Sentences with phrase «largest efforts i've made»

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The effort, code - named Kalamata, «comes as part of a larger strategy to make all of Apple's devices — including Macs, iPhones, and iPads — work more seamlessly together,» reported Ian King and Mark Gurman of Bloomberg.
At CoachUp now, I make a concerted effort to celebrate our wins, no matter how small or large.
But it's going to suck for media companies if they put all of this time and effort into original content and no one sees it,» said one media executive, whose company was paid for making Facebook Live videos, but hasn't signed a larger deal for long - form content.
These firms should make a conscious effort to recruit from second - and third - tier colleges — particularly those with large minority populations.
The court concluded that Chinese efforts to create man - made islands on top of atolls and reefs, as well as its large - scale fishing in the disputed areas, are illegal.
The Craftsman sales comes only days after two other financing moves Lampert made to inject another $ 1 billion into his ongoing efforts to rebuild Sears, once the largest U.S. retailer.
These efforts made us feel good because we were doing something but the programs were not producing significant, measurable results.At the same time, drawing on publishing experience I had gained in my prior position as Asia marketing director for the online division of Knight - Ridder, at the time one of the largest newspaper companies in the world, I quietly created content - rich marketing and PR programs on the Web.Against the advice of the PR agency professionals we had on retainer (who insisted that news releases were only for journalists), we wrote and sent dozens of releases ourselves.
However the region's larger economies perform less well: with China ranking 100 and Japan and the Republic of Korea ranking 114 and 118, respectively, it is clear that their remains much economic upside from making a more pronounced effort towards gender parity.
A large part of making space travel affordable is reducing launch costs, hence SpaceX's steadfast efforts to develop reusable rockets.
A year ago, Goodman was the largest detractor for the Fund, but management made considerable progress in its turnaround effort during 2012.
Beyond weather worries, about 57 percent of the entrepreneurs said they'd like to see the largest carbon emitters make the biggest reductions in emissions — and bear most of the costs of such efforts.
Alibaba Group's founder Jack Ma said Chinese - made counterfeit goods today have gotten better than the genuine article, complicating the effort to root out fakes on the country's largest online shopping services.
My question is this: what would it take for the American church at large (American church in this case meaning mainline denominations, other individual sects like the Mennonites with their huge variety of conservative to liberal congregations, nondenominational churches of all sizes mega and not, etc.) to make a concerted effort to call out abuse demonstrated by clergy in both church, public, and private settings?
«We have made great progress in our efforts to disrupt, dismantle and defeat the larger al Qaeda organization in recent years,» she said.
John F. Kennedy promised: «We seek to strengthen the United Nations, to help solve its financial problems, to make it a more effective instrument for peace, to develop it into a genuine world security system... capable of resolving disputes on the basis of law, of insuring the security of the large and the small, and of creating conditions under which arms can finally be abolished... This will require a new effort to achieve world law».
Put it another way: if schools admit students and give them a reason to believe that they can survive in college, and the students make a reasonable effort, what right do faculty have to flunk large numbers?
And yet one must not give up the effort to make sense of the larger picture.
With the larger economic problems the nation faces in funding the Depression - era program, Astrue has made little headway, particularly since he took office after the collapse of President Bush's efforts to reform the system, and especially now that his six - year appointment has carried him, a Republican legacy, into a Democratic administration.
They show parallels that are not readily apparent, and become apparent to the larger populace only after a steady effort to make the thing known.
It is difficult to see how, if God's relationship to the world is «wholly other» than the relation of creative spirit to its actual working in time (chronos), we can avoid discounting the Christian significance of creative effort, patient workmanship, and that careful assessment of conditions and consequences which make up so large a part of the wisdom of life.
1Elliot Carter: «The authors of Sonic Design have made a pioneering effort to view the large field of music we live in today as a whole and to derive general concepts and principles that describe and explain methods of each style, age, and people.
The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.
Additionally, Snyder's - Lance made a major step forward in its sustainability efforts when it opened the largest ground - based solar farm in Pennsylvania in June.
The amount of time, effort and resources that go into making food that is simply thrown away due to spoilage or staleness is a larger waste than packaging, she says, and as such the company's efforts have been focused on optimization of packaging rather than simply reducing the amount of packaging used.
In an effort to make life easier, I make large batches of whole grains and roasted vegetables in the beginning of the week and use them in these «bowl meals» throughout the rest of the week.
In the 1980s, with Russian troops occupying the country, an effort was made to increase food crops, rice, and wheat by means of large community farms.
