Sentences with phrase «by group effort»

Consider the display in Branson, Missouri, of the world's largest twine ball produced by group effort, a whopping 41.5 feet in circumference.

Not exact matches

In 2011, efforts by American Airlines Group Inc. to elude the distribution firms by providing its own schedule and fare data directly to larger online travel agencies triggered a series of lawsuits over access to such data.

Some of these include using artificial intelligence tools to automatically identify propaganda efforts similar to those allegedly carried out by Russia - linked groups in upcoming world elections, and boosting its security and content review team to 20,000 by the end of the year.

But NPD Group says that orders placed with a mobile app are growing more strongly, likely bolstered by the efforts digital leaders like Starbucks (sbux) and Domino's (dpz) have made to make app - based ordering.

The campaign, created by New York - based agency Arnell Group, was also one the best early efforts to push viewers online for additional, extended editions of the TV spot.

According to a Defense Department memo obtained by Military Times, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness will direct «an effort to form a working group to determine changes to military personnel policies necessary to provide the Military Departments increased flexibility to organize, train, and equip more ready and lethal forces.»

He was one of several high - level Colombian criminals hiding out there, and it's suspected his relocation there was part of an effort by his criminal group to expand into Argentina, which has both a large domestic drug market and is the fifth - largest transit point for drugs bound to Europe and Asia, according to the UN.

And the effort will finally launch this weekend with anti-smoking ad campaigns funded by industry giants like Philip Morris USA owner Altria Group and Reynolds, reports the Associated Press.

The budget could include an effort to increase procurement opportunities for female entrepreneurs, following the recommendation of the Canada-U.S. women - in - business group created by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump.

SINGAPORE, May 3 - Oil prices dipped on Thursday, weighed down by swelling U.S. crude inventories and record weekly U.S. production that is countering efforts by producer group OPEC to cut supplies and prop up prices.

JPMorgan is also «making a special effort» to bring on more African - Americans by setting up a separate group to focus on school recruiting, retention and hiring «more senior African - American talent,» Dimon said.

«Our efforts are paying off by shifting our focus to thinking more like a group of speciality retailers and less like general merchant,» said Wetmore.

The latest CBO report on average federal taxes by income group was released in June 2016 and includes data for 1979 - 2013 on before - and after - tax income and taxes paid for each quintile, as well as for the top 1, 5, and 10 percent of households., [20][21] Because of the effort involved in preparing these analyses, CBO's annual updates tend to lag about two years behind the publication of the necessary SOI data.

* OIL: Oil prices dipped on Thursday, weighed down by swelling U.S. crude inventories and record weekly U.S. production that is countering efforts by producer group OPEC to cut supplies and prop up prices.

The efforts of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance and App - Based Drivers Associations in Washington, New Jersey and California have also been cited by Rebecca Smith, deputy director of the National Employment Law Project, an employment advocacy group.

Southeastern Asset Management, another institutional investor, worked with Mr. Icahn on another offer to buy Dell, and also supported an effort by Barington Capital Group, a hedge fund, to shake up the retailer Dillard's.

Oil prices dipped on Thursday, weighed down by swelling U.S. crude inventories and record weekly U.S. production that is countering efforts by producer group OPEC to cut supplies and prop up prices.

We strengthen sales efforts by creating value - add content that drives deeper interest and supports group buying obstacles.

Ryan's congressional campaign committee gave $ 50,000 to Give Voters a Voice, the main group behind an effort to qualify a repeal measure for the November ballot, according to documents filed by the campaign.

The effort is part of Facebook's reaction to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, when Russian - sponsored actors attempted to intervene by posting ads — as well as using fake users, accounts and groups.

He said efforts to revise the H - 2B guest worker program have been stalled by opposition from labor groups, which have argued that companies don't try hard enough to hire Americans or pay a living wage before turning to the program.

«The Innovation District in downtown Las Vegas was designed to be a proving ground for new technologies, and this latest interest by NTT Group and Dell Technologies will continue our efforts to become a smart and connected community,» said Michael Lee Sherwood, Director of Information Technologies, City of Las Vegas.

The Startup Visa program was launched by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in April 2013, with the participation of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) in order to support the efforts of Angel investor groups in bringing innovative young companies and their entrepreneurs to Canada, furthering our innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

In an hour - long, understated speech, punctuated by humor, Clinton called on aid groups to continue their efforts to champion diversity and the positive forces of interdependence while seeking the most effective ways to assist communities in the world's poorest places.

«In the face of this situation, our top priorities at CWB Group are to take care of employees who have friends and family displaced or affected by the fire, ensure our clients have the support they need, and to contribute to the overall relief efforts.»

Activist 13D Spotlight column (subscription required) was devoted to Nelson Peltz this week and his efforts with Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (also covered last week by Barron's).

