Sentences with phrase «at shoring up»

This early investment in the fundamental building blocks of healthy development — health, education and strong parenting — is aimed at shoring up the foundations of the youngest members of our community.

Last month, in a move aimed at shoring up its image, the firm merged with well - known San Diego criminal defense lawyer Kerry Steigerwalt and was given a new name, Kerry Steigerwalt's Pacific Law Center.

In the last year, he's made a lot of changes aimed at shoring up teacher retention.

Spurred by several accidents at federal laboratories involving risky pathogens, the White House today announced a sweeping set of steps aimed at shoring up biosafety and biosecurity procedures.

The 15 % SPT slapped on petroleum products, at the time, was aimed at shoring up dwindling revenues due to the falling price of crude on the international market.

Atlantic City is considering a bankruptcy filing after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed legislation aimed at shoring up the finances of the distressed casino resort.

Such statements are primarily targeted at shoring up political support and secondarily at painting President Obama as being soft on China.

While the exact policy details aren't immediately available, the products are said to be aimed at shoring up confidence in digital currency transactions.

Those changes are aimed at shoring up its important tire and auto parts business, as well as smoothing crucial relations with its powerful store owners and cutting costs, ahead of U.S. discounter Target Corp. opening its first Canadian stores in March.

CALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX: CVE) is raising $ 1.5 billion through the sale of 67.5 million common shares in a move aimed at shoring up its balance sheet in the face of oil prices that have fallen to half the level of June.

Not exact matches

But as large companies shore up their security systems in response to high - profile data breaches, that means «the bad guys are moving down the food chain, where folks are not as prepared,» says Brian Casazza, CIO at Vistage, a training organization for small - and mid-sized businesses.

Specifically, she has called for shoring up spending for early childhood education and capping families» costs for it at no more than 10 percent of their income.

The best thing you can do is take 10 - 20 minutes at the end of each work day to shore up your loose ends.

Beijing ought to be spending its money at home to shore up its economy, instead of chasing elusive prestige abroad.

Canadian Tire announced it has an agreement to snap up the upscale Pro Hockey Life chain, a move aimed at further shoring up its position as the country's leading retailer of sporting goods.

Over the past year, the Times had found itself at odds with Tribune's previous management, which fired a publisher, Austin Beutner, who was pursuing an aggressively local strategy designed to shore up the paper's value and influence on its home turf.

Any deal would require approval from Lynas shareholders at the annual general meeting on November 30 but could help shore up the company's balance sheet after a sustained lull in the prices for rare earths.

Sears will shutter stores at Hunt Valley Towne Center in Baltimore County and Hagerstown in a new round of closings announced Friday, part of cost - cutting measures the struggling retailer is taking to shore up its business.The two Maryland locations are...

The intervention sparked concern among Chinese traders that the government was trying to shore up the market at levels unjustified by weaker economic outlook.

It is not at all clear that China will try to shut down some refiners to rein in overcapacity; instead, it appears China will try to shore them up in a consolidated company.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras turned Tuesday to shoring up support at home for his plan to end a five - month standoff with creditors that has brought his nation to the edge of default.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras needs to shore up support at home for his plan, while euro - area finance ministers meet Wednesday to prepare the ground for a second, scheduled summit of European Union leaders Thursday.

Recent revelations of funding deficiencies at FHA and spiking delinquency rates for many of the marginal borrowers in the program could spell trouble for FHA borrowers as additional efforts are undertaken to shore up FHA's finances.

It sits on the western shore at the southern end of the long lake, which snakes up into Switzerland.

My Pastor at Solomon's Porch Doug Pagitt tried to have me put in a mental institution to shore up the crazy campaign and justify an affair and divorce.

As the pious above chant of the God begotten of Light, the unfaithful faithful call out in ragged whispers their own stories of Inquisitions, of lost political battles at important councils of faith, of unjust executions in the name of the Christ and of excommunications to shore up power.

Since 1806 Mexico has suffered military intervention at least ten times by U.S. troops, and if there are no interventions in the offing now, perhaps it is largely because the U.S. has been shoring up the rule of one party, which wins rigged elections and then fails to challenge U.S. investment and business practices that increase human suffering for campesinos and urban poor there.

