Sentences with phrase «hailed as a milestone»

Burns» appointment to the top job in 2009 had been hailed as a milestone.

As its anniversary approaches, the $ 1.4 billion World Trade Center retail space, hailed as a milestone in lower Manhattan's recovery from the 2001 terrorist attacks, is still a work in progress.

Published for all to see in this week's Science, Kay's approach is being hailed as a milestone in the science of «rhythm genetics», the push by geneticists to understand the mysterious daily, or «circadian», clocks that tick inside most living things.

When scientists used gene therapy to cure «bubble boy» disease 7 years ago, the work was hailed as a milestone for the field.

The signal, formally designated GW150914 after the date of its occurrence and informally known to its discoverers as «the Event», has justly been hailed as a milestone in physics.

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• Another major piece of legislation hailed by lawmakers as an important civil rights milestone was a ban on the controversial practice of using therapy to alter a young person's sexual orientation or gender identity.

Five days before the ninth anniversary of the attacks, rebuilding leaders hailed the tridents» arrival as the latest of many recent milestones at the World Trade Center site.

Average household incomes are now higher than they were in 2010, a milestone hailed by Mr Osborne as «good news for families and businesses across the country».

Scientists across Europe are hailing this year's May Day as a milestone for science — if only because, like Illnerova, tens of thousands of scientists now have the freedom that is priceless to their work.

The advance is being hailed by some as a milestone in medical entomology.

Education Secretary Angela Constance hailed the reforms as a «significant milestone for education», which includes the introduction of a National Improvement Framework, aimed at improving attainment through a more structured national testing system.

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Last October, when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced approval of the first two new solar plants on public lands in more than two decades, Johanna Wald, the NRDC's senior attorney, hailed the move as «a major milestone in renewable energy on public lands and a down payment on America's transition to a clean energy economy.»

NPTA hailed the milestone as a testament to of the organization's strength and adaptability to the changing needs and information - gathering preferences of pharmacy professionals.