Sentences with phrase «from lesser means»

Third, by eliminating the paid meal equity provision, the House Republicans» bill does exactly what it falsely accuses CEP of doing — it puts taxpayers on the hook for subsidizing meals for children from well - off families at the expense of children from lesser means.

Not exact matches

The double - tracking has helped raise the average length of Union Pacific's intermodal trains — which are now less limited by the need to fit on sidings — from 158 cars in 2007 to 170 today, meaning that UP is handling far bigger volumes.

That means employees who are currently exempt from overtime pay who earn less than this threshold will become nonexempt — employers will suddenly be required to pay overtime to over four million more employees within the first year of implementing the new rules.

That means less potential danger to the larger economy from a sudden event, such as was seen when the Dotcom bubble popped in 2000.

The program itself is also markedly different from the ones typically available through workplace wellness programs and the like; rather than encourage a more or less cold turkey approach, Pivot is a long - term undertaking meant to serve both people immediately ready to quit and those who want to transition more slowly into a smoke - free lifestyle.

The further you get from Quebec's borders, the less the St - Hubert brand means to consumers, so they really only have an Ontario and a Quebec food retail business.

The fewer the jolts, the less money, while sending more of them to their partner meant a profit that ranged from 15 cents to $ 15.

The shift means that more of an employee's compensation comes from bonuses, commissions, profit sharing, or stock options, and less from salaries.

This week, JP Morgan upped its bid from $ 2 a share to $ 10 a share, meaning that the punishment meted out to Bear stockholders for the firm's reckless behavior is much less draconian.

And less business on Main Street means no job creation from the small businesses, not to mention even more difficulty keeping small businesses operating as - is.

While a hungry child is less likely to be able to focus, most of the research looks at kids who are part of school breakfast programs, which means the majority of those kids come from underprivileged backgrounds and may not be getting enough to eat in general.

Mosseri acknowledged on Thursday that Facebook's recent changes «mean less public content in News Feed like posts from businesses, brands, and media.»

It's meant to protect the patient lying on the table less than five feet away from me.

Aside from worries about EU stability, Icelanders are concerned about the loss of autonomy that comes with joining, particularly if it means less control over their prized fishing industry.

A 2015 report from the Federal Reserve found that nearly half of Americans wouldn't be able to afford an unexpected $ 400 expense, which means that they're ill - equipped for any surprise, much less an expensive emergency.

While «discipline» in Google's case means the moonshots are losing less money, the latest earnings call also brought a new form of good news: Google is now making real money from something besides search.

Increased efficiency means CP can do more with less, allowing it to remove hundreds of locomotives from service.

«Drones could provide the ability to incapacitate a suspect from afar with less - lethal means,» says Smith.

A strong peso means revenue from other countries is worth less when translated into Mexican currency.

This means it's less likely that itemizing will give you a bigger tax break than the standard deduction when you go to file your tax returns a year from now.

That means the threat from the Whole Foods stores themselves to larger competitors is probably less than Wall Street has feared.

According to data from the US Census Bureau, the average gender pay gap in the United States is around 19.5 %, meaning that, on average, a woman earns 80.5 % less than her male counterpart.

Establishing a partnership instantly brings a new level of mutual respect to the conversation, which means both parties are less likely to stray from the original plan.

Raising larger amounts from fewer investors means you spend less time on selling your business to prospective investors, who may have deeper pockets, better contacts and vast business knowledge, he says.

Each of those then takes a cut, which ultimately means less money making its way from the advertiser to the publisher at the other end.

The company is in the midst of a massive digitization effort, which means absorbing talent from another less - than - woman - friendly culture — technology — into the company's ecosystem.

Unemployment, measured in a different survey, edged down to 7.7 % from 7.9 % in January and, for once, not just because more Americans gave up the job search: 170,000 said they had found employment, meaning those who dropped out of the labour force were less than half the total.

Satwani — who hasn't delivered the CAR - T therapy but is heading up the program at Columbia, one of the 32 sites Novartis will use — said patients would need to be monitored closely for about a month, meaning they'd need to be less than a two - hour drive from their hospital.

Rising costs mean the project could struggle to get buy - in from private sector players and have less impact overall.

