Sentences with phrase «early states represented»

Scott proposes that early states represented a shotgun marriage of farming and huge communities presided over by a new class of hyperambitious rulers.

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For small - business owners in high - tax states like California and New York, this change represents a significant departure from earlier tax years.

The exceptions to this view, which we find in Matthew 5:32,19:9, and Luke 16:18, represent the practical needs of the early church modifying Jesus» clear position stated here.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Dr. Robert H. Felix has termed the parish clergyman «the first line of defense in mental health,» and stated that he represents an untapped resource for the early detection, referral, and treatment of persons and families in community mental health.

Most Americans assume that the separation of church and state is a fundamental principle deeply rooted in American constitutionalism; that the First Amendment was intended to ensure that government does not involve itself with religion (and vice versa); and that contemporary debates over such vexing issues as school prayer, voucher programs, government funding of faith - based organizations, and the rights of religious minorities represent ongoing attempts to realize the separation intended by the Founders and like - minded early Americans.

«There's a lot of pride in being a Paralympian and representing the United States,» Wallace told UGA's student newspaper earlier this summer.

Under Henry's guidance and expertise, Preiss Imports was a well - known company in the 1980's, 1990's and early 2000's, representing thirty - three suppliers from around the globe and was known for national distribution of iconic brands in the United States, including Darroze Armagnac, Luxardo, Springbank, Hirsch Bourbon, and Chinaco Tequila.

Founded in the early 1900s, the collection consists of approximately 21 % North Carolina material as well as material from 25 states and 13 countries representing 109 genera.

Founded in the early 1900s, this collection consists of approximately 89 % North Carolina material, although 31 states, 21 countries, and more than 405 genera are represented.

Present at the airport earlier today to receive him were former Governor of Plateau State and Senator representing Plateau North Senatorial District, Jonah Jang; Senator Joshua Dariye and retired Lieutenant General Jeremiah Useni.

New Outdoor Tourism Promotion: Cuomo said the state will launch a new campaign specifically targeted to promote outdoor tourism, including a partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to launch the Official NY State Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife App; Office of Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation with an early camping discount program; and a partnership with the Campground Owners of NY, which will represent I LOVE NEW YORK at RV shows nationstate will launch a new campaign specifically targeted to promote outdoor tourism, including a partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to launch the Official NY State Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife App; Office of Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation with an early camping discount program; and a partnership with the Campground Owners of NY, which will represent I LOVE NEW YORK at RV shows nationState Department of Environmental Conservation to launch the Official NY State Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife App; Office of Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation with an early camping discount program; and a partnership with the Campground Owners of NY, which will represent I LOVE NEW YORK at RV shows nationState Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife App; Office of Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation with an early camping discount program; and a partnership with the Campground Owners of NY, which will represent I LOVE NEW YORK at RV shows nationwide.

Earlier in the morning Attorney Michael Sussman, representing affected residents and opponents, held a press conference at the CPV site announcing the basis of an appeal filed at the Supreme Court of The State of New York.

Christmas came a week early for Ulster County as the New York State Attorney General's Office delivered a check for $ 12,845.27 representing the collection of additional restitution from its prosecution of the Lower Esopus Riverwatch Corporation and its board members.

Grisanti's office said earlier today that he had received some 600 e-mails that represent «both sides of the issue» — all of which the Democrat - turned - Republican senator, who ousted an incumbent Democrat (Antoine Thompson) in one of the most Democrat - dominated districts in the state, plans to respond to in due time.

The state assemblyman boycotted the debate with other politicians vying for the Democratic nomination to represent Fort Greene in Congress, complaining earlier that the presence of candidates from other parties would confuse voters.

Early this year, Teamsters Local 72, which represents state Thruway Authority workers, filed an unfair labor complaint alleging its members were improperly threatened with layoffs if they failed to make concessions during contract talks.

«As members of the New York State Senate, we are deeply offended by Mayor Bill de Blasio's recent assertion that the children in New York City are more deserving and more in need of early childhood education than the 4 and 5 - year - olds in the communities we represent,» three Republican state senators — John Flanagan, Joe Robach and John DeFrancisco — said in a stateState Senate, we are deeply offended by Mayor Bill de Blasio's recent assertion that the children in New York City are more deserving and more in need of early childhood education than the 4 and 5 - year - olds in the communities we represent,» three Republican state senators — John Flanagan, Joe Robach and John DeFrancisco — said in a statestate senators — John Flanagan, Joe Robach and John DeFrancisco — said in a statement.

Monserrate, who represented the district in the early 2000s, was booted from the state Senate after a 2009 misdemeanor assault conviction for slashing his girlfriend.

Manhattan - based Park Strategies, which is also one of the larger state lobbyists, filed in Nassau to represent 20 clients, including Forest City Ratner (which also registered its own employees as lobbyists); Gannett Fleming Engineers, which has won more than $ 6 million in county contracts since 2011, mostly to design and oversee wastewater treatment plant improvements; and Allvision, a company that was poised to erect large electronic billboards across Nassau before the project stalled earlier this year.

The Public Authorities Control Board, a three - person panel representing the governor and state Senate and Assembly leaders, approved the $ 15 million loan earlier this year.

State Supreme Court Justice Elaine Slobod had earlier ruled in the petitioners» favor, in a matter represented by attorney Michael Sussman, that a two - thirds vote was needed.

Early on Wednesday the NYPost reported that «Queens Assemblyman William Scarborough was hit Wednesday morning with a 23 - count indictment charging him with using campaign funds for personal expenses, authorities said.Scarborough, a Democrat first elected in 1994 to represent the 29th Assembly District in southeast Queens, was arrested following a joint probe by the offices of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.»

