Sentences with phrase «by lowering the award»

If they do not have such a reason, the jury may take it out on the plaintiff or their lawyer by a low award.

Not exact matches

The award for best film was taken by Richard Linklater's «Boyhood», produced by the relatively low - profile IFC films, an offshoot of New York - based AMC Networks Inc..

But a majority of the visas are awarded to outsourcing firms, sparking criticism by skeptics who say those firms use the visas to fill lower - level information technology jobs.

For each proxy statement position, this compensation data was ranked from highest to lowest by the combined total amount of annual cash plus the annualized value of long - term incentive awards.

They permitted forum selection bylaws while not making Delaware the exclusive forum; seemed to be limiting appraisal rights exercises by awarding lower amounts; and in conferences and outside the court, indicated a deliberative approach to the fee - shifting issue.

Awarded to the ETF that has done the most to improve investor opportunities and outcomes in 2017, by providing access to interesting areas of the market, lowering costs, delivering new exposures or otherwise creating better results for investors.

A competitive bidding process derives cost savings by awarding contracts to those — whether private companies or in - house staff — that can demonstrate they can provide services at the lowest cost.

The number of units awarded is equal to the amount payable with respect to a quarter divided by the average over the last ten trading days of the quarter of the average of the high and low trading price for shares of the Company common stock on each day in the ten - day period.

Once again partnering with Wholesome Wave — a national nonprofit founded by James Beard award - winning chef Michel Nischan that works to make fresh, healthy food affordable and accessible for low - income families — Naked Juice is kicking off the campaign with a 250,000 - pound contribution and asking consumers to get involved as well.

As a brand that believes everyone should be able to enjoy fruits and vegetables every day, Naked Juice has partnered with Wholesome Wave, a national nonprofit founded by James Beard Award - winning chef Michel Nischan dedicated to making healthy food available to low - income families.

Kenny Britt was awarded a taunting penalty Sunday by a ref who then tumbled face - first into Britt's lower extremities, sending the flag flying into the air.

Diaz brothers have so many other things to them, two vegeterian triathletes who came up from the lowest of the lows, nothing to eat at home, in a rough neighbourhood saying no to all the drugs, later on to all the roids, serving their community, teaching kids,... they have been awarded many times by their local authorities and all... but all UFC wants people to think of a Nate Diaz is a mexican gangster who smokes weed and does not give a damn...

But there was little controversy over the decision to award a penalty as the replay proved Tarkowski had trod on Chiesa's foot and Insigne wasn't distracted by a lengthy wait to take the penalty as he smashed low into Butland's right - hand corner.

«The contract should be awarded to Suit - Kote as the lowest responsible bidder, as required by law.»

In 2010, Carlina was honored by Good Old Lower East Side for her work in negotiating community benefits during multiple development projects and was awarded the Manhattan Young Democrats» Award in 2014, and the Viva Loisaida Award in 2016.

Under the act, at least 30 percent of all hires must be Section 3 residents, who are residents of NYCHA or low - or very low - income residents; at least 10 percent of the federal funding for construction contracts must be awarded to Section 3 businesses, which are businesses majority - owned by Section 3 residents or whose employees are at least 30 percent Section 3 residents; and at least 3 percent of the federal funding for non-construction contracts must be awarded to Section 3 businesses.

The MTA also awarded $ 500 for the «Better Than the Subway» idea submitted by Colin Foley, Mariya Carey, Raymond Chia, Larry Gould and David McCreery which used route, population and ridership data to streamline parts of high - ridership routes and provide direct service to either Lower Manhattan or Midtown.

AbTech, which is based in Arizona, was awarded a storm - water - treatment contract by Nassau County, where his father's district is located, though it was not the lowest bidder.

Towns explained in the letter that he retained «discretionary authority» to award and allocate low - income housing credit to a project «irrespective of its point ranking» as determined by DHCR staff.

In August 2012, the initial report on a review of the MMP system by the Electoral Commission recommended abolishing the one electorate seat threshold, meaning a party winning an electorate seat but not crossing the 5 % threshold (which the same report recommends lowering to 4 %) is only awarded that electorate seat.

BY ALINE REYNOLDS New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a lifelong resident of Lower Manhattan — the district he represents in the state Legislature — has received the National Excellence in State Leadership Award, a prestigious recognition given to only a handful of people previously.

The legislation requires each county to pass a local law to authorize the award of bids by best value rather than low bid.

Timothy Howard was awarded $ 114,000 by the US State Department to conduct monitoring of the lower St. Lawrence River wetlands and Lake Ontario.

Sani said, «It is not simply about Chief MKO Abiola not being recongnised by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, it is about an institutional decision of the political class, who continues to suppress the role played by the free press bringing about democracy... 17 years down democratic lane, hardly will you see any of those that were on the streets of Lagos protesting for democracy ever being recognised with even an award of OON, which is the lowest.

Speaking in the debate on public sector pay the NASUWT — The Teachers» Union revealed that the average pay award for teachers last year was a paltry 0.6 %, even lower than claims by ministers.

Several Lower East Side organizations were awarded significant grants by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer last week.

Housing Visions had a long track record of using low income housing tax credits awarded by the state to build affordable housing.

Recipients of the so - called «Nobel Prize of Mathematics,» they found, generally have lower productivity after winning the award, as measured by publications.

