Sentences with phrase «half of the third term»

John Prescott opens debate about how Labour can adapt to «unique challenge» of a third term of government.

Unfortunately, as we speak, countries like Burundi and Rwanda are currently undergoing very dangerous political endeavors of third term projects tinkering with their Constitutions, these negative exemplars in our continent graphically underscores the significance of the price of the peace we are enjoying here consequent upon the successful 2015 elections even though not perfect.

Two of the five commissioners — Maureen Harris (Republican, sister of Michael Finnegan, longtime friend and former Pataki top counsel) and Robert E. Curry Jr. (Democrat)-- were last - minute appointments to $ 109,800 - a-year jobs with six - year terms made by former Gov. George Pataki during the final months of his third term.

The question of the constitutionality of a third term is absolutely central in the present crisis.

The roundtable tried to take a slightly different viewpoint and explored the key issues of the present crisis beyond the question of the third term: local grievances and post-war reconciliation and integration, the economy (and especially agriculture and aid), and whether the «ethnic factor» is still relevant.

Mark and David Weprin swapped places in 2009, and Inez and Charles Barron are preparing to do the same thing as the Council's self - described «elected activist» reaches the end of his third term.

It's been a foregone conclusion that Mayor Byron Brown would continue to raise oodles of money in pursuit of a third term as mayor.

This follows a directive by the Ghana Education Service (GES), to heads of public Senior High Schools to charge final year students only half of the third term fees for the 2017/2018 academic year.

He would have a clear road ahead and might even be revisiting his pre-announced resignation and thinking of a third term.

At a recent forum for candidates running for speaker, who will be elected by the 51 - member Council in January, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D - Manhattan) broached the idea of a third term and the rest of the field said they'd support it.

The failure of his third term gambit gave rise to new desperation.

Ball, who ran a tough - but - unsuccessful race for the seat in 2009, will replace Ron Polacco, who opted to run for mayor in lieu of third term.

By the heavy - lidded years of his third term, the notion of a Pataki presidential campaign was something of a punchline in political circles, although he was not in on the joke.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's handling of the hurricane / tropical storm last week gave him a respite from the media criticism that has plagued much of his third term.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg — The curse of the third term is marring his record.

Their notional results for 2005 gave Labour a majority of 48, down from the real 66 seat majority Tony Blair won at the start of his third term.

The notion of a third term is something I have been thinking of, a sensation or idea that the mechanism of a work can give rise to.

This pairing — often with the addition of the third term «canvas» — is an old trick of «self - reflexive» painting.

At the beginning of her third term, she was severely injured in a Jan. 8, 2011, assassination attempt in which six people were killed and 13 injured.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

«I think that was probably the third conversation in terms of folks to hire for the team,» he says.

It will post directly to your Instagram feed at the scheduled time, now that Instagram allows post management via third - party tools — something their terms of service didn't allow in the past.

A few things stand out about this particular rate change: first, the magnitude of influence that just a quarter percentage - point change had on the stock market; second, the current rate with an upper range of.50 % compared to the various long - term averages of about 5 %; and third, the rate remains historically low, with only minute incremental changes, despite the relatively good news we continue to read about the economy.

Josh Seims, MetaStable's third co-founder, says the fund takes a value investing approach, «sort of what you imagine a Warren Buffett doing, but it's kind of oxymoronic to use these terms in the space because everything is so ephemeral.»

He hopes that businesses will be more explicit in describing how third - party companies can use data collected by technology companies, offering bullet - point summaries in terms the average person can understand when policies are updated, and even explore the idea of creating an ombudsman to field concerns and mediate conflicts between platforms and users.

The recent attacks have prompted a wave of interest in zombies and as of this writing, «zombie apocalypse» ranks as the third most popular search term on Google.

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A third approach would be to understand ultimate responsibility in terms of motivation: when you know that you're going to be held responsible if things go badly, then presumably you're going to work hard to make sure that things go well.

International lenders have set aside up to 25 billion euros for the recapitalization of banks under terms of Greece's third international bailout, worth up to 86 billion euros.

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Belarus's gross domestic product shrank by 3.5 percent in January to August and the average monthly wage has fallen by about a third in dollar terms since the start of the year to $ 420.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

In terms of cloud computing, the military has security concerns and wants to keep sensitive data «in house to a large extent» rather than crunching it on a third party's computers, Newmeyer said.

On - demand financing peaked in the third quarter of 2015, in terms of both the number of deals and dollars, and the pace is slowing.

More than two - thirds (67.3 %) of funding requests are approved by alternative lenders, who picked up the slack from the SBA slowdown and are now offering more lucrative terms to borrowers.

As of mid-2015, the measure (see blue line in chart) shows that less than a third of disposable income is required by a representative Canadian household for mortgage payments and utility fees — below the long term average (brown line).

Of particular concern, working - age population growth is running at just a third of the long - term average, meaning the current housing boom lacks the robust demographic underpinnings seen in previous cycleOf particular concern, working - age population growth is running at just a third of the long - term average, meaning the current housing boom lacks the robust demographic underpinnings seen in previous cycleof the long - term average, meaning the current housing boom lacks the robust demographic underpinnings seen in previous cycles.

But the third and final year of the term will be important for Mr Shorten and Labor, not only to set out a credible alternative plan for the economy and national security, but to tell voters what sort of a prime minister he would be.

The takeover bid, which Qualcomm opposes, would propel the combined company into third place in terms of market share in the global semiconductor industry, as this chart from Statista indicates.

This means that the owners of websites which allow the posting of classified ads, such as Craigslist, could face charges or prison terms even if third parties misuse the service to promote prostitution.

Rather, it was an unethical action by a researcher, who gained access to the data legitimately but violated the terms of access by transferring it to third parties, as well as by Cambridge, which allegedly lied when, in 2015, it told Facebook it had deleted all copies of the data.

Although it has been the norm of late for a leader to begin grooming a successor in his second term, some analysts are predicting that Xi will buck the trend and keep his authority to himself — potentially setting himself up for a third term.

«In May of 2008, I was «full term» at 37 weeks with our third baby.

Under the terms of the deal, Sprint would effectively operate a «store within a RadioShack store», occupying about one - third of the retail space at each.

More significantly, the new plan calls for pay TV providers and programmers to create a standard license for getting cable apps onto third - party devices, instead of allowing them to negotiate different terms with each device manufacturer.

BOTZ, in particular, is third among all ETFs launched in the past three years in terms of asset growth.

On the military side, Israel is third in the world in terms of per capita spending, behind only the United Arab Emirates and the U.S. Looking to future tech, it is the second biggest spender on military robots, such as unmanned aerial and ground robots, after the United States.

Unlike other online financing offers which often only provide shorter term loans to businesses, SmartBiz offers a 10 - year loan term, an interest rate of 6 percent and loans from $ 5,000 to $ 350,000, with about a third of its loans dispersed to women - owned businesses.

In real terms, EPS actually peaked three years ago, in the third quarter of 2014.

With the additional 408 feet, the building would be the tallest in the U.S. and third - tallest in the world, although building experts dispute whether the spire is actually an antenna — a crucial distinction in terms of measuring the building's height.