Sentences with phrase «late 1980s»

Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair did the same thing for Labour in the late 1980s and 1990s.

The second lesson of the Corbyn leadership project is that Labour needs to get over the intellectual defensiveness that has plagued the party since the late 1980s.

Current Conservative officeholders who are members of the group include the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith; David Cameron's PPS, Desmond Swayne; Nick Clegg's Parliamentary Under - Secretary, Mark Harper; the Minister of State for Transport, Theresa Villiers; a Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, Jonathan Djanogly; three government whips, Angela Watkinson, Mark Francois and Greg Hands; the Chairman of the Procedure Committee, Greg Knight; and the Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, John Whittingdale, who was Mrs Thatcher's Political Secretary in the late 1980s.

Four previous examples of constitutional conventions / citizens» assemblies were then evaluated against these criteria as options the UK could draw upon in the process of designing its own: Scotland (late 1980s), Iceland (2011), Canada (British Columbia 2004 and Ontario 2006) and Ireland (2012 - 14).

After protesting the budget Suffolk County leaders approved last fall, environmental groups have now sued the county over its use of nearly $ 33 million in funds that were raised through the Drinking Water Protection Program, a self - imposed tax that Suffolk residents have voted to levy upon themselves several times since the late 1980s.

He and Long have known each other for decades, since they both worked for Colorado senator Bill Armstrong in the late 1980s.

More recently, the Greens have enjoyed greater popularity than at any stage since a brief surge it enjoyed in the late 1980s (now also at 8 %).

The first lesson is that Corbyn's politics evidently appeal to many younger voters, as well as the social groups that have increasingly abstained from voting in the UK since the late 1980s.

During the late 1980s, the U.S. poultry industry produced surpluses of frozen ground chicken meat.

The same applies to spending cuts in other countries in more recent times, such as Ireland in the late 1980s, or Sweden, Canada, New Zealand and Germany in the 1990s, which we compare in a forthcoming book When the Party's Over: The Politics of Fiscal Squeeze in Perspective.

In addition, London City Airport opened in the late 1980s, but with a shorter runway unsuitable for all aircraft types.

Second, up until the late 1980s, studies on the Gulf region had been closely associated either with an examination of the Islamist role or...

Despite it's disastrous track - record of macro-economic management, epitomised by the Lawson boom in the late 1980s and George Osbourne's ill - timed retrenchment since 2010, the...

[10] In the late 1980s, she became a friend of Waheed (now Lord) Alli, and persuaded him to join the Labour Party.

After the slow transition to democracy in Brazil in the late 1980s an innovative institution for municipal governance was established in the southern city of Porto Alegre.

The normalization of the North Korea - U.S., North Korea - Japan relationships was the historic task that should have been achieved in the late 1980s, and early 1990s at the latest.

Big Bang, the massive deregulation of the late 1980s, created challenges and opportunities which would not be managed by the continued apartheid between the City and Westminster.

Bullying has always been present in UK schools, but until the late 1980s, although people were aware that it happened, it was not an issue of major public concern.

By elections will acquire considerable significance, as much as they did in the late 1980s and 1980s when leaders» futures were at stake as voters delivered their verdict in a single constituency.

Despite it's disastrous track - record of macro-economic management, epitomised by the Lawson boom in the late 1980s and George Osbourne's ill - timed retrenchment since 2010, the Conservatives have consistently positioned themselves as the party of fiscal discipline and economic competence, as well as the party of entrepreneurship and material affluence.

Although since the late 1980s, both countries have successfully reignited diplomatic and economic ties, there are several hurdles...

The last year Taj has been the most popular was in the late 1980s when nearly 2000 boys were named with it in a year.

Breastfeeding Versus Formula Feeding Nearly 20 studies conducted since the late 1980s have identified negative effects of formula feeding or positive effects of breast - feeding.

When she retired from the airline in the late 1980s, she was working at O'Hare International Airport.

