Sentences with phrase «adopted at least some of»

As the need to lift returns increases, expect struggling U.S. public pensions to adopt at least some of their northern neighbors» approach.

Many states have adopted at least some of the provisions of the model legislation [97].

But most states must adopt at least some of these «beyond the fenceline» actions to meet their targets.

Not exact matches

Even if Canada doesn't start dropping payloads of cash itself — something Cooper says he does not foresee in the next three years, at least — the ripple effect of a central bank explicitly targeting higher inflation and adopting formerly verboten measures to get it would be felt on these shores in the form of increased global volatility.

While that price may feel steep to some SMBs, at the very least they can follow the advice to put into practice some kind of written security - enforcement policy, even if they opt against adopting premium - price protections.

In addition to the non-employee director compensation policy, in connection with this offering, we adopted a director stock ownership policy encouraging non-employee directors to hold shares of our Class A common stock with a value equal to at least one times the fair value of the director's annual equity award.

In addition to the non-employee director compensation policy, we intend to adopt a director stock ownership policy encouraging non-employee directors to hold shares of our Class A common stock with a value equal to at least one times the fair value of the director's annual equity award.

Under the text that they adopted, the «ex-ante» vote would only be required to take place at least every four years rather than annually, with shareholders voting on a special board report setting out the principles and criteria of determination, distribution and allocation of pay components.

1) No one under 18 (maybe even 21) is ever to meet with a catholic church representative without a buddy (a buddy can be a parent, uncle, aunt, sibling over 18, etc.)... at least until items 2 and 3 below are addressed (this is a policy that has been VERY successfully adopted by the Boy Scouts of America)...

In the vast medley of private and public actions and political and economic decisions, in the enormous and incomprehensible complexity of the history of men, some decisions and works finally accomplish the intention of God, or are at least chosen and adopted by him.

It may be that the ecumenical attitude and mentality now officially adopted by the Church will lead to a decrease in the number of conversions, at least temporarily, or lead in some cases to indifference in regard to the denominational question.

Esther and Mordecai apparently had chosen to adopt the dress, customs, and practices of their Gentile neighbors, at least to the extent that they could successfully conceal their identity as Jews.

An interesting point to take is that Saturnalia, the god of the sun, was their god for Christmas celebration, and later turned «Worship the sun'to «worship the son», which would have occurred after they adopted Catholicism, and wanted to keep the traditions of their old religion by making parallels to the Bible (at least it sounds reasonable)

Even Jesus adopted that means in the course of his life at least once.

A variant of this, no longer as popular as it was, but still widely adopted, is the apologetic» the desire by some Muslims, and also some non-Muslims, to present Islam in terms likely to win the approval of the non-Muslim and, more particularly, the Western reader and to omit or at least gloss over those aspects that would obstruct this aim.

At least one of them, that suggested by Tillich, depends to a considerable degree upon the Tillichian «system» in which there is much talk about «existential» and «essential» manhood, not to mention the more general philosophical position which he adopts with its talk about «the ground of being», «the power of being», and «the new being in Christ» — the last of these constituting in fact what «restitution» is all about.

When it comes to moderate, working - class whites, Democrats have adopted the attitude that if you can't win them over, you can at least demoralize some of them into not voting.

Less persuasive, to me at least, is the claim that this probably continued until 1931, the year in which Lewis converted to Christianity (and would now think a relation with a married woman to be wrong) Wilson's way of making this point is, however, an instance of a very undesirable trait in his writing: the tendency to assert indirectly and to be glib while seeming to eschew it: «It would be far too glib to suggest that he consciously made the second change, to adopt Christianity, merely to give himself an excuse to abandon sexual relations with Mrs. Moore, whatever the nature of those relations had been.»

Spirituality requires at least a cursory examination of the practices and beliefs that one intends to adopt.

At all events, I would at least say that, pending the outcome of later research, one should adopt a more becomingly demure attitude toward complexitAt all events, I would at least say that, pending the outcome of later research, one should adopt a more becomingly demure attitude toward complexitat least say that, pending the outcome of later research, one should adopt a more becomingly demure attitude toward complexity.

Adopting a form of what might be called «the new historicism,» the process thinkers found history to be wild, to be a jungle unattended by any gardener, or at least any known gardener.

Another important difference is that, at least until recently, Catholic universities have done a better job of resisting the pressure to adopt liberalism as their governing philosophy.

Those who adopted at least 2 of the recommended practices would be compensated for any sheep losses.

The fact is that, even though every other racial minority is at least split on the issue, as a party the Democrats and their black leaders have adopted an exclusively statist understanding of minority rights.

Without arguing with the projections, I have believed that there may be some ways of warding off, or at least of mitigating, catastrophe, ways that, if clarified, men might adopt in time.

For the doctorate in comparative religion, formal regulations have not yet been adopted for this point, but the same principles would obtain, with the added complication that the candidate must satisfy three traditions: that of Western scholarship and also those of at least two religions.

You are assuming that that is the reason people don't have kids or have few, when the majority of people I know who limit their number of children or adopt or foster do so at least in part for society and the environment.

