Sentences with phrase «as national holidays»

Ideally, begin by noting all the important dates such as national holidays, regional events, and so on.

Get rid of holidays that endorse any specific religion as they have no place as national holidays.

On January 20, America officially celebrated for the first time the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., as a national holiday.

He also came into office at a time when there was a great deal of discussion and divisiveness actually, over establishing the Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday.»

I heard on the radio the other morning that someone is actually trying to get the Monday after the Super Bowl recognized as a national holiday.

In honor of National Food Coma day, (which, incidentally, is celebrating its 150th Anniversary as a national holiday this year) two -LSB-...]

Since 1914 — when Mother's Day was first celebrated as a national holiday in the United States — the second Sunday in May has always been a special day for children and their mothers.

The victory is celebrated each year on September 10th as a national holiday.

In 2000, CDI proclaimed September the official «Update Your Resume Month», registering the event as a national holiday with Chase's Calendar of Events.

Not exact matches

«We are seeing a creeping erosion of employment rights as companies misclassify their workers as self - employed so as to avoid paying them holiday pay and the national minimum wage,» she said.

During the holidays, your customers are as primed to spend as they'll ever be, with retailers reaping up to 40 percent of their annual sales from November through December, according to the National Retail Federation.

The National Retail Federation's Shop.org last month forecast e-commerce sales would rise as much as 11 % this holiday season.

The accident came as France is preparing to celebrate its most important national holiday, Bastille Day, on Sunday, and as masses of vacationers are heading out of Paris and other big cities to see family or on summer vacation.

Indeed the National Retail Federation has forecast retail sales will rise as much as 4 % this holiday season, roughly the pace of growth for the full year.

Maryland Democrat Alec Ross celebrated April 20, the informal national holiday for marijuana aficionados, by releasing a video featuring as many weed puns as he could muster in 30 - seconds.

Just as the Chinese National Day «golden week» holiday came to an end, over 40,000 industry leaders, technology professionals and developers from 58 countries have descended on Hangzhou for what will be the conference of the year for many.

Seeing as H1 2017 already has seen 5.65 million Chinese travellers lavishing 290 million baht ($ 8.75 million) 6, this aim seems well achievable, particularly as Thailand is not only one of the most popular vacation spots for Chinese in general, but was also voted the # 1 holiday destination for Chinese this National Day Golden Week by Ctrip.

And as a result of these events, Mordecai makes the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar a national Jewish holiday.

Although I am very far from subscribing to the doctrine of the total depravity of man, it does seem to me to have been proved within my own lifetime that the problem of human evil is not much affected by better education, better housing, higher wages, holidays with pay, and the National Health Service — desirable as all these things may be for other good reasons.

In this collection of essays he addresses questions as various as marriage and divorce, immigration policy, and the importance of national holidays.

There are Jewish holidays that are taken off as well, alongside obviously our other national holidays.

That in no way means that the Holidays or holy days of these religions need to be observed as a national event.

That's not the type of question most people will consider on this Monday as the nation celebrates King's national holiday.

In the midst of this debate, there is at least one victory Benedict can already look to: the Cuban authorities have granted his request to have Good Friday declared a national holiday (just as Christmas was finally permitted after Blessed John Paul II's 1998 visit).

Following Bellah's lead, most commentators on the topic have focused on the foundation documents of the republic, presidential inaugural addresses, the ritual and ceremonial involved in the observance of regular national holidays, and occasional events such as the funeral of a president.

Thanksgiving Day (Jour de l'Action de grâce in Canadian French) is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year.

When it became a national holiday, some people weren't happy that a holiday was created to celebrate the Pilgrims so it makes sense they would use a more inclusive name so people can enjoy the holiday as they see fit.

As for recipes this month, it is a mixed bag of chocolate decadence in Decadent Double Chocolate Dome Cookies, luscious blueberry pies, a sumptuous, and some cross border baking in honour of our two national holidays.

Last week's National Iced Tea Day, National Doughnut Day earlier this month... These holidays are a lot of fun for bloggers who use them as inspiration for their blog and social media posts.

