Sentences with phrase «gain much traction in»

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley: O'Malley, 54, didn't gain much traction in his 2016 run, but he's already testing the waters again.

Senate Democrats unveiled a package of measures designed to reform campaign finance laws and how lobbying is done — measures that have failed to gain much traction in their chamber.

Despite her persistence, her parenting via fearmongering was one of the reasons turmeric didn't originally gain much traction in our household; was it really turmeric milk that prevented me from getting the flu for over a decade, or a hypochondriac's adherence to an annual flu shot schedule?

From a cyclical perspective, monetary reflation has yet to gain much traction in the real economy and, therefore, more should be expected, perhaps much more.

But that measure never gained much traction in the Legislature before the end of session.

But the measure so far has not gained much traction in the Senate, which is controlled by a coalition of four Democrats and Republicans.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal to pass a constitutional amendment enshrining the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 abortion decision Roe versus Wade into New York's constitution, is not gaining much traction in the State Senate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to pass an amendment enshrining the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 abortion decision Roe v. Wade into the state's constitution is not gaining much traction in the state Senate.

Governor Cuomo's proposal to pass a constitutional amendment enshrining the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 abortion decision Roe v. Wade into the state's constitution, is not gaining much traction in the state Senate.

It shouldn't come as much of a surprise as Microsoft has never gained much traction in the region, and it's largely agreed upon that their wares simply don't appeal to the Japanese consumer.

Neither app has gained much traction in the open market, but Google's working on that with the announcement that Duo video calling will be built into the phone dialer, contacts app and Android Messages SMS app on Pixel, Nexus and Android One phones.

Not exact matches

Indeed, if you approach thought leadership marketing as just another strategy to sell your product, you're unlikely to gain much traction — and, like the saleswoman in Beverly Hills who was so wrapped up in making a sale that she complimented my ill - fitting dress, you might end up turning off your audience rather than prompting them to trust your expertise.

He later stepped aside in favor of Mattrick after Zynga's financial performance began to falter when a string of newer games failed to gain much traction.

But with Yahoo closing in on $ 1.1 billion in sales for 2000, nearly twice as much as in 1999, the idea gained little traction.

Neither fund has gained much traction; BITE only accumulated roughly $ 2.5 million in assets before closing while MENU currently has less than $ 2 million despite performing in - line with the broader market in 2017.

Tom Angell, of the pro-marijuana legalization group Marijuana Majority, said in an email that «while most of our federal gains to date have been through amendments attached to much broader spending bills, I'm hopeful that with the growing number of states changing their laws these stand - alone bills [like Garrett's] will get enough traction to at least finally start getting hearings.»

It is no wonder that this type of thing gains so much traction in the U.S., after all the U.S. doesn't even rank in the top 10 of global academic achievement.

While Under Armour failed to gain much traction with players like Brandon Jennings and Kemba Walker, they did ink emerging star Stephen Curry in 2013, giving them optimism that Durant might leave Nike to join.

But as much as I, too, support this idea, I don't believe it can gain widespread political traction in this country, at least for the foreseeable future.

To summarize, then, my interest in migration and the political is as much about forms of power in relation to which actions gain political traction as about the action itself.

The state floated the idea of combining services at Interfaith and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center during Interfaith's bankruptcy, but the idea never gained traction, in part because it was too rushed and in part because it only solved one piece of a much larger problem.

In the pre-election period the Maude agenda to radically reshape Whitehall promised much - but it has taken almost half this Parliament to gain traction with its basic idea - that elected politicians should be running the show and civil servants are there to work at the pleasure of the administration they «serve»

«Gillibrand still hasn't gained much traction even after one year in office,» states Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion.

Much of the focus of these side events has been on ways to ratchet up ambition, either through more private - sector engagement or through an emphasis on gaining more traction for a long - term goal of containing warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius below preindustrial levels, rather than the «well below 2» threshold enshrined in Paris.

His purpose was to provide the tools to make sure ideas like this would be nipped in the bud before they gained too much «political traction».

