Sentences with phrase «ax of»

St. Jerome said the primary purpose of a man of God was «to cut down with an ax of Virginity the wood of Marriage».

Theranos will pull the plug on its clinical labs and Theranos Wellness centers in California, Arizona and Texas, leading to the axing of 340 jobs.

Analysts say investors should use any share price bounce in response to the axing of QBE Insurance Group chief executive John Neal as a chance to sell down, tipping incoming boss Pat Regan faces an uphill battle to turn the global company around.

The axing of Victoria Pale Lager, which was sold in an embossed VB stubby - shaped green bottle, is the first label to be discontinued by Foster's since it was taken over by global brewing giant SABMiller more than a year ago, as the brewer focuses more on its core beer brands.

The axing of Weeknights follows rival network WIN «s recent cancellation of local news bulletins for Mackay in Queensland and Mildura in Victoria.

It would be too much to expect any changes for 2017 with the first race being less than two months away (although F1 making sudden mid-season rule changes would be nothing unusual), but 2018 isn't that long to wait — although the axing of DRS as it is now can't come soon enough.

Andre Lotterer isn't the only casualty from the axing of Porsche's LMP1 programme who's found a home in Formula E - Neel Jani has too, replacing Loic Duval at Dragon Racing.

According to Soccer Laduma, the Rio 2016 bronze medal winning coach has applied for the vacant job of the head coach of South Africa, who are without a substantive coach since the axing of Shakes Mashaba.

Moving on is never easy, as anyone who witnessed the axing of the original Krypton Factor series in 1995 will

Was it because she's said to have clasheed with John McDonnell at Labour's manifesto meeting, criticising the emphasis on the expensive axing of tuition fees over school funding?

Both Republican congressmen from Long Island rejected the Senate plan because of the axing of the SALT deduction and the House plan for not allowing deductions for sales and state income taxes.

The hopes that defence might be on a more stable footing since the last cuts which saw the axing of Nimrod, and retirement of Harrier, now seem to have evaporated — with fresh pain expected — just at the time of massive geopolitical uncertainty.

The NY Post weighs in: «For all his big talk on ethics, Cuomo has only limped when he has needed to walk the walk — going all the way back to his unilateral axing of his anti-corruption Moreland Commission.

The white paper calls for 20 % of peers to be elected by the public and the axing of the 92 hereditary peers.

A host of former Tory and Labour Cabinet ministers will next week call for the axing of a controversial law which has created the so - called «zombie» Parliaments.

But council cuts in youth provision and the axing of the EMA show this government is not interested in bringing crime down.

Despite the axing of one planetary mission, «the final result is the best of the possible solutions,» says Bo Andersen of the Norwegian Space Centre in Oslo, chair of ESA's Science Programme Committee.

The president's request also calls for cuts to fusion work at NIF and an immediate axing of funding to the Nike laser at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, D.C. «The loss of NRL and eventual loss of LLE would greatly reduce the physics capability and innovation in the ICF program,» says NRL's Stephen Obenschain.

Marcello Giorgi of the University of Pisa, who is leading the project's technical design team, acknowledges that «everything is possible,» including the axing of the project, but says that to date the government has given no signs it will cut research funding.

The charity said it feared rising fees and the axing of a support programme would make it harder for poor students to get into England's top universities.

The RX - Vision is a sleek front - engined, rear - wheel drive two - seater that points to a possible future range - topping production model wearing the famous RX - 7 badge from the Japanese brand, and is sure to be welcomed by fans who lamented the axing of the RX - 8 four - door coupe in 2012.

Exactly what will power this new model is unknown, but a likely step will be the axing of the 3.3 - liter V6 in favor of a small 2.0 - liter turbo unit, like the one found in the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport.

Simultaneously revealed alongside a new hot hatch version of the Yaris for Europe — but not Australia — the 2017 Yaris hatch will go it alone in Australia following the axing of the Yaris sedan.

