Sentences with phrase «against other efforts»

Test - based accountability is turning teachers against the Common Core (and presumably against other efforts to raise standards) at the same time as politics is turning the broader public against the Common Core in part by associating it with mindless standardized testing.

The consumer and health groups said in their letter that a hospital's involvement could sway women and that giving away formula samples worked against their other efforts.

Not exact matches

France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

Teams of four don chef's hats and aprons and spend two hours creating appetizers, entrees, or desserts, which are then judged by hotel chefs against the efforts of other teams.

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For the US, bombing would focus on daytime raids against strategically valuable targets — factories, ports, military bases, and other infrastructure involved in the war effort.

Sessions» order gives prosecutor discretion in focusing their enforcement efforts — some may not ramp up efforts against marijuana, but others have said there's no guarantee they'll maintain a hands - off approach.

Advocates for efforts against global warming expressed relief that the other countries had remained unanimous in support of the Paris accords.

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By successfully filing for bankruptcy protection, Gawker Media is protected from handing over any money to Hogan, whose legal efforts against Gawker (among myriad others) are reportedly being financed by Peter Thiel, who wants to sue the company out of existence.

Although many charities are adopting a wait - and - see attitude about tax reform, others have already lined up against the tax reform bills and are initiating efforts to mobilize opposition, within the boundaries allowed for «lobbying» under the tax law.

Redstone's move to merge CBS and Viacom, AT&T's bid for Time Warner and Disney's play for Fox's film studios are all grand, last - ditch efforts to defend against tech, not each other.

Ukraine will expand financial and other sanctions against Russian individuals and companies, paralleling U.S. efforts to punish Moscow for its...

The ensemble methods that came out of our stress - testing efforts performed better across history than any other approach we had ever tested (including against holdout validation data), but we missed a market rebound in the interim.

The other kind, sins, are those willful actions in which one is knowingly rebelling against God's vision of reality; putting one's own efforts behind the break down of reality.

The effort to distract the country from this indefensible record with claptrap about a Republican war on women, a papist plot against access to contraception, legal semantics about same - sex relationships, and other red herrings, has failed.

Thanks to the efforts of other scammers, public opinion is already against religion... This is low hanging fruit to them... «I realized 3 years ago that I was abused 40 years ago — oh oh oh!!!

It seems that CNN.com is actively trying to «expose» companies with Christian backgrounds in an effort to incite those who are protesting against Chick - fil - a to protest or boycott other Christian owned companies.

In a world where the religious spend a signficant amount of time pointing out the sins of others while claiming that they are in relationship with the One who has set the moral standards... and then a significant number of them commit one of the most heinous of crimes against children and have leaders spend significant effort at covering it up...

All the more misplaced... are the efforts by some supposedly Jewish organizations to arouse, through their battles against Christmas symbols in public places, the ill will and resentment of Christians» at the very time when the Christian religion, more than at other times of the year, inspires its followers with irenic and philanthropic sentiments.»

Yet the strenuous effort to live in just that way leads to a certain rigidity, insensitivity, and pride that militate against the achievement of beauty both in oneself and in others.

«The violent bear IT away» You can see how among other things my effort to articulate is an act of violence against the whole.

But there was even an effort in that legislation that was being proposed by the government to ensure that we would see coercive powers used against workers rather than used against employers who were intentionally underpaying those workers or other workers in the labour market.

or simply trying to prove us all wrong again by showing that he could play just about anybody anywhere and win a game on the road against a top opponent; something he hasn't done in quite some time... regardless of the reasons, there is simply no excuse for the goings - on at this club... unfortunately it's unlikely that any real change will come without a dedicated effort on the part of those that feed the beast... our absentee landlord doesn't invest his own money into this club, so in order to force out Kroenke, Wenger and whatever other vermin currently haunt our hallowed halls we need to hit him where it really hurts... continually filling «his» stadium and the constant buying of endless merchandise, like one of the 58 different jerseys available over the last few years, makes us the greatest enablers of all time... have we no self - respect?

Joel Campbell put in more effort than any other Arsenal player on the pitch against Southampton, so it seems a little harsh to drop him.

I'd argue a better defensive effort all game against Dallas puts us well within control of the game (not letting a for sure pick six become a first down the other way) and leads us to another win.