Gailor said it was too early to determine if the state would seek to retry Newton on the two first - degree larceny charges and the two counts of illegal campaign practices, all of which involve Newton's unsuccessful 2012 bid for a state Senate seat representing Bridgeport.

That someone is Molinaro, who kicked off his campaign earlier this month and has already wrapped up endorsements representing a majority of the Republican State Committee going into next month's nominating convention.

Those four states represent an expansion of the map for the GOP into states where Democrats were favored to win earlier in the cycle.

The Lagos State Administrative Secretary (INEC), Dr. Mudashir Mustapha, who represented the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Sam Olumekun, flagged off the earlier version.

New York State Assemblymember Michael Cusick, a Democrat who represents part of Staten Island, introduced legislation earlier this year that would consolidate all non-presidential primaries to a single election day (Assembly bill A09108).

Earlier in his remark, the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr. Lawrence Oyeniran described the massive intervention of tablets of knowledge as a fundamental breakthrough in education in the state.

This week longtime State Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, who represents parts of Schenectady and Saratoga, discusses his plan to address the issue and also talks about his «Spirit of» 76» bill introduced earlier this year which would empower rank and file members of each chamber.

Earlier this week, Mr. Lazio's campaign said it could claim support from county leaders who represented nearly 70 percent of the total delegate vote at the state Republican convention, to be held in June.

Earlier this week it voted to oppose raiding the research budget, setting the stage for lengthy negotiations with the Council of Ministers, which represents member states.

The researchers, from North Carolina State (NC State) University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, both in Raleigh, say the newly analyzed fossil — parts of a skull, spine, and upper forelimb found in central North Carolina — represents one of the earliest examples of crocodylomorphs, a group of crocodilelike animals who ruled Earth in the Late Triassic.

In comparison with the cells obtained with the technique developed by Yamanaka, the stem cells obtained by CNIO therefore represent an even earlier embryonic state, with greater capacity for differentiation.

This new partnership, called the Florida Pancreas Collaborative, represents the first state - wide multi-cancer center collaboration dedicated to conducting research on IPMNs with the ultimate goal of promoting the prevention and early detection of pancreatic cancer.

The Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Usman Mamman Durkwa, expressed gratitude to the NZHF for the support given to the state early this year to cushion the effects of the insurgState, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Usman Mamman Durkwa, expressed gratitude to the NZHF for the support given to the state early this year to cushion the effects of the insurgstate early this year to cushion the effects of the insurgency.

The Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Usman Mamman Durkwa, expressed gratitude to the NZHF for the support given to the state early this year to cushion the effects of insurgState, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Usman Mamman Durkwa, expressed gratitude to the NZHF for the support given to the state early this year to cushion the effects of insurgstate early this year to cushion the effects of insurgency.

Approximately 9,000 years ago they began establishing cities that eventually expanded to represent the Harappan culture, rivalling the early city states of Mesopotamia.

The New York state early childhood program monitoring protocol, for example, includes cumbersome requirements that don't have a clear connection to improved student learning — such as a «block building area with an adequate supply of blocks in varied sizes that is organized and labeled» and a posted daily schedule that is «referenced daily, represented in pictures and words, and displayed at children's eye level.»

The interview represents one of the first opportunities to hear from Buffett on what he thinks about the state of U.S. education today, and why Susie Buffett is committed to supporting early childhood learning initiatives.

The AFT represents 1.7 million pre-K through 12th - grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school - related personnel; higher education faculty and professional staff; federal, state and local government employees; nurses and healthcare workers; and early childhood educators.

RANDI WEINGARTEN is president of the 1.7 million - member American Federation of Teachers, AFL - CIO, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school - related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; local, state and federal government employees; and early childhood educators.

The measure represented a scaled - down version of an earlier proposal that Superintendent of Education Robert Leininger had said would «kick the legs from underneath local school districts which are trying to recover from the state's past neglect in education funding.»

Kris Perry, executive director of the First Five Years Fund says that ESSA represents a historic gain for early childhood education, «a moment in troubled times when a Congress came together and acted on overwhelming research from experts, demand from voters, and actions taken by state and local leaders across the country to support the development of children from birth to age 5.»

Under McQueen's leadership, Tennessee recently announced the state's highest graduation rate in its history at 89.1 %, best overall ACT at 20.1 — a number that represents all public school students in the state, across the board improvements in the 2nd year of the new state assessment, and a record high number of students taking and attaining credit for early college coursework.

Massell's (2008) analysis of education policy activity in the early 1990s, for example, suggested that, for many states, K — 12 education standards represented «a central framework guiding state education policy and practice» (2), as compared to other states where policy initiatives did not stem from any significant internal standards - based reform impetus.

Some say the figure does not represent a mass exodus because teachers are fed up, but rather that teachers are simply retiring early or moving to other school districts within the state.

Our examination of both the content coverage represented in state standards documents and the appropriateness of their content serves to demonstrate this variability and to explore some of the potential consequences of that variation, both positive and negative, for children's early reading achievement.

The Office of Special Education Programs» Results Driven Accountability Initiative represents a significant shift in state accountability from a focus on compliance and ensuring access to education and early intervention services to a focus on measurable and meaningful outcomes in learning and development for children and youth with disabilities.

CECE Program Approval represents the highest bar in the state's early learning «quality continuum» which begins at DCYF licensing, progresses through BrightStars, the state's TQRIS rating process, and culminates in RIDE CECE Approval.