Sentences with phrase «brakes on»

Tulaczyk is not entirely sure why, but a better understanding of what slowed Whillans down might suggest ways to put the brakes on other polar glaciers.

The encounter puts the brakes on the solar wind, causing it to abruptly slow from supersonic speeds of 400 to 700 kilometers per second down to subsonic speeds of 100 km / sec, according to simulations.

Staying free of «lifestyle diseases» and infections could put the brakes on Alzheimer's.

Even a small dose of nicotine, Chesselet found, stimulates the release of dopamine in the striatum, putting the brakes on movement that otherwise would go uncontrolled.

«They probably started to lose their bitter receptors, but it looks like when their diet shifted, that put the brakes on,» he says.

«Tumor cells often produce suppressive factors which essentially turn the brakes on tumor - killing white blood cells.

The team administered the drug isoniazid to those who were infected, which killed the myobacterium and put the brakes on the outbreak.

The protein puts the immune system's brakes on, keeping its T cells from recognizing and attacking cancer cells, said Dr. Antoni Ribas, the study's principal investigator and a professor of medicine in the division of hematology - oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Normally, myostatin puts the brakes on excessive muscle growth.

Dr. Sharp and his colleagues had earlier discovered that an enzyme called fidgetin - like 2 (FL2) puts the brakes on skin cells as they migrate towards wounds to heal them.

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, put the brakes on implementation of the world's first dengue vaccine today when it recommended it only be used in people who have previously been infected with the disease — a move that will shrink the potential market for the vaccine's producer, Sanofi Pasteur.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who sits with the Democratic caucus, told the CBS program «Face the Nation» that the United States should «put the brakes on right now until we understand the ramifications of what's happening in Japan.»

Liberal activists from organizations like New York Communities for Change and Make the Road New York shouted «slow it down» at Mr. de Blasio as he entered City Hall this morning, calling for him to pump the brakes on his plan to rezone 15 neighborhoods across the city to allow for more building density and, in turn, more affordable housing.

They criticize the mayor for putting the brakes on the deal.

He says he would like to see the Commission put the brakes on the subpoena process.

My biggest fear in not coming back is that the taxpayer would lose someone who can put the brakes on reckless spenders.

Grand Island, N.Y. (WBEN)- During a work session meeting of the Grand Island Town Board Friday afternoon, the body voted unanimously in favor of amending town zoning that would put the brakes on a proposed Love's Travel Stop off the I - 190 near the Whitehaven exit.

The city of Oswego is putting the brakes on SUNY Oswego's construction of several signs on city property designed to improve the entrance to the college.

Two powerful contractor groups are demanding the City Council put the brakes on a proposal to create a sliding scale when awarding damages in construction - fatality cases.

A group of legislators want to put the brakes on a city program that limits deliveries during rush hours.

The work and pensions secretary released the figures ahead of next week's upratings bill is debated in the Commons, when MPs will vote on the government's plans to put the brakes on future benefits increases.

A league of lawmakers is pushing for Mayor Bill de Blasio to hit the brakes on two luxury residential buildings slated for Brooklyn Bridge...

STATEN ISLAND — The borough president has tapped the brakes on plans to give a 15 - year contract to the temporary operators of the go - kart facility in Emerson Hill until he can secure a guarantee they will not tear down a hockey rink on the site.

• The fate of Atlantic Yards now rests with State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, who controls one of three votes on the Public Authorities Control Board, which requires unanimity to pass a project — and he boasts an impressive megaproject kill ratio, having already done in the West Side stadium and put the brakes on Moynihan Station.

The Legislature would be wise to put the brakes on a proposal reportedly moving quickly that would make it easier for private companies to buy and operate municipal water systems in Wisconsin.

The movement to put the brakes on the national education standards known as the Common Core is gaining momentum across New York State.

I'm at the point now where we're below our fund balance requirement and we have to put the brakes on things that are not absolutely necessary.»

Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos says the implementation of Common Core Learning Standards have been «poorly executed» and he says if the Regents won't act to put the brakes on, the Senate will.

A coalition of 17 yellow - bus companies is trying to slam the brakes on the Department of Education's move to reinsert employee protections into its bus contracts — a move the...

Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Education, will put the brakes on the contentious Common Core standards if she is confirmed by the Senate.

The Governor's Office put the brakes on those subpoenas, which may be an ongoing topic of federal investigation itself.

The margin was narrow — 37 to 36 percent, with Tsongas, who had «suspended» his campaign (as opposed to dropping out and releasing his delegates) with 24 percent — but it was clear that Connecticut voters wanted to put the brakes on the Clinton Express.

He accused her of being «clumsy» in the way she slammed the brakes on the project two weeks after winning power — but admits it came as no surprise.

Theresa May puts the brakes on Hinkley Point nuclear power project amid security fears over China's involvement

Trump put the brakes on Obama - era auto emissions and fuel regulations in his visit to Ypsilanti, Michigan, this afternoon.

«Instead, we should look to put «the brakes on an unthinking drift towards ever greater commercialisation and sexualisation».»

The price freeze insulates consumers, allowing us to put the brakes on bills while we get to work under the bonnet.

State lawmakers seeking to put the brakes on a plan by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to hike electric bills to keep open upstate nuclear power plants have introduced legislation calling for a moratorium on the plan as the Assembly considers a one - house budget bill that would do the same.

In the Daily Telegraph, Theresa May's former chief of staff Nick Timothy put the boot into Justine Greening, claiming that the former education secretary «put the brakes on policies that work, like free schools, and devised bureaucratic initiatives of little value».

They've therefore put the brakes on to curb the Tory right's wildest excesses, either through a minority Government or a coalition with the Lib Dems.

The next Labour Government will put rail passengers first by putting the brakes on rapidly increasing rail fares and saving commuters # 1,014 on their season tickets.

The IDC worked to put the brakes on bad practices in the subprime auto industry to protect consumers, some of whom are stuck paying the price of a new car for a junker because of the terms of the loan.

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Cayuga Nation will ask a judge today to put the brakes on a settlement between the state and Oneida Indian Nation that would give the Oneidas a casino monopoly in the heart of the Cayugas» reservation.

Those shortcomings likely were exacerbated by the corruption probe, which caused state officials to put the brakes on several SUNY Poly projects.

Its job is to take a deeper look at the idea of a new athletic venue in the city that the mayor put the brakes on a few months ago.

Huge cheer in the Commons as Sir Edward Leigh reports that the Lords has backed Labour's amendment to slam brakes on #taxcredits cuts!

Tensions between the Obama and Cuomo administrations date back to June, 2014, when Enck put the brakes on Cuomo's plan to use $ 500 million from a revolving loan fund devoted to clean water projects for the construction of the new Tappan Zee bridge.

And he says if the Regents won't act to put the brakes on, the Senate will.

But frankly I've heard enough about it and read enough about it that I wish somebody in New York would just put the brakes on for a while and take a look at this.»

«Everyone saw the value of a mixed economy that put the brakes on private monopolies and guaranteed a public realm.