Sentences with phrase «deep deficits in»

In response to a report from Diane Ravitch and Chester Finn that most American 17 - year - olds have deep deficits in historical knowledge, Benjamin Barber sardonically proposed a multiple - choice test for 47 - year - olds: his point was that both we and our teenage children would do well on items of immediate social, cultural, and economic relevance and poorly on the rest.
Boston is joined by Phoenix and Los Angeles as having the deepest deficits in retention of locally - educated talent.

Not exact matches

Deep policy divisions appear to exist between the business and labor groups: The report cites the «majority» of members preferring to focus on issues outside trade deficits in favor of a «mutually beneficial» trade deal, sentiments to which the labor union representatives dissent in favor of promoting U.S. investment and jobs.
The parliamentary budget office's report says the slippage in spending is likely to affect the budgetary balance sheet by reducing planned deficits in one year at the expense of deeper spending in future years.
BUT because we see this deficit in Christian music, we shouldn't shun those who don't speak on those matters but encourage them to dig deeper.
But throughout his election campaign of 2000 Bush proposed policies that would give permanent tax breaks mostly to the wealthy, leading the nation into a deeper deficit than in the Reagan - Bush years.
Moncada, named the No. 1 prospect in Baseball America's midseason top 100 rankings this week, took Diamondbacks pitcher Anthony Banda deep into the left field seats to turn a 3 - 2 deficit into a one - run lead.
Pasok is in turmoil as its 43 % at the 2009 elections has now dropped to around 11 % in the opinion polls, with voters blaming the Papandreou - led government for its handling of the deep crisis even more than they blame New Democracy which was in power and increased the deficit substantially from 2004 - 2009.
It sheds light on a deeper democratic deficit at the heart of many of today's established democracies in Europe and beyond.
Gov. David Paterson last Thursday proposed $ 5 billion in cuts over the next two years to fill a growing state budget deficit, and the plan makes deep reductions in funding to education, health care and state agencies.
[108] There is evidence of this commitment to cutting the state in his party's manifesto, with Osborne and the Conservatives seeking to cut the deficit «faster and deeper» than any other main party as well as committing to various tax cuts such as inheritance tax and national insurance.
Politicians are falling over themselves to tell us how hard, how fast and how deep they will cut public spending in order to rein - in the spiralling Budget deficit.
«Raising VAT was a political choice arising from the Conservative - led government's decision to cut the deficit deeper and faster than any other major economy in the world.»
[71][87] Support for Labour slumped during the recession, and the general election of 2010 resulted in a coalition government being formed by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, which made deep spending cuts in order to ease the budget deficit.
The IFS said that the Conservative plans to get rid of «the bulk» of the deficit over the course of the next parliament will involve the biggest spending cuts since the second world war, while Labour and Lib Dem plans will result in deeper cuts that at any time since the 1970s.
Democratic legislators, who opposed deep cuts in social services and education spending to close a $ 10 billion deficit, tried to alter the tax by introducing a «true» millionaires tax on the highest income earners.
«The reality is that in many parts of the country health trusts deep in deficit are slowing down patient referrals, extending hospital waiting times rather than reducing them.»
The Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb said: «The prime minister is living in cloud cuckoo land if he thinks that more central targets will be met by hospitals deep in deficit who are already cutting jobs and services.
«In terms of the future, our country where no party has an overall majority and we have some deep and pressing problems - a huge deficit, deep social problems, a political system in need of reforIn terms of the future, our country where no party has an overall majority and we have some deep and pressing problems - a huge deficit, deep social problems, a political system in need of reforin need of reform.
He has failed to grasp the elementary point that deficit finance in the midst of what would otherwise be a deep depression is a good thing; and that the best way to prolong the depression is to cut the deficit prematurely.
«We have some deep and pressing problems: a huge deficit, deep social problems and a political system in need of reform.
It implies that Labour accepts the Tory framing of the election that Labour caused an almightly economic mess, that the deficit is now the central issue and that deep cuts in pay, benefits and public services were the right way to deal with the deficit.
