Sentences with phrase «economic achievements of»

Then, on June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday of September a legal holiday, dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.

It is a day dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.

During your visit, pop into Ming: The Golden Empire, an exhibition of Chinese national treasures from the Nanjing Museum, which reveal the remarkable cultural, technological and economic achievements of the dynasty (50 % off entry with National Art Pass).

Still, along with changes to the state's tax code that helped generate revenue to close a budget deficit, the tax cap is one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature economic achievements of his first term.

Those efforts have largely failed in the face of opposition from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who counts the cap among the significant economic achievements of his first term.

It's a day to celebrate the social, political, and economic achievements of women while also re stories of activists throughout history.

Such a read of the history of slavery obscures its long, slow death in medieval Western Christendom and the dramatic revival of the institution in the service of the signature economic achievement of liberal modernity, the capitalist world market.

Not exact matches

According to the International Women's Day website, March 8 «is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

The economic landscape since then has clouded over considerably, suggesting that the achievement of a balanced budget by fiscal 2015 - 2016 could be too rosy an assumption.

But a bit of swagger, self - confidence and a clear vision of its past achievements — and future aims — could pull it through, according to the continent's most high - profile business, economic and political leaders.

Old Navy, which has a leadership team that is 65 % female, says the flower installations are meant to honor the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of these and all women around the world.

Besides, does anyone really consider densely packed New Jersey to be the pinnacle of economic achievement?

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

Since its founding in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has made some impressive achievements: it has doubled its membership from five countries to 10, now comprising a combined population of 625 million people; and, it has reached a level of cohesion and integration that is impressive in light of the economic, religious, cultural, and political diversity among its members.

As we have indicated, the achievement of a balanced budget in 2015 - 16 is not an economic or fiscal imperative, although the Government has made it a political imperative.

The fast food chicken chain wanted to honor the day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women by shining a spotlight on her contributions to the success of KFC.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced today that Malaysia has recorded a 6.2 per cent growth in GDP in the third quarter of this year, an achievement that proves that the country's economic management is on track.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry (R) World (TM); risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information;

His other professional acknowledgments include: Institute for Management Studies — Lifetime Achievement Award (one of only two ever awarded), American Management Association - 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years, BusinessWeek — 50 great leaders in America, Wall Street Journal — top ten executive educators, Forbes — five most - respected executive coaches, Leadership Excellence — top five thinkers on leadership, Economic Times (India)-- top CEO coaches of America, Economist (UK)-- most credible executive advisors in the new era of business, National Academy of Human Resources — Fellow of the Academy (America's top HR award), World HRD Congress — 2011 global leader in HR thinking, Fast Company — America's preeminent executive coach, and Leader to Leader Institute — 2010 Leader of the Future Award.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

To celebrate our 45th anniversary, the accomplishments of the NMSDC network, and to showcase the economic impact of minority businesses, the #WeAreNMSDC campaign highlights the achievements of our corporate members, MBEs and affiliates councils.

And now, as if in recognition of his dreadful lifetime achievements, he is to be appointed director of the National Economic Council.

Individualistic countries value individual effort and achievement and thus are in favor of redistribution of family wealth toward creating more equal economic opportunities, independent of the social context (i.e., wealth of the family) into which one is born, which legitimizes high inheritance taxes.

Arguably his signature achievement is to have radically reduced the fiscal capacity of the federal government, and with it, the broader role of government in advancing the economic and social welfare of Canadians.

His contention was that capitalism is not just an economic system but an order within which culture, politics, and economics form a triad of «political economy» that is one of the great achievements of humankind and is best exemplified in the American republican experiment.

One study concluded: «The achievement growth rates of Catholic school attendance are especially strong for students who are in one way or another disadvantaged: lower socio - economic status, black, or Hispanic.»

The concentration of income at the top is a key reason that the United States, for all its economic achievements, has more poverty and lower life expectancy than any other major advanced nation.

