Sentences with phrase «first time in recent memory»

And this is not the first time in recent memory a CFM56 engine on a Southwest Airlines plane was found to be faulty.

«For the first time in recent memory, VW is properly equipped to do battle in the most competitive segment of US auto market.

(Indeed, the June purchasing manager's indexes for emerging European markets were all above the key 50 mark for the first time in recent memory.)

And for the first time in recent memory I'm completely flummoxed about how all of this might go down on March 4.

It was the first time in recent memory that Canada's five largest banks increased their quarterly dividend at the same time, a clear signal that Canada's banking sector remains healthy despite a long list of ongoing economic concerns hanging over their businesses, from record levels of consumer debt to a softening economy and the threat of another downturn.

The showdown also marks the first time in recent memory shareholders of a major oil and gas company have been given a choice of directors between what the company wants and what the dissident group wants (it is pushing for four of its nominees to be voted to the board).

Couple this with what appears to be a season - threatening knee injury for CB Lardarius Webb, a sprained knee for NT Haloti Ngata, and the once - vaunted Baltimore defense looks vulnerable for the first time in recent memory.

And now, for the first time in recent memory, people in Birmingham are talking more frequently about the Tigers than about the Tide.

As well as being the first time in recent memory that meals have been made from scratch in D.C. Public Schools, the program represents the culmination of innovative efforts by D.C. Central Kitchen to build a successful economic model around concepts that don't normally associate in the public mind: local farming, job training for the down - and - out, and feeding the indigent.

We note with regret that for the first time in recent memory, Ghanaian public sector workers have been forced to mark this important day without receiving their monthly salary.

For the first time in recent memory Democrats in New York State including the Governor, are doing more coordinated work together on behalf of Senate Democrats, but that may be a temporary condition.

But there was fury from Labour figures as the party still lost councillors - the first time in recent memory that's happened in a leader's first year - despite opposing «the most right - wing Tory government ever».

This year, for the first time in recent memory the council convened without a minority leader.

«This is a great opportunity to highlight the strength of the Republican Party in Upstate New York and is the first time in recent memory that our convention will be held outside of New York City,» says Monroe County GOP Chairman Bill Reilich.

«For the first time in recent memory, all of the forces within the Democratic Party and all the progressive interests are pulling in the same direction.»

And for the first time in recent memory, none of de Blasio's contributions were reported as bundled.

For the first time in recent memory, the Democratic Party's House and Senate campaign committees currently have more money to spend on races than their Republican counterparts — a milestone reached just five months before the critical midterm elections.

For the first time in recent memory, both Cuomo and de Blasio appeared together on the same stage (granted, Cuomo's girlfriend, de Blasio's wife, Rep. Charlie Rangel and Clinton stood between them).

For the first time in recent memory, New York is holding its Congressional primary in June instead of September.

The Democrats are just plain stupid for playing with the gay vote and they really should be ashamed of themselves for calling out a Republican for his stance when they cant even get their own ship in order to get a gay marriage bill passed when they had full control over the legislature for the first time in recent memory.

The statements, which were made public by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, marked the first time in recent memory that the Legislature's top leaders earned little beyond their taxpayer - funded salaries and showed a stark departure from the tenures of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County), who frequently reported earning hundreds of thousands of dollars from outside legal work.

Republicans, for the first time in recent memory, control the redistricting process.

For the first time in recent memory, the unions were outspent by a directly opposing interest group, and divided, after Cuomo brought some of their most powerful representatives into his decision - making process.

Democrats swept the town supervisor's race and the two Town Board seats that were up for grabs, giving them all five seats on the board for the first time in recent memory.

As previously reported, the RNC — for the first time in recent memory — has set up its own independent operation designed to bring its financial advantage over the Democratic National Committee to bear.

For the first time in recent memory, the Mayor's unrestrained boosterism matched the reality, at least as far as real estate development is concerned.

But there was fury as the party still lost councillors - the first time in recent memory that's happened in a leader's first year - despite opposing «the most right - wing Tory government ever».

For the first time in recent memory, Japan has a minister of education, science, sports, and culture with hands - on experience as a researcher and educator.

Then, in FY 2005, NSF's budget actually declined for the first time in recent memory.

«We measure our success by what came back to the U.S. and made it to retailer shelves,» Hayward says — garments were truly 100 percent pima cotton for the first time in recent memory.

So when I was recently struck with an incredibly uncomfortable bout of eczema, I felt truly hopeless for the first time in recent memory.

I love the richness of the green and this has got to be one of the first times in recent memory that a dress without a full circle skirt hasn't left me with a slight feeling of «oh but if only the skirt had been fuller it would have been perfect.»

Yesterday was probably the first time in recent memory that I stepped outside midday and could feel the slight chill in the air.

For the first time in recent memory, a host of government organisations have unveiled a series of development programmes for the industry.

Aasif Mandvi hits his (very odd, in fairness) role at about twice the volume and pace of anyone else, Justin Bartha barely figures, Mia Farrow is sweet enough, but doesn't make much of an impact, and Christopher Walken is interestingly restrained, adhering to normal human punctuation for the first time in recent memory, but at the same time, hiring Walken to play an average suburban dad is about like hiring Jason Statham for a film where he doesn't punch someone in the face.

As Variety observed, «this marks the first time in recent memory that films both led and directed by African - Americans have nabbed the first and second place spots at the box office.»

As previously reported, the weekend of March 9 marked the first time in recent memory, and possibly ever, that films by African - American directors have claimed the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the same weekend, with Coogler's «Black Panther» again topping the box office, while Ava DuVernay's adaptation «A Wrinkle in Time,» which boasts a black female protagonist in Storm Reid as young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place spot.

For the first time in recent memory, there is no sure - fire frontrunner in the race, leaving the field wide open.

Marking the first time in recent memory that a non-Adam Sandler actor has undermined not only the quality but also the watchability of an entire film with a surplus of vaudevillian tics and freakish affectations, Corky Romano can't be viewed as a comedy, though it can be taken as a cautionary tale to comedians to try less hard, and to audiences not to assume that a lively cameo in an otherwise dreadful film (i.e., Monkeybone) is an indicator of future success.

For the first time in recent memory, they point out, it is conceivable to think that the Congress might even take the next stop and itself agree to fund choice plans that help parents send their children to private schools.

For the first time in recent memory, a president sent emissaries to meet with appropriations committee members to press them to include funding for a single initiative.

One: For the first time in recent memory, a political faction within the union — Union Power — has gained near total control of the union.

For the first time in recent memory, K - 12 education is emerging as a top tier issue in the coming presidential race, at least among Republicans.

It is not the first time in recent memory in which independent charter schools have been shut out.

Still, even though a relatively small sum of money, this would be the first time in recent memory that outside foundations have paid the state directly and played so overtly a role in helping develop statewide policy.

For the first time in recent memory, a majority of U.S. public - school students come from low - income households.

This was the first time in recent memory that Castrejon and Caputo - Pearl had appeared together, giving the audience what Blume described as «an unfiltered back - and - forth.»

Having a full - size pickup in the top spot feels like normalcy, but the fact that it's the Silverado handily outselling the F - series for the first time in recent memory has got to be giving Ford fits.

That's thanks to the 2016 Chevy Corvette Z06 convertible, which marks the first time in recent memory that the most powerful available Corvette has been available in convertible form.

This will be the first time in recent memory that the bookseller backtracked on a controversial policy, in a bid to appease Nook users.