And the self - adopted identities of «Protestant» or «Reformed» or «Catholic» do little to elucidate these intentions, whose origins lie in deeper human recesses of the soul, and whose Christian ideological justifications were in any case inherited at least from the Middle Ages.

Does nor our claim that a theological school is of the bene esse of congregations because it can prepare church leadership imply that we have adopted at least this half of the Berlin model?

So much so, it's reported that at least half a million of us Brits alone are ditching animal products from our lifestyle and adopting a vegan diet.

This includes encouraging people to adopt a healthy diet with lots of fresh vegetables, limit their red meat intake to only a few times a month, eat fish and poultry at least twice a week and drink wine in moderation with friends and family.

Wenger lost the plot when he brought in Giroud... what about the beautiful game involves having a lumbering striker who's main attribute is holding up play... our success with Wenger, and even before, came with pace and clinical striking up front, having a boss in the midfield and having physically imposing CBs... what about Wright, Bergkamp, Anelka, Henry or RVP remind anyone of Giroud (minus the left foot of course)... the formula was broken, which didn't have to be the end of our success, but when you adopt half - measures you can't expect things just to work themselves out on their own... at the very least Wenger should have brought in some wingers that can consistently cross the ball and then spend significantly more time addressing our lack of success with set pieces... ultimately this is why we continued to struggle with consistency and continued to constantly play people in the wrong positions

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

And for families who are looking to grow by at least one canine member, Adopt A Husky Inc. will be on site with information about adopting one of the furry fellows.

Thus, the third point in the Concussion Bill of Rights for parents is that the athletic director or administrator, coach, athletic trainer (if there is one) and team doctor have, at the very least, agreed upon and adopted a philosophy for grading and managing concussions before the start of the season which prohibits players who experience concussion signs or symptoms from returning to the same game or practice, and tjhat they use it consistently during the season, regardless of the athlete or circumstances surrounding the injury.

Under the Act, children adopted abroad can automatically acquire U.S. citizenship if: at least one parent of the child is a U.S. citizen; the child is under the age of 18; the child is admitted to the U.S. as an immigrant for lawful permanent residence; and the adoption is final.

As of today, Five Acres can report out at least three prospective foster families currently in Five Acres foster care trainings who had heard about the opportunities to foster > adopt through the Boy 5A Project and the advertising of the 20,000 By 2020 Permanency campaign.

But, if adopted, CSPI's proposed changes to the rules would at least close some of the worst loopholes, such as one which allows children to be served juice at every single meal to satisfy their fruit and vegetable requirements.

Females between the ages of 18 - 50, who are currently infertile (have had unprotected sex for at least 12 months with no successful pregnancy, those with primary or secondary infertility are eligible for this study), and have no adopted / step child (ren) are eligible to participate in this study.

For this reason, the definition of PPH adopted for this analysis was the loss of at least 1000 ml of blood.

The committee took a more cautious route, adopting 1,100 milligrams of calcium daily as the «estimated average requirement» for all children aged nine to 18, meaning the amount that would ensure that at least half the children in that age group get the calcium they require.

Most of the mothers, however, have had breast surgery, thyroid problems, or they have adopted their babies and are inducing lactation, and their babies receive formula supplements, at least for the first six months.

The new rules adopted in April by the CPSC change the location of a bed's guardrail, which must be at least 5 inches above the mattress, and establishes a strength test of the spindles and slats.

Venneman and colleagues5 recently demonstrated that infants who are formula fed are twice as likely to die of SIDS than breastfed infants based on a case control study of 333 SIDS cases compared to 998 aged matched controls in Germany, from 1998 - 2001, consistent with previously published reports.35 While no studies show that co-sleeping in the form of bedsharing, specifically, is imperative for breastfeeding enhancement, many studies have shown that in order to get more sleep and to ease caring for their infants the decision to breastfeed often leads mothers to adopt routine bedsharing for at least part of the night36 - 40 even where they never intended to do so.41, 42 Indeed, nearly 50 % of breastfeeding mothers in the United States and Great Britain adopt bedsharing for some part of the night,38,43 - 45 and breastfeeding women are twice as likely to sleep with their babies in the first month relative to mothers electing to bottle - feed.39

The Maternity Protection Convention, adopted by the International Labor Organization in 1952, calls for 12 weeks» maternity leave, cash benefits equal to two - thirds of previous earnings and breastfeeding breaks totalling at least one hour per day.

Although there are no US federal policies that require screening of new mothers for postpartum depression, at least 12 states have adopted either state legislation, developed awareness campaigns, or convened tasks forces.

If after the reconsideration such local law intro is repassed by a vote of at least two - thirds of the total voting power of the county legislature, it shall be deemed adopted, not withstanding the objections of the county executive.

The report of the budget committee to the legislature must lay on the table of the legislature at least 48 hours prior to the annual meeting to adopt the budget.

That changed a few months after last year's budget was adopted, with Mr. Bratton saying his re-engineering of the department had determined he'd need at least 1,000 new officers, if not more.

«Three - quarters of Tory members want people to wait at least a year before becoming eligible to stand as a candidate Main Gavin Barwell adopted for Croydon Central»