The Euro's efforts to pit all the editors against each other continues today with Italy and Sweden, the latter needing points more than the former.

I rarely comment directly on media stuff — there's no conspiracy against Spurs or any other side, and anyway Jamie Redknapp's secondhand opinions aren't worth the effort it takes to press the keys to write «twat».

We live in a society of busy - ness, with so mich expected of parents and so much to get on and do and so much pressure, that a EC is an inconvenience of having to go against the perceived norm, having to pay much more intimate attention to our babies, having to deal with bodily functions, having to wake ourselves up a bit to what our culture has conditioned us to and having to go against the grain — all of which take effort and all of which take time and / or energy away from other mummy efforts that bring more obvious and societally rewarded benefits.

Their other parent is already making efforts to sway them against you.

They've spent the money and used the product, so they're very willing to share the good, bad, and ugly with other consumers in an effort to either promote a certain product or to warn others against spending their hard - earned money.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon in Queens on Friday unveiled an environmental policy platform that is geared toward shifting the state to 100 percent renewable energy, strengthening the state's efforts against climate change and rejecting new infrastructure for gas pipelines and other fossil fueles.

Showing growing concern over the rising tide of religious extremism, students suggested a wholesale reform of the Pakistan's history curriculum to eliminate discrimination against minorities and other disadvantaged groups so as to undertake a holistic and long - term effort to eliminate the scourge of intolerance from society.

Instead, Cameron and Osborne were fighting against a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), a policy backed by Germany, France, Bill Gates and the Pope among others, which, even on modest estimates, could raise billions for domestic and international efforts against poverty and climate change.

A host of other special interests — ranging from upstate mayors and county executives to Mothers Against Drunk Driving to the NAACP — all lauded Cuomo's plan, pointing to everything from ride - sharing that gets drunks off the road to transit efforts that will help inner - city workers get to jobs.

The lawsuit says Cuomo and the other defendants «have abused their authority in an effort to stifle the NRA's political advocacy and to retaliate against the NRA for the effectiveness of that advocacy.»

Though younger, alternative candidates received funding in an effort to modernise the centre - right and money and media manoeuvred against Fraga, voters preferred him to other candidates.

«Taking all other issues raised in the Kaduna Declaration over the past few months, vis a vis the effort by various government and non-governmental bodies to engage us in dialogue, we submit that there is the need to look at the following issues holistically as safeguards against future ethnic tensions:

Dubbed «The Hunger Games» for the competition - like effort that pits regions against each other for funding, the program is run through Cuomo's economic development agency.

The results Nigeria achieved came about as a result of these and other efforts and these are essential steps to initiation of sister African nations in the fight against corruption.

The state's Catholic Conference spent $ 2.1 million between 2007 and 2015 lobbying against efforts to reform the law, as well as other measures.

While appreciating the General Overseer of RCCG Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye and his wife, Folu Adeboye for dedicating efforts and resources to treat and rehabilitate people who have gotten addicted to one form of drug abuse or the other through the centre, the Governor said it was inspiring and instructive that the duo and others behind the initiative thought it necessary to use the platform of the church to join in the fight against the social menace.

District attorneys in all five boroughs of New York City and in other counties, in coordination with state agencies, have ratcheted up efforts against wage theft in the construction industry.

All other efforts to enlist other blackmailers against this man of God have likewise collapsed irretrievably.

Senator Connor has consistently fought against efforts to dismantle New York's health care system, and has opposed proposals to cut vital medical care and other human services for children, the elderly and people with disabilities.

Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Plymouth are among the new «respect areas» chosen to lead the government's efforts against noisy neighbours, young hooligans and other anti-social behaviour.

Following efforts to boost the capacity of the Nigerian Army to carry out assigned tasks in the battle against insurgency and other security challenges effectively, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai said Wednesday that the Army was set to acquire its own -LSB-...]

The effort is part of a series of events providing free and secure destruction of personal financial records and other sensitive documents to help protect against identity theft.

Our client is as shocked as many other Nigerians at the uncovering and recovery of the said sums of money and wishes to salute the courage and efforts of the EFCC in the war against corruption.

Indeed, Mr. Weiner drew enormous attention to the issue — and to himself — by erupting in a furious tirade against Mr. King that other New York Democrats saw as needlessly damaging to a delicate effort to line up Republican support.