«Funcom has gone through some challenging times in recent years and seeing the game we have poured so much time and effort into gain this amount of traction so quickly is very invigorating for everyone who works here.

When Anna Kendrick threw out the idea of playing Squirrel Girl in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she probably didn't expect the idea to gain so much traction so soon.

Yet the album's upbeat love songs released in advance — «Capital Letters» by Hailee Steinfeld with BloodPop and «For You (Fifty Shades Freed)» by Liam Payne and Rita Ora — haven't gained much chart traction; perhaps they're too wholesome.

«In terms of being in the classroom, we're just not seeing much evidence that the Kindle Fire is gaining a lot of traction,» Forehand saiIn terms of being in the classroom, we're just not seeing much evidence that the Kindle Fire is gaining a lot of traction,» Forehand saiin the classroom, we're just not seeing much evidence that the Kindle Fire is gaining a lot of traction,» Forehand said.

The need for a method of reporting to parents that serves the purpose of «tracking a student's development in an area of learning over time» (Forster, 2005) has been under discussion for more than a decade and has gained much traction among educators in recent years.

But restorative practices are gaining traction at much more local levels, right here in the Milwaukee community, in places you might not imagine — like Milwaukee Public Schools.

The idea has gained so much traction that some members of Congress want the Obama administration to put «wrap - around» services in all failing schools before taking such drastic measures as firing principals and teachers.

However, in India; which happens to be amongst the world's largest small car markets, the Japanese brand hasn't quite gained as much traction as they were hoping to.

Like a lot of Android device vendors, HTC's efforts in the tablet market haven't gained much traction.

e-Readers in the classrooms in developing worlds are not gaining much traction.

In 2010, e-readers never really gained much traction due to an influx of substandard ones from Cool - ER, Bookeen, and Cybook.

I doubt it will gain much traction at all in the WEST but might do better in other markets.

While it is too early to tell how much traction tablets will gain among potential buyers, analysts say the state of technology is such that there might finally be the right mix of applications, hardware and mobility available to make tablet PCs more than just a niche device in an already - crowded market, with gadgets designed to deal with almost any computing a person may need.

After failing to gain much traction, thoughts of RIM exiting the tablet market are starting to crop up, definitely not a good sign for a company that is already widely regarded as behind the times in its once thriving smartphone lineup.

Local movements have gained much traction among the affluent in recent years.

I think the sentiment among many who have answered here (that there is not much incentive given the liability structure in the US) is certainly correct, and it explains why chip and signature has gained some traction while chip and pin has not, but I think there is an additional element at play here.

The idea that companies should pay out as much as they can in dividends is gaining traction.

Despite the credit bureaus investing in VantageScore and advertising it heavily on their websites it failed to gain much traction it's currently used in less than 10 % of lending decisions.

And while it took some time for the 3DS to gain as much traction as its predecessor when it came to RPGs (and, in my opinion, it still lags behind the oft forgotten Vita), it has a sterling library to choose from.

With out much fanfare, and in spite of the fact that Google has various other vestigial services and products that haven't gained any mainstream adoption or traction (Google + is being crushed by Tumblr for coolness, and on that note, why isn't Orkut jammed into Google + yet?)

While they're consistent chart - toppers in Japan, Capcom's Monster Hunter action - RPGs haven't gained as much traction overseas.

In fact, I would argue that in the current economic climate, with unemployment running rife, a focus on, for example, social enterprise and economic localisation would be far more relevant and gain much deeper tractioIn fact, I would argue that in the current economic climate, with unemployment running rife, a focus on, for example, social enterprise and economic localisation would be far more relevant and gain much deeper tractioin the current economic climate, with unemployment running rife, a focus on, for example, social enterprise and economic localisation would be far more relevant and gain much deeper traction.

Without anything more than un-funded promises of increased social programs, it will be hard to gain traction in a province that fears taxes almost as much as un-repaired potholes.

Offshoring document review to India hasn't gained much traction with most law firms, in large part because of concerns about security and quality control.

While much about the traditional sales model won't apply here, the acknowledgement that measures and accountability have an increasing importance in law firms is gaining traction.