Sentences with phrase «in a quarter century»

It's had two down years in a quarter century, losing about 2 % in 1994 and 9 % in 2008.

That is, a 20 % reduction in global emissions might be possible in a quarter century with net economic benefits.

Expanded drilling in the state has helped overall U.S. oil production grow for the first time in a quarter century, stoking hopes for greater energy independence.

It's a great honor to be with you as we celebrate all that's been accomplished in the quarter century since the first charter school law was passed in Minnesota.

Accounts about Vojtko's circumstances during her final months vary, but it's clear that she died destitute and desperate, not having earned more than $ 25,000 a year or received health insurance or retirement benefits in a quarter century of teaching French at Duquesne University.

HR 5 (the «Student Success Act»), slated for floor action a few days hence, would, if enacted, be the most conservative federal education move in a quarter century.

The latter alliance held sway in Congress, and the Every Student Succeeds Act was deemed by the Wall Street Journal as «the largest devolution of federal control to the states in a quarter century.»

Aggregate housing affordability measure for Toronto hit its most stressed level in a quarter century

Kittle is the first minor - leaguer in a quarter century to put together a 50 - homer, 140 - RBI season; the last, alas, was the late Steve Bilko, who had 56 homers and 140 runs batted in with the 1957 Los Angeles Angels but was a big league bust.

Even a ribbon cutting for New York City's first new subway station in a quarter century couldn't keep the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and city officials from warring over transportation funding.

«I think it's a huge victory for the residential sector,» said Town Residential CEO Andrew Heiberger, who went on to hail the new system as «the single biggest victory» in his quarter century as a REBNY member.

Japan will chip in more taxpayer money and other financial support to help Fukushima plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co clean up the world's worst nuclear disaster in a quarter century, officials said on Friday, the latest government lifeline for the embattled utility.

In the 60 hours he spent bombarding metal foils with X-rays — creating analogs to stellar plasma, or ionized gas — Wark pulled more data than he had from any single experiment in a quarter century.

And what's shocking is that maternal deaths here in the United States are at the highest rate in a quarter century.

Teacher satisfaction is at the lowest in a quarter century, according to the latest MetLife Survey of the American Teacher released last week.

September brought an extended school day and Chicago's first teacher strike in a quarter century, which halted classes for seven days and spurred schools chief Jean - Claude Brizard to resign.

One of the most exciting developments in pedagogy in a quarter century, UDL is an essential tool to improving teacher preparation, curriculum design, classroom instruction and assessments.

Why it matters It's the first production Jeep pickup in a quarter century; fans have been clamoring for a reboot since the Comanche went away in the early»90s.

The 2016 Buick Cascada is the company's first convertible in a quarter century, and gives Buick a halo car to trumpet the company's ever - increasing status on various satisfaction and quality surveys.

Then 1975, as noted above, ushered in a quarter century of excellent returns.

Consumer - price gains in Sri Lanka exceeded 20 percent in January, while inflation in Singapore has reached levels not seen in a quarter century.

In Pennsylvania, the Harrisburg Chronicle — the newspaper of the state's capital — ran only nine holiday advertisements in a quarter century, and those were for New Year's gifts.

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac presents Joseph Beuys: Utopia at the Stag Monuments, the most comprehensive exhibition of Joseph Beuys» work in London in a quarter century.

«We are thrilled to present the first in - depth exhibition of Hoyland's work in the U.S. in a quarter century,» says Marc Glimcher, Pace Gallery President.

In the past half - year alone, millions of people have been affected across the globe — from Europe suffering from the worst cold snap in a quarter century; to extreme flooding in Australia, Brazil, China, and the Philippines; to drought in the Sahel.

Nationwide, the median price of a previously owned home last month rose 15.1 percent from a year earlier to a record $ 206,000, the largest increase in a quarter century, the National Association of Realtors said.

And as the city's biggest office construction boom in a quarter century creates a glut of supply, the property's occupancy rates are falling.

Ain't In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm Director: Jacob Hatley In Ain't In It For My Health Levon Helm finds himself thrust into the musical spotlight for the first time in a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick Danko.

Elizabeth observes: «Most women religious would admit that, in the quarter century since Vatican II, the rather short - lived euphoria of the «nun in the world» has been replaced by a long - suffering, quiet frustration at the lurking possibility of permanent extinction.

The «Student Success Act» would, if enacted, be the most conservative federal education move in a quarter century.

Next fall, Oklahoma Contemporary in Oklahoma City is presenting a solo exhibition of Edwards's work, his first in the state in a quarter century.

Prior to the»96 reincarnation, the Chevrolet Express van rode the same basic platform for nearly three decades and the sheet metal barely changed in a quarter century.

More to the point, these are avant - gardes, in the plural, in a quarter century of movements and collectives.

On Sunday night, CTU officially announced it was going to strike for the first time in a quarter century.

For the first time in a quarter century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a bitter contract dispute over evaluation...

CHICAGO — For the first time in a quarter century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and job security to the streets of the nation's third - largest city — and to a national audience — less than a week after most schools opened for fall.

Well, Jesus walks in Chelsea this month at Gladstone, where an early pair of videos that Barney filmed of 1991 performances at the gallery — which involved such «Cremaster» - era motifs as petroleum jelly, Houdini, and palindromic footballer Jim Otto — will be on view alongside other related pieces, bringing the work together for the first time in a quarter century.

In the quarter century since taking over elBulli, Ferran Adrià not only remade the picturesque restaurant on an isolated cove along Spain's Costa Brava into an international destination but changed the direction of contemporary cuisine thanks to innovations in the field that came to be known as molecular gastronomy.

For the first time in a quarter century, more Americans told Gallup in March that they would prioritize economic growth «even if the environment suffers to some extent» than said they would prioritize environmental protection «even at the risk of curbing economic growth.»

In the quarter century since a grassroots battered women's movement put partner violence on the national agenda, members of nearly every helping profession have wrestled with the task of integrating new information about abuse and new responsibilities toward its victims into existing professional paradigms and practices.

In her quarter century - long role as EVP of one of Canada's largest Realtor associations, Doré has amassed a large number of local, provincial and national awards that recognize excellence in an association executive.