The French car - maker's local importer says the move, which also sees the axing of Premium variants but includes increases in standard equipment on remaining models, reflects customer demand and sets the tone for its upcoming 2008 and 3008 crossovers.

While that means the upgraded Astina flagship brings the most improvements for less money, diesel fans will lament the axing of the oil - burning XD Astina.

It's also around 130 kg less than the Turbo S thanks to the axing of all - wheel drive (saving 50 kg) and a host of changes like carbon - fibre reinforced plastic panels up front, a magnesium roof and thinner rear and rear side window glass (that's as light as polycarbonate).

Judge Finnane said the Prime Minister's plan to abolish the Climate Change Authority and the axing of CSIRO jobs came as no surprise because he had said it was part of his policy.

Tasmania, which has a far higher percentage of renewable electricity than any other state, has been hurt by the Abbott Government's axing of the carbon tax.

They have pledged support for the Conservatives» planning proposals, including the axing of quangos and the Infrastructure Planning Commission.

And the axing of 7,800 jobs this most recent quarter.

We have been hearing about the axing of the 3.5 mm headphone jack, but we are taking it with a grain of salt until we see it officially launched.

It looks like the axing of the headphone jack permeated Lenovo's design team as well, and the device lacks the popular 3.5 - millimeter jack.

Microsoft recently announced it is axing of up to 18,000 jobs, which includes around 12,500 losses from Windows Phone maker Nokia.

Most egregiously, this has led to the axing of primary health care research, development and evaluation with the loss of the PHCRED Strategy and BEACH; mental health reforms floundering between Primary Health Networks and the National Disability Insurance Scheme; and efforts to Close the Gap on Indigenous disadvantage making little progress due to significant budget cuts and program delivery increasingly removed from Indigenous organisations.

THE axing of the popular first home buyer bonus is expected to impact on new home sales in Melbourne's growth corridors almost immediately.

Not exact matches

Former Telus top man Joe Natale officially took over as CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. this year, signaling a return to stable leadership for the company after former CEO Guy Laurence was axed last fall.

Alas, the service was axed as part of RIM's cost - cutting; the company pared its tech support down to business hours, with «business - critical» after - hours support.

Two more years of economic pain Australia faces a longer period of low growth, higher debt and higher unemployment than predicted just four weeks ago as the wave of job losses gathered strength, with clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands axing 1850 staff across the country.

«If you load a mudfoot down with a lot of gadgets that he has to watch, someone a lot more simply equipped — say with a stone ax — will sneak up and bash his head in while he is trying to read a vernier,» says Rico.

Layers of middle management have been axed.

There has been a common consensus that world governments have slightly taken a back seat on the issue of sustainability and the environment (the sustainable development commission was axed in 2010 as part of Uk government spending cuts for example).

The new main weapon results in balletic, almost rhythmic combat: Throw the ax at the enemy charging at you, summon it back, and start charging a major swing to take out the next foe before dodging out of the way, adding in a few flourishes of the ax, and then finishing off the bad guys with another sturdy toss.

The plan included axing Valeant's top lawyer and head of public relations.

Two other Royal Caribbean voyages were also canceled in anticipation of the storm, while journeys operated by Carnival, Norwegian and Disney Cruises have also been amended or axed entirely, according to CNN.

But Groupon has struggled significantly since then, and after posting a loss of $ 81.1 million in the fourth quarter of last year, its board axed Mason.

Apparently «a lot» of people were axed today at Morgan Stanley, with cuts occurring «across the board, not just bad FAs, as was previously assumed.

Western Australia's state - owned electric utility Western Power says it will cut 175 jobs on top of more than 320 positions that were axed in June.

If you become engaged in a conversation with someone who is clearly irrational or has some sort of ax to grind, the best strategy is to ignore them.

The vertex of the graph is at x = 0, meaning that the «b» in the quadratic equation ax 2 + bx + c has to be 0.

Industry Minister Tony Clement has set off a firestorm of controversy with the government's decision to ax the mandatory long - form census from Statistics Canada, which caused the head of the national polling agency to resign in protest.