Sentences with phrase «last sticking points»

The Bronx Democrat said Thursday that the Assembly will back a deal on charter school funding, one of the last sticking points in the way of a budget, which was due April 1.

Not exact matches

Too many of the also - rans are already stuck in the proof - point pudding (moving sideways instead of forward) and finding that they can no longer sell the same old «just wait and see» story as easily to the guys that totally fell for it the last time.

This provision was a sticking point with Sen. Collins, who said last month it makes «no sense» to eliminate federal funding for the organization.

The old diesel motor of the Sancta Maria would tonk away as he brought us out of the harbor on the last of the tide; he'd stick his head out of the wheelhouse coming round the point, mutter, «God send the fish,» and look around wildly to the east and the west for inspiration.

And when you look back at the last decade, none of those youngsters have progressed in the way that they were hyped up to and yes I'm talking about the likes of Ramsey, Walcott, Jack Wheelchair and the Ox who all had a one season wonder of some sort, during one point in their Arsenal careers, thus far and We can't keep using this excuse for not buying ready made quality, which would instantly improve our chances of winning a major trophy or two, but No, Wenger wants to stick with a theory which clearly isn't working for us on the pitch, but he doesn't really care, as long as it works out well for saving the penny's and the pounds, in the place where it matters most for Arsenal fc, in the bank.

Despite the Patriots nearly imploding last week at home against the winless Colts, nearly nine out of ten spread bets are sticking with New England to cover in DC, especially after the sportsbooks adjusted their lines to take a pivotal 1.5 points away from the home dog «Skins.

However, despite the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to take a valuable half - point away from the road dog Seahawks, the betting public is sticking with Seattle (who looked impressive in a 22 - 17 win over the Ravens last week) to either win straight up or lose by two or less at Edward Jones Dome.

I would expect to see Sanchez at some point, even the last half hour to give him game time, however I would stick with Welbeck to start over Sanchez (never thought I would say that) If Jack or Reece have good games I would stick them on the bench.

This formation change and experimenting with ozil outwide has cost us points which will hurt us at the end of the season, why did nt wenger just stick with the formation and setup that brought us so much success last season.

Going by Arsene Wenger's team selections for Arsenal's three Europa League games so far, with every one ending up with three points, it is very likely that he is going to stick with the same sort of lineup for tomorrow's game against Norwich in the Caraboa Cup, which should not be too much harder than last weeks win in Serbia against Red Star.

They have been stuck on just the one away win all season as well and have collected just get one point from their last five road games.

In the absence of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Bayern have had to adjust with Sven Ulreich between the sticks, and the 29 - year - old has not looked comfortable with his mistake costing his side three points in the 2 - 2 draw against Wolfsburg last month.

i cant help my anger at this point becos its a result of so much pent up frustration and the managers failure to recognise issues and failure to ever acknowledge our fans and i refuse to stick my head in the ground and come up smiling after beating stoke at home 2 - 0, maybe if the manager had ever once just said «i feel for the fans» or apologise to travelling fans after gutless away displays, but no he does nt feel accountable to any1 despite the thousands of times «theres only one arsene wenger» rings in his ears, hes gotten more love and trust than youd give your wife but wot has he given you in return the last 4 years???? not even acknowledgement, and in between the poor run hes given us more than his fair share of touchline controversy which reflects badly on us and the club in regards to fair play.and he never sees anything!!!! be honest and come out like moyes and bruce, its refreshing!!!! the standards at the club hav plummeted and where chels, utd, pool and even villa / city / spurs hav so many players who fight and uphold club traditions we only hav cesc, gallas, verm, RvP, sagna and arsha who, IMO really care and who fight when our backs are to the wall....

The goal is to create a campus feel while maintaining separate identities, which has been a sticking point between the two boards over the last year.

Today's deal moved us on to the next phase but it did little to resolve many of the sticking points that have stalled things over the last few weeks.

With the state budget due next week, the last remaining sticking point in negotiations is an increase in the state's minimum wage.

Mayor Bloomberg just released a carefully - worded response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal for revising the Board of Regents teacher evaluation standards — an issue that has become something of a sticking point as the mayor is threatening to fire thousands of NYC teachers and pushing for the repeal of the last - in, first - out rule.

«The measuring stick of greatest significance are the results from June 26 of last year where Charles Barron lost the congressional race by 42 points, an unprecedented display of district - wide irrelevance,» said Jeffries spokeswoman Lupe Todd.

