Sentences with phrase «as national figures»

Teenage students who emerged as national figures in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 shooting flew to Washington to address the largest March for Our Lives rally, while thousands marched in Parkland, Boca Raton and cities around the globe.

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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's most consistent message during his relatively short time as a national figure is that the country is about to go broke.

This 6 - foot, 140 - pound Hoosier has been one of the Midwest's outstanding junior golfers for several years but until now never quite emerged as a national figure.

«I think the worst news for him, in some ways, besides the U.S. attorney investigation, is this suggests people don't take him all that seriously as a national figure,» Halperin said.

Northern region tops in anaemia with 85 % as against the national figure of 66 %, and stunting with 33 % against 19 % as the national figure.

The strategy will no doubt continue after this year, particularly if and when Cuomo begins to think less about a future as governor and more about his image as a national figure.

I don't want to overstate how well I know Tessa but what I do know is that how she is regarded as a national figure — an optimist, a can - do operator, a people person — is exactly consistent with how she conducted herself as a local MP.

But, he does have some advice for the soon - to - be former governor if she wants to continue to keep her name in the mix as a national figure and / or potential presidential nominee.

Pence's most controversial moment as a national figure — and the biggest stumble of his political career — came after he signed a law in Indiana that critics had warned would allow businesses to discriminate against gay men and lesbians.

But at the end of the day, Duncan's longevity as a national figure — and the permanence of the policies he champions — depends on Obama's.

One of the most prominent faces of the Never Again movement, the 16 - year - old Stoneman Douglas student has quickly emerged as a national figure in the fight for gun control.

Not exact matches

«The room, board, books and laundry figures are based upon the rates which prevailed during the past academic year, and can be accepted as applicable for the year 1950 - 1951 unless national economic changes require their alteration,» according to the bulletin.

As LaVar Ball increasingly became a national media figure for his outspoken and sometimes controversial promotion of his family brand, Big Ball Brand, some felt that he may be a distraction and unwanted voice around any team that drafted Lonzo.

«But the truth is, most of them probably see Secretary [of Defense James] Mattis, General McMaster, and Secretary [of State Rex] Tillerson as figures in which basically they see the same basic national security policies that they would have seen under Bush - or even Reagan for that matter.»

According to figures that the National Venture Capital Association diligently collects through primary research and publishes on their Web site, last year was somewhat typical in that 1,334 start - ups got funded, but only 13 % as many achieved an IPO (81 last year) or an acquisition large enough to warrant a public disclosure of the price (95 last year).

The state's jobless rate had been at 4.1 percent since November, mirroring the national figure until last month, when the U.S. rate held steady as Maryland's edged up.

Spain's household savings rate fell to its lowest level on record in the third quarter of last year as high unemployment and wage deflation in the latest recession obliged them to devote more of their disposable income to consumption, according to figures released Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

«disposable personal income», as reported by the BEA, is a total national figure for personal income after taxes, so comparing how individuals might spend that income in different parts of the country is not even considered by this report... the phrase may be poorly chosen, as might the phrase «personal income» itself, which includes not just wages and salaries, but also passive income from dividends, interest and rent, proprietor's income, and transfer payments such as social security... take all those forms of payments going to individuals, subtract out what's paid nationally in personal income taxes, and you have a national figure for «disposable personal income»

We combined survey results with 2016 data from the National Association of Realtors on the median apartment condo sales price in metros across the country, and we used those figures as a proxy for starter home prices for millennials.

Other biographers have placed Bach as a synthesizer of various national styles, the cul - de-sac of Reformation music, or the artistic antipode of that other great figure of the age, Isaac Newton.

The director of jail operations for the National Sheriffs Association was quoted as saying, «The figures are a national disgraceNational Sheriffs Association was quoted as saying, «The figures are a national disgracenational disgrace.»

Such was the case with the former neo-Nazi leader Ingo Hasselbach, who reports that the East German National Socialist skinhead movement was born of disaffected but essentially apolitical youths who discovered Nazism only when the state and other hated authority figures labeled them as «neo-Nazis.»

In his native Italy, Antonio Rosmini is a celebrated national figure, recognised by secular as well as religious institutions as one of the truly notable thinkers of the 19th century.

Begun as a private initiative by John D. Rockefeller III with support from other national figures, including then Secretary of the Treasury William Simon, the commission's landmark reports were published by the Department of the Treasury in the 1970s.

The internet will not give you the figures on how many people have died in anguish fully believing God was on their side and that they were fighting in his name or at least in his honor, defending their national religion as much as they did their lands from other soldiers who had been told essentially the same story on the other side.

Martin Luther King, Jr., whatever problems people may have with his personal life or philosophy, is deservedly lifted up as a figure who helped remedy a great wrong in our national experience.

The story is related by Richard Nixon himself — a figure who, in Coover's portrayal, has totally accepted the American Myth and sought unflinchingly to become its personification as president, representative of the American Way of Life and symbol of the national psyche.

«18 It is partly in response to that void of an Italian Reformation that we may understand Gramsci's fascination, and not Gramsci's alone but that of almost every major modern Italian intellectual with Niccolo Machiavelli, the Italian contemporary of Luther and Calvin.19 Gramsci treats Machiavelli as a Reformer in secular guise, a «precocious Jacobin,» with a vision of a people armed, a national Italy, and Gramsci used the figure of Machiavelli's Prince to express the unifying and leading function of the modern Communist party.

Whereas estimates from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey and Living Costs and Food Survey are broadly comparable (123 mL / adult / day versus 168 mL / person / day), the British Soft Drinks Association's figures are threefold to fourfold higher.48 61 The level and pattern of consumption will determine the magnitude of the public health effects of a sugar sweetened drinks tax, as well as its effect on health inequalities.

