Sentences with phrase «less movement on»

But a survey of the 50 states and the District of Columbia by Education Week found less movement on other fronts, such as the number of states now testing in the required grades.

I was active in my teens and 20s and then got married and my athletic pursuits became coaching my kids and less movement on my part.

Not exact matches

Consider: the arsenal of effective (and less risky) HIV medicines has ballooned, the stigma associated with the disease has declined (although, as activists note, much work remains to be done on that front), and awareness campaigns centered on HIV / AIDS have gone from what was a fringe movement just 30 years ago to a cause championed by top public figures and companies around the world.

«While women still make up less than 20 percent of U.S. boards on average, movement toward greater gender parity is evident with the proportion of new nominees that are women nearly doubling over the past seven years at larger firms,» Kamonjoh said in a statement.

«The benefit of lying on the bed versus the floor is that the bed is a squishier surface so it's less stable which means your abdominal muscles are going to work a little harder to keep you balanced during the movement,» says Smith.

However, if one focuses on the resulting growth of credit over the recent period or the movements in long - term interest rates, the effects are less concerning.

These widely used measures of house prices are all less than fully satisfactory in that the quarterly movements are influenced by compositional changes and contain significant lags in recording transactions; the lags arise because most standard indices record prices as at the date a transaction is settled, which is well after the price was determined by agreement on a contract.

Since changes in interest rates will have the most impact on CDs with longer maturities, shorter - term CDs are generally less impacted by interest rate movements.

One advantage of these investments is that, because they are focused on company - specific developments and not broader market events, they are less correlated with day - to - day market movements.

Many traders look for trade signals from a combination of just a few tools and indicators to build their «weight of evidence» to help them make more objective and less emotional trading decisions instead of reacting to any price movement on a reactionary basis.

Sure, some Christians argue that Sunday shopping violates the Sabbath, but mostly the movement has secular goals, such as working less, putting a brake on commercialism, and spending time with family and friends.

And in recent years a significant publishing subindustry has arisen for the purpose of helping us in such a «voyage of discovery»: I refer to the many books, tapes, videos, and workbooks on the topic of journal writing, or, as the less scrupulous stylists in the movement would have it, «journaling.»

Consequently one feels less inclined to reject as unscientific the idea that the critical point of planetary reflective consciousness which is the result of the forming of humanity into an organized society, far from being a mere spark in the darkness, corresponds on the contrary to our passage (by a movement of reversal or dematerialization) to another face of the universe: not an ending of the ultra-human but its arrival at something trans - human at the very heart of reality.

Weaver's subsequent arrest on these gun charges was intended less to incarcerate him than to induce him to inform on others in the Identity movement.

Less than a decade ago, during the national debate on ENDA (The federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act), a major beach - head in the gay movement, 68 percent of respondents in a poll of gays and lesbians commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) said it was acceptable to exclude their T colleagues from the protections sought in this legislation.

The modernization perspective also suggests that a kind of wholesale movement in the world has been going on for some time — movement along the continuum from less modern to more modern.

Some writings, of course, carry more than others the sense of urgency, the noise of battle, the heat of debate, the movement of swift feet on the mountains, but they also served who gave themselves to the less exciting tasks of catechism and copying texts.

In case he did not know this definitely, then he has not made the infinite movement of resignation, then, though his word is not indeed an untruth, he is very far from being Abraham, he has less significance than the tragic hero, yea, he is an irresolute man who is unable to resolve either on one thing or another, and for this reason will always be uttering riddles.

Other such projects are the Sigtuna Institute in Sweden, the Kerk en Wereld center near Utrecht in Holland, Cluny in France, the Zoë movement in Greece, and numerous other less permanent arrangements by which Christian laymen meet occasionally for a week end of conference on matters of mutual Christian concern.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Even though Fascism remained ideologically eclectic and chaotic — Gentile's systematizations never had any organic connection with the movement — and in large measure it was simply the acting out on the national stage of some of the less pleasant aspects of the Italian underculture — the band of thugs tied to their leader in bonds of personal loyalty — it did develop an ideological style and became once in power, a church, as Jemolo describes it:

Peace movements, of the 20th century generally have been unable to achieve their immediate objectives, and have had even less impact on long - term public policy.

On occasion Reinhold Niebuhr allowed that Rauschenbusch was more prophetic and a bit less idealistic than the movement, but he never pressed the point, and he blasted both Rauschenbusch and the movement repeatedly.

