Sentences with phrase «aid efforts as»

Fifty - three troopers arrived in Puerto Rico on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, to assist with law enforcement and humanitarian aid efforts as the U.S. territory recovers from the devastation of Hurricane Maria.

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Comments: «We continue to believe that prospects remain good for economic growth to reassert itself as challenges are persistently met by concerted efforts of country officials and central bankers around the world aided and abetted by secular trends larger than the cyclical hurdles in the immediate path.

Cohen never worked for Trump's campaign but aided his political efforts: He set up 2012 and 2016 «Draft Trump» endeavors, helped put together Trump's diversity coalition and, despite his long - standing registration as a Democrat, threw himself into Republican fundraising.

Initially, Cascade manufactured the filter as part of a humanitarian effort in conjunction with a NGO partner called International Aid.

CEO Alain Bellemare said he believes the efforts to cut costs will help revive Bombardier, which has appealed for federal aid as it struggles to sell its signature CSeries passenger jet.

The press also noted that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) donated C$ 500,000 as relief aid to earthquake survivors in central Taiwan and that Canada sent a team of civil engineers with expertise in building in earthquake zones, a medical team and others to assist in the recovery effort.

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President Trump pledged swift federal aid to Texas and Louisiana on Monday as the two states seek to recover from Hurricane Harvey, and dismissed the notion that his threatened shutdown of the government over border wall funding could impact the effort.

Last year, Buffett added that, «Our efforts to materially increase the normalized earnings of Berkshire will be aided — as they have been throughout our managerial tenure — by America's economic dynamism.

The DOLLAR INDEX is lower by 3.2 %, which is also in contravention of conventional wisdom as QE is done to weaken one's currency in an effort to aid the domestic economy.

Government aid and insurance payments will assist in efforts to rebuild homes, vehicle sales are likely to rise as cars are replaced, and workers will be needed to aid in construction.

It is currently raffling a $ 90,000 2018 Freightliner straight truck as part of its «Big Truckin» Raffle» to aid its food relief efforts.

He also pointed out that even if what happened with Daniels was the sort of thing that was very common for Cohen as part of his duties, the Daniels scenario could still be a contribution if Cohen understood it would aid Trump's electoral effort.

The satellites and technology also help aid workers as they coordinate relief efforts.

 Almost a quarter of that was the auto aid. It was important for preserving jobs, for sure. But does it count as «stimulus,» in the sense of stimulating expenditure? I don't think so. It was more in the realm of a balance sheet transfer that kept an important company going. If the auto aid was «stimulus,» then so too was the much larger line of credit which Ottawa advanced to the banks (they could have tapped $ 200 billion under Mr. Flaherty's EFF mechanism)-- all of which was also repaid. In that case, Ottawa's «stimulus» was more like a quarter - trillion dollars... far outpacing everyone else in the OECD as a share of GDP! Of course that's nonsense. This was just one of many ways that Ottawa inflated the true value of its stimulus effort last year (including counting as «stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass layoffs).

As Tesla continues to aid hurricane - battered Puerto Rico in relief efforts, CEO Elon Musk responded to a tweet which suggested that Tesla could fortify the...

The Daimoku President Ikeda is chanting is our great and boundless spiritual aid, and just as important as the other ways the Soka Gakki are active in relief efforts.

The myth that gay and lesbian people are child molesters often goes unchallenged when spread from the pulpit, and in the 80s and 90s, many Christians refused to support efforts to curb the HIV / AIDS crisis as they believed it to be a «curse from God» that gay people deserved.

• The United States as part of its diplomatic war effort also worked to narrow Nicaragua's options in terms of aid, trade, and military assistance.

This is primarily because it has proven to be a powerful aid in the effort to avoid dealing with works of art or literature as products of the human spirit: aesthetic objects that move us with their intricately wrought beauty, humor, and insight.

Hubert Stuart Moore aided the war effort as a civilian, serving on hospital boards; he invented a splint and, according to one account, artificial limbs as well.

The present ecological crisis is partially the practical consequence of the old Newtonian philosophy of nature as dead, insensitive, and mechanical; and Hartshorne's panpsychism should aid man's efforts to rethink his relation to the cosmos.

This may be why he all but ignores evidence, such as recent legislative efforts to guarantee parental religious liberty through parochial school aid or school choice proposals, that strengthens his thesis.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

We try as hard as we can to give as much aid as we can, and I'm sure other churches do too, but if everyone put forth even more effort, religion would once again become a key part of society and the government would have a little bit more money to work with.

The former Villarreal man is arguably in the best form of his career, with his efforts aiding Diego Simeone's side to a domestic title triumph last term as well as a run to the Champions League final.

