Sentences with phrase «higher general standards»

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«Without strong action from the Department to ensure that DOJ employees meet the highest standards of conduct and accountability, the systemic issues we identified in our work may continue,» Horowitz wrote in a May 31 memo to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

«You can consider yourself a person of high standards in general and still have debilitating blind spots.»

At all times throughout the course of the campaign, the confirmation process, and since becoming attorney general, I have dedicated myself to the highest standards.

But the general point is that high terms of trade, all other things equal, will raise living standards, while low terms of trade will reduce them.»

In general, a higher standard deviation means greater volatility.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, once said, «The buyer of common stocks must assure himself that he is not making his purchase at a time when the general market level is a definitely high one, as judged by established standards of common - stock values.»

If the legislation becomes law, it will be good news, said the report's author, Timothy Doyle, vice-president of policy and general counsel at the ACCF, an entity that encourages policy «to promote investment, economic growth, and a higher standard of living for all.»

Third, the general public was just beginning to accord high prestige to several professions for whom the interview is standard procedure, notably psychiatry but also such areas as personnel work, educational guidance, and even social ease work.

Thus, while a case for government - supported mass media may be made, other independent agencies should coexist in the field with them, and safeguards should be provided in the system of government to insure that high professional standards prevail and that the media are used for the general good rather than for partisan advantage.

the program would afford an unparalleled opportunity to dramatize the interest of the Christian Church in the creative process in the arts, would encourage the production of films and programs of the highest standards, would give public support to those individuals in the film and broadcast industries who are striving to lift the general level of production, would present the Church in a positive rather than a negative stance in relation to these media, and would provide the opportunity for the Church in general and the B.F.C. and its members in particular to enter into significant conversations with the entertainment industry on standards, values, and goals.

The history of the San Francisco Zen Center from the late «50s to the present shows a continuous movement from general intellectual and cultural interest in Zen to high and demanding standards of practice.

The highest standards apparently were beyond the grasp of United Methodism's General Conference.

At Eagle Product Inspection, we understand dealing with day - to - day operational needs means optimizing every minute of uptime, as well as guarding against equipment breakdown, parts failure and general wear and tear, and we want to ensure that your x-ray equipment continues to perform to the highest standards.

While the industry's premium beer segment remains a firm leader in terms of total sales, craft beers, progressive beverages and other forms of specialty beer are becoming increasingly popular among consumers who are in search of new flavors, high quality ingredients and a general twist on the traditional forms of beer and ale.Premium beerThe premium beer product category generally refers to any «flagship» beer brand that is brewed and manufactured on a large scale and is part of a brewer's standard product line.

«It's a dedicated team and one that maintains the highest professional standards,» notes the incredibly affable and gracious General Manager, Scott Craver, with whom I chatted throughout my stay.

He'd be an excellent winger — If he could pass / cross to a high standard — Could maneuver in and around players bringing the ball with him (he can rarely change direction without knocking the ball straight ahead)-- Had a deft first touch in general — Made attempts to win the ball at all - times he's best positioned to do so.

[28] UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, General comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (art. 24) * April 2013.

«Voters hold women to a higher standard in general, and women have to do more to prove their qualifications to voters,» Souza - Rezendes said.

Commenting on the Education Bill, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «Ensuring that all children and young people receive their entitlement to the highest standards of education should be at the heart of any Education Bill.

Chief of the general staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt, said: «The army expects only the very highest standards from all officers and soldiers and any failure to achieve those standards, however rare, is unacceptablegeneral staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt, said: «The army expects only the very highest standards from all officers and soldiers and any failure to achieve those standards, however rare, is unacceptableGeneral Sir Richard Dannatt, said: «The army expects only the very highest standards from all officers and soldiers and any failure to achieve those standards, however rare, is unacceptable to us.

«Consistent with my own and the party's commitment to the highest standards in public life, it is with great sadness I have decided to resign my position as general secretary with immediate effect.»

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Maintaining high standards of education is critical and it is important that the qualifications system is kept under review to ensure it is meeting the needs of pupils, employers and the further education sector.

Broad coverage, its editorial independence and consistent high standards have made BJC one of the world's premier general cancer journals.

«The poor performance of industry and the business sector in general, could also be attributed to other challenges they faced, including, but not limited to, lack of access to finance, high interest rates, an unstable exchange rate, high import duties on raw materials and machinery, poor facilitation of import and export trade, particularly at our ports, inadequate and poor quality of raw materials for industrial processing, a poorly developed domestic trade infrastructure, lack of effective collaboration between research institutions and industry, limited access to serviced land for industrial production activities and poor standards of regulation and certification.»

