Sentences with phrase «decades of work on»

«It is so fitting that the APHA is recognizing Laurie's two decades of work on behalf of health care access both in the U.S. and around the world.»

About the Series Richard Zorza, one of the founders and leaders of the access to justice (ATJ) movement, recently received the American Bar Association's 2014 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access» Lifetime Achievement Honor for decades of work on behalf of self - represented litigants.

I do value the views of those who have done decades of work on strategies, approaches and plans for rapidly ending GHG emissions and drawing down excess CO2, over the views of anonymous blog commenters who obviously have given little real thought or study to the issues involved.

I don't go up to an astrophysicist and tell him that decades of work on black holes are all wrong because I did a quick thought experiment in my head and decided none of it made sense.

Dr. Holdren has been widely praised by the scientific community for decades of work on issues ranging from nuclear proliferation to climate and energy policy.

Nobody explained this better than Stephen H. Schneider of Stanford University, who passed away this year after decades of work on climate science, communication and policy.

Robert Rauschenberg: Four Decades of Work on Paper, Cole Art Center, College of Fine Arts, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, April 23 — August 31, 2013.

«Science is pleased to partner with Sartorius to recognize leading work in the rapidly developing fields of regenerative medicine and cell therapy», said Science Editor - in - Chief Jeremy Berg, «These fields and the inaugural awardee review how decades of work on basic biological mechanisms might be harnessed to yield new therapies.»

If Republicans, many of whom are allied with SNA in this effort, win control of the Senate this fall, we may well see decades of work on school food reform go up in smoke.

He spoke from just a few notes, and sometimes none at all, pulling together effortlessly all the threads he had so carefully spun out in his decades of work on religion and public life.

After decades of working on health problems in Haiti and other poor countries, Paul Farmer suggests equity is the best way to better health.

Surveying the decade of works on view in Elizabeth Murray: Painting in the «70s, it is evident that the early 1970s was a period of intense growth and experimentation for Murray, who had moved to New York City three years earlier.

Inman Gallery: «Sigrid Sandström: Moon Days» and «Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle: Shouting Silence: Five Decades of Works on Paper,» through Oct. 22; 3901 Main; 713-526-7800, inmangallery.com.

Inman Gallery: «Sigrid Sandström: Moon Days» and «Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle: Shouting Silence: Five Decades of Works on Paper,» opens 6 p.m. Friday, through Oct. 22; 3901 Main; 713-526-7800, inmangallery.com.

The company's first attempt at reporting, in 2003, followed over a decade of work on environmental actions, such as phasing out PVC (polyvinyl chloride), radically simplifying packaging, and putting together a strict environmental and social code of conduct for suppliers.

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Despite decades of work by public - health researchers hoping to prove their case on a scientific basis, conclusive evidence is nowhere to be seen.

The on - site master's degree program, launched a decade ago, is one of many reasons Dixon Schwabl regularly shows up on Fortune's list of 50 Best Small and Medium - Size Companies to Work For.

Over the last two decades of building and running businesses, and the last couple of years working full time with dozens of startup founders and CEOs on their strategies and funding plans in my consultancy business, I have observed that there are a common set of reasons that startups struggle and fail, and a consistent set of factors that make startup companies successful.

A decade working on Wall Street as a health care analyst had convinced her that the American way of treating illness and inventing new drugs had to change.

Ultimately, however, the company's success is built on Cathy's decades of work: Chick - fil - A claims that the founder led the chain through 47 consecutive years of annual sales increases in his lifetime.

If they continue on that path, they will discredit China's remarkable achievements accomplished over decades of hard and smart work to save, produce and sell to willing buyers around the world.

Nearly two decades on, though, the way and the place many of us work has changed.

She worked at Yahoo for more than a decade, fighting off a copyright infringement suit from Sony BMG, helping the company navigate issues of online privacy and working on deals like a Microsoft search agreement (which was just revised this year).