Democrats need 17 seats to regain control of the House this November and entered the race this spring with email blasts painting both GOP candidates as enemies of the middle class, women and senior citizens, hinging them to the Ryan Budget, a blueprint would seek to erase the deficit with deep cuts in domestic spending.
The shadow chancellor, Ed Balls claimed in the Guardian that the Conservatives were planning much deeper spending cuts than needed by the deficit.
That was the question researchers addressed in the study Intralaminar Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation Ameliorates the Memory Deficit and the Dendritic Regression in β - Amyloid Infusion Rats, led by Sheng - Tzung Tsai, MD..
«But we found a way to go deeper into their minds, and that's how we found the deficits in the social decisions that they make.»
A loan program in which scientific preparation was a required component would help redress the present deficit in «triple - threat» policy - makers: people who combine deep knowledge of a region, appropriate political experience, and sound scientific training.
Now, by dampening the activity of a small group of neurons deep within the mouse brain, researchers have produced cognitive deficits similar to those found in those with schizophrenia, a discovery that they say could potentially lead to new treatments for the disorder, which affects roughly 24 million people worldwide.
«Turfgrass growth and physiological status were best during moisture deficit conditions in the deeper profile (15 cm) using the higher amount of irrigation (6 mm) and the locally mixed substrate.»
While many contend that the earliest cognitive deficits are caused by damage to the striatum — a structure deep in the brain known to be severely affected in HD — recent evidence suggests that this claim may paint an incomplete picture of the widespread changes occurring in the brains of HD patients during the very early stages of the disease.
But the rest of the movie is characterized by a shocking deficit of chemistry between the leads and a story that deep - sixes any kind of investment you could possibly have in their relationship.
As the state's long - building budget crisis deepened, the governor was steadfast in his opposition to new taxes or adding to the state's deep deficits.
Skill Deficit Assessments: The problem usually lies in the fact that we never seem to dig deep enough.
The Los Angeles Unified School District, which has made deep cuts in its budget for the past three years, is projecting a budget deficit of at least $ 258 million for the 1992 - 93 school year.
Special session update: The Advocate reports Republican leaders in the House have moved forward with a deficit - closing plan that would make deeper cuts than Gov. John Bel Edwards has called for while relying less on the state's rainy day fund.
Good Morning Special session update: The Advocate reports Republican leaders in the House have moved forward with a deficit - closing plan that would make deeper cuts than Gov. John Bel Edwards has called for while relying less on the state's rainy day fund.
Deep within the bill, in Section 292 of the 297 section document, the Malloy Administration is authorized to «loan» the City of Bridgeport $ 3,500,000 to cover a school budget deficit they face this year.
Many US states are deep into deficit spending and are approaching the limit — Florida, California and Michigan are ones that have been in the news as being in deep doo - doo on a debt to tax revenue basis.
Problem: haven't * ever * done it, & the budget 2 deep in deficit
With almost all state budgets fighting against a deficit, and some in deep trouble, it makes for interesting and ugly politics.
For the moment, there appears to be no answer given the deep partisan divide in Washington, the primacy of concerns about the sputtering economy and mounting deficits, and the distraction of the usual menu of competing priorities.
Since the skin layer usually needs to tap into solar energy deposited deeper in the ocean to make up its deficit, the skin layer will obviously make use of any extra DLR from an enhanced greenhouse effect.
SW: The budget is only balanced because some solar energy goes in deeper and returns to make up the deficit.
The mounting federal deficit, the long - term healthcare crisis and the uncertain future of Social Security and Medicare have put the government safety nets deep in the hole.
Chronic coping difficulties, a chronic sense of hopelessness, deep - seated deficits in caring for children in the past, poor coping skills, and poor problem - solving abilities are factors that have been shown to bode poorly for future parenting (Adshead, Falkov, & Göpfert, 2004).
The argument goes something like this: Not only would ending the MID create a deep source of money for reducing the U.S. budget deficit, but in the aftermath of the mortgage crisis, the country needs to rethink its favored tax treatment of homeownership.
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