In 1986, 2 years before these data were collected, the United States ranked 16th (3.6 / 1000) in postneonatal death, well below Finland (first; 1.8 / 1000) and Sweden (second; 2.0 / 1000).24 The US breastfeeding prevalence in 1986 was 57 % at birth and 22 % at 6 months, 25 whereas in Finland and Sweden, the prevalence at 6 months then was still ~ 60 % and 50 %, respectively.26 Although the United States still trails the Nordic countries both in breastfeeding and in postneonatal mortality, the US rate of postneonatal death has fallen steadily between the late 1980s and now, and breastfeeding has increased.

In the late 1980s, Margaret Brodkin of Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth led a campaign that established the Children's Fund to ensure permanent funding for vital services for kids, and the city's Department of Children Youth and their Families was created, to make sure that children's issues were handled by a department focused solely on their unique needs.

Participants will be joined Tidmarsh Farms» owners and Mass Audubon naturalists in exploring a landscape in evolution: an agricultural property which in the late 1980s produced one percent of the entire harvest for giant cooperative Ocean Spray is now finding ecological rebirth where alewives are returning, eagles and hawks again soar, and native plants can again thrive.

But by the late 1980s, local park districts recognized the interest in aquatics and began building on its offerings.

I worked with the American Cancer Society in the late 1980s through the 1990s and lived through the «more 6 - year - olds can recognize Joe Camel than Mickey Mouse» days.

Over the years, Mr. Ninneman worked his way up to become plant superintendent — a position he retired from in the late 1980s.

Studies have shown that it was only in the late 1980s that infant and maternal mortality and morbidity rates dropped back to numbers close to those which existed in the 1800s!!!! YES — when babies were born a home, on farms to fit, healthy, well nourished mothers, supported by extended family networks, co-slept (because there generally weren't enough rooms on the farm for everyone!)

Christine Davis was introduced to Five Acres in the late 1980s by her mother - in - law, Sylvia, who had been involved with the agency's Auxiliary group since the early 60's.

I did a degree in maths from Birmingham University, then worked for some years as a programmer for Severn - Trent water authority, before leaving to have our two sons, Daniel and Timothy, in the late 1980s.

In the late 1980s, I interviewed 12 obstetricians about their experiences of medical training for «Obstetric Training as a Rite of Passage,» an article first published in the Medical Anthropology Quarterly that later became a chapter in Birth as a an American Rite of Passage.

In the late 1980s, PACE, the suburban bus service, addressed the dearth of spaces at Metra «s Deerfield stop by developing a feeder lot in Buffalo Grove.

This was a hot name from about the late 1980s through the turn of the century.

Beginning in the late 1980s, we have played a key leadership role in breastfeeding education, promotion and support.

In the late 1980s, Ken Canfield conducted research on fathering while pursuing his Ph.D..

In the late 1980s, for example, Loyola University sought to expand its Rogers Park campus in a proposal that won the approval of the Army Corps of Engineers.

Research conducted in the late 1980s showed that babies who were routinely worn by their mothers were far less likely to cry than babies who were never placed in a carrier.

A former forward, the 53 - year - old Valverde played two seasons for Barcelona in the late 1980s and was coached by Johan Cruyff, the Dutch great who gave Barcelona its winning identity.

Though that may not be the case, we'll now be treated to two fantastic contests instead of just one with both teams chasing lofty goals: Bayern Munich hopes to become the first team to win this competition in back - to - back years since AC Milan in the late 1980s; Real Madrid hopes to end their elusive quest for «La Decima», aka their tenth Champions League title.

After a long stint at Marconi in the mid to late 1980s, Wheatley revealed his versatility when he became the form centre back of the NSL at Melita Eagles in the early 1990s.

Allegations of rigged judging and payoffs to judges have tainted nearly every major international boxing event since the late 1980s — and Sydney may be no different.

Lots of fans believe the NASL is the true home of US football — after the original NASL went bust in the late 1980s.

In the late 1980s Bird won the three - point shootout at All - Star Weekend three times....

For Crow it was depression, which kept her in bed for six months in the late 1980s when her career floundered.

On a special note, this tournament was named after the late Joe Camilleri, who was the Head Coach at Granada from the late 1980s to the beginning of the new Millennium.

A noted Top Fuel drag racer, Gwynn carried the rabbit foot with him when he won several big races in the late 1980s.

Mobile phones were not around before the late 1980s / 90s.