Sentences with phrase «led the effort against»

The state's lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, who is also from Buffalo and who is leading efforts against sexual harassment in the workplace, at first commended Hoyt for his service in government.

«The concerns are legion,» says Clay Jenkins, a county judge who led the effort against the proposal.

Not exact matches

France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

In his job as an activist at the Center for Popular Democracy, Barkan led a successful effort to get Fed officials thinking more about low - income Americans as they conduct monetary policy, often arguing against interest rate hikes in the face of high underemployment and weak wage growth.

«The current US tech - oriented actions against China will lead China to double down its efforts to become technologically independent and develop homegrown technology,» he wrote in a research note last week.

Catholic News Agency: «Exorcist» author prepares canon lawsuit against Georgetown The author of the best - selling book and award - winning screenplay «The Exorcist» has announced that he is leading an effort to file a canon lawsuit against Georgetown University for failures to live up to the demands of the school's Catholic identity.

Sin against God and nature continues to beget misery upon the human family until we each make a concerted effort to lead lives worthy of a human being made in the image and likeness of their Creator.

Huffington Post: Mayans Protest «Twisting Of Truth» Over 2012 Doomsday Predictions As the so - called «Mayan doomsday» approaches, the Mayans of Guatemala are speaking out against what some are calling a government - and tour business - led effort to profit off misinterpretations of their traditions.

This is in contrast with a system that inherently generates a race to the bottom and leads toward massive ecological catastrophes while working against efforts to solve the problems it generates.

Of course, regardless of significant efforts against his candidacy, Trump consistently maintains a lead in the party most often associated — though, probably not correctly — with religion, mostly Christianity.

Unfortunately, it did not lead the lovers to God» on the contrary, it led to death without God» but the yearnings - against - their - will, their overwhelming attraction and desire despite their efforts to avert them are of the very same emotional and spiritual and factual material that dramatic religious conversions are made of...

Yet the strenuous effort to live in just that way leads to a certain rigidity, insensitivity, and pride that militate against the achievement of beauty both in oneself and in others.

French's is increasing these efforts by supporting Feeding America ® — a nationwide network of food banks that leads the nation in the fight against hunger — and providing 1 million meals * to families in need during the 2015 holiday season.

Was the 191 - yard rushing effort the 49ers had against the Saints — the quarterback was the leading rusher in their two previous games — an aberration?

Based on his game - winning efforts on Sunday against Alaves, it arguably doesn't make much difference to Messi anyway as he continues to lead Barcelona's charge for major honours this season as they remain the La Liga title favourites with a healthy 11 - point lead.

The Gunners took the lead against West Bromwich Albion, but fell behind after a James Morrison effort and a Mikel Arteta own goal.

Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke gave his side the lead against an in form Manchester United with a wonderful curling effort midway through the first half.

Everton have taken a deserved lead against Lille in their Europa League tie at Goodison Park, with long - serving midfielder Leon Osman striking home a fine effort at the far post — but did Lille have a point with their furious protestations over a potential handball by Osman?

The biggest surprise of the match against the Troubadours, though, may have been the team - leading 13 - kill effort turned in by sophomore Brigid Bell in her varsity debut.

I'd argue a better defensive effort all game against Dallas puts us well within control of the game (not letting a for sure pick six become a first down the other way) and leads us to another win.

Those efforts helped lead his team to a Sierra Foothill League title and a berth in the Sac - Joaquin Section Division I North finals against Elk Grove.

Phoenix, who is outshooting Los Angeles nine to six after 20 minutes, opened the game playing with the necessary sense of urgency to take the lead, but must continue that effort against a Kings team who is a perfect 7 - 0 on the road in these playoffs.

His all important headed effort gave us the lead in the first leg, while his acrobatic finish in the second proved to be nothing more than a consolation.Regardless, Giroud is still the holder of an impressive record, despite many Arsenal fans feeling he's nowhere near good enough to be playing for the club.Few strikers get the better of Manuel Neuer — a player widely regarded as the best goalkeeeper in the game — and even fewer score against him with regularity condolence to the families affected by the Paris terror attack - the whole world let's pray that no more life goes down

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Did not have everything his own way against Sergio Aguero in the first half, but led an outstanding United defensive effort in the second half.