Shored up by relief at having successfully reduced proportional body fat, they remain haunted by dread that the pounds, the scorn and the self - hating misery may surge back at any time.

When you pro-life contradictions stop acting like life begins at conception and ENDS AT BIRTH, when you stop using abortion as a political wedge issue to shore up votes and show that you actually understand and act on ALL the complex issues at work, you might actually find others more sympathetic to your alleged causat conception and ENDS AT BIRTH, when you stop using abortion as a political wedge issue to shore up votes and show that you actually understand and act on ALL the complex issues at work, you might actually find others more sympathetic to your alleged causAT BIRTH, when you stop using abortion as a political wedge issue to shore up votes and show that you actually understand and act on ALL the complex issues at work, you might actually find others more sympathetic to your alleged causat work, you might actually find others more sympathetic to your alleged cause.

Then, while ignoring the hard biological evidence that life begins at conception and that religious opinion has nothing to do with it, Sen. Biden incoherently referenced Thomas Aquinas to shore up his argument.

By affirming the importance of surrounding and supporting communities to poor children and children whose home life is in disarray, the Kauai study challenges us to reflect on what might be done to shore up, or at least to avoid damaging, these structures.

Officials from the Libyan Red Crescent have reported that at least 74 bodies have washed up on the West Libyan shores — a popular, dangerous route for people to be trafficked to Europe.

Defending the honor of the poor by insisting they are just like the rest of the population shores up liberalism at its most vulnerable point, namely, its inability to explain why people who don't benefit from the welfare state should acquiesce in the taxes that pay for it.

Hooray mankind found some evidence of our past - that's a good thing - but there's no reason at all to claim it goes to shore up anything Biblical.

Lisbon was home to a quarter million, at least 60,000 of whom perished, both from the initial tremor (reckoned now, like the Sumatran earthquake, at a Richter force of around 9.0) and from the tsunami that it cast up on shore half an hour later (especially murderous to those who had retreated to boats in the mouth of the river Tagus to escape the destruction on land).

Recommended by a TV cameraman after failing a trial at Newcastle but ended up shoring up Liverpool's backline for a decade, picking up domestic and European glory as he went.

I can see Elneny at City to shore up their frail backline and Iwobi at Barca to add some flair.

The Lions have plenty of needs at cornerback and defensive end, but with the retirement of Jeff Backus, they need to shore up their offensive line.

As well as that, it would also be pretty sweet off the pitch as we might see a little more of James Rodriguez WAG on these shores, be it at Anfield for games or rocking up at club Christmas or end - of - season parties.

The team signed B.J. Daniels from the Seattle Seahawks practice squad to shore up depth at the position.

Washington looks poised to be a threat with the second best offense in the league, averaging 5.52 runs per game and the third best ERA among starters at 3.71, but will need to use the trade market to shore up a disastrous bullpen that owns an MLB - worst 5.20 ERA.

Debuchy and Gibbs should have come on at the 60 minute mark to shore up our midfield which was being overrun in the second half.

Sending on Coq and Chambers to shore up a defence at home against QPR is a joke.

Just shore up that poxy defence Arsene.Banging them in one end is pointless (get the Pun) if your letting them in at the other end.

Aston Villa want to bring in Blackburn defender Scott Dann, 24, at the end of the season to shore up their back - line.

Now that Francis Coquelin has comeback as a new man in midfield (and signed a new contract) and the recent arrival of the beast - looking Gabriel Paulista to shore up the defence, we are now looking like the finished article at last.

Since taking over as manager of the Spanish side the Scot has shored them up defensively, but possibly at the expense of some of their attacking prowess.

There is one slight surprise for Arsenal fans in the starting line up of Arsene Wenger today, although the use of our England international left back Kieran Gibbs in a more advanced role on front of the Spaniard Nacho Monreal has been tried before and with a fair amount of success, although it is normally a move made by the manager to shore things up at the end of a game.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

De Vrij could certainly shore things up at the back alongside his compatriot Van Dijk, but based on this report, it sounds as though he'll be staying in Italy next season.