Sentences with phrase «first gaining support»

With Chrome OS first gaining support for touchscreens and then support for Android, the operating system has now truly crossed over.

In what was widely believed to be a cakewalk for Weprin, Turner's campaign built momentum as the weeks went by, first gaining support from former Democratic Mayor Ed Koch and endorsements from the Daily News and the New York Post.

Not exact matches

«Write to Play» heralded Playworld's first - ever social media giveaway, and the results are impressive: Not only did its Facebook fan base increase from 600 to more than 9,000 during the two months the contest ran, but as finalists rallied to gain community support for their campaigns, many local news outlets reported on their efforts, earning Playworld significant free publicity in the process.

Petronas acknowledged the B.C. government has «brought resolution to key policy matters,» such as establishing a tax regime for LNG firms, detailing offsets for greenhouse gas emissions and gaining support from First Nations.

Other measures, such as the capital - gains tax exemption on sales of principle residences and the tax - free withdrawal of cash from RRSPs for a down payment on a first home, further support our desire to own.

U.S. first quarter earnings supported the market, though the composition of gains for banks and financials has drawn scrutiny, says Scott Nations of NationsShares.

There was a brief lull in Europe's crowded election calendar, but polls in the run - up to the first round of voting in France's presidential contest in late April suggested the centrist - candidate Emmanuel Macron was gaining support, which continued to soothe market concerns about a possible victory for the populist Marine Le Pen.

Although most evangelical leaders have not supported Trump's run (including Max Lucado), he has gained endorsements from Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. and First Baptist Church of Dallas senior pastor Robert Jeffress.

First, the evidence does not always support the view that all gain.

Xcelerate will seek applications from entrepreneurs and early - stage companies, gaining first - hand access to emerging technologies and trends; building a pipeline of investible businesses; and supporting the overall start - up ecosystem in Australia and New Zealand.

This has been driven by a number of factors, the first being the increased consumer awareness of food miles and sustainability; secondly the return to a patriotic view of supporting British trade, manufacturing and produce (which in part drove the desire to leave the EU as well); and thirdly the resurgence of the craft phenomenon which has seen a number of small producers and brands gain popularity.

I think Lukaku looked more of a threat than Giroud on either sides.Giroud shouldn't be guaranteed first choice striker as of right and if neither of Walcott or Podolski steps up i now support Wenger going in the market come January for a striker.Either way i think it is a point gained.

«Proposals that either deleted the loss of down or the automatic first down - but not both - failed to gain support among committee members.

Erin's HR background combined with her love of the birthing process (which started after seeing her first birth at age 12) allow her to provide support to women and families; truly getting to know them while gaining an understanding of their birthing goals.

Through massage, you can gain increased awareness of how your baby communicates and ideas on ways to support your baby in their first few months.

More than half of Americans approve of the Affordable Care Act, according to a Gallup poll out yesterday, marking the first time the law has gained majority support since Gallup began tracking public opinion on it in 2012.

«One year ago today a large majority of Senators, including Democrats and a number of Republicans, came together to support Governor Cuomo's NY SAFE Act — a law that bans assault weapons, protects our first responders and strengthens background checks to prevent criminals and the mentally ill from gaining access to guns,» Wagner said.

Given how the First Past The Post electoral system works, concentrated support can translate into huge gains in seats (the PCs came third in the popular vote — in fact, they almost came second — but a distant fifth by seat count, which is all that matters).

In the first instance that means extra support to local areas with lots of new arrivals — by ring - fencing the substantial overall economic gains from migration and investing in local services.

The Labour rebels broke the party line to support an amendment forcing schools who hoped to become self - governing trusts to first gain approval of parents through a ballot.

and withdrawing his support of Speaker Sheldon Silver, he gains back prestige points lost in supporting Silver in the first place.

Despite rivaling Mr. de Blasio in fund - raising, Mr. Massey, a first - time candidate for public office, struggled to gain support among voters in polls during nearly a year on the trail.

Although Lester — who was counsel to Sen. David Paterson, and formed the first anti-bias unit in a D.A.'s office in NYC — has tried to gain the club's support, 504's executive committee was unconvinced with his claims that an accessible campaign office was impossible to find in his district, and that the availability of a table at the restaurant downstairs from the office constitutes accessibility.

«Orange County Chamber supports in - county casino first, but says region will gain if it ends up in Sullivan or Ulster,» May 26, 2014

And while his bill has gained little support since the Bronx Democrat first introduced it four years ago, with some legislative colleagues bashing it as government overreach, experts say the times may be changing.

U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D - Jackson Heights) hopes a proposed bill allocating $ 70 billion to teachers and first responders around the country will pass with presidential support, although a nearly identical piece of legislation did not gain enough support to even come to a vote in the Democratically led U.S. Senate last year.

