Sentences with phrase «high majority hold»

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Yes, we have seen a few market leaders break down, such as 3d Systems Corp ($ DDD) or Ocwen Financial Group ($ OCN), but the majority of leading individual stocks are still holding above their 50 - day moving averages and trending higher (or forming bullish basing patterns).

The reality is that profiting from ETF and stock trading in a raging bull market is not that difficult because a vast majority of stocks will trend higher, but what separates amateurs from the professionals is the ability to hold on to those profits when the stock market inevitably changes direction, which usually occurs quite swiftly.

However, constituency meetings, especially those at the higher levels of the organizational pyramid, have proved unlikely to act independently because the system for choosing delegates (who are appointed rather than elected) has ensured that the vast majority hold leadership positions in the church or other church - paid positions.

Gregg Singer reports that evangelical Christianity was held in much higher respect by the majority at the convention of 1787 than it had been in 1776, since so few of the 1776 «radicals» were there.

It has been a turbulent first half of the season for the Villains, who lost the services of manager held in the highest of regards by the supporters so early on only to be left with a Frenchman the majority can not stand.

In some cases, continued academics in higher education may allow some rights or privileges of adulthood to be withheld until a later date; or conversely, if the children were held back and attended high school on a full - time basis, but have passed the age of majority.

For the Republicans, voters back the plan to provide sweeping tax cuts and credits to small businesses and a 46 percent approval rating of the chamber where they hold a narrow 32 - 29 majority — an unusually high number given the Legislature's historically awful reputation with New Yorkers.

The date of the primary is fixed at the fourth Saturday in July; a majority is required for nomination, and if no candidate receives a majority, a run - off primary between the two highest standing candidates is held on the fourth Saturday in August.

Populated areas tend to have a higher concentration of minorities — who overwhelmingly vote Democrat — and often have large universities, where Democrats also hold a commanding majority.

Such an effect might also see Labour move back towards the vast majority of BME candidates in high minority population seats — ie less Parmjit Dhanda / Ashok Kumar examples of representing areas with low BME populations — but one difference between Labour and the other parties is that Labour does hold such seats, and so the effect of very strong local preferences in the other parties would be stronger.

Labour currently holds the seat with a near 9,000 majority vote and would be likely to retain it at the forthcoming election, with a resignation now ahead of a national poll preferable to a departure mid-way through the next parliament when Purnell's move would have triggered a byelection, more high profile and potentially more perilous for the party.

State Sen. Jamie Raskin, one of Matthews» best funded primary opponents, has sought to tout his own support from women such as state Senate Majority Leader Catherine Pugh, whose endorsement is featured high on his campaign website, and with a «Women For Jamie» rally his campaign held Sunday in Bethesda, Md..

In fact, the more disaffected members of the electorate (read: the majority of voters) might very well identify with Rice's explanation, although we do generally hold elected officials to a higher standard.

These two won't win any seats under first past the post but could take sufficient votes to keep Labour in if in a Marginal, remember Crawley and Harlow to name but two in 2005 where Labour held on by their fingernails and the UKIP vote was far higher than their majority.

And Carl Paladino, the former Republican gubernatorial candidate with whom the board's majority typically sides, narrowly held onto his seat by a margin of just 107 votes against union - supported high school student Austin Harig, according to preliminary numbers.

The Conservatives received the highest number of votes but won one seat less than Labour due to their large majorities compared with most Labour - held seats.

The actual chair of the Transportation Committee, Sen. Joe Robach, instead accepts a higher stipend for holding a leadership post as the secretary of the Senate Majority Conference.

The actual Chair of the Transportation Committee, Senator Joe Robach, instead accepts a higher stipend for holding a leadership post as the Secretary of the Senate Majority Conference.

With Republicans holding a 52 - seat majority, eight Democratic lawmakers would need to vote to end debate for the high court appointee, and only two have announced their support.

Other studies have attempted to determine how the research activities of MSTP graduates differ from those of other groups of MD and MD / PhD recipients.7 - 10 Although the data from these studies suggest that a large majority of MSTP graduates hold appointments in clinical departments, and that most have clinical responsibilities, MSTP graduates are less likely than other groups of physician - investigators to publish in journals containing high proportions of clinical observations and clinical studies.

To explain the high speeds of the stars buzzing around inside Dragonfly 44, the vast majority of mass must be held in dark matter.

As the low - fat trend took hold of most of America, the majority of our diets consisted of meat, dairy, and highly processed high - sugar foods like bread, pastries, crackers, and cookies — all containing ingredients and preservatives that can be detrimental to your microbiome and lacking the ones (like plant fiber!)