The less credence one gives to the Christian records and the more one ranks Jesus» movement and message as one among many such in the history of the time, the more puzzling becomes this effect on world history!

Now we are asking you to call on Walmart to join the movement against food waste by agreeing to sell cosmetically «less than perfect» produce.

Based on these numbers it would appear smallholder farmers are less interested in joining the organic movement than large agribusiness farms.

Despite the third - youngest roster in league history — average opening - night age: 24.1 years — Portland has relied less on its spry legs than on old - fashioned virtues: perimeter shooting, ball movement, defense, grit.

Not quite as agile and too aware of the dangers of hard contact, his movement in the middle of the pitch became choppy and less direct; which is very problematic in a League that gives little time on the ball.

Although there have been very few preseason games with a full point of reverse line movement on a team that's receiving less than 35 % of spread bets, teams fitting those criteria have covered at a nearly 67 % clip.

He knows he is more or less on equal terms with Giroud centrally and will be used when Arsene deems speed and movement are required.

@almostawinner I totally agree with you we are good at creating chances we reach very good positions but giroud is less than average he won't even play at some mid-tables teams beleive me he can't dribble he rarely take long ranged shots he is not the best at movement I don't understand what do arsene wenger see in him to rely on him as our first choice We were going to get a striker three years ago (higuain) but the deal failed in the last second because wenger prefered to get ozil so what did giroud do to prove that he deserves his position can anybody tell me I really get mad when some arsenal fans tell that he is a good player because he is not!!

Less concerned at this stage with rumors about who we might bring in as the seeming lack of movement on the exit front... We need to offload at least 4 players beyond arteta an roszicky from Walcott Ramsey Campbell ox mert Gibbs flamini... None is a guaranteed starter at arsenal but no one seems interested in taking the bite other than for ox

Because there are so few bets placed on the preseason, it's less likely that public money would be responsible for this line movement.

Less than 10 % of tickets are on the Draw, yet we've still seen some reverse - line movement (+221 to +217) from open to current.

Less than 10 % of bettors are on the draw, which appears to be a great contrarian bet for tonight considering the reverse - line movement.

Compression sleeves reduce movement less, and are easier to put on.

Laboring in the water has so many benefits: less pressure on the abdomen, relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles, enhanced overall relaxation, greater comfort and ease of movement, and natural pain relief, to name a few.

The long sleeves on the 3.5 tog winter sleep bags are slightly less padded than the sleep bag to allow for unrestricted arm movement.

Extra tight design: Sits tighter on your skin, giving less space for the muscles to move resulting in more economic muscle movement.

If your child does not move for 20 seconds, or less than 10 micro movements are detected per minute, you will be alerted to check on your baby's welfare.

Follow up on these massaged infants showed they had better intellectual and motor development, were more social, more alert, less fussy and restless, slept better and had smoother movements than babies who did not receive the massaging.

Strengths: Affordable, great for a less - cluttered bathroom, toddler feels comfortable and secure on the potty seat, no dumping or cleaning a separate potty (especially joyous when your kid has a bowel movement).

Less movement may signal a problem, and you'll need testing to check on your baby's condition.

The long sleeves on the sleep bags are slightly less padded than the sleep bag to allow for unrestricted arm movement.

According to the LESS results, the preventive training program enhanced movement technique for the majority of soccer players, regardless of whether the athletes played on teams that employed athletic trainers for preventive training warm - ups.

Contrary to the movement for a just globalisation (also called the «alterglobalist» movement), the Occupy protests have concentrated less on ideas and counter-expertise and more on gathering people in the streets and tents in order to put pressure on political leaders and strike the media's attention.

It also comes as mainline Democrats show support for the Occupy movement, a more or less grassroots demonstration that captured public sentiment on income inequality and taxes after more traditional liberal groups failed to do so.

on seanambler's good point there is a much less reputable (and I am sure minority) tradition in the labour party / movement of «nowts too good for the workers» cynicism.

Abbott has previously dismissed calls for greater immigration controls, saying: «The people that complain about freedom of movement will not be satisfied because what they really want is to see less foreign looking people on their streets.»

Major changes in Stone Age toolmaking in the area were less dependent on movements of H. sapiens out of Africa than investigators have often proposed, Pappu contends.