But what is much more remarkable than the economic achievement is that the contents» or rather lack of contents» show....

It is a test of whether we can control the very economic and technical forces, which are our greatest achievement, before they destroy us.

The economic and political structures of a nation are hard - won achievements of responsible citizens who have fashioned their careers in relation to these structures.

On the contrary, he said, «To judge from the behavior and the achievements of the wealthy classes today in any quarter of the world, the outlook is very depressing» and he added: «If the economic problem is solved, mankind will be deprived of its traditional purpose... must we not expect a nervous breakdown?»

The Cuban revolution impresses many Latin American Christians much more by its achievements in liberating the masses from economic oppression than by its suppression of political dissent of discouragement of Christianity.

Sarna is especially incisive when he discusses Jewish indebtedness and identification with American values, together with his anxiety about Jewish security and survival in North America, pride in the existence and achievements of the state of Israel, and satisfaction at its economic Westernization.

Perhaps the greatest achievement for the hotel was the completion of its 2007 expansion, just as the area was starting to face one of the most challenging economic climates ever.The $ 400 million project converted most of the property to a Tuscan - themed resort.

«With the current challenging economic times working in concert and our impressive track record of achievement, we believe that there are good leasing deals to be made out there.»

The importance of this achievement was acknowledged in 2006 when the Lodi Rules for Sustainable Winegrowing were awarded the afore - mentioned Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award.

Sustainability surfaced in packaging vernacular in 2006, after publication of «The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best - Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success - and How You Can Too» by Andrew Savitz with Karl Weber, which Amazon.com describes as «the groundbreaking book that charts the rise of sustainability within the business world and shows how and why financial success increasingly goes hand in hand with social and environmental achievement.»

Today is International Women's Day, a day we get to celebrate noticeable achievements of Women worldwide — whether they were social, cultural, economic or political.

Roland G. Fryer, Jr., «Information and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Cellular Phone Experiment,» NBER Working Paper 19113 (Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2013)

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

Outreach to caregivers and other community groups followed, and the past two decades have seen tremendous achievements throughout the wider community, particularly in supporting parents who, because of their social and economic circumstances, might not have access to the resources they need as they take on the challenging job of raising young children.

Other strengths of the underpinning cohort study include high participation by midwifery units and trusts in England; the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias because of non-consent; and the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk.12 The economic evaluation was conducted according to nationally agreed design and reporting guidelines.15 26 Collection of primary unit cost data was thorough and accounted for regional differences in care patterns.

Thus, although improving the economic status of families promotes more positive outcomes for children's cognitive development and academic achievement, direct services and therapeutic interventions may be a comparatively more promising alternative for improving children's psychosocial development and reducing behaviour problems.

It has been an honour to negotiate and then serve in the first coalition government of modern times which has substantial achievements both in reducing the economic dangers faced by our country, and in making progress with policies to tackle climate change and provide energy security.

Mr Speaker, the Office for Budget Responsibility has today produced its latest economic forecast — and it is a measure of the constitutional achievement that it is taken for granted that our country's forecast is now produced independently of the Treasury.

Mr Mahama posted on his official Facebook page Saturday July 23: «I was elated to bring home from Kigali an African Gender Award 2016, in recognition of our achievements in the advancement of the economic and social rights of women.

The Minister during his interaction with top editorial staff of the media houses informed them of achievements of the president in security, economic, war against corruption and other key sectors.

Therefore, Mr. Speaker, we will, through consultations inside and outside government, translate the President's «Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies» (CPESDP) into a detailed medium - term national development policy framework for 2018 - 2021, for fast and sustained growth, building on the achievements of this year and the measures already contained in this budget.

Buhari had earlier during the closed door meeting updated Trump on his achievements in area of security, economic, anti graft war, agriculture among others.

Vince Cable has said that Britain must recognise China's economic achievements instead of focusing on «lecturing» the country on its human rights record.