These will include holiday extravaganzas, Signature Degustation Menus and participation in programs such as the Late Night Dessert Party with SOBEWFF, Tapas Event with Jose Andres, Backyard Nights at The Aqua Pool Club of The National, Miami Spice, French Week and much more.

The game began in January 1967 as a curiosity and has morphed into a virtual national holiday, with hundreds of millions — both in the United States and around the world — tuning in for the contest.

Between your family asking you about your love life as they do on every other national holiday, your coworkers asking you about your plans,...

Three years later, the same Albanian — having now distinguished himself as the best graduating student of his school — was again elected to bear the colours in the Greek national holiday parade.

After the war, this momentous event in the history of modern Greece — popularly known as the No Day — became a national holiday, celebrated annually with impressive military and student parades.

• Tax Incentives for Young Entrepreneurs: As a further commitment to creating a supportive ecosystem for young Ghanaian entrepreneurs of age 35 years and below who start their own businesses, government will, through the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP), grant tax holidays based on the number of persons employed by a start - up or early - stage business.

That means its start and end dates are not dependent on which weekday is most convenient (as opposed to a national holiday like Veteran's Day), and...

Joe Grice of the Office for National Statistics said the estimate could be revised, pointing to the Jubilee bank holiday in June as an unusual occurrence.

This was a reference to the events of late July and early August 2008 which followed Labour's defeat to the Scottish National Party in the Glasgow East by - election when, with a demoralised Gordon Brown on holiday in Suffolk, with Labour as many as 25 points behind in the polls, and with MPs insurgent and openly discussing a leadership challenge, Miliband made his move.

That means its start and end dates are not dependent on which weekday is most convenient (as opposed to a national holiday like Veteran's Day), and that a President's inauguration could be any day of the week (including Saturday or Sunday).

Owing to religious holidays and Sept. 11 emerging as a national day of reflection, the primary will be held on Sept. 13, another Thursday.

In December, a holiday email from the governor's campaign account actually used Obama and Congress as an unstated foil, saying the «national economy remains stagnant and the gridlock in Washington seems never ending,» but New Yorkers could celebrate the «great progress» in Albany.

The report singles out the NCC (National Caravan Council), as all new caravan holiday home and park homes are fitted with two CO alarms, and new tourer and motorhomes are fitted with one CO alarm.

As the Whitsun holiday approaches, the trade association for the UK caravan industry, the NCC (National Caravan Council) is reporting a surge in bookings to caravan parks.

A targeted VAT cut and a National Insurance Contributions (NICs) holiday must be introduced for small firms as small business confidence fell to -9.3 due to the pressure of weak demand and rising costs, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) «Voice of Small Business» Index.

At 9 a.m., Walmart workers, clergy, and supporters fast outside the estate of Alice Walton, whose family owns half of Walmart, as part of a national day of action to «demonstrate the hunger crisis for Walmart workers and their families that are struggling to put food on the table this holiday season,» and protest for a $ 15 - an - hour minim wage, 515 Park Ave., Manhattan.

Poughkeepsie... With the approach of the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro has announced Dutchess County's enhanced commitment to equality for all citizens, with several Human Resources initiatives, including the appointment of Jody Miller as the County's new Equal Employment Opportunity / Human Rights (EEO / HR) Officer.

African Traditional Worshipers in the Volta Region are calling on the government to identify a holiday for such worshipers in the national calendar as it is done for Muslims and Christians.

The erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government with the approval of Parliament declared Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's birthday, 21st September as a statutory public holiday; thus Founder's Day, to recognize Nkrumah for his tremendous contribution towards the independence of Ghana and Liberation struggle for the entire African continent.

Also as a PhD in The Netherlands, you will get plenty of holidays and national holidays to travel back home.

As a result, one leading national laboratory began to impose mandatory 2 - day - per - month «unpaid holidays» on its science staff, several laboratories began laying off researchers, the U.S. portion of the international program to develop plentiful energy through nuclear fusion was reduced to «survival mode,» America's firms continued to spend three times more on litigation than research, and many young would - be scientists presumably began reconsidering their careers.