Sentences with phrase «highly unusual move»

In a highly unusual move, the first 3T beta build goes live just hours ahead of the stable Nougat release for both phones.

A highly unusual move — as many VC find the ICO movement to be the Wild West of investment due to lack of compliance, regulation, jurisdiction, structure etc..

In a highly unusual move, Russia has brought the case under a famous U.S. law used to fight organized crime, and both sides have drawn on the expert opinion of some of America's best - known legal minds in preparing their case.

It is the first time since the Iraq war that the government has made its legal advice public: the «highly unusual move» was seen as an attempt to heap pressure on Scottish Prime Minister Alex Salmond by highlighting the obstacles hindering Scotland's path to independence.

This highly unusual move meant that he became its main point of contact with the EFA even while the investigation into his conduct and interests continued.

Massachusetts» largest teachers» union, in a highly unusual move, has launched a biting, $ 600,000 advertising campaign that attacks the state's high - stakes accountability tests.

In a highly unusual move, a juror in the corruption trial of Sheldon Silver sent a note to the judge just hours into deliberations, pleading to be excused from the jury:

Washington (CNN)- In a highly unusual move, every Republican member of the House ethics committee issued a statement Tuesday blasting the Democratic chairwoman for «stalling» on making a decision on whether to hold trials for New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel and California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters before November's election.

Sept. 14: State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia appoints veteran administrator Jack Bierwirth as a «distinguished educator» for the Hempstead district in a highly unusual move to bolster efforts to turn around the system.

The Times Union reported last year that Abelove, who personally presented the case to the grand jury that cleared French, did not require the officer to sign an immunity - from - prosecution waiver when the officer testified before the grand jury that cleared him — a highly unusual move that makes it virtually impossible for any prosecutor to pursue potential future charges against French for conduct surrounding Thevenin's death.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, in a highly unusual move, appointed veteran educator Jack Bierwirth as a «distinguished educator» for the Hempstead school district to bolster efforts to turn around the chronically troubled system.

In a highly unusual move, the president elect tweeted his support for the Ukip overnight, saying he would do a «great job»:

Yes this is a highly unusual move for any company, supporting 1 candidate and opposing another candidate when they both voted to regulate your company.

In a highly unusual move, the administration of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone last week placed newspaper want ads for a new deputy police commissioner even though Bellone announced his choice for the job three months ago.

In a highly unusual move, the Tory former education secretary Nicky Morgan joins forces with her previous Labour shadow Lucy Powell and the Liberal Democrat former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to condemn the plans as damaging to social mobility, ideologically driven and divisive.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia on Thursday appointed veteran administrator Jack Bierwirth as a «distinguished educator» for the Hempstead school district, a highly unusual move to bolster efforts to turn around the chronically troubled system.

In a highly unusual move, a bill to ban a cancer - causing ingredient in children's products that cleared the Assembly in a unanimous vote got hung up in the Senate Finance Committee despite bipartisan support.

The highly unusual move comes amid mounting controversy over the phone - hacking scandal, with the prime minister criticised for going on a trade trip to South Africa as the Met commissioner resigned and Rebekah Brooks was arrested.

Or, in what would be a highly unusual move, it could back out altogether.

Not exact matches

Microsoft admitted the move was «highly unusual» because the three operating systems are no longer officially supported.

First, currency movements have been following some unusual patterns — for example, rising after central bank rate cuts (Japan, Australia; typically, we expect currency values to fall after rate cuts) and jumping around here in the US with more volatility than usual, highly sensitive to winks and nods from our Fed about their next rate move.

Amid rising tensions at the Capitol, Democrats used a highly unusual procedure to try to move the proposal directly to the House floor for a debate and vote.

«Baroness Smith of Basildon to move that this House regrets that Her Majesty's Government's plans for the introduction of the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment)(No. 2) Order 2014 do not include provisions for a 12 - month review of the impact of the reclassification of khat in view of the highly unusual community focus of its use, for putting a detailed policing strategy in place before a ban takes effect, or for a health strategy to prevent a transfer of addiction to other substances; and do not commit the Department for International Development to do more work with the government of Kenya to alleviate the effect of the reclassification on the Kenyan economy.»

Such a move is highly unusual and unprecedented in the past 35 years.

By most accounts, the task will not be easy, even for the highly popular Democratic governor, whose wide margin of electoral victory and long history in Albany has given him unusual influence within the slow - moving culture of the capital.

The governor's move is highly unusual since he's dipping into the state's rainy - day fund to pay for research efforts as opposed to paying for costs directly attributable to a natural disaster or emergency.

The camera capturing this zips along at a good pace, moving left to right in a tracking shot, meaning one side of the image is in constant motion and the other is almost still: an unusual and highly interesting effect.

Victoria & Abdul humorously explores questions of race, religion, power, and the farce of Empire through the prism of a highly unusual and moving friendship.

Moving into flood insurance, and undercutting the National Flood Insurance Program is highly unusual, and I would be skeptical.

«Court Urges Review of New York Judge's Immigration Cases That Are on Appeal»: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, «In a move that immigration lawyers say is highly unusual, a federal appeals court has recommended that a Justice Department appeals board review all immigration cases still on appeal involving a judge who has been criticized as being hostile to people seeking asylum.