Sentences with phrase «last time leaders»

Ben Phillips, the campaigns director of the charity Oxfam, explained why his organisation took part: «In the past five years alone, that's since the last time leaders met to discuss climate change, 112,000 lives have been lost, 650 million people have been affected by climate - change related disasters and half a trillion dollars has been lost.»

Not exact matches

In a New York Times article last year, Perdue compared Trump to Winston Churchill, the former UK prime minister, saying that like the legendary World War II - era leader, Trump was «nobody's choir boy» and «a historic person of destiny at a time and place in America when we've got to make a right - hand turn here.»

Macron, who defeated the anti-Europe, far - right leader Marine Le Pen last month, said that he had always been a defender of globalisation and free trade during his time as minister but that leaders should hear from workers hit by globalisation.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Late last year, Officevibe, the leader in employee engagement software, released an unprecedented, real - time report on the «State of Employee Engagement,» based on hundreds of thousands of answers from their customer survey software.

In the last election, business leaders chose Stephen Harper over Michael Ignatieff by a margin of three - to - one, according to a Compas poll at the time.

The company embarked on an intensive research process during which time Gebbia visited Jordan, Macedonia and Greece, as well as major refugee camps in Kenya and Rwanda, and joined President Barack Obama's Leaders» Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis during the UN General Assembly last year.

For the last 15 years, Partners for Progress, a group of private and public - sector leaders in St. Charles County, Missouri, have invested a significant amount of time and money to create a culture of STEM education in the area's school districts.

Last month, Bennett, who leads the right - wing Jewish Home party and was the economy minister at the time of the campaign, said the report would be an «earthquake» that would reveal the failures of the country's leaders during the conflict.

Leaders from nearly three dozen tech companies, including Salesforce, Yelp, AT&T, Comcast, and Square, signed off on a letter to local officials last week, urging them to consider a development proposal that would add seven million square feet of commercial space and 4,400 housing units to the small city, according to the San Francisco Business Times.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said last week that the administration expected to make a decision on whether to remain a party to the deal by the time leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations meet in late May.

In a survey of more than 800 full - time U.S. employees conducted by Globoforce in November of last year, 47 percent of respondents said they didn't think their company leaders cared about or were actively trying to create a «human» workplace.

«They punch themselves into the market, break glass, upset people and then figure out how to bring everybody together in a more friendly way,» as Thilo Koslowski, vice president and automotive practice leader of research firm Gartner, put it to the Los Angeles Times last year.

Like a true servant leader, Hadeed now spends most of her time helping other organizations all over make a lasting, meaningful impact on people by creating environments where they can thrive.

Axis Communications of Lund, Sweden, the current market leader, has been around since the 1980s and did six times more business than Avigilon last year.

If you're such a leader, make sure your meeting times are pre-scheduled, and show that those 1 - on - 1s are a priority, by not shifting them around at the last minute.

Don't pay up front Last time, my husband had this brilliant idea of avoiding the «hassle» of collecting money from cookie sales and putting it into envelopes: Just give the unit leader a cheque for the full amount, and then pocket the cash sales.

By contrast, industry leader Japan Airlines posted a 90 per cent on - time rating last year.

«It's time for blockchain to go beyond finance applications alone and deep into industry,» Paul Brody, EY global innovation leader, said when he announced the team last week.

That is the main conclusion of the Greek media, but at the same time many see the recent debate as much more alive than the one held last week between all political leaders.

I had been verbally and mentally abused by church leaders before (and came close to suicide several times), so my experiences with this pastor were the last straw.

For the second time in the last year and a half, a prominent evangelical leader has taken a highly publicized leave of absence while confessing to the sin of pride and character flaws.

Last time I stood up to an abusive church leader was in an elder's meeting, the pastor was there.

As you may have seen, last week, Reformed leaders Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan, Al Mohler, Don Carson, Kevin DeYoung, and Justin Taylor reaffirmed their support of C.J. Mahaney, president of Sovereign Grace Ministries, after a judge ruled that that nine of the eleven plaintiffs in the massive sexual abuse lawsuit against him and his ministry did not sue in time before the statue of limitations had expired.

Washington (CNN)-- With the bells of the Washington National Cathedral ringing 28 times — honoring all those killed in last week's Connecticut shooting — a broad group of religious leaders on Friday called on their congregations, the White House and Congress to do more to combat gun violence.

CNN: Religious leaders launch campaign for gun control With the bells of the Washington National Cathedral ringing 28 times — honoring all those killed in last week's Connecticut shooting — a broad group of religious leaders on Friday called on their congregations, the White House and Congress to do more to combat gun violence.

The first is in 1997 I went to our annual Vineyard Leaders conference and heard the founder of the Vineyard Movement, John Wimber, give a message for his very last time.

