better than anyone in the Colonial, and potential second - round opponent Clemson, which plays relentless interior defense despite not having a player over 6» 9», could stop the shorthanded Tigers short of a measuring - stick Sweet 16 game against top - seeded Kansas.

Arsenal are the visitors to Old Trafford at the weekend as the Red Devils have a chance to leapfrog their opponents in the table and exact a measure of revenge after being knocked out of the FA Cup by the Gunners back in March, as Danny Welbeck came back to haunt his former side with the winner.

With that in mind, I thought we'd take a quick look at Roma's would be semi final opponents, weighing and measuring each of these potential detours to destiny.

Shot percentage, or the percentage of total shots in a game that a team takes, is a method of measuring possession as, quite simply, the opponent can't shoot if you have the ball.

Defensively he is an excellent blend of destroyer and technician, able to finesse the ball away from an opponent or deliver a blow in equal measure.

But opponents of the measure said the episode only served to show how the bill was approved in haste and with flaws.

A measure that supporters say would codify Roe v. Wade in state law has also failed to gain a vote as opponents contend it is an unnecessary expansion of abortion rights.

The push would reignite a heated debate over the RHA, a measure that is aimed at the codification of Roe v. Wade in state law and is deeply opposed by opponents of abortion, who have argued it's a needless expansion of existing rights in New York.

Many of the same - sex marriage bill's opponents, while testifying against that measure, testified in favor of a separate bill under consideration at the hearing that was introduced by Del..

Opponents of the measure are expected to call for a referendum on the law, putting the final say in the hands of Maryland voters.

Former FBI special agent Clint Watts, in Senate testimony last March, stated that «part of the reason active measures worked in this election is that the Commander - in - Chief has used Russian active measures at times, against his opponents.»

Opponents of gay marriage in Scotland are being marshalled to vote out politicians who supported the measure, in a coordinated election strategy which could unseat up to ten MSPs

It's also been a key political asset, granting a measure of outsider status in the electoral sphere and making it hard for opponents to land attacks.

Praising the Republican's success in his state, Mr Cameron added: «Governor Schwarzenegger led a dramatic revival of his party's fortunes in California and as governor he has shown tremendous leadership - above all in pioneering measures to protect the environment, reaching out to political opponents in doing so.

Former FBI special agent Clint Watts, in Senate testimony last March, stated that «part of the reason active measures worked in this election is that the commander in chief has used Russian active measures at times, against his opponents.»

As the Capitol gears up for what is expected to be a very long night, opponents of same - sex marriage say a vote on the measure in the early hours of Friday morning is unacceptable.

During a news conference in August, he invited opponents to measure their «record of achievement on behalf of the people of this city» against his.

In other words, Cuomo gets to say he did public financing, protect himself from having to practice it himself, and assure opponents of the measure that it's not really happening beyond this one quirky example.

A group advocating for the Child Victims Act is raising awareness about the measure in hopes of countering opponents of the bill... and perhaps making New York safer for kids.

Felder, a Democrat who is a member of the Republican conference in the Senate, has been a prominent opponent of the measure being enacted.

A measure that is aimed at codifing the Roe v. Wade decision in state law is opposed by Senate Republicans and opponents of abortion say it is an expansion of existing protections.

Assemblyman Micah Kellner, once a supporter of the bill that would expand livery cab service in New York City and now one of its staunchest opponents, sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo today urging him to veto the measure.

Supporters and opponents of same - sex marriage rallied on Friday after it was announced that the State Senate would vote on the measure in Albany.

The IDC members says they believe this report will be the final proof needed to convince opponents to embrace same - sex marriage — along with a handful of lawmakers needed to pass the measure in the Senate.

Much of Trump's support continues to stem heavily from opposition to his opponent, as we've seen elsewhere, though the difference between Trump and Clinton on that measure is smaller in Iowa.

But the proposed measure could be a useful tool for gay marriage opponents to use on potential fence - sitters in the Senate Republican conference, which so far has voted as a bloc against expanding the state definition of marriage.

A poll in late March found that 68 % of likely voters supported the measure, but that was before tobacco companies and other opponents mounted a vigorous campaign against it.

A variety of flashy teams compete, with a smug teenaged opponent (Jesse «Casper» Brown) and farting, urinating old homeless man (Frank C. Turner) thrown in, for good measure.

Succeeds in the top priority of creating a worthy opponent for its superheroes and giving the latter a few new things to do, but this time the action scenes don't always measure up.

The prediction comes from both proponents and opponents of the tuition - voucher measure, which, by providing parents with $ 900 for each student enrolled in a private or out - of - district public school, would be the most extensive choice program yet adopted by any state.

Although polls in all three states indicate that a majority of voters favor the measures, opponents last week reported some slippage in support in the wake of a controversy sparked by a memorandum...

In predicting the effects of Proposition 203, a measure to dismantle bilingual education that goes before Arizona voters next week, both proponents and opponents have pointed to a 1998 California law that had a similar intent.

When Hollywood director Rob Reiner proposed a ballot initiative (Proposition 82 in 2006) calling for an income tax increase to make preschool universal and free for all of the state's four - year - olds, the governor sided with opponents, who noted that the measure would use precious potential tax revenue to pay for a service that a majority of the state's youngsters already received.

Their intimate knowledge of the technical difficulties involved in measuring student achievement makes a number of these testing experts some of the most vocal (and persuasive) opponents of testing.

Opponents say comparing schools in this way is too crude a measure of a school's quality, achievements and character.

Nearly 60 years after Milton Friedman proposed a system of universal school choice in his seminal essay «The Role of Government in Education,» his vision is more popular than ever — and opponents of school choice are taking every measure to fight it.

Opponents of restrictions on credit checks in employment also use a «sloppy credit, sloppy person» hypothesis to support the practice, arguing that a financial history is a good measure of an applicant's organization and responsibility.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

State Rep. Frank Mautino, D - Spring Valley, who sponsored the measure, said he would talk with opponents to see if he can insert new language in the bill to help propel it to the Senate during the final hours of the fall veto session.

His «Summary of Experience» submitted to the Utah Public Service Commission details that he's submitted expert testimony and reports of behalf of major utility and fossil fuel interests like Exelon; Occidental; Duke Energy; and FirstEnergy, which is an outspoken opponent of energy efficiency measures in Ohio.

But opponents, led by the CARE Coalition, which was funded largely by the parent companies of the state's two large utilities, Consumers Energy and Detroit Edison, argued that the measure would cost consumers $ 12 billion in higher rates — a number renewable energy advocates strongly disputed.

Opponents of the measure, however, say the company was foolish to give in.

Even opponents to using profit per equity partner (PEP) as a measure of law firm success would struggle to contend that a firm posting a 19 % year - on - year fall in profit was in anything other than a challenging position.