I would praise Mr Wenger for finishing in the top 3 or 4 if he brought the world class players that we all know we need in the right positions and made a sincere effort to win something... The reason why a large number of Arsenal fans and critics are on his back is because for many years now Mr Wenger has neglected to strengthen certain key positions that would of given us a much better chance of winning trophies.
The hotel staffs at the participating properties have made every effort to meet the hospitality needs of the large number of our 128 teams that travel to the West Coast Jamboree, and their needs are many and varied.
After that moment though, it is difficult to fault the overall effort of the team as, for large parts of the second half, the team with ten men were the only side trying to make anything happen in the game as the visitors resorted to just hitting hopeful passes through for Costa or Remy, who were usually offside.
Yet, because same - sex couples who married became more accepted by society at large, there was a decrease in a need for a LGBQ community — they no longer feel like they have to make an effort to seek out others who are «like them.»
But public health experts say the market is larger — perhaps far larger — than the $ 300 million to $ 400 million estimate by the U.S. General Accounting Office in 1988, the last time government made an effort to quantify the problem.
Additionally, I notice that my daughter is less prone to throwing tantrums when I am giving her my attention and am making an effort to reduce excess stimulation (caused by large crowds and lots of noise).
Using their considerable market power, some districts have been able to force dairies to make lower sugar flavored milk, and I've been told that my own Houston school district (7th largest in the country) is embarking on a similar effort.
In the last two decades, efforts have been made to differentiate SIDS deaths from the different, but related, larger class of infant deaths referred to as SUID.
Just as a board of directors for a large company may not want to undertake the time and effort to review and make decisions on every matter the company faces (due to their time constraints), those represented in a democracy similarly may wish to delegate the responsibility of legislating to their representatives.
Since then, despite all the efforts that have been made to tackle the issue of budget fraud within the EU, a report by the EU internal audit service in 2003 revealed serious impropriety at Eurostat, the EU statistics agency, where large sums of money had been diverted by officials for more than a decade.
We have started largest election protection effort in the history of New York to make sure that every vote cast is counted.»
The plan was spearheaded by Trinity Real Estate, the largest landlord in the area bounded by the Hudson River, Sixth Avenue, Houston and Canal streets, in an effort to make the neighborhood a more mixed - use one.
The country's largest retailer made good on its promise to boycott the «When Walmart Comes to Town: The Effect on Small Businesses and Communities» hearing, called in response to ramped - up efforts by the retail giant to open a store in New York.
Together we have worked with New York Works to support employment efforts as large as the new Mall at Bay Plaza to many of the small businesses that make The Bronx a great place to work and live.»
Sherpardson spearheaded a similar effort in 2012 for former U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon, the mayor of Bridgeport, Bill Finch, made a comment about turnout in the state's largest city.
Thanks to the distribution of 400 million mosquito nets coated with insecticide, and hundreds of millions of testing kits and treatment courses, made possible by the committed efforts of the world's largest investors in the malaria effort, notably, the United States, the United Kingdom, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and the World Bank, malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa have decreased by one third over the past ten years.
In the Commons chamber today, the Westminster power grab continued as the Nats made a concerted effort to nab a large section of the opposition front benches by sitting on them all day.
While these efforts have saved more money that we initially anticipated, the savings remain insufficient to make up for the very large gap in the court system's budget.
Meanwhile, the media company has since published that «The station has made strenuous, but unsuccessful efforts to verify from Mr Kennedy Agyepong's claims that large sums of questionable amounts of money had been found in the former BOST CEO's personal account».
He said as part of the government's efforts to make the State the next technology hub in Africa, the «Code Lagos» and «Digital Library» projects were initiated, adding that the Digital Library programme was the first of its kind in the State and one of the largest learning platforms in Africa.
«An arms length relationship between the Tory leadership and the No campaign that meant Cameron was unable to stop the targeting of the politically toxic Nick Clegg and his broken promises Main AV could only be defeated if a large number of Labour supported voted to keep First Past The Post and from the earliest days of the campaign huge efforts were made to ensure the No campaign was genuinely cross-party»
Republican Chele Farley made her first visit to Buffalo on Thursday, but doesn't think unfamiliarity with New York's second largest city will hamper her efforts to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand.
SLA Chairman Bradley said, «This is another example of the Governor's continuing effort to make the State a better place to do business by helping New York retailers and producers reach new markets and providing clear direction for large and small businesses, including hundreds of family owned craft manufacturers.»
In fairness, five years ago, the B&ECPL Board of Trustees made a valiant effort through six months of public hearings to impress the community - at - large and its elected leadership with the gravity of what was to come and the wisdom of preparing for it.
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