Sentences with phrase «early testing ground»

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The St. Louis Rams will prepare for the grind of playing in the NFC West with an early preseason test against the NFC North's Green Bay Packers at Edward Jones Dome on Saturday.

Speaking earlier, Sky Sports News HQ reporter James Cooper said: «Memphis Depay spent the whole of Monday here at the Carrington training ground going through his medical checks and tests.

The executive summary of the article concludes: «In preparing for a second election the Tory leadership needs to negotiate for the debates to take place earlier in the campaign; put more money into its ground war; build better relations with the whole of the party and Conservative movement; trust professional polling to test messages; and develop clearer decision - making structures.»

Earlier in the year, Gov. Cuomo proposed using Broome County, which sits on an abundant section of the Marcellus Shale, as a testing ground

Boeing announced the first test firing of the laser, from a plane on the ground, earlier this summer.

The Chinese successfully tested a ground - launched satellite interceptor earlier this year, and prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraqi forces tried to jam signals from U.S. navigation satellites by transmitting radio noise in an attempt to overwhelm GPS receivers.

From the early years of flight until the late 1930s, air racing was the single most important testing ground for engineering advancements.

I refuse to pretend that it's caused no mischief in our schools — narrowing curriculum, encouraging large amounts of ill - conceived test prep, and making school a joyless grind for too many teachers and students alike — but neither can any fair - minded analyst deny that there have been real if modest gains in our present era of test - driven accountability, especially for low - income black and Hispanic children, particularly in the early grades.

Murray's earlier books — Losing Ground in 1984, on welfare policy, and The Bell Curve (with Richard Herrnstein) in 1994, on the significance of differences in intelligence as measured by intelligence tests — aroused controversy, because, implicitly or explicitly, they focused attention on black Americans, who play a disproportionate role in welfare policy, and as a group score lower than whites on IQ tests.

The specter of inappropriate testing and drill - based instruction has hovered over early education for decades, but it gained new haunting ground in the mid - to late 2000s as school districts attempted to fulfill or dodge NCLB requirements.

Grounded in a research - based, time - tested curriculum model and fueled by a visionary commitment to early learning and robust family engagement, Elm City Montessori School is on the leading edge of New Haven's efforts to provide a portfolio of exemplary educational options designed to ensure that all New Haven students complete high school equipped with 21st Century skills and ready to lead successful lives.

Land Rover celebrated its 65th anniversary at Packington Estate, which was the testing ground for its prototype models till early 70's.

Calibration testing at GM's Milford Proving Ground will continue into early 2017, when the vehicle will be turned over to the Army for a year of field testing.

«In early trials held in sweltering Arizona — the testing ground for the new SAE J2807 towing standard — we put more than five tons in a gooseneck trailer and the TITAN XD performed with total confidence,» explained Diaz.

Around 150 heritage Land Rovers will make it to the celebratory event at Packington Estate which was the testing ground for the original 1947 - 48 Land Rover prototypes to the Range Rover development vehicles of the late 1960's and early 70's.

The clock's hands «are the closest they've been to catastrophe since the early days of above - ground hydrogen bomb testing» in the 1950s, largely due to the ongoing threats to the planet from ACD.

That is not to say that there is any merit in «truther» conspiracy theories, but that a massive, painful event, to which most people in the City would likely have some kind of personal connection, is going to skew any statistical test of what and how people to think — the very ground that reason existed on had been destroyed, just a few years earlier.

Because Qantas and its technology partner ViaSat, say they need to «do a number of ground and inflight tests of the new Wi - Fi system before making it available for customers early next year.

Interestingly, when the Android device was subjected to a drop test early this week, it managed to survive a couple of falls, including one that involved it tumbling to the ground face - down.