At the risk of sounding cynical, everything about this — including the perfect timing — suggests to me that it's being staged: 1) Labour is on course for a huge defeat 2) no - one wants to take on the leadership of the doomed party at the 11th hour 3) GB's popularity (such as it is) is at an all - time low Given that no - one else wants the job on the eve of such a crushing defeat, surely the only chance Labour have of gaining support and mounting any semblance of an election campaign is to first restore some faith in their battered leader.

Poloncarz should be able to draw sufficient Legislature support to pass this law, but he has not yet introduced it, saying he'd like to see some of his other initiatives, including the ethics law and fair housing policy, gain more traction first.

Published in the journal Tobacco Control, the first study to model public health outcomes if cigarette smoking was replaced by e-cigarettes «supports a policy strategy that encourages replacing cigarette smoking with vaping to yield substantial life year gains,» says the study's lead author David Levy, PhD, professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi.

Lead researcher Dr Chidiebere Ogbonnaya said: «Our study is the first to show empirical support for claims that the productivity gains of these pay schemes might be associated with employees» experience of more intense working.

This alternate view of Earth's first geologic eon, called the Hadean, has gained substantial new support from the first detailed comparison of zircon crystals that formed more than 4 billion years ago with those formed contemporaneously in Iceland, which has been proposed as a possible geological analog for early Earth.

«This is the first study conducted on the diabetic mouse model that supports the LYP gain - of - function hypothesis,» says Dr. Kissler.

As it happens, both young men and women experience a growth spurt in adolescence that is second only to the rapid growth that occurs in the first year of life.2 With the onset of puberty come increases in height, weight and bone mass; cognitive changes; and reproductive maturation.3 Adolescent boys gain more in bone size and mass than adolescent girls.3 To support this intensive and multifaceted period of growth, the total nutrient needs of adolescents are higher than at any other life stage.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the additional protein requirements to support 13.8 g gestational weight gain are 1, 9 and 31 g / day in the first, second and third trimesters, respectively.

Nominee Janet Yellen moved one step closer to becoming the first woman to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve Thursday when she gained the support of Senate Republicans on the Banking Committee, who voted to send her nomination to the full Senate for a vote.

The first step to gaining back and building support for charter schools is to combine our first principle — holding them accountable for providing a quality education — with our second principle — ensuring that they are accessible to all families.

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We know that mentors provide new teachers with much - needed support and guidance in their crucial first years, but there's a strong pass - through effect as well: Students of mentored teachers gained the equivalent of 3 to 3.5 months of additional learning in reading and math over the course of a year, a new study found.

The first step to gaining back and building support for charter schools is to hold them accountable for providing a quality education.

Here are starter questions for the first four - week check - in conversation of instructional coaches and building administrators: What leadership actions have we purposefully taken in this first month to communicate, initiate, and support the changes needed in staff to gain our needed changes in student learning production behaviors?

Team teachers report positive experiences from the support they receive from their multi-classroom leaders — support that should be extended to all aspiring teachers in the U.S. Opportunity Culture schools with principals who lead strong, schoolwide teams of multi-classroom leaders in core subjects have shown the largest, fastest gains schoolwide in the first years of the Opportunity Culture initiative.

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.»

In 1990, the charter idea gained further prominence after the state legislature in neighboring Wisconsin passed the nation's first private school voucher law, providing public support for low - income Milwaukee students to attend private and parochial schools.

After the student gains more experience working with letters and recognizing spelling patterns, the teacher begins to fade the support by first allowing the student to use the tiles for five words on the test, then removing the tiles all together.

The innovative technology known as «Torque Multiplication» was first designed to gain greater fuel efficiency and support our global need for «cleaner, greener cars».

These could include a place to write; times to write; things you need around you to write; how you are going to write and on what tool; what research needs to be done to support your book; possible «rewards» as you finish a chapter (I wrote an entire book with a bag of M&M s as the reward when the first draft of a chapter was completed — geeze, I gained 10 pounds writing Stabotage!)

She gained nationwide acclaim for her first novel of medical suspense,» «Harvest,»» which became a» «New York Times»» bestseller, followed by» «Life Support»» and» «Bloodstream»» — all of which are available from Pocket Books.

She gained nationwide acclaim for her first novel of medical suspense, the New York Times bestseller Harvest; she followed her debut with the bestsellers Life Support and Gravity (both available from Pocket Books.)

At first, the Republican - backed bill met opposition, but it gained bipartisan support with compromise: a cap on the max interest rate and a fixed rate over the life of a loan.

First, you'll want to assess and target a specific area or colony of cats for TNR, and then speak with community members to let them know your plans and gain their support.