Sentences with phrase «first significant action»

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly took the first significant action on their plan to strip collective bargaining rights from most public workers, abruptly passing the measure early Friday morning before sleep - deprived Democrats realized what was happening.

Republicans rammed a bill through the House on Wednesday that would make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines, the first significant action on guns in Congress since mass shootings in Nevada and Texas killed...

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For some it may mean that «there is an orphaned state required for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, in which a man who like all others is the child of his parents must symbolize with his being and action the present but hidden creation which is not a mere prolongation of the old, but the new creation in relation to which the old has already passed away...» This is, therefore, the first word that must be spoken: of discontinuity between the kingdom of God and any earthly order, even one as significant as the family.

The first part has to do with what it takes to initiate and to continue significant social action.

For the first time in the history of creation, the life support systems of the Planet Earth are being destroyed by human activities... Throughout history humans have caused locally significant damage to the environment, but never before have human numbers and actions combined to threaten the integrity of the entire planet.

As a result of the input received from those conversations, Commissioner Elia, together with the Board of Regents, took a number of significant actions in her first year, including the following:

«Thanks to the Leadership Council at its helm to ensure that the community's interests are paramount throughout implementation, the 26 strategic action items of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan are well underway and have reached significant milestones in the Plan's first year.&action items of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan are well underway and have reached significant milestones in the Plan's first year.&Action Plan are well underway and have reached significant milestones in the Plan's first year.»

In the new issue of Us Weekly, a source reveals the veteran action star, 54, has been romancing a British woman for several months — his first significant relationship since splitting from ex-wife Katie Holmes in 2012.

As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie star.

On the one hand, the film can repeat all the basic rhythms of the first film, either with the main character being replaced (so that the journey appears to be new) or by the stakes being raised (so that it feels like the action is more significant).

Escape Plan is at least a couple of decades too late to bring in the once - large fan - bases of Stallone and Schwarzenegger, formerly the biggest action stars of their 1980s and early 1990s, working here together for the first time in a significant way (the miniscule part Arnie played in the Expendables series hardly counts).

While the feud between Axe and Rhoades has been brewing all season long, «Golden Frog Time» is really the first episode this season that sees them directly affecting each other with their actions in a significant way.

«[Monster Hunter: World] offers significant innovations to the series, including seamless transitions between map areas as well as smooth, on - the - fly actions and online co-op players from around the globe... This is the first title in the series to be given a global simultaneous launch,» Capcom wrote on its website.

She anticipated significant resistance from the central office and the teachers union, as well as her peers, but she felt her first action had to be to ask for support.

It is important to note that these are often happening simultaneously, and they are only grouped in this historical faction because they have been the dominant force driving racial segregation at the time listed relative to the other events (i.e. government action is listed first, not because it is over but because it was the most significant force shaping early housing segregation).

Two weeks after making its motor show debut, the first Land Rover Discovery Sport has rolled off the Halewood production line, marking another significant milestone in Jaguar Land Rover's product offensive which will see the company deliver 50 significant product actions over the next five years.

Before deciding to take significant action to hedge against the possibility of inflation, a person should first consider what the impact of a bout of inflation might actually be on their particular situation.

This exhibition is described by the museum as the first - ever to present the perspectives of women of color «distinct from the primarily white, middle - class mainstream feminist movement — in order to reorient conversations around race, feminism, political action, art production, and art history in this significant historical period.»

It is the first exhibition to highlight the voices and experiences of women of color — distinct from the primarily white, middle - class mainstream feminist movement — in order to reorient conversations around race, feminism, political action, art production, and art history in this significant historical period.

Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, this exhibition is presented as the first - ever to explore the perspectives of women of color «distinct from the primarily white, middle - class mainstream feminist movement — in order to reorient conversations around race, feminism, political action, art production, and art history in this significant historical period.»

