Sentences with phrase «fair shot at»

This allows out - of - state buyers and buyers with a busy schedule to have a fair shot at making an offer.

From pre-school through college, every student deserves a high - quality affordable education and a fair shot at the American Dream.

From our nation's inception, we have held a collective belief that all children, regardless of their circumstances, should have a fair shot at freedom and economic opportunity that comes with our democracy.

They decided to partner with the local Swartz Creek Community Schools to make sure that all students had a fair shot at success this school year.

Older candidates are finding it difficult to get a fair shot at good positions because the assumption is that:

Tenants coverage is not for everyone, in spite of its great value and usefulness; but everyone who is interested is entitled to a fair shot at a great deal.

Most insurance companies will rate you at standard non tobacco, even if the apnea is under good control, but if you apply to Pruco Life Insurance, you'll have a fair shot at a Preferred rate, assuming you can otherwise qualify.

If there isn't sufficient disclosure of the whole practical embodiment in the patent, other inventors will not have a fair shot at inventing improvements.

Every client deserves a fair shot at receiving the best long term disability plan they can be given.

«I just want people to have a realistic, fair shot at the proper result in court.»

I am approaching 60 and in good health, so I have a fair shot at attaining the average US male life expectancy of 75 years or so.

The dealers, collectors, auction houses and other players in the market all perform functions that are necessary if artists are to have a fair shot at making a living from their work.

Nintendo needs those two consoles to stop being in production to have a fair shot at outselling the PS4 and Xbox One.

The DS steadily outsells all its opponents on a fairly consistent basis and when you have the highest install base of any handheld currently in production, every title has its fair shot at success.

Perhaps MS is turning over a new, developer - friendly leaf, but in any case it's nice to see that up - and - coming game creators will get their fair shot at our hard earned cash.

CASA is a limited admission animal shelter and we may limit the number of Pit Bulls or Pit Bull mixes at any given time in order to give our current ones a fair shot at finding a home first.

This dog needs help, and you're there to give the dog a fair shot at having a better life if at all possible.

Many lenders look for a credit score of 620 or better for their VA loan applicants — but at Wholesale Capital Corporation, we try to give each military veteran applicant a fair shot at a home of their own, regardless of credit score.

Student loan borrowers worked hard to get an education and took on the personal responsibility to pay for it, they've earned a fair shot at the middle class instead of the shoddy treatment that they're getting from Ron Johnson.»

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It's so - so at best for a true - HD screen, and it cost this tablet a half a star in our ratings and a fair shot at our Editors» Choice award.

To give the BRZ a fair shot at the title, we wanted the car running in top shape, so we took it to the dealer for a new set of brake pads with just 6510 miles on the odometer.

«We are encouraged that the bill passed by the House today would codify the vision that we have long advocated for giving a fair shot at a great education to every child in America — regardless of ZIP code,» he said.

Ms. Downey and liberal co-conspirators oppose any effort to give Georgia's children, especially minority children, the chance, as Gov. Deal has said, at» a fair shot at doing better than their parents before them.»

The differences have led teachers unions to demand assessments they say will allow them a fair shot at the highest ratings, which bring bigger pay increases and bonuses from the state.

A district budgeting system that allocates actual dollars and provides principals with autonomy to make tradeoffs with scarce resources would help ensure that all schools get a fair shot at hiring talented teachers without forcing those with less expensive staffs to subsidize the others.

«Every child should have a fair shot at doing better than their parents before them, and we as a society benefit if more Georgians have the education and job skills needed to attract high - paying jobs.»

Third, Ensuring Educational Opportunity: All students deserve a fair shot at success in school and in life.

That's why we invest in leadership development, coaching, and school turnaround programs that help our state's public school leaders become stronger educators, and help develop the future of Texas by giving all kids a fair shot at success in school and in life.

«Students deserve a fair shot at the American dream,» Kati concluded.

Raise Your Hand Texas believes all children, regardless of family background, deserve a fair shot at success in school and in life.

If the United States could somehow guarantee poor people a fair shot at the American dream through shifting education policies alone, then perhaps we wouldn't have to feel so damn bad about inequality — about low tax rates and loopholes that benefit the superrich and prevent us from expanding access to childcare and food stamps; about private primary and secondary schools that cost as much annually as an Ivy League college, and provide similar benefits; about moving to a different neighborhood, or to the suburbs, to avoid sending our children to school with kids who are not like them.

In a 21st century global economy in which knowledge and skills are the passports to prosperity, it is important to our nation as a whole that all our children have a fair shot at a good education.

How she and de Blasio choose to balance the needs of individual families, single schools, and the broader system in order to give all city students a fair shot at a great education cuts to the core of the de Blasio message, said Noguera, the education professor.

We once had rules that allowed everyone a fair shot at the American dream and access to democracy, but now access to government is reserved for the most powerful and influential with millions and millions of dollars to buy elections.

Those two abilities are highly correlated with each other, so that it is not the case that children who are below average in one have a fair shot at being above average in the other.

The idea was to block charters from showing favoritism, to give everyone family a fair shot at those seats.

I just want a fair shot at education.

The memo outlined federal policies that could help close the achievement gap and ensure all students across the country had an equal and fair shot at a quality education.

However, today's students will compete in a global, knowledge - centered economy in which all children will need to graduate truly ready for college and career if they are going to have a fair shot at success in life.»

We believe in an America where all young people have a fair shot at succeeding — where a great education, all the way from Pre-K to college, is not only accessible but affordable.

Leverage more competitive and equitable salaries so districts serving high - need students have a fair shot at recruiting well - qualified educators.

Giving students a non-biased, wide variety of opportunities through a specialised school portal will mean that every child is given a fair shot at gaining work experience, and theycan build expertise, skills and capabilities that can then be used across the job market.

Her plan is, to put it very mildly indeed, highly controversial — and the PM has already signaled that (a) the new policy will take steps to ensure that poor kids will have a fair shot at a grammar school education and (b) she doesn't intend to impose selective schooling on every community.

That it doesn't matter who your parents are or what color your skin is or what neighborhood you were born in — every kid in this country should get a fair shot at the American dream.

Twenty - two Democratic senators are telling U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that he should make sure rural schools get a fair shot at the roughly $ 3 billion in new competitive - grant money the Education Department is seeking in the president's fiscal 2011 budget request.

When the program's architect, Victoria Lasseter (Connie Britton), learns that bureaucratic brownnoser Adrian Yates (Topher Grace) plans to terminate all the subjects from the abandoned project, she decides to activate Mike using a secret code phrase and give him a fair shot at survival.

But those living with HIV / AIDS deserve a fair shot at love too.

Consequently, it's impossible to know whether those agencies give women a fair shot at winning grants.

«Tonight President Obama presented a plan to ensure a fair shot at the American dream for anyone willing to earn it,» Gillibrand said.