Sentences with phrase «against the measure last»

Ms Morgan voted against the measure last year, and Benjamin Cohen, publisher of gay current affairs site PinkNews, said of her appointment: «It is unfortunate that the new Minister for Women opposes the rights of some women, lesbians, to have the right to marry.

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«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.

Uber and Lyft left Austin last year after losing an expensive fight against a ballot measure that would have required the ride - hail companies to conduct fingerprint background checks on drivers.

But Japan has chosen to seize the opportunity and regulate exchanges, setting up a licensing system last year, although experts say such measures are no guarantee against hacking and cybercrime.

Last year, Mr. Trump held off imposing tough trade measures against China because, he said, Mr. Xi was cooperating in his campaign to pressure the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong - un, over his nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Or it may be the social project or the struggle against the powers that is the real work of Christ, and so the death draws its meaning as the last measure of devotion to that struggle.

It will be the truest way he can shake the comparisons, of people rarely measuring him without doing so against the basketball stars, past and present, that share his last name.

Parents with 24 - hour - surveillance cameras on their child's crib look like unfit guardians when measured against the scrutiny Jett gave his greens last week.

It is being reported that the player's injury is not as small as Wenger reported before the last game, with it initially being considered a precautionary measure to leave him out of the match against West Brom.

He averaged a goal every 88.5 minutes in the Premier League, behind only Harry Kane by that measure, and sealed the title for the London club with a goal against West Brom last year.

Against Reading yesterday, most of St. Andrews seemed far more gleeful at the prospect of Aston Villa dropping a division than their authoritative and impressive victory over the champions — and therein lies a clue to the mediocrity of the last half century — clubs that measure themselves againsAgainst Reading yesterday, most of St. Andrews seemed far more gleeful at the prospect of Aston Villa dropping a division than their authoritative and impressive victory over the champions — and therein lies a clue to the mediocrity of the last half century — clubs that measure themselves againstagainst A. N.

I couldn't wait to measure ourselves against last year's fourth placed team... I do realise that two losses doesn't rule us out from the Premiership race and our fortune must turn, however the more extreme fans may well get their desires after all.

Morgan Schneiderlin — 7/10: Lasted just 44 minutes before he was replaced by Michael Carrick as a pre-cautionary measure ahead of United's vital final Champions League group game in the week against Wolfsburg.

It certainly showed in his last game against Watford, where he picked up a goal and an assist, and stuck a celebratory front flip for good measure.

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.»

Prof Appleby warned: «While waiting times remain low in historical terms, the rise against key target measures since this time last year shows how difficult it will be for the NHS to meet the prime minister's pledge to keep waiting times low as the spending squeeze begins to bite.»

As the House of Representatives prepares its final round of votes before approving a $ 1 trillion tax package on Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo got one last slam in against the measure and the New York Republicnas voting in favor of it.

The bill's fate will rest in large measure with the Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, who voted against the Armory project last year but whose office declined to comment on the wage bill.

Mayor de Blasio, who has been warring with Cuomo, also opposes the measure, while John Banks, head of the powerful Real Estate Board of New York, was in Albany last week lobbying against it.

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.»

Cuomo has railed against the Medicaid takeover for the last several days, issuing a series of statements that could fill a textbook blasting the measure and warning of its potential implications for New York's taxpayers.

The timing of his last - minute decision — six weeks after Anthony Weiner's success at launching a viable campaign — means that throughout the election season Spitzer's sins will be measured against those of the disgraced former congressman.

However, late last year he voted against a measure that would have given any company the right to deny women preventative - health coverage for almost any reason for a one - year period.

The Lake George Park Commission on Tuesday adopted a measure against the controversial annual tradition that led to a fatal boat crash last year.

Raising his voice to nearly a shout, Rep. Brian Higgins last week summed up his party's argument against the Republican tax cut plan as the House Ways and Means Committee finished its work on the measure.

The poll, which measured the favorability of both candidates among 498 likely Republican voters, was conducted last weekend after Doheny spent much of the month facing a barrage of negative advertising from American Crossroads, the super PAC co-founded by Karl Rove that dropped $ 770,000 on a flurry of attack ads against Doheny across the region's largest media markets.

De Blasio testified against the measure when he spoke about his budget priorities in Albany last week, saying it would «produce uncertainty in financing and unnecessarily add difficulty and delay to the process of building the affordable housing struggling New Yorkers need.»

(CNN)- A special House panel considering an impeachment measure against South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford decided Thursday that their review will not include most of the state ethics charges filed against the governor last month.

The gay marriage bill has been saved after Ed Miliband agreed at the last minute to vote against an amendment to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples that had prompted government warnings that it would derail the entire measure.

Efficacy against malaria infection of PfSPZ Vaccine administered to infants 5 - 12 months of age in 3 doses by passive and active surveillance for naturally acquired Pf infection, measured by blood smear microscopy, during 6 months following the last vaccine dose.

I will follow this until I get my next lot of scans done in around 3 months, then I can measure its success against my previous scans, to see if its providing any additional benefit (aka shrinking my cancer more than last time).

Intensity can be measured against your maximal effort (your one - rep max, or 1RM), but many beginning to intermediate lifters simply use this rule: Lift as much as you can lift for the target number of reps, ensuring that your muscles are fatigued by the last rep.. If you can do more reps than your target range, increase the weight.

She shares a graph from OkCupid that plots measured attractiveness against messages received in the last month.

When Quentin Tarantino led a Cannes jury into awarding the Grand Jury Prize to Oldboy last year, he no doubt measured it against his own revenge epic Kill Bill, and he must have marveled at its comparative extremity.

Members of the Citizens Council on Women's Education (ccwe), a project of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, also endorsed the civil - rights act of 1984 — the measure tabled by the Senate last week — and urged participants to vote against legislators who failed to back that and other legislation affecting equity in education.

Take the Vardaman High quiz bowl team, which Weddle joined last year in order to travel the state and measure herself against other students.

State Department of Education Superintendent Christina Kishimoto testified against the measure, calling it in written testimony last month «not necessary at this time.»

EdisonLearning works in collaboration with primary schools to help bring about a lasting improvement against the key measures that define school success, and the achievement of individual school goals and aspirations.

Do they measure this year's group of students against last year's group?

Using data to promote mastery learning yields far more valuable information than using data to measure this year's class against last year's.

The BoC's decision has been the subject of much debate — recent low interest rates were intended as an economic stimulus coming out of last year's recession, and some economists have been arguing that rates should stay low for the time being as a measure of protection against global market turmoil.

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This data is reassuring when compared to the substantially lower VE in the elderly measured last season (2012 - 2013) against then predominant H3N2 viruses.»

The models have used measured data and reconstructed temperatures from proxies (tree rings, ice cores, boreholes, sediments, etc.) and been calibrated against at least the last few thousand years of data, and they all predict that the temperatures will continue to rise.

Olympic president Jacques Rogge believes pollution - cutting measures for the games will leave a lasting legacy in China's fight against environmental meltdown.

The Verge offers an in - depth analysis of Obama's promised reforms with a scorecard measuring the effectiveness of those reforms against the recommendations of the Presidential review panel that were delivered late last year... [more]

In addition, Eternal Link, FSHO, as well as a third exchange from Japan, Last Roots, were all found with insufficient improvement on their internal safety measures that guards user information against potential cyber risks, the FSA said.

Despite the fact that the iPhone 5s isn't the huge upgrade from last year's model we were hoping for, it still maintains a wide gap in several key areas when measured against rival devices.

Hutchinson: Last year we had some of our largest months ever, so that is tough to measure up against.