The study, entitled COMET (Comparison of Operative to Medical Endocrine Therapy) for low - risk ductal carcinoma in situ, received funding through a $ 13.4 million, five - year award from the Patient - Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010 to support research that enlightens health care decisions.

Awarded $ 9,948 in Charger Innovation Fund support for further development and advised by Biology Department Chair Dr. Debra Moriarity, the device's creators aim to lower production costs of testing cultures to allow drugs to be screened for failure earlier, saving on the cost of drug development.

IRB Barcelona has named Joan Font - Burgada (Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, 1977) winner of the 2018 IRB Barcelona Alumni of Excellence Award «for his important contributions to understand the development of cancer, in particular, why cancers evolve with mutations that are poorly immunogenic, and also for the identification of special hepatic reparative cells with low propensity to produce cancer,» states the report by the jury — a body formed by senior IRB Barcelona researchers with expertise across several fields of research.

The study, «Low - frequency stimulation of STN - DBS reduces aspiration and freezing of gait in patients with PD,» was funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation under the Rapid Response Innovation Award program.

The low glycemic foods from Food for Life have been awarded the Diabetic Friendly Seal by the International Government Accredited Organization, The Glycemic Research Institute.

After wearing a jaw - droppingly low neckline at the ACM Awards, the Newsroom star wisely covers up (at least by Hollywood standards), in a peachy - pink J. Mendel halter gown with lace detail.

When a lucrative government contract is set to be awarded by honest government worker Jim Hawley (Tom Selleck), a low - life businessman (Barry Sullivan) attempts to get his hands on the contract by setting Hawley up for an elaborate blackmail scheme.

Lee occupies a low level of stardom — not automatically recognized by everyone he encounters, by any means, but famous enough to receive lifetime achievement awards and such.

Jorja Smith, the Brit Awards Critics» Choice winner who made her Stateside impact on Drake's More Life mixtape, provides one of the record's more low - key entries with «I Am,» seemingly dealing with the issue of her own identity being debated and suppressed by those who don't value her perspective.

After the speech by Oprah Winfrey that nearly set off a presidential campaign and the many sharp comments about sexual harassment and pay inequality spoken by movie and TV stars at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, many observers watched the usually low - key Critics» Choice Awards on Thursday for clues about whether the Time's Up movement would continue to shape Hollywood's self - celebratory season.

After the speech by Oprah Winfrey that nearly set off a presidential campaign and the many sharp comments about sexual harassment and pay inequality spoken by movie and TV stars at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, many observers watched the usually low - key...

No film has ever won both the Best Film and Best British Film awards at BAFTA, largely because the latter is voted on by a special committee, often with the apparent intention of spotlighting lower - profile British filmmakers.

CANNES, France — In a stunning surprise, Gus Van Sant's «Elephant,» a low - budget independent film inspired by the Columbine shootings, won both the Palme d'Or and the best director award here Sunday at the 56th Cannes Film Festival.

There are any number of possible explanations for this trend, most probable simply being the increasing split between blockbuster «entertainment» films that dominate the technical categories while low - budget (in) dependent films, driven by strong acting, directing and writing, dominate the more prestigious awards, making a 7 Oscar win relatively rare (in order to reach that number, a film has to do well in either the effects or design categories, areas which favor big - budget spectacle).

Recently, the availability of low - cost editing platforms has also enabled the creation of a diverse — and now rapidly developing — videographic field, exemplified in its academic aspect by the award - winning journal [in] Transition.

«As you noticed Hideo Kojima is not with us tonight, and I want to tell you a bit about that Mr Kojima has every intention of being with us tonight, but unfortunately he was informed by a lower representative of Konami recently that he would not be allowed to travel to tonight award ceremony to accept any award.»

She believes this trend was influenced by red carpet fashion, which itself, she says, was transformed in the year 2000 by the semi-transparent, super low - cut green Versace gown Jennifer Lopez wore to the Grammy Awards.

His CV includes low - key Brit gems such as Stella Does Tricks and Beautiful People, Ken Loach classics such as Land and Freedom and The Wind that Shakes The Barley, award season darlings like Captain Phillips and, looking to the future, Gillian Flynn adaptation Dark Places and the next directorial project by Sean Penn, The Last Face.

Little in its episodic, low - temperature narrative decisively reaches out and grabs the viewer, with the exception of co-star Emir Kusturica; the award - winning Serbian director plays a KGB operative with dreams of changing the world for his son by spilling Russia's every secret to the West.

The Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented to: Christopher Blauvelt for Low Down (Director: Jeff Preiss, Screenwriters: Amy - Jo Albany, Topper Lilien)-- Based on Amy - Jo Albany's memoir, Low Down explores her heart - wrenching journey to adulthood while being raised by her father, bebop pianist Joe Albany, as he teeters between incarceration and addiction in the urban decay and waning bohemia of Hollywood in the 1970s.

The disappointing level of production in Cuban cinema was mitigated by the award - winning director Carlos Lechuga's Santa y Andrés (Santa and Andrés, Carlos Lechuga, 2016); a low budget production (as most current independent Cuban films are), which came to fill a gap in Cuba Cinema, a return to our essence and roots through a commitment to the cultural soul of the nation.

In just two years, Revere High School (RHS) went from a low - performing school as classified by the Massachusetts Department of Education to winning the 2014 High School Gold Award at the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST) conference in San Diego.