For at least two of these Californians (one says she is a distant relative of Mitt Romney's), the day church leaders called on Mormons to support Proposition 8 — a 2008 ballot measure to prevent same - sex marriages — was the last time they sat in the pews.

The last time a secularist state existed it's leaders demanded that secularism / atheism reign throughout the land and they created an archipelago and murdered roughly 30 million people.

This time last year, just weeks into Donald Trump's presidency, evangelical leaders spoke out in an unprecedented way against his temporary refugee ban with hundreds signing on to an open letter published in TheWashington Post.

This time it is Rabbi Mordechai Elon, one of the foremost rabbinic leaders of the Israeli Orthodox movement and former rosh yeshiva at the flagship Yeshivat HaRav, where last year a Palestinian mounted an assault which left several students dead.

Norwich look to have re found their form and the Canaries are now six games unbeaten, including a 2 - 2 draw with leaders Newcastle last time out.

Iwobi recked my head last night he was weak and misplaced many passes he cant seem to control the ball its always running away from him he should not be in the middle in the middle you need good ball controllers with good eyes for passes long and short on the ground and above the ground >> > waterford yesterday were on top of us with no space giving to our players and we were scattered all over the place with no vision or leader ship too goals in the space of 3 minuets ok the first goal was a fluke but come on the second one???? and thats all what it takes to loose a match many times this season we cant play when the opposition seats in our face we have no cohesion or understanding we crumble away we need to start the game together as a unit a compact unit

She'll make the perfect co-star with Kelsey Plum, last season's No. 1 pick, who left the NCAA as the all - time Division I women's scoring leader.

The late - afternoon leader board last Thursday, the first day of the U.S. Open, was a veritable who's who: Nick Price (No. 1 player in the world), Jack Nicklaus (greatest of all time), Greg Norman (most talent on the PGA Tour), Joey Gullion (best player not in the top 30 on the Nike Tour money list this year).

Some people might try to say that a club with a squad as big as Arsenal have should be able to cope or that every side has it's own problems to deal with but I would point to the relatively injury free seasons that last season's Premier League champions Leicester City were blessed with and the fact that the runaway leaders this time have also had almost no injury issues to cope with.

But by the time the GTLM leaders reached the incident on the last lap, the track was blocked with cars and the two Corvettes tried to position their cars to get ahead.

no real leader the last time we play a big match we falter due to lack of good leadership.

Also, the German has been guilty at times of not being a great leader on the pitch, ducking at corners and getting himself stupidly sent off against Chelsea for a lunge on Costa last season are two recent examples.

Facts of the season so far, we have half the points of the league leaders, less points than this time last year, only two fit first team defenders, more money in the bank than ever before.how much proof do you need that wengers job is to make money for his boss and not win trophies.

The former Nebraska quarterback — leader of the Huskers» last national title winner, no less — was mentioned the last time the job was open, and since then he's taken on the UCF job and started well.

Am not encouraging silly bookings though, Flamini been the ring leader of getting cards should be advised not to have a hot head each time, I was really frustrated in the last game were he got booked trying to retrieve the ball which he lost in the D area while we were like 2 or 3 nill up, not necessary at all as he had team mates around him too to help him.

It happened too many times last season, and we see it beginning to happen again... do we need a leader, a captain that cracks the whip?

At the present time we are 36 points behind City — our two worst seasons over the last 60 years was the 1960 - 61 season when we finished 25 points behind the spuds (12.5 wins behind) and the 1994 - 95 season where we finished 38 points behind (12.33 wins behind) Should we fail to win the EL which is a real possibility and we finish 40 odd points behind the leaders it will surely spell the end for not just Wenger but for a lot of people at Arsenal — Bould and the backroom staff for sure and many of the players.

The on - loan Liverpool right back had a torrid time in defence against league leaders Chelsea last week.

Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened to GT LM class leader Antonio Garcia, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time on the last lap and dropped from first to fifth as teammate Tommy Milner took the victory.

But the wardrobe switch has nothing to do with Tiger being in the field, though the four - time Masters champ, at 4 - over through three rounds, is likely to be long gone by the time the 54 - hole leader starts the finale in the last group alongside Rory McIlroy.

The last time Arsenal took on the current Premier League leaders was back at the end of September and just like then, the Foxes were surprisingly ahead of the Gunners in the league table.

And it was 3rd defeats for 5 time EPL leader Chelsea in last 5 games against Sunderland.

Reading boss Brian McDermott will have the same set of players from which to choose as last time out after Jem Karacan (knee ligament) failed to overcome his injury in time for the visit of the Premier League leaders, and thus may leave Kaspars Gorkss out once more.