Sentences with phrase «against the measure lined»

Advocates for and against the measure lined the walls for the hearing, and opponents remain confident the measure is unlikely to be approved this year.

Not exact matches

Precautionary measures against the Zika virus will protect employees and customers, says Vinay Dube, senior VP for Asia at Delta Air Lines.

The first line of defense against elder financial abuse may be to raise awareness in our communities about the warning signs, common scams and preventative measures that might protect us from these crimes.

Tax professionals will likely need to review the bill text manually and measure their organization's specific circumstances against it to assess the impact of the provisions and their holistic effect on their organization's bottom line.

Evaluation measures include progress against business model and growth strategies, client relationship management, staff retention, and the evolution of asset allocation and product strategy in line with investor needs.

In a 51 - 49 vote following party lines, the Senate approved its version of the tax reform bill during a marathon session, with only one Republican, Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, voting against the measure.

In fact, in this line of thought, when a man uses violence the state has a right to apply all measures against him.

In the middle two quarters of the 20th century, a drastically reductionist way of thinking became the bottom line against which everything was measured.

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They played their best line against us and while this game is not exactly a league game it is a way to measure where we are at preparing the season.

These questions lead more directly to questions about whether we are willing to allow women to define their own place in society, or are we going to just keep feeding them a line of social expectations for women, then keep asking them to measure up against it.

Para 2: Considers that the delegated regulation does not contain sufficient measures to protect infants and young children against obesity and that the allowed maximum sugar level should be substantially lowered in line with WHO recommendations;

Sen. Stephen Saland, the other pro-gay marriage Republican to back the measure in 2011, was confirmed the winner of the Republican line in an even closer primary against Neil Di Carlo, who retained the Conservative Party line.

BP lobbied against the measure, which narrowly passed the Senate in a party - line vote with all the Republicans voting «no.»

Republicans must keep their plan's shortfall from spilling over that $ 1.5 trillion line or the measure will lose its protection against Democratic Senate filibusters, bill - killing delays that take 60 votes to overcome.

Schreibman's television advertisement campaign targeted senior citizens and women with promises to protect Medicare and women's rights while leveling criticism against Gibson's votes in line with Republican legislation that included funding cuts for Planned Parenthood and measures that would change the way Medicare is operated.

BP, under fire nationally for all the obvious reasons, was a player pushing against an Albany bill to reduce the level of of sulfur in home heating oil sold in the state to the levels in diesel trucks - a measure that narrowly passed the state Senate after a party - line vote against it by the GOP minority.

He added: «Truly naive human ES cell lines would not only help answer fundamental questions about how we are made, and be useful for drug screening and tissue therapy, but they would also provide a benchmark against which other types of stem cells could be measured in terms of their effectiveness in stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine.»

Remove the lashes from the pack and hold them against your eye to measure them against the length of your own natural lash line.

Not that anyone needed reminding, in light of the heightened security measures up and down the Croisette: the constant presence of armed police officers; the large, heavy planters lining the streets to protect against a vehicular attack, and the metal detectors set up at every entrance to the Palais des Festivals.

This week Britain's movie academy, industry unions and bodies announced new measures to tackle bullying and harassment, including better procedures for reporting and investigating abuse, a commitment to act against bullies and abusers, and a confidential support line.

Indians standing in a line outside a hospital wear masks as a precautionary measure against the Nipah virus at the Government Medical College hospital in Kozhikode, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, on Monday.

Children use line graphs to plot multiplication facts, and measures against time, using these to derive other facts.

It also matters if you're looking to refinance your investment property or borrow against it with a home equity line of credit, as lenders will consider your debt - to - equity ratio as a measure of creditworthiness.

The debate, in a nutshell, goes something like this: Why pay higher fees for an actively managed fund that has a shot at posting much bigger returns than the index it's measured against but which also runs the risk of posting smaller returns, when you can buy a low - cost index fund, such as those that track the performance of the S&P 500 index, which pretty much guarantees that your returns will be in line with the index?

As the concept of sustainability takes root in corporate culture, many business leaders today are discovering what it means to measure performance against the triple bottom line.

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The bottom line is that a property owner must have adequate security measures to protect against any anticipated criminal threats.

Our earlier post (and see update) mentioned that Eugene Volokh had written about the contours of a constitutional right to self - defense, and now the UCLA lawprof (at the newly un-paywalled site of his Conspiracy) has sketched a possible argument against the Philly Plexiglass measure along those lines.

In line with the Guidelines to EU Policy towards Third Countries on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, EU member states should, through confidential démarches and public statements, urge Egypt to take effective measures against torture and ill - treatment, bring all those responsible for torture and ill - treatment to justice, and provide redress to victims.

installation of a hot line or a contact person through which or to whom employees can report irregularities, incidents of discrimination, sexual harassment, bullying or mobbing without facing retaliation and recognisable disciplinary measures against those who do not obey to these rules;

Abstract: On May 18, 2017, the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) granted provisional measures in the Jadhav Case brought by India against Pakistan.1 This unremarkable order is in line with the Court's ordinary approach to requests for interim relief in death penalty cases.

But part of that hope was dashed hours later, when the Republican - controlled House voted 71 - 36 along party lines against bringing up a bill that would ban assault weapon sales and magazines of more than seven rounds, all but killing the measure for the year.

Don't get me wrong, this is a good camera, it just doesn't measure up against what Google has done with the Pixel, nor does it feel like it lines up with a lot of other devices in this price range.

The bottom line is to measure the cost of any improvements you want to make against the overall values in your neighborhood.