Announced at the first meeting of a cryptocurrency exchange study group established by the FSA in early March, the data release marks the latest effort by the financial watchdog in bringing greater transparency to the industry following a recent hack of one of the domestic exchange Coincheck.

Another surprise event at this year's convention was the decision to reject the effort by some to change the auxiliary status of the Woman's Missionary Union, a missions - support group, and bring it under the direct control of the convention.

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

For some homosexual persons, the effort to change can mean years of individual and group therapy, agonized prayers, suicidal depressions, and the constant fear of detection, loss of job and attack by straight men.

In an effort to address concerns of religious groups that self - insure, the new rules suggest creating «an exemption for group health plans established or maintained by certain religious employers.»

It mobilized group efforts at self - awareness and self - understanding; it dispelled the flatness by precipitating here - and - now involvement; and it freed the leader from any pretense of always being «on top of it,» tuned in, fully aware.

An Iraqi priest has told Premier that efforts by Islamic State (IS) to indoctrinate children means erasing the group's ideology from the Middle East could take ten years.

In fact, U.S. liberation movements are already under way in women's groups, community organizing efforts among the poor, the search for freedom by gay and lesbian communities, and in Native American, African American and Hispanic struggles against U.S. racism, and in a host of works for justice, peace and the wholeness of creation.

No less than other stories in the Jacob cycle, it reflects the background of the patriarchal age — frictions between groups (Hamor and Jacob); a level of sexual morality beyond the reach of our judgment and in any judgment ennobled by the integrity of Hamor and the love of his son for Dinah; the effort on the part of both families to effect a peaceful settlement honoring the religious sensibilities of the abused; the despicable violation of the terms of agreement by two of Jacob's sons; and finally, in perfect consonance with the general character of Jacob, his sharp rebuke of his sons not on moral but on utilitarian grounds:

Similar efforts have been launched in recent months against Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes, for speaking at a Focus on the Family event; and Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, for agreeing to appear at a leadership conference sponsored by another Christian group, the Willow Creek Association.

Imagine that these hearings were on «the radicalization of Judaism in America» and that they were following on efforts to stonewall a proposed Jewish community center in Lower Manhattan by a group calling itself «Stop Judaization of America.»

As a result, its counter-terrorism efforts have been largely driven by informants, intelligence reports or specific incidents that direct attention to a particular group or community.

The leader accepts this level of discourse, is not fooled by it, is understanding of whatever is said, and may define the longer - term task to which the group addresses its efforts.

Stung by decades of controversy over its monitoring of antiwar and civil rights groups, the FBI has been wary of post-9 / 11 initiatives that would draw criticism that its anti-terrorism efforts are based on racial profiling of Muslims.

While research by Barna Group has found that women are more involved than men in church «extracurriculars» such as Bible studies and small groups, plenty of today's churches lack robust women's ministries — perhaps due to lack of resources, or deliberate efforts to do away with stereotypical ladies teas and craft bazaars.

Besides being compensated by the same group for her time and expenses in appearing at a news conference in New York a few years ago, «that is the only time [she] received compensation for her effort,» Mokotoff wrote in an e-mail.

«We were all affected by 9/11, but the mainstream media has not always covered our stories,» said Sapreet Kaur, executive director of The Sikh Coalition, one of the groups spearheading the effort.

If she remains true to her supernatural call, the Church can not acquiesce in War for War, however camouflaged or excused, must always mean the effort of a group of men to achieve their purpose... by inflicting destruction and death on another group of men.

I just posted this on another topic... change a few words, youll get the point: In an ideal situation, «World Religions» would be part of a «World History» class, unfortunately, in the USA, there are far too many conservative Christians with power to rewrite history, make whole groups of people second class citizens by making laws against them, and travel the world trying to convert non-Christians through our Military, Politicians, humanitarian efforts and more.

This question usually triggers among non-converts an uncomfortable silence broken by the phrase, «Well, I was born in a Christian family,» followed by an effort to locate a singular moment of conscious conversion some time during middle school, probably at the altar call of a church youth - group retreat.

I believe that its presence as a presupposition of efforts to generate a new civic culture can be signified and lived sacramentally in a variety of ways by religious groups involved in the dialogue.

For the most part, the Marxist parties seem to reflect the effort by competing communal groups to form majorities that can keep Hindu and Muslim militancy at bay while taking some modest strides toward a welfare state.

The contention that strength equals weakness further complicates the politics of victimhood by discouraging — or at the very least rendering morally problematic — efforts by members of victimized groups to better their own circumstances.

Efforts to mobilize Christians for political ends may be unprecedentedly massive on the right and are by no means lacking on the left; but as is illustrated by antiabortion alliances between Roman Catholics and conservative evangelicals and by antiwar protests gathering together both Christian pacifists and nonpacifists, these groupings are indifferent to ecumenism because, among other things, it has no public influence.