The AEG owned and operated arena continues to distinguish itself as the host of major, high - profile events of national and international distinction including the 2004 & 2011 NBA All - Star Games, 2002 NHL All - Star Game, 2000 Democratic National Convention, 2009 World Figure Skating Championships and 15 of the last 16 GRAMMY Awardnational and international distinction including the 2004 & 2011 NBA All - Star Games, 2002 NHL All - Star Game, 2000 Democratic National Convention, 2009 World Figure Skating Championships and 15 of the last 16 GRAMMY AwardNational Convention, 2009 World Figure Skating Championships and 15 of the last 16 GRAMMY Awards shows.

The main findings in this analysis are summarized in Figure 7 and include the trend - line changes from 1995 to 2011 for the availability of sugars and sweeteners (FAOSTAT), the apparent consumption of refined sugars (ABS), and sugars added to carbonated soft drinks (industry data) compared with the changes in total sugars, added sugars, and sugars as soft drinks according to national dietary surveys in 1995 and 2011 — 2012.

Trump's status as a controversial figure within sports circles grew after he made comments at a rally in Alabama about players in the NFL who were kneeling during the national anthem:

He did so well during the tournament and he's grown as a player during his career at Arsenal and with the national team, he's a figure there now.

As the end nears, the NFL has turned into the NFL — the National Arithmetic League — and the American public is holding its breath as Commissioner Pete Einstein hunkers over his calculators, trying to figure out whether Tampa Bay's first victory in history last Sunday will qualify the Buccaneers for a wildcard spot when the playoffs begin on Christmas EvAs the end nears, the NFL has turned into the NFL — the National Arithmetic League — and the American public is holding its breath as Commissioner Pete Einstein hunkers over his calculators, trying to figure out whether Tampa Bay's first victory in history last Sunday will qualify the Buccaneers for a wildcard spot when the playoffs begin on Christmas Evas Commissioner Pete Einstein hunkers over his calculators, trying to figure out whether Tampa Bay's first victory in history last Sunday will qualify the Buccaneers for a wildcard spot when the playoffs begin on Christmas Eve.

Wednesday night's game is happening far outside the bright lights of national television, and unless Penn pulls off a shocker, the highlights from this one figure to stay there as well.

Nash's plight has definitely gone viral, with such national figures as UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma and Curtis Strange weighing in.

She has represented USA in several international events such as Nationals in 2016 (Bronze in solo, Gold in Team and Combo); the UANA Pan American Championships in 2011 (Gold in Team), 2013 (Gold in Team), 2014 (Gold in Duet and Team); the Mediterranean Cup in 2014 (Bronze in Combo, 4th in Team and 5th in Duet); and the China Open in 2015 (Gold in Figures, Team, and Combo).

National Squad, was in top form as she earned a «Grand Slam» taking first in every event; combo, team, solo, figures, and duet (with team mate Dana Drury, a 14 year old also from WC), winning 5 Gold medals overall.

We'd have to try and accommodate both him and Özil into the same team, and as we see with the German national team, they haven't really figured out a way to do it.

The player has been the first - choice for the Portuguese National Team for a while now and was a key figure as his national side's defensively solid displays earned their nation their maiden international triumph in the form of the 2016 European ChampNational Team for a while now and was a key figure as his national side's defensively solid displays earned their nation their maiden international triumph in the form of the 2016 European Champnational side's defensively solid displays earned their nation their maiden international triumph in the form of the 2016 European Championship.

Rivera left the New York - based 1199 SEIU three years ago, becoming a national figure as the president of SEIU Healthcare — a union that was active in lobbying for President Obama's health care reform plan.

On January 10, 2012, an important national figure, Mr. Arafat, resigned, as a result of his discontent over proposed reforms to the emergency medical system under a new health law and of criticisms from Romanian President Traian Basescu.

That technique was used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to show Total Managed Expenditure with and without the support given to banks after the financial crisis in 2007 as shown in Figure 2.

as one GOP insider put it, «de Blasio hasn't figured out how to handle Albany, but he is trying to wade into national politics?»

As mentioned already the «Centre for policy studies» has said that the NHSLA has liabilities of some # 16.8 billion, reducing this figure would make huge inroads to the efficiency saving the NHS has to make without compromising patient safety and staff numbers It would be wise for those within the NHS and from the «Centre for policy studies» to look to their own as for the reason why patients look to the law for recompense, before we say that the compensation culture is «ingrained in the national psyche as a warped form of normal behaviour»As mentioned already the «Centre for policy studies» has said that the NHSLA has liabilities of some # 16.8 billion, reducing this figure would make huge inroads to the efficiency saving the NHS has to make without compromising patient safety and staff numbers It would be wise for those within the NHS and from the «Centre for policy studies» to look to their own as for the reason why patients look to the law for recompense, before we say that the compensation culture is «ingrained in the national psyche as a warped form of normal behaviour»as for the reason why patients look to the law for recompense, before we say that the compensation culture is «ingrained in the national psyche as a warped form of normal behaviour»as a warped form of normal behaviour».

More recent 2010 Ofcom figures surveying internet users showed TV ahead of the internet and newspapers as the main source of international and national news in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the USA and Japan.

Wilkinson became a national figure in 1936 as MP for Jarrow, when she led a march of the town's unemployed to London, petitioning for the right to work.

«This explains why they have continued to keep people like the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) in detention, even after he has been granted bail by the courts and have been after figures like Senate President Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu as well as politicians perceived to be interested in the 2019 Presidential elections.

That's why an equally impressive array of national figures such as Dr. Henry Kissinger, and local organizations such as the East End's premier Tea Party group, the Suffolk County 9 - 12 Project, have wholeheartedly rejected your candidate and endorsed my candidacy.