At the beginning of this century, the majority opinion generally held that the more we consumed of this «high - quality» nutrient, the better.

A solid majority of members (80 %) hold a bachelor's degree or higher, so black singles can enjoy a high - caliber membership on this rapidly expanding app.

Students were protecting themselves from extra work by ostracizing high achievers, «constraining the fast minority,» and holding down the achievements of those who were above average, «so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.»

The majority of advance placement course seats are filled by white students whereas minority students often were held in «regular» classes and discouraged from choosing higher level courses or questioned on their placement.

In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.

Today, the majority of ELLs study alongside their English - speaking peers, are held accountable to the same curriculum standards, and take the same high - stakes tests.

Teachers are well qualified, with the overwhelming majority (96.6 per cent) holding qualifications at degree level or higher.

«But if you have a set of countries that exhibit a set of desirable traits like high performance, then you can from those countries abstract a set of principles that seem to hold in all of those countries, or at least the majority,» says Schmidt.

While the drop in proficiency scores is a result of holding students to these heightened standards, the fact remains that the overwhelming majority of North Carolina's students with disabilities are not on track to develop the skills they will need to be successful in life after high school.

Patrick Riccards spent the majority of the 1990s working for Congress members before holding leadership positions at two agencies and at Higher Ed Holdings.

Patrick Riccards CEO, Exemplar Strategic Communications, 36 Patrick Riccards spent the majority of the 1990s working for Congress members before holding leadership positions at two agencies and at Higher Ed Holdings.

In this era of a new administration in Washington that has espoused many viewpoints fundamentally at odds with the values held by the vast majority of Californians, we look forward to working with you to ensure that California's public school system, including its vibrant charter school sector, continues to ensure that absolutely all students regardless of immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, class, faith, or disability may access high quality public school options.

Because the guys that use iPhones are hoping to find a rich blackberry user sugar daddy to support their love of fashion, holding hands with men, and turtlenecks (very expensive), and Android users band together because the majority of them got picked on in high school.

Master thesis writing is our specialty and the majority of our writers hold such graduate degrees or higher.

MICs usually hold the vast majority of their assets in high - yield, uninsured residential mortgages, although the rules permit them to hold up to 25 % in physical real estate itself.

«The Department and Secretary [Arne] Duncan believe it is extremely important that servicers are held to high standards, and of the more than 40 million borrowers with outstanding student loan debt, the vast majority have not expressed any concerns about servicers.»

The portfolio will eventually achieve equilibrium pricing after a market drop since the majority of my holdings are high quality; and the continuous contributions at lower market prices will aid in reducing the cost basis even further.

In fact, for me, my SBUX experience highlights a generally ignored problem for the vast majority of growth investors... actually managing to hold on high quality growth stocks for the long term!

A majority of investors may have marginal rates somewhat below these, but many with larger holdings will experience substantially higher rates.

However, the majority of vet hospitals, practices and facilities are more likely to hire veterinary assistants that hold a high school diploma or GED equivalency.

Like very low fat diets, extremely high fat diets hold peril for the majority of canines.

The majority of veterinary assistants in Minnesota hold a minimum of a high school diploma or GED equivalency.

The majority of Konami's business holdings have nothing to do with video games, and high - profile game developers and development projects have left the company.

He holds a majority controlling share in Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), a company with a market capitalisation of $ 47 billion and global business interests that include petrochemicals, oil, natural gas, polyester fibre, Special Economic Zones, fresh food retail, high schools, life sciences research and stem cell storage services.

That authority, and a strong (but not infallible) ability to hold majorities together for difficult cases, has given him the authorship of an unusual number of high - profile and noteworthy opinions during his recent tenure.

In Trial Lawyers the majority addressed the constitutionality of hearing fees, concluding that, if they are set so high as to prevent people accessing superior courts, they would contravene section 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867, which had previously been held to protect the «core» jurisdiction of the courts to which it refers.

Their lordships, by a majority, said the claimant's undoing was really due to his failure to proceed within the limitation period and held that a claim brought in respect of an act purporting to be done under the powers of MeHA 1983 was a complete nullity if the claimant had failed to obtain the leave of the High Court under MeHA 1983, s 139 (2) before issuing proceedings.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement via Twitter that in addition to the US president calling for the nation's flags to be flown at half - staff, the Senate will hold a moment of silence on Thursday to pay respect to the victims of the deadly shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida,