Sentences with phrase «while some states took»

While some states took incremental and episodic steps toward religious toleration after 1648, others did not.
While some states took action, federal scientists and academics argued over the effects of low doses.

Not exact matches

While former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders are expected to duke it out in an intensifying battle for the party nomination, themes of the weak economy and the struggles of the middle class are likely to take center stage.
In effect, the state - owned construction firms will be taking on debt and investing — while hiring Western engineering and construction giants as their subcontractors.
While customers must have a prescription from a doctor to make a purchase, per New York State's medical marijuana laws, anyone over 18 years old can enter the 2,000 square foot store to take a look at the merchandise.
«My intent was to take that department - store kiosk model and put it online,» says founder Sam Hogg, who came up with the idea while taking a Sustainable Supply Chain class at Michigan State University.
«[The legislation] does not take steps toward coverage and access for all Americans, and while insurers are still required to offer coverage to patients with pre-existing conditions, allowing states to get waivers to vary premiums based on health status would allow insurers to charge unaffordable premiums based on those pre-existing conditions,» wrote American Medical Association (AMA) president Dr. James Madara in a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to shelve the Graham - Cassidy bill on Tuesday.
«I have consistently taken the best course that I can to try to end the civil war, while having also to take into account the long - term national security interests of the United States,» Obama said.
And while the bill's supporters argue that the legislation is a sensible fix that gives states much - needed flexibility on health care programs, the AMA, AAMC, and AARP say it would benefit the young, the healthy, and the rich at the expense of the old, the sick, and the poor by taking hacksaw to the Medicaid program that covers low - income Americans and allowing states to opt out of benefits requirements and other regulations under Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act.
To get to the championship, the Clemson Tigers took out the Oklahoma Sooners 37 - 17 at the 2015 Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., while the Alabama Crimson Red beat Michigan State 38 - 0 at the Cotton Bowl Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
TOKYO, May 1 - U.S. stock futures pared small losses while Australian shares hit seven - week highs on Tuesday after the United States extended the deadline for its steel and aluminium tariffs to take effect.
While some ebay sellers are careful to state «As is, no returns» on each of their listings, other sellers find that offering refunds and taking returns are better courses of action for their businesses.
While strict mortgage - lending laws were in place before he took office and they came at a cost — less home ownership and slower economic growth — the state's conservative rules, as WSJ notes, «largely prevented the state's residents from signing the types of dubious home loans written in other markets across the country.»
While this course could be seriously useful for those going into the wine or restaurant business, there's an added bonus for those who take it: All students are exempt from 21 - year - old age requirement under Section 65 of New York State law.
Of those victimized by identity theft while traveling, 55 percent stated it took from weeks to more than a year to resolve issues related to identity fraud, the survey found.
Everything was fine after the central bank announced that it had decided to leave its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 %, while stating that it had cut its outlook for economic growth and indicating that it would take longer to achieve its inflation target.
While it is true the Silver State did not have many ways to go but up — and it is still in the bottom half of the states — Nevada's recovery is taking hold.
But while there is a lot we don't know, we can identify a group of taxpayers likely to face tax increases from this proposal: people with moderate to upper - moderate incomes who take itemized deductions, like those for mortgage interest and state and local taxes paid.
Vice has documented migrant worker abuses in Dubai, won acclaim for a documentary while embedded with Islamic State and garnered widespread attention when it took former National Basketball Association star Dennis Rodman to North Korea.
In the United States, policymakers should provide incentives for economic risk taking while guarding against excessive financial risk taking.
While private pension funds and mutual funds often steer stock markets in places like the United States, markets in China are more often swayed by amateur investors and well - heeled individuals willing to take big risks.
While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).
The irony is that while Russia is being told that taking this advice will help make it an American - style economy, Republican congressmen in the United States have been denouncing the IMF and its austerity programs.
While some state - level authorities have taken action including the Texas State Securities Board and NY Attorney General's Office, there have also been major actions on the federal level, including efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Cstate - level authorities have taken action including the Texas State Securities Board and NY Attorney General's Office, there have also been major actions on the federal level, including efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CState Securities Board and NY Attorney General's Office, there have also been major actions on the federal level, including efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Many states, including Michigan and Arizona, have taken a largely hands - off approach, hoping to gain jobs from the new technology, while California and others have taken a harder line.
The attackers took great pains to learn each bank's particular system, while they set up fake accounts at banks in the United States and China that could serve as the destination for transfers.
One Canadian was also killed in an Islamic State - linked terrorist attack last week, while three were among those taken hostage in a hotel attack in Mali in November.
Leaders of the House and Senate want to require a three - day waiting period for taking possession of long guns purchased in the state, while the governor said he did not support that change.
Bottom line, Banjo stated that while it isn't exactly clear what took Best Buy so long to realize that"Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) had changed people's expectations» about shopping for consumer electronics.
While incomes may be high in Massachusetts, the playing field may be leveled when you take into account the state's income tax rate.
This is the path that the United States and other Western countries have taken, while the post-Soviet states since 1991 have been the most extreme in taking neoliberal advice to favor real estate and finance over labor and indStates and other Western countries have taken, while the post-Soviet states since 1991 have been the most extreme in taking neoliberal advice to favor real estate and finance over labor and indstates since 1991 have been the most extreme in taking neoliberal advice to favor real estate and finance over labor and industry.
They are a murky regulatory environment, where states seem to be taking individual initiatives while the industry awaits rulings from the new administration's Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao; concerns about both reliability and cybersecurity in hackable robot cars; and the as yet unknown liability guidelines in the inevitable event of autonomous vehicle crashes and human injuries.
While this move may promote more IPOs in the United States, taking away real investor rights has serious implications in the United States securities markets.
Meanwhile, hog producers also could take a hit, with Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota being the top three pork - producing states, according to industry statistics, while Wisconsin comes in at 19.
Mr. Horner is certainly a moderate conservative and has received the support of longtime MLA and Assembly Speaker Ken Kowalski, who's campaign once published an election ad stating that «While human beings can create laws, the laws of God must take precedence.»
SCG management is also under investigation from the state and feds for not disclosing problems early enough while knowing about it for a long time, and taking big bonuses
Instead, he talked about himself — bragging about his 2016 election win and lavishing praise on himself while ticking through a list of U.S. allies that he said are taking advantage of the United States.
While a extended sovereign position has nonetheless to be set in stone, some states have taken a despotic proceed on the matter.
«A study in the United States, published in the Social Forces journal and conducted by Sociology researcher Lisa A. Keister while she was at the Ohio State University, found that adherents of Judaism attained the most wealth, believers of Catholicism and mainline Protestants were in the middle, while conservative Protestants accu - mulated the least wealth, while in general people who attend religious services achieved more wealth than those who do not (taking into account variations of education and other factors).
I'll take care of you,» when I was scared while driving through a gorge in Denali State Park in the 80's.
For us to come into this world to undergo God's test it had to be through Adam and Eve, and that could not have happened if they were in a state of innocence and had not eaten the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and because of that we are brought into this world for a limited time as mortals and while as mortals we take the test God has given us to see if we are willing to follow God and not simply made to follow God.
The high court has generally taken a case - by - case approach on determining just when the state intrudes unconstitutionally into religion, while generally allowing faith to be acknowledged in a limited basis in public forums.
New political party in new state takes stand for lowest caste, while court fight for more rights remains stalled.
While no accurate figures are available, we can conservatively estimate that approximately 40 per cent of all child care in the United States takes place in churches.
While the American Republic had no established church, the American state took a positive and benign attitude toward the full, free, and quite visibly public exercise of religion, not least at major state functions and national celebrations.
This program has saved Indiana money, and maintained the health care security of Indiana state workers while increasing their take home pay.
In 1979 Mrs. Thatcher and her government began the return to true capitalism, but even after a decade of common sense reforms and rapid improvements in productivity, we calculate it will still take us another ten years or so to catch up with Germany and France, while the United States and Japan are still further beyond our reach.That is the price of trying to make capitalism do something which is not in its nature to do — promote equality.
This coming from the country that condones the slaughter of Palestinians by the Jewish state while telling Palestinians to sit back and let the Jewish state take all their land and leave them in poverty or else.
A friend in the states saw this sign «Shop Naked» a while ago and took a picture of it for me.
While the United States has been preoccupied with another Kennedy scandal, the controversies over Clarence Thomas and Mike Tyson, and the political fallout from a recession that may or may not he over, to the north something truly important is taking place.
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