Sentences with phrase «at weakening state»

It's pretty similar to other games, though here you don't transform into an undead or are at a weakened state when you wake up, which takes away the hassle of dying.

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If Andrew Mackenzie and Sam Walsh are right, then Western Australia's commodity dependent economy could be at the start of a recovery; and not before time, given the weakening state of the property market as measured by mortgage defaults.

At last, a much - needed debate is breaking out in Canada about the threat to democracy of the ever - weakening state of the news media.

New York State's recent attempts to revise academic standards for elementary and secondary education appear to weaken or muddy major requirements in reading and writing, according to pro-standards groups at the national and state leState's recent attempts to revise academic standards for elementary and secondary education appear to weaken or muddy major requirements in reading and writing, according to pro-standards groups at the national and state lestate levels.

Romney's «normal» is the old consensus, the consensus before the financial crisis: the state is the problem, markets work, taxes should be lowered at the top end of the income scale in order to trickle - down and collective bargaining and unions should be weakened.

Elia's selection comes at a crucial time for education policy in New York: State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a new teacher evaluation measure in the 2015 - 16 state budget last month, a move that was deeply opposed by the state's teachers unions for its weakening of teState lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a new teacher evaluation measure in the 2015 - 16 state budget last month, a move that was deeply opposed by the state's teachers unions for its weakening of testate budget last month, a move that was deeply opposed by the state's teachers unions for its weakening of testate's teachers unions for its weakening of tenure.

The New York State Board of Regents at the last minute reversed course and decided not to hold a final vote on some changes to weaken implementation of the Common Core standards in New York.

The state Board of Regents at the last minute reversed course and decided not to hold a final vote on some changes to weaken implementation of the Common Core standards in New York.

«To weaken and undermine the governor, beyond the weakness that already exists, at a time when he will be the governor for the next 15 years — 15 months — to me doesn't serve the interest of the state.»

My latest City & State column assesses Gov. Cuomo's cynical alliance with the WFP: «The Cuomo fils brand may in the long run weaken and bankrupt the state Democratic Party far more than his father did at the end of his 12... Continue readState column assesses Gov. Cuomo's cynical alliance with the WFP: «The Cuomo fils brand may in the long run weaken and bankrupt the state Democratic Party far more than his father did at the end of his 12... Continue readstate Democratic Party far more than his father did at the end of his 12... Continue reading →

«It appears that what has happened is that they are dividing and... weakening the black vote in the west side of The Bronx,» Anthony Curry, who opposed Gibson in the state primaries, said at a public redistricting hearing in October.

The storm weakened before making its second and third landfalls as a Category 3 storm on the morning of August 29 in southeast Louisiana and at the Louisiana / Mississippi state line, respectively.

At least 12 million trees in the state have been killed as bark beetles take advantage of their weakened state.

After eight years of work, we were able to identify an entirely new mechanism for how spinal cord injury weakens the immune system,» said principal investigator Dr. Jan M. Schwab, neurologist and physician at Ohio State's Neurological Institute, who collaborated with researchers from several institutes in Germany, along with the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Harvard Medical School and Boston's Children's Hospital.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (Reuters)- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signed an agreement recognizing the landmark Paris climate accord at a meeting of Arctic nations in Alaska on Thursday, but said President Donald Trump was not rushing to decide whether to leave or weaken U.S. commitments to the pact.

And in their weakened state, they are at grave risk for continued deterioration.

Whichever division the loser ends up at will be in a further weakened state.

At the beginning of Thor: Ragnarok, Surtur was in a weakened state, although still several times the size of or Thor.

Finally, after 99 days at sea, they made landfall in a weakened state, having lost dozens of men to starvation.

Studies by the Fordham Institute and by researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan both found that states with high performance standards tended to weaken them in response to NCLB's goal of moving all children to a single standard.

This campaign, it says, is really «a proxy for a broader assault on public education itself» and is coming at a time when public schools have been weakened by funding cuts, «vitriolic political attacks on teachers and their unions, and state programs to privatize schools through vouchers, charter schools and other «school choice» measures.»

Yet, at the same time lawmakers assert that they plan to strengthen the state's ability to address the problem, they have weakened their ability to do so by allowing more uncertified teachers into the classroom.

Last week, Senate Democrats lashed out at a Republican bill they said was intended to weaken the already enfeebled Office of the Secretary of State, currently held by Democrat Doug La Follette.

This report proposes sweeping changes to the way American education is governed, recommends stronger and more centralized government at the state level, and suggests the weakening of lay - citizen participation in governance in favor of control by politicians.

In addition, Pryor said the reduction of funding in a proposal aimed at low - performing districts and the removal of specific strategies to help those districts could weaken the state's chances for a waiver of some requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Tragically, many states and the federal government are going in the other direction, weakening accountability systems that were set up to protect children at risk, enabling a retreat from high standards, and allowing states and districts to maintain inequitable funding formulas.

«We are not kicking anything down the road,» Malloy said, citing a phrase he and other gubernatorial candidates used in 2010 to describe the fiscal gimmicks that had weakened the pension system and created a record - setting state budget deficit at that time.

The state Board of Regents at the last minute reversed course and decided not to hold a final vote on some changes to weaken implementation of the Common Core standards in New York.

«Against a weakened economic outlook and a slow adjustment cycle, we expect the Bank of Canada to reduce its policy rate to 0.25 % at its January 20 meeting,» states TD Economist Brian DePratto.

The significance of his injuries combined with his weakened state would make for a difficult undertaking, but it would be Rudy's only chance at survival.

Updated As coastal communities from the Carolinas through New England track Tropical Storm Hermine, which struck Florida yesterday as that state's first hurricane since 2005 before weakening, it's worth looking back at the disastrous deluge in Louisiana for wider lessons.

More Information: Further details of Mr. Vaad's deep and substantive ties with ALEC, details of IRS 501 (c)(3) tax fraud charges filed against ALEC by Common Cause and ALEC model legislation calling for repeal of state Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards (RPS) and the ALEC Market - Power Renewables Act that directly seeks to influence state legislators and public utility commissioners to weaken clean energy regulations can be viewed at the website of: Friends of the Colorado PUC

Three states have already weakened LEED energy efficiency standards and at least seven others are considering legislation that would essentially gut LEED standards.

It states that «global warming, poorly planned coastal development and other threats over which humans have some control are weakening natural defenses ranging from mangrove swamps to coral reefs that help keep the oceans at bay.»

Attorney Generals from the same 10 states released a joint statement vowing to «vigorously oppose attempts by the Trump Administration to weaken vehicle emission policies and put our public health at risk,» as well as their right to adopt even stricter pollution standards.

That declaration sounds a lot like what Pruitt endorsed at the conclusion of his CPAC speech, but of course he was referring to state efforts to weaken federal environmental safeguards, not strengthen them.

«Michigan colleges file brief on Prop 2; U-M, MSU and Wayne State tell Supreme Court that altering admission standards at midyear weakens goals»: This article appears today in The Detroit News.

The Boston Globe reported that the BBRS seemed to be leaning towards weakening these regulations, or at least reviewing their cost effectiveness; given how much tougher the regulations are in Massachusetts as compared to other New England states.

The government shutdown also has weakened consumer confidence, says Michael Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at Arizona State University.

NAR supports actions at the state level to strengthen the rights of brokers to make these determinations and will resist efforts at the federal level to weaken those rights.