I've worked on creating an optimal way of doing business for more than a decade.

Almost without exception, exemplars are scrappy young businesses whose brands were born on the same clean sheets of paper as their products were, whose history is measured in months or years rather than decades, and whose founders still show up for work in the morning.

Large institutional investors are good at focusing on long - term gains, and pension funds in particular must work to anticipate the needs of contributors decades in advance.

Attacking tailings accumulated over that entire period, Suncor has reclaimed its first pond, is working on another two and has five more it plans to drain over the next two decades, expecting to reduce the surface area of its tailings ponds by about 80 %.

For more than a decade, David has been front and center reporting on the biggest stories of our time, helping drive us forward with tireless dedication, hard work and good humor.

Decades ago he decided to try and capture life on the Australian continent in a day — so he sent dozens of photographers into the field for 24 hours, collecting their work into a single book and spawning the Day in the Life series.

She did not mention monetary policy in her speech, which was solely focused on the world of work, but did note those graduating were entering the strongest jobs market in nearly a decade.

According to a Gallup poll, 74 % of employees feel that they are missing out on company news and information, which is shocking considering how hard human resource teams have worked to increase employee engagement over the past several decades.

I've had my eye on Israel for several years now, since working on my book, Sex, Bombs and Burgers, and learning that much of the country's economic success over the past few decades has been the result of a meshing between technology and the military.

CANA has been a fixture of Alberta's construction industry for decades, slowly forming a reputation for doing excellent work on tight deadlines.

What it's like: Colin Robertson spent three decades in the Canadian foreign service, working as a diplomat in Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Washington and spending time at home in Canada on projects including the patriation of the Canadian constitution and the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords.

Over the past two decades, this has amounted to a trove of data on what employees experience when their company is a Great Place to Work for All — and how leaders can build one.

Mr. Bannon worked as a media banker for Goldman Sachs several decades ago and built up some of his fortune from royalties on reruns of the «Seinfeld» television show.

My book, Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive and Build Your Dream Business is the culmination of over a decade in the outsourcing industry and the result of working with thousands of entrepreneurs on their virtual team building strategies.

How to Generate a 15 % Yield on Cost in Ten Years I highlighted the real story of one investor who put some money to work in a popular REIT a decade ago.

He has a decade of experience as a magazine journalist, having worked as an online editor at Canadian Business, as the associate editor of BCBusiness and more recently as the senior editor of Vancouver magazine, where he often worked on policy - oriented feature stories.

I've been a link builder or have had a team of link builders working on my websites for over a decade.

As a result of CPA's efforts, political disclosure has been adopted by 130 large companies and is becoming a mainstream corporate practice.In his work with CPA, which he founded in 2003, he has drawn on his three decades of experience in journalism, Congress, and strategic public affairs.

But it has worked well for a period not far short of two decades now, with no obviously superior framework on offer.

With almost a decade of online writing experience, her work has appeared on websites such as Chron.com, The Bump and The Motley Fool.

After working on Wall Street for over two decades, Faber's assets consisted mainly of bonds, equities, and real estate.

This scenario also assumes that Southwest's spending on working capital and fixed assets will be 4 % of revenue, which is the average change in invested capital over the past decade.

Much of the academic work on agency theory in the decades since has focused on ensuring that managers seek to maximize shareholder returns — primarily by aligning their interests with those of shareholders.

His resignation Thursday, after a decade at the helm of the company his father Izzy Asper founded, comes as Mr. Asper works on a potential bid to stay on as a key investor in CanWest.

Armed with decades of experience in mobile technology and media, Jeff was inspired to build a mobile platform enabling people to work on things they truly love, while enjoying career independence.

But the kickbacks for Putin's cronies are on the scale of billions

Mark Galeotti's study of Russian organised crime, the product of three decades of academic research and consultancy work, is more than timely.

«We want to work on those steps in terms of strategy to go from where we are today to where we want to be in the future,» he said, and build for next decade.