The facts are not right here, energy is cheap that means the cost of manufacturing and transporting of goods is low, food and consumers staples already more affordable, so what if a few American oil companies going out of business.the cost of producing oil in middle east is less than $ 10 / bl and we were paying more than $ 140 / bl for it, with that huge profit margin the big oil companies and oil producing nations became richer and the rest of us left behind, with the oil price this low the oil giants don't want to reduce the price at pump even a penny, because they are so greedy.worst case scenario is some CEOs bonuses might drop from $ 20 million to $ 15 millions I am sure they will survive.in terms of the stock market it always bounces back, after all it's just a casino like game.

But some in the city's investor community had pushed hard to prevent Hong Kong from changing its rules, arguing that it will mean less rigorous corporate governance.

While this makes accidental death and dismemberment coverage less expensive, it also means that you may need additional financial protection for your dependents since the majority of people do not die from an accident.

Lower levels of implied volatility mean less income from each call option sold.

But the average one lasts less than two months and out of all of them, 80 percent never become a bear market (meaning the market falls 20 percent from its peak).

All of the damage from the hurricane not only means that refineries will be purchasing a lot less crude, but the millions of people along the Gulf Coast will also be consuming a lot less gasoline.

We invest much less in young children, and that stems largely from the fact that most other advanced economies view early childhood education, child care and other benefits targeted at parents with young children as «public goods,» meaning investments that, absent public support, would be insufficiently made from the perspective of society's well - being.

Sorrell's departure, combined with those of former GroupM North America CEO Rob Norman and Chairman Irwin Gotlieb, means three of the people most responsible for WPP's media efforts in the U.S. (and beyond) have stepped down from their posts in less than six months.

This means that users will soon start seeing more posts from their family and friends, and less public content.

A shorter loan term means lower operating expenses and presents less risk from the lender's point of view.

As a small business, allowing employees to work from home means you need less office space and lower utility bills as a result, less office equipment to purchase and maintain, and the less money you have to spend expanding into new territories.

... although I confess I feel extra pride from choosing to do the cold showers on less inspirational material than this video, since it means I took more responsibility.

«Women with children are often excluded from full participation in the labour market due to challenges in balancing work and family life, or they work part - time, which often means lower wages and fewer benefits, including lack of a pension, paid vacation and sick leave, as well as less job stability,» the document states.

The US buys only a small portion of cotton t - shirts from China, but if fewer Americans buy Chinese t - shirts, that could mean that Chinese factories need less fabric made of American cotton.

Wrapped in a sleeping bag and fur - lined bomber hat, he spent seven nights from 7 pm to 7 am in an Infiniti parked less than 50 feet from the Queen Elizabeth Way expressway, which meant noise, lights, wind and frosty temperatures.

Facebook Inc. said it's making major changes to its flagship social network, shifting users» news feeds back toward posts from friends and family and away from businesses and media outlets — a transition that is likely to mean people spend less time on the site.

Federal student loan fees are taken as a percentage of the total loan amount and deducted proportionally from each loan disbursement, meaning you'll receive slightly less than the amount you borrow.

Less competition from other buyers and less available Wall Street research often mean a greater opportunity to find bargain - priced stocks among these lesser - followed small - capitalization companLess competition from other buyers and less available Wall Street research often mean a greater opportunity to find bargain - priced stocks among these lesser - followed small - capitalization companless available Wall Street research often mean a greater opportunity to find bargain - priced stocks among these lesser - followed small - capitalization companies.

According to a related survey from the College Savings Foundation, one - third of parents are still shouldering loan student debt from their own college days.3 That means these folks could be paying off (or defaulting on) debt well into retirement, and would therefore also have less funds available to help their children.

(For instance I'm fairly confident that promiscuity is sinful, especially when it comes from a place of lust, but I'm less convinced that my committed same - sex friends are sinning by expressing their love physically any more than I am sinning when my wife and I express our love physically — even though I think we can be if we are acting out of lust or as a means of asserting power over one another, but that is another story).

Thus no event can realize the full potential of any ideal or group of ideals, and still less the full potential of antecedent occasions from which their historical meaning was derived.