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), half a world away from the First World War's European theatre of action, is marking that centenary with a small but significant exhibition of pictures that American artist Marsden Hartley (1877 — 1943) produced when he lived in Europe from 1912 to 1915, first in Paris and Munich, then for three years in BeFirst World War's European theatre of action, is marking that centenary with a small but significant exhibition of pictures that American artist Marsden Hartley (1877 — 1943) produced when he lived in Europe from 1912 to 1915, first in Paris and Munich, then for three years in Befirst in Paris and Munich, then for three years in Berlin.

Upon his return to New York, Hendler, who is considered a first generation action painter, played a significant role in the movement, both in New York, where he was a friend of Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock, and in Philadelphia, where he ran the city's first avant - garde gallery between 1952 and 1954.

Schimmel has organized major one - person retrospectives for artists Chris Burden, Willem De Kooning, Takashi Murakami, Laura Owens, Sigmar Polke, Charles Ray, and Robert Rauschenberg, and significant thematic exhibitions such as The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper, 1938 - 1948 (1987), The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism (1988), Hand - Painted Pop: American Art in Transition 1955 — 62 (1992), Helter Skelter: LA Art in the 1990s (1992), Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949 - 1979 (1999), Ecstasy: In and About Altered States (2006), and Collection: MOCA's First 30 Years (2010).

Described by the museum as the first - ever exhibition to present the perspectives of women of color «distinct from the primarily white, middle - class mainstream feminist movement — in order to reorient conversations around race, feminism, political action, art production, and art history in this significant historical period.»

Mr KIA — It is negligent of people holding positions of trust and responsibility to fail to heed the consistent and persistent expert advice — the advice they commissioned so they could be sure before taking significant action and commissioned a review of to be sure the first advice was sound before committing to anything and commissioned a Red Team / Blue Team face off to give the Red Team a chance to take advantage of 99 % of viewers..

This doesn't mean that any mine is by definition a violation of treaty rights, but the federal and provincial governments are required to conduct meaningful consultation with first nations affected and the first nations have significant rights that can potentially be enforced by court action.

In the scorching summer of 1988, when global warming first hit headlines in a significant way, presidential candidate George H.W. Bush used a Michigan speech to pledge meaningful action curbing heat - trapping greenhouse gases, saying, «Those who think we are powerless to do anything about the greenhouse effect forget about the White House effect.»

The first few chapters outline the science in a user - friendly, readable manner, explaining what's happening to our climate and the reasons why we need serious, significant action and fast.

For the formal announcement, Pruitt was introduced by NADA's President and CEO Peter Welch, who praised the administrator for «[spearheading] over two dozen significant regulatory reforms worth over one billion dollars in savings in his first year at EPA» and «issuing more deregulatory actions than any other federal agency under the Trump administration.»

That means it should be among the first to report on significant legal developments that will trickle down to courts throughout the country, be first to identify trends and patterns in the law, and be first to identity emerging causes of action.

In the area of class actions, it is significant that a Respondent may now apply for leave to appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court granting a Motion for Authorization (Certification)(article 578), a move which will likely have an impact on strategy in first instance and Respondents» decisions whether to consent to authorization and proceed directly on the merits, or not.

«Amnesty International's new Global Call to Action includes a digital «Earth Candle» — a significant online breakthrough that allows activists for the first time to see an overview of the organization's worldwide actions, and how their own actions add to this force for change.»

Certification is the first significant step in a class action suit.

The case being significant because it makes the bank the first to be charged for its actions during the financial crisis, even if those actions were taken to avoid a bailout.

First Reference Talks Desperate times do not justify desperate measures In Trites v. Renin Corp, 2013 ONSC 2715, the court considered «the novel and perplexing legal issue» of whether an employer that is experiencing significant financial difficulties can unilaterally impose a temporary layoff on an employee in the absence of an express or implied term in the contract of employment to support the employer's action.

These significant penalties can deeply affect an organization and even threaten its viability, whether that is financially or otherwise — something that charitable and not - for - profit organizations can ill afford: first, from a reputational perspective and second, from the perspective of regulatory enforcement actions getting in the way of the organizations being able to meet their goals and objectives.

What we're doing here is putting the most significant actions at the peak of your mountain first and giving everything else a lesser priority, even though it would seem simple to do the low - priority task because it's quick and easy.