«We wish to assure the general public that we remain committed to high and rigorous training standards for our drivers, to the safety of our buses, and to the safety and comfort of all our passengers,» a statement from VIP Transport service added.

Commenting on Ofsted's Annual Report, published today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «Sir Michael Wilshaw's final Annual Report as Chief Inspector of Schools confirms that it is the hard work, dedication and professionalism of teachers and headteachers that is key to delivering high educational standards and improvements, year on year.

Mission No. 1 for the next New York State attorney general is Albany reform through solid law enforcement and use of the bully pulpit to win higher ethical standards.

But the General Legal Council, which oversees legal education in Ghana, has argued that the exams and interviews are to ensure higher standards in legal education.

The inspector general's role is to ensure state government, its employees and those who do business with the state meet the highest standards of honesty, accountability and efficiency.

The new two - mode hybrid system from General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and BMW boosts fuel efficiency at both low and high speeds, improving combined mileage 25 percent over standard models.

In general, NSC - containing wells had much higher ATP levels than the hESC wells (Fig. 2A, standard deviation for variance in each plate provided in Supplementary Materials Table S4), consistent with recent reports that ATP levels are higher in differentiated EBs than in undifferentiated hESCs [15].

While it's generally agreed upon that having a high LDL - P is correlated with increased cardiovascular risk, this data was obtained from a general population consuming a high carb standard American diet.

The «Low Carb High Fat Food Revolution» gets right into the issue and exposes the repeated failures in the nutritional standards that are prescribed to the general public.

It's smart, modern, and impressive in every respect, from its boy - loses - girl background to its tunefulness, dancipation, production quality and general high standards.

While it doesn't appear to be a disaster by any means, the general consensus appears to be that it doesn't meet the very high standard Lee set for himself with his last two features.

Twilight Time's Blu - ray is what you've come to expect from the distributor: a sharp - looking presentation with some good standard bonuses at a higher price and narrower availability than catalog discs released to general retail.

Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders» union NAHT, said: «After three years of warnings by NAHT, the government is still falling short of its core responsibility to guarantee enough teachers of a high enough standard to meet the needs of our growing school population.»

The lessons included are: Religion and life Abortion Euthanasia Death and the afterlife The origins and value of the world The use and abuse of animals The use and abuse of the environment Revise, review and assess Existence of God and Revelation Design argument First cause argument Argument from miracles Arguments against the existence of God Special revelation and enlightenment General revelation Attributes of the divine and the value of revelation Crime and Punishment Crime and punishment Reasons for crime Aims of punishment Treatment pf criminals Suffering and forgiveness Death penalty Revision and assessment preparation Each lesson is fully resourced to a high standard, differentiated, challenging and engaging.

Brian Lightman, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «It is incumbent on us as school leaders to develop the next generation of leaders and to promote the highest standards of leadership.

The Department for Education (DfE) has decided to abolish A-level general studies, as a result of concerns that it does not meet the «high» standards being introduced under its exam reform programme.

A substantial majority of the public (61 %) support the general concept of standards that are the same across the states — 20 percentage points higher than the share that supports «Common Core.»

The lessons included are: Religion and life Abortion Euthanasia Death and the afterlife The origins and value of the world The use and abuse of animals The use and abuse of the environment Revise, review and assess Existence of God and Revelation Design argument First cause argument Argument from miracles Arguments against the existence of God Special revelation and enlightenment General revelation Attributes of the divine and the value of revelation Revise, review and assess Each lesson is fully resourced to a high standard, differentiated, challenging and engaging.

The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in the year 2000, issued its General Comment no. 14, relating to the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health, which is explained in article 12 of the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The central concept, he says, is that the nation's 40 million K — 12 students should be offered the same high - standard education no matter where they go to school; a child in Mississippi, say, should finish each grade with the same general proficiencies as one in Maine — and ready to compete in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.

Academia has a set of standards that you move up based on the number of articles that you get published in the highest ranked publications, which cater to an exclusive audience of other academics that doesn't include the general public, community educators, and the people on the ground at local schools.»

In general, the states of the Northeast have the highest standards, while the states of the South and Midwest have the lowest.

Larry Flanagan, general secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), said: «This investment to support the retraining of experienced workers as teachers will help to tackle teacher shortages, while also continuing to ensure that only fully qualified teachers are deployed in order to maintain the very high standards of learning and teaching in Scotland's schools.»

In order to run a profitable hotel, Owners and General Managers of Wyndham properties must maintain high brand standards and properly utilize franchise resources.

Before we can recommend a general policy of higher standards, we must understand the distributional consequences at all levels and know how to implement a policy of high standards.