In a release announcing her re-election campaign, Serino touted her efforts for increase school aid and an end to the gap elimination adjustment as well as an extension of the property tax cap.

At the same time, this is one of the more formalized and concerted efforts by Cuomo, harnessing the state committee that he controls, to aid Democrats who are running in down - ballot local races as he seeks another term later this year.

They are increasingly taking action through civil litigation, complaints and petitions to state institutions — efforts aided by environmental NGOs, the media, and the effect of mass protest.Academic studies have drawn attention to the role the media, ENGOs and civil litigation as potential forces in aiding environmental protection implementation.

Rodríguez also referenced efforts to expand legal services to protect tenants, noting that $ 2 million in Council funding has bolstered agencies such as Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, Manhattan Legal Services and Legal Aid Society.

The defence secretary, Phillip Hammond, made efforts before the last spending review to blend some of his budget with that of overseas aid, but was repulsed by the very tight international definitions of overseas aid set by agencies such as the OECD.

«As the chair of the Senate Education Committee, Senator Oppenheimer should be leading efforts to reform the state school aid formula so districts do not have to endure billions in cuts any given year and can operate within the confines of a local property tax cap,» said Cohen.

At the same time, gambling opponents pointed to the wording of the casino amendment that highlighted the potential benefits of gambling, including an increase in economic development and school aid as a sign the administration was trying to sway voters with non-neutral language (an effort to halt the amendment as it appears on the ballot was thwarted by a state judge this month).

The laon fund comes the same day as Unshackle Upstate calls for the governor to use design - build to aid the recovery effort for some infrastructure, which essentially would mean a suspension of the Wicks Law.

«These efforts will enable countries to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals,» the report said.

To get this victory — and the governor will no doubt be touting it far and wide as a victory — Cuomo had to compromise quite a bit, jettisoning his efforts to shift Medicaid and higher ed costs onto New York City (thanks to the Assembly Democrats, who dug in their heels on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's behalf), and also bowing to the Legislature's refusal to reauthorize the so - called «rational» tuition plan for SUNY and CUNY, providing the systems with an additional $ 85 million in aid plus $ 300 million in capital funding.

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While Skelos might want his legacy to be about tax cuts and big increases in education aid, he will long be known on the inside as the master of Senate redistricting efforts.

In addition, I have signed on as a cosponsor of a bipartisan bill in Congress that directs the National Institute of Health to prioritize research of Scleroderma, aiding in this effort,» said Congressman Chris Gibson (NY - 19).

«We are proud to be part of this collaborative effort to enhance the quality of life of those who will enjoy nourishing meals, as well as culinary students who are learning an important craft that will aid them in their professional careers.»

«Leading efforts to reduce extreme poverty, food insecurity, and preventable deaths with initiatives such as Feed the Future and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.»

Mr. LaValle and other state representatives have focused their efforts in recent years on restoring school aid lost by a budget adjustment formula known as the Gap Elimination Adjustment.

«I'm pleased to present a proposed budget that demonstrates my administration's effort to stabilize county finances, ensure our county safety and our vibrancy,» said McCoy, a Democrat, who hails the $ 679 million spending plan as one that builds on the county's «sound» fiscal practices while keeping county spending under the state - mandated tax cap for the fifth year in a row,»... despite the continuous pressures of unfunded mandates and the real cuts we face in 2018 for state aid and programs such as foster care.»

Calling the Albany budget crisis and its threat to rob city schools of as much as $ 600 million in state aid «the most dangerous thing this union has faced in 30 years,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the April 21 Delegate Assembly that members had to redouble their efforts to get the message out to elected officials that «children can't be made to pay for the mistakes of Wall Street.»

Its preservation will aid our efforts to rebrand the Queens as a top - level tourist destination that we call «The World's Borough.

But even as the area recovers, the level of water in Lake Ontario remains high, and recovery efforts along some parts of the shore have to wait for drier weather — and a federal disaster declaration that local and state officials have requested to unlock additional aid.

«This is a precarious position for these salmon, and classifying them as a sub-species could aid efforts to protect them.»

While anti-tobacco efforts continue across the county, the introduction of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has been marketed as a less harmful alternative to cigarettes and also as a smoking cessation aid.

A portable detector would greatly aid efforts to fight the infection in developing countries, particularly parts of Asia and Africa where as much as 40 percent of the population carries the microbe, says Robert Belknap, a physician and TB expert at the Denver Health Medical Center in Colorado.

To aid in relief efforts and facilitate rapid global research, we have immediately released all sequence data as it is generated.