Sentences with phrase «high places in government»

We are shocked to learn of corruption in high places in government.

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For three - straight years — between 2014 and 2016 — the greenback surged higher as the Fed ended «QE3,» the stimulus program that had the U.S. central bank buying as much as $ 85 billion worth of government bonds per month, and did away with the zero - interest - rate policy that was in place since the financial crisis.
The trend began in early February when several high - ranking government officials suggested that cryptocurrency - related dialogs should take place at the summit.
In these cultural circumstances, people in high places in both the government and Church see that, with an imperial outlook of her own, Orthodoxy might be able to fill the vacuum left by the defunct Communist Party in the system of post-Soviet administratioIn these cultural circumstances, people in high places in both the government and Church see that, with an imperial outlook of her own, Orthodoxy might be able to fill the vacuum left by the defunct Communist Party in the system of post-Soviet administratioin high places in both the government and Church see that, with an imperial outlook of her own, Orthodoxy might be able to fill the vacuum left by the defunct Communist Party in the system of post-Soviet administratioin both the government and Church see that, with an imperial outlook of her own, Orthodoxy might be able to fill the vacuum left by the defunct Communist Party in the system of post-Soviet administratioin the system of post-Soviet administration.
Sentenced to death in absentia after the war, Touvier» thanks to a network of sympathizers in the Church, and with the complicity of high - placed government officials» eluded capture until 1989.
The different governments lead by Mrs. Thatcher restrain the emission of the monetary mass, raise the rate of interest, reduce in a drastic way the taxes on the highest incomes, abolish the control of the financial flows, strongly raise the rate of unemployment, provoke strikes, put in place an anti-unions legislation and cut the social expenses.
Specifically, a very rapid expansion in higher education in the United States took place during the 1 960s, and it did so not by some strange magic in the modernization process itself but as a result of conscious planning and huge outlays by the federal government.
In 1969, the Supreme Court struck down the act, but then the Controlled Substances Act took its place and categorized cannabis as Schedule I — meaning, in the government's view, that cannabis has a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medicinal valuIn 1969, the Supreme Court struck down the act, but then the Controlled Substances Act took its place and categorized cannabis as Schedule I — meaning, in the government's view, that cannabis has a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medicinal valuin the government's view, that cannabis has a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medicinal value.
HUMAN Healthy Vending, headquartered in Culver City, Calif., places high - tech and eco-friendly healthy vending machines in schools, gyms, hospitals, corporate and government locations and cosmetology schools around the world.
Germany would be a good place for him, their government is very displeased by the NSA, and they are very technology oriented country (Which may be part of why they are so against the NSA spying, people who work in technology or study it often tend to oppose the NSA in high rates - sorry I can't find the source article for this.)
«A clear vision of what full employment would look like could also help to mobilise opinion in favour of the policies the government needs to put in place to achieve an employment rate well above its previous peak of 73 %, to ensure that fewer people are claiming out - of - work benefits and to deliver higher real wages — and ultimately it is having these policies in place that is important,» it stated.
In his remarks at the occasion held at the Lagos House Ikeja, Governor Ambode reminded the new appointees that his government places a high premium on the rule of law and we will not do anything to directly or indirectly interfere in their affairIn his remarks at the occasion held at the Lagos House Ikeja, Governor Ambode reminded the new appointees that his government places a high premium on the rule of law and we will not do anything to directly or indirectly interfere in their affairin their affairs.
«The risk is quite high that you're facing because you are dealing with depositors» funds but you don't know who they (borrowers) are, and you don't know where they live, so we (government) basically said you need to at least put these fundamentals in place before you can really expect a sustainable decline in interest rates that can be driven by proper risk assessment through credit rating agencies and so on.
«Our government places a high premium on the rule of law and we will not do anything to directly or indirectly interfere in your affairs.
First was the cold - blooded murder of Gloria Okon, an international drug courier, that was working for powerful government officials and men and women in high places and that was about to spill the beans when General Muhammadu Buhari was in power in 1985.
Speaking at the 68th Speech and Prize - giving day of the T. I Ahmadiyya Senior High School in Kumasi, the second lady, Samira Bawumia, said the government would put in place reforms to enhance the quality of...
A previous Court of Appeal hearing happened on 19 June, three days before Laura and Eunan's wedding took place, with the Northern Ireland Government challenging a High Court ruling in the couple's favour.
In fifth place this week is a piece which looked at the government's plans to charge higher rents to social housing tenants earning over a certain amount.
These include: · Restricting trade hours of on - licence venues to limit the availability of alcohol in the early hours of the morning · Enhancing community involvement, better facilitating the engagement of local residents with licensing systems · Adding / prioritising public health and / or harm minimisation objectives in alcohol legislation · Restricting the sales of high risk products in areas of concern; and · Deprioritising government support for industry voluntary schemes in place of policies supported by evidence.
While urging the Muslim community to embrace the government's Free Senior High School education program, Akufo - Addo explained that Ghanaians will be in a better place to practice their religion if educated.
Miliband, speaking at Jaguar Land Rover in Wolverhampton, also offered employers more control over how the government spends the near - # 1bn - a-year apprenticeship budget, in return for guaranteeing more high - quality training places in their sectors and supply chains.
It just shows that good government policies like reforming and controlling the cost of Medicaid and putting in place economic policies where our economy is expanding and growing have led to higher revenues and lower costs.»
In 1997, less than half of Americans rated campaign finance reform as a top or high priority for government, and the issue placed last out of 12 issues rated.
Meanwhile, the elimination or limits on federal tax exemptions for municipal bonds has received less attention, but could have cost local governments $ 45 billion in higher interests costs if it had not been in place.
