Sentences with phrase «while few states»

While a few states reported significantly higher averages (Kansas, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Hawaii, South Dakota), they represented a low sample size and were typically skewed by 1 or 2 respondents with a management job title.

While a few states are getting cold feet about the new Common Core State Standards and the online testing they entail, most New Jersey politicians are concerned chiefly about costs and are waiting none too patiently for more details from the Christie administration.

State plans show widespread inclusion of early learning in state priorities, while a few states even integrated early learning as a top policy priority throughout the state's plans.

Not exact matches

While Texas has few jobs directly dependent on exports to Canada, the state sells us more than $ 25 billion worth of goods each year.

by stating a fact about leadership many of us have experienced but few of us like to admit — while we say we want admirable qualities like

And while PXG clubs are sold by certified custom fitters and course clubhouses in just 29 states, Parsons says the U.S. market is «larger than anybody would dream, a few million people.»

While the group's combined employees are fewer than 1 million people and a small slice of the more than 160 million people in employer - based healthcare plans in the United States, Amazon's strength in using data and technology to disrupt businesses has healthcare investors watching closely.

While it's true that manufacturing employment in the United States has been on the decline for decades, and that this trend has cause real economic suffering in parts of America, the simple fact is that too few Americans are employed in manufacturing for it to be an issue that really animates the electorate.

There are a few hundred microlenders throughout the United States and while they often charge slightly higher interest rates for loans than banks, they've helped 250,000 - 300,000 small businesses each year and lent more than $ 2 billion nationwide during the past 10 years, according to the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO), the trade association for microlenders.

But NotPetya has many more potential tools to help it spread and infect computers, and while Petya is a standard piece of ransomware that aims to make few quick Bitcoin from victims, NotPetya is widely viewed as a state - sponsored Russian cyberattack masquerading as ransomware.

While not feasible in most states, they can be great investments in a few states and the returns are more or less guaranteed by law.

In 2009, China became the largest car market in the world, while in the same year there were four million fewer vehicles on the road in the United States.

Also, while payrolls continue to chug along posting numbers that are about 2x of most economists BLs from a few years back, in percentage terms, their growth is decelerating, from around 2 % back in 2015 to around 1.5 % now, much as we'd expect as we close in on full employment, whatever that much - sought - after state looks like.

A few days later, while arguing that his personal feelings on the matter should not affect the ultimate decision to accept or reject the proposal, he stated, «from my [point of view] it seems that the community's feeling on this issue isalready [sic] clear.»

By purchasing fewer U.S. government bonds, in other words, Beijing would leave the United States either unchanged or better off, while doing so would also leave China either unchanged or worse off.

Robert Ingram, chairman of the board, stated, «While the past few months have been difficult, Valeant has a collection of leading brands, valuable franchises and great people, and I am confident that the company will be able to rebuild its reputation and thrive under new leadership.

While the rest of the country has begun to recover, these few states continue to exhibit low numbers.

While it's being very selective with its deals, it admits a few other states are on its radar.

Mitch Daniels, former governor of Indiana and now president of Purdue University, has been so accused — but not at all credibly — because of some remarks he made a few years ago in an e-mail, while he was governor, about the tired old ideology pedlar Howard Zinn, whose widely used book, A People's History of the United States, Daniels called «disinformation.»

And, while Pietro Cardinal Parolin, the secretary of state, and Gerhard Cardinal Müller, formerly prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, have called for dialogue in the wake of the filial correction released a few weeks ago, it is unlikely that Francis would participate personally in such a process.

However, the biblical evidence shows also that the church, after stating Jesus» unequivocal demands on this subject, felt free to permit some few exceptions, perhaps in a pastoral attempt to deal humanely with specific marital situations while still upholding Jesus» demand.

How is it possible that while the sitting president of the United States squarely opposed same - sex marriage just a few years ago, the liberal intellectuals who supported him passionately also condemn any opposition to same - sex marriage as bigotry, rooted in cultural backwardness?

If the candidates where to respond to these questions with scriptural references, they could point out a few flaws in the questioning while stating their beliefs and thereby come away looking better than before.

In a Christianity Today article, a woman states that while she was depressed she went to church only because she feared the frowns of other parishioners, However, after a few weeks on Prozac her motivation changed.

For thirty years the electric oven hood has sold an average of less than a few hundred thousand units a year, while today almost every household in the United States and Canada owns at least one color TV set, and more than 5 million sets are sold annually.

For thirty years the electric oven hood has sold an average of less than a few hundred thousand units a year, while today almost every household in the United States and Canada owns at least one color TV set, and more than 5 million sets are sold annually.1 What made the difference?

Yet we reiterate that throughout the earlier period in question — from 1935, say, to 1960 — a few theologians such as Canon Raven in England had continued along the lines laid down in the twenties, while Professor Hartshorne and some others in the United States (notably E. E. Harris, in such books as Revelation Through Reason) were carrying on the work on the strictly philosophical side.