The visitors almost took the lead against the run of play seven minutes before half - time when Jose Hirsch got on the end of Danilo Rinaldi's cross but his effort trickled just wide of the goal.

We're all too familiar with this particular story of late and it was only a brilliant piece of anticipation and effort from Bacary Sagna which prevented United from taking the lead against the run of play and the run of the game.

Blackburn haven't won a home fixture since the opening day, when beating Everton 1 - 0, but a battling effort against Chelsea last weekend, losing 2 - 1 in spite of taking an early lead through Benjani's first goal for the club, should give Sam Allardyce's player the confidence to repeat the effort levels as another workmanlike performance on Saturday would make them difficult to oppose.

Enyimba returned from the half time break needing to overturn Sundowns one goal lead and 16 minutes into the half Dare Ojo leveled for Enyimba with his trademark long range effort similar to the one he scored against Abia Warriors in the Nigeria Professional Football League.

While regularly ignoring baby's pleas against abandonment will eventually lead some babies to give up their efforts, this may not be the healthiest choice.

Two of the four Democrats running in NY - 6 — Assemblywoman Grace Meng and Assemblyman Rory Lancman — were endorsed by two related unions that have been leading the charge against Wal - Mart's effort to build a store in NYC.

It will play a leading role in the campaign against Daesh and to support international efforts to bring peace to Syria through a lasting political settlement.

The state Democratic Committee is releasing a video as part of its ongoing fight against the Republican - led efforts in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

De Blasio has sought to position New York City as a leader in the fight against climate change, but even as he has committed to quickly come up with an aggressive plan to further reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, the agency that is supposed to lead that effort is in flux.

Occupy Wall Street was a gim me issue for progressives around the city and the world, but in the neighborhood surrounding Zuccotti Park, it was a thorny situation in which free speech and assembly rights had to be balanced against the need of residents not to be disrupted, and Menin led the effort to forge a compromise resolution at C.B. 1.

«Spain supports the efforts of the Government of Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram terrorism, which has led to so much instability in the region.»

Schumer last week told The Daily News he was taking a wait - and - see approach on whether he'd recommend Bharara, who has led successful prosecution efforts against top state elected officials from both parties, for another term in the new presidential administration.

Schneiderman had led a national effort of Democratic attorneys general to file legal challenges against Trump administration environmental and immigration policies.

He helped lead the successful effort to ban the environmentally destructive practice of drilling for gas known as «fracking,» and is a leader in the fight against gun violence.

«New York proudly leads the fight against this public health crisis and this campaign will further our efforts to provide support, aid recovery, and take one more step toward a stronger, healthier Empire State.»

The Working Families Party is celebrating the end of a protracted legal battle over its efforts in the 2009 NYC elections that lead to the demise of its for - profit arm, Data & Field Services, but ultimately resulted in no charges against the labor - backed party.

Leslie, who is leading the fight against Nicholson from the government backbenches, is now focusing her efforts on the apparent cover - up of three reports into the state of the NHS which Nicholson claims he knew nothing about.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has quickly become one of President Donald Trump's leading opponents, using the levers of his office to litigate against Trump's policies, and has put New York at the forefront of efforts to resist the new Republican administration's agenda.

The groups against the nuclear power plant bailout have begun a grassroots movement that they liken to the successful anti-fracking efforts that led to a state ban on the natural gas extraction process.

Mayor Bill de Blasio didn't need to see the Assembly and Senate one - house budgets to know where he stands with each chamber - Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is a close ally of the mayor, his fellow New York City Democrat, while Senate Republicans hold a major grudge against de Blasio for leading a failed effort to boot them from the majority two years ago.

But he is also spoken of as a potential candidate for president in 2020 — a proposition he has sought to tamp down, even as he has dipped his toe into the national arena in pushing back against GOP - led efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Mr Rawlings lauded the efforts of the organisers and indicated in his speech that the NDC succeeded against many odds to become a leading political force in the country.

On Tuesday, during a meeting with the editorial board of The Daily News, she delivered some harsh criticism against the Bloomberg administration's effort to close poor - performing schools, saying it had led the city to «warehouse» struggling students in schools where they «don't have a shot» at succeeding.

The National Association of Medicaid Directors spoke out against the GOP - led effort to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Plymouth are among the new «respect areas» chosen to lead the government's efforts against noisy neighbours, young hooligans and other anti-social behaviour.