Plattsburgh City School District Superintendent Jay LeBrun attributes the overall decrease to the link between student scores and teacher evaluations — a major sticking point last year as educators battled with the state Department of Education and the governor over reforms that would have wedded the two.

He said Spota should resign immediately, and that there is no point to sticking around for the last two months of his term.

Other last minute sticking points included how much to increase school aid, and whether the state should lift a charter school cap.

Florals seem to be a sticking point for me this spring (see last week's post) but I'm not complaining.

Christopher Kane Given the success of Christopher Kane's last collection, centrally themed around botany, it makes sense that he would stick to nature as a focal point.

David Weiner, the deputy chancellor in charge of teacher quality, stressed that the issues were «not sticking points» when he spoke with teachers at an event last week hosted by the advocacy group Educators 4 Excellence, which supports new evaluations.

That last item is a sticking point in L.A..

But during the last year, ever since the Mayor meekly crawled to Albany to beg for a one - year extension, the sticking point in negotiations over the renewal of mayoral control has been the urgency of expanding NYC's public charter school sector, de Blasio's favorite whipping boy, which now serves one out of ten students in NYC, most of them poor and of color.

The Image Comics series, which has rightfully received endless acclaim over the last year, reached a sticking point this month for what Vaughan calls «two postage stamp - sized images of gay sex».

To hammer home that last point, HTC told me that it re-introduced the expandable memory as it was a) able to do so without compromising the design and b) it had heard from so many consumers that this was a real sticking point for not buying the original One.

It's this last suggestion that could be both a launching point to building more vibrant cities, but also a suggestion that is sure to get stuck in a person's throat.

But the point is this: If returns do come in lower than in the past — which seems likely given the current low level of interest rates — the more you stick to low - cost index funds and ETFs, the better the shot that you'll have at accumulating the savings you'll need to maintain your standard of living in retirement, and the more likely your savings will last at least as long as you do.

Since summer is always an expensive time to fly — many routes, particularly cross-country fares, cost three times as much in summer as the lowest base fare — with Virgin points, I had to hit the sweet spot between airlines trying to fill last - minute empty seats and the day - of price hike for truly stuck travelers.

Frame - rate tests on the more technologically demanding Metro Last Light see both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One stick doggedly to their 60 fps target - the sheer consistency is a major plus point.

A major sore point in the last game, your opponents are once again not bound by the same rules as you are, and will perform incredible turns and accelerations whenever they see fit, and then slow down randomly to let you pass; they do also get stuck at times, which makes for some easy wins.

The game is automatically loaded from the last autosave point if you die, but you may also manually choose from other previous autosave points if you wish to restart from an earlier game or if you think you may be stuck at the current game.

For instance, in the original hockey stick (ending 1980) the last 30 - 40 years of data points slightly downwards.

My other point to him at the time was that the Industrial Revolution was actually quite limited and that it wasn't until the forties last century that industry spread, but he ignored this as he ignored the email about getting rid of the MWP and LIA and when I found the Vostok data, and began to appreciate the great cycles within our Ice Age, he dismissed these too and came back to the claim that our temps had been «flat normal» and our fault that we were changing this by our increased production of carbon dioxide as the Hockey Stick showed.

I pointed out the Goddard / Marcott analogy on the 24th, twice, and was roundly attacked for it since my name isn't McIntyre, attacked for my nefarious motives that are merely to strongly shun mistakes, outlandish conspiracy theories and outspoken crackpot comments on mainstream skeptical blogs that afford the usual hockey stick team members newfound media attention with very lasting damage to skepticism and also strongly hinder my ability to reach out to reasonable people who are strongly averse to extremism as nearly all normal people happen to be for very good reason.

At the G8 talks in Italy last week, the fact that an adequate long term goal was presented (80 % reductions by 2050) but no shorter term commitments on the way to that goal were made was seen as a major sticking point.

But Mr McIntyre's last sentence is a valid point, especially when there are so many Mann hockey graphs out there, all with different dodgy fixes to prop up his flaccid stick (I was amused by Steve's reference an inch or two below to what he calls «the first generation of Hockey Stick issues&raqstick (I was amused by Steve's reference an inch or two below to what he calls «the first generation of Hockey Stick issues&raqStick issues»).

It's that last point, though, that can be a sticking point for trial lawyers who are not used to working with litigation consultants.

Each of us at the pub last night pointed to different stories which stuck with us.

When Brad Todd and his wife were moving to Indianapolis from California last year, they fell in love with a unique log home in one of Indy's outer suburbs, but there was a sticking point: The seller had already entered into a contract with someone else.