But few of us would endorse those elements of tradition that baptize patriarchal oppression, endorse violence against women, oppress lesbians and gays, exalt perpetual virginity as the superior state, or declare that heterosexual rape is a lesser sin than masturbation (on the view that the latter act contradicts nature while the former act, while also sinful, is in accordance with nature) The postbiblical tradition, like Scripture itself, does not provide one coherent, consistent sexual ethic.

While Reno is correct that it is «unhealthy for our society when cultural power becomes too concentrated in just a few very wealthy institutions,» using the state's tax power to attack «institutional giganticism» in the name of «philanthropic subsidiarity» as he proposes would only open the way for government to control, and even destroy, such institutions.

«While we are proud of the progress and impact we have made in the last few years, in order to experience a new horizon of growth, we must invest in our systems and overall economic model to extend our promise to the most vulnerable, our partners and staff,» Moore stated.

I'll tell you what's up with all this soup, it's spring and its California so all this late winter rain, while great for this dry state, is really messing up a few things on the home front.

You see, raw foods (fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and a few others), consumed in the same state as we'd find them in nature (technically, nothing heated above 115F46 C), are considered to provide optimum nutritional value while retaining the natural enzymes that may help us to digest those same foods (when foods are cooked, your pancreas must take on this monumental task on its own — not too much fun for the l'il pancreas).

I came across your recipe while trying to figure out what to do with all these meyer lemons mom brought back from Grandpa's lemon tree a few states over.

We honestly wouldn't have such long, quality stretches of time with family if we still lived in the states, so on one hand our time with family — while few and far between — is longer and better quality when it does happen.

The Seminoles closed out Oklahoma State despite sloppiness in Arlington, while Wake Forest has one of the worst offensive lines you will see in Division I, gaining fewer than two yards - per - play against ULM.

While San Diego State's is on campus, the next few dozen involve judgment calls.

Either way, the FA have chosen to look ridiculous now rather than risk looking more ridiculous later, and have ended up in a situation where Gareth Southgate, who specifically stated he couldn't do the job a few months ago, will take charge of the next four games, while the FA's CEO Martin Glenn, who happily admits that he's «not a football expert,» looks for a permanent replacement.

A graduate of Cal Lutheran who got his master's at Texas while serving as a Mack Brown graduate assistant, Herman spent a few years as Sam Houston State's receivers coach, then got hired as Texas State's offensive coordinator by his 30th birthday.

The first three names on this list have seen their respective teams begin to play quite a bit better over these past few weeks (no, seriously — Maryland played West Virginia semi-close and beat Wake Forest, Indiana looked downright strong in the second half of the Northwestern loss and the first half of the Michigan State loss, and Middle Tennessee whipped Georgia Tech), and while Central Michigan is still pretty bad overall, the Chippewas did score a nice upset win over Iowa.

Don't forget, the 2004 team featured prolific quarterback Willie Tuitama and five other players who signed with Division I college programs, while Franks» 2008 squad went to a State Bowl during the era when fewer than a dozen schools throughout the state were seleState Bowl during the era when fewer than a dozen schools throughout the state were selestate were selected.

Even while creating seven solid scoring opportunities, Kansas State was never able to take advantage of an Auburn secondary that both gave up a few big plays against San Jose State and came to Manhattan without suspended starting safety Jermaine Whitehead.

While at Kansas State a few years back, Michael Bishop reportedly heaved a ball 93 yards in practice, and football vets still talk about a 100 - yard throw that Bears quarterback Rudy Bukich supposedly chucked during practice in the»60s.

And while he inherited more proven personnel at Penn State in 2014, there was similar improvement: 7.6 fewer points per game, 1.03 fewer yards per play.

Appalachian State stayed up for a while a few years back, but it's still big that UL - Lafayette stays up for a second year, even though it's because Vandy, now on its second Sun Belt trip, fell apart.

The College Football 4 - team playoff was announced a few weeks back and here's how it all shakes up: # 1 - Clemson will take on # 4 - Oklahoma while # 2 - Alabama will face # 3 - Michigan State on New Year's Eve.

Street spotted Scarratt's «superstar» potential while she was playing for England at youth level and gave her a chance in the senior squad, a decision he says raised a few eyebrows, that is until she made her debut against the United States - and scored.

While speculation that Real Madrid still want Salah will no doubt rumble on regardless, it's interesting that over the last few weeks a few reports have now come out of Madrid stating the opposite.

Some users said that their chronic pain is gone while others have stated that they experience fewer headaches.

While the average age of first - time mothers and childbearing women in the United States has risen steadily over the past few decades, many women still become mothers in their early twenties.

While the first few wash cycles take a bit of concentration, you'll soon find that (even in a sleep - deprived state!)