«With a tighter control on places, a brutal 80 % cut to the teaching budget for this coming academic year and a sharp rise in tuition fees from September 2012, the Government is throttling diversity in higher education.
The Nana Addo led government was again highly went applauded when government in the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy stated that it had placed high premium on combating climate change through prioritization of climate change programmes and projects.
Since 2010, the Federal Government has compiled an armada of reports concerning corruption in high places, each of them awaiting action.
If executions should be carried out on the basis of corruption in high places, we may end up not having officials at Federal, State and Local government levels.
«New York City is in a very high state of readiness and I think the federal government is very satisfied at the kind of preparations we've put in place,» Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
Howe dropped many names of people in high places during his testimony, which made clear the access he enjoyed to the biggest names in state government.
Let the big science and technology organizations in government — the federal labs, all the places that need technological people — become part of First the same way corporate sponsors do: by adopting high schools and supporting teams.
As representatives of U.S. science, engineering, and higher education organizations, we write to you to express our deep concern regarding amendments that were passed in the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act, H.R. 2146) in the House and the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) in the Senate, which would place severe restrictions on government employees» abilities to attend meetings and conferences.
Dramatising the notorious 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight from Tel Aviv that culminated in a week - long standoff between the Israeli government and Palestinian and German terrorists associated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Entebbe — which takes its name from the Ugandan airport terminal where the siege took place — makes for an oddly unsatisfying drama given the high stakes involved.
Former D.C. Public Schools chancellor Kaya Henderson has not denied that she used her power to place the children of government officials in high - demand schools, even though those schools had long wait lists.
Africa's leading high level summit for education and innovation returns for its fifth year in 2015 and will take place in Kampala, under the patronage of the Government of Uganda, hosted by Hon Jessica Alupo, Minister of Education & Sports.
The foundation's Teacher Advancement Program, which provides training opportunities to help teachers climb a career ladder toward higher salaries based on their performance, is now in place in 85 schools and is poised for a major expansion, with states and the federal government offering financial support.
The National Union of Teachers said that the Government should focus on issues such as insufficient school places, a drop in the number of applicants for teaching and fact that the number of teachers leaving the profession each year is at a 10 - year high and has increased by 25 per cent since 2010.
The report said: «In the context of creating a fairly funded system, government should also consider the external effects that may combine to compound the effects on pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, including place poverty (living in neighbourhoods with high proportions of poor children, attending schools serving higher proportions of disadvantaged pupils) gender and ethnicity.&raquIn the context of creating a fairly funded system, government should also consider the external effects that may combine to compound the effects on pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, including place poverty (living in neighbourhoods with high proportions of poor children, attending schools serving higher proportions of disadvantaged pupils) gender and ethnicity.&raquin neighbourhoods with high proportions of poor children, attending schools serving higher proportions of disadvantaged pupils) gender and ethnicity.»
Number one: The project has to high quality ~ otherwise ~ places like museums ~ bakeries ~ and government buildings will not be that interested in accepting it.
In a landmark report to the Australian Federal Government (2000), based on data from interviews with over 500 parents, the authors reported that «Parents place a higher priority on receiving information about their children's progress than any other type of information they receive from schools.»
AfricanBrains presents «Innovation Africa 2015» 30 Sept — 2 Oct 2015, Kampala, Uganda Developing African Skills for the 21st Century Africa's leading high level summit for education and innovation returns for its fifth year in 2015 and will take place in Kampala, under the patronage of the Government of Uganda, hosted by Hon Jessica Alupo, Minister -LSB-...]
The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).
«We hope that the Scottish Government and local authority employers, who have repeatedly spoken of the high value that they place on teachers, will commit to paying a fair salary — comparable to other professions and teachers in other countries — to all teachers working in Scotland.»
«Every Victorian government school has a place to shelter from bushfires as a last resort, and this program will make sure the shelters at 200 schools in the highest fire risk areas are even safer.»
The federal government is indifferent to distance learning versus place - based learning and to geographical boundaries in the provision of financial aid to high - need postsecondary students, whereas in K — 12, that aid is funneled through local public - service monopolies that hold captive the students in their geographical catchment area.
So it's something of a surprise that a higher fraction of Swedish students go to privately run (and mostly for - profit) schools than in the U.S. * The system was put in place in the early 1990s by a center - right (by Swedish standards) government, inspired by the ideas of the godfather of free market economics, Milton Friedman.
Bringing together high - level policy makers, decision makers and practitioners from education, business, and government, eLearning Africa 2018 will take place on 26 - 28 September in Kigali, Rwanda.
Also, are Westbrook High School, North Haven High School, Hartford Public High School's Law and Government Academy, Daniel Hand High School in Madison, and E.O. Smith High School in Storrs places where the emphasis is on real learning because more than 85 % of the juniors in those schools opted - out of the 2105 SBAC math test?
The Sutton Trust report, Background to Success, said: «In the context of creating a fairly funded system, government should also consider the external effects that may combine to compound the effects on pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, including place poverty (living in neighbourhoods with high proportions of poor children, attending schools serving higher proportions of disadvantaged pupils) gender and ethnicity.&raquIn the context of creating a fairly funded system, government should also consider the external effects that may combine to compound the effects on pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, including place poverty (living in neighbourhoods with high proportions of poor children, attending schools serving higher proportions of disadvantaged pupils) gender and ethnicity.&raquin neighbourhoods with high proportions of poor children, attending schools serving higher proportions of disadvantaged pupils) gender and ethnicity.»
Noting the multitude of players and government agencies involved, Crow described current federal teacher recruitment initiatives in place, such as federal scholarships and loans, as well as programs ensuring accountability, such as the Higher Education Act Title II Report Card.
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