Sentences with phrase «local figure in»

Incorporated in 1826 to serve as a mill town, Lowell was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, a local figure in the Industrial Revolution.

Choose any of these modestly sized cities and make your mark as you become a local figure in a healthy and loving community.

It was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, who was a prominent local figure in the Industrial Revolution and was long known for its textile mills and factories.

Not exact matches

«From our standpoint, instead of having a patchwork of local governments trying to figure out how to legally classify these things, the bill just creates this baseline framework so no matter where you're at in California, these scooters will be classified for legal reasons under the same category,» Gray said.

While a household income in the low six figures may put you among the top local earners elsewhere, you wouldn't crack the top 10 % with that salary in the Big Apple.

New franchisees in Cuba will likely be local entrepreneurs figuring out the ropes in a country still grappling with its approach to private business.

We don't know the death toll for the ethnic Uighur insurgency in Xinjiang, where local officials, in the words of one government terrorism expert, «bend figures as much as during the Great Leap Forward,» nor do we know how many people are currently held in «re-education camps.»

Companies are going to have to figure out how to get local in a deep way.

Since taking the reins of the group in 2010, he has transformed it from a local branch of al - Qaida into an independent transnational military force, positioning himself as perhaps the pre-eminent figure in the global jihadi community.

Local news service Xinhuanet reports that Wang Qisha, chief of the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), gave the figure in a report published on Sunday.

In announcing the Journalism Project in January, Facebook said it «cares a great deal about making sure that a healthy news ecosystem and journalism can thrive,» and committed to helping media outlets — including smaller, local publishers — figure out how to best use the network for their journalisIn announcing the Journalism Project in January, Facebook said it «cares a great deal about making sure that a healthy news ecosystem and journalism can thrive,» and committed to helping media outlets — including smaller, local publishers — figure out how to best use the network for their journalisin January, Facebook said it «cares a great deal about making sure that a healthy news ecosystem and journalism can thrive,» and committed to helping media outlets — including smaller, local publishers — figure out how to best use the network for their journalism.

A quick look at local contractors, showed me that BBB figures prominently in all of them.

Next we figure out the tax consequences of buying a home (we calculate taxes at the federal, state and local level) and consider how home value appreciation and mortgage payments impact your equity in the property.

Bank loans come in all shapes and sizes, from microloans of a few hundred dollars, typically offered by local community banks, to six - figure loans by major national banks.

[The above figure] shows the growth in per capita spending by federal, state, and local governments following the troughs of the four recessions.

According to this June's Financial Times «Expenditure by local and central governments in China jumped nearly 25 per cent from the same month a year earlier, a sharp acceleration from the 9.6 per cent growth registered in the first four months of the year, according to figures released by the finance ministry,» and HSBC's Flash PMI index suggests for the first time in six months that there has been an expansion in manufacturing, although the flash index is, of course, preliminary and may be revised.

A handful of shareholders, including two C - suite execs, are in line for nine - figure payouts once Novartis completes its acquisition of local pharma company AveXis.

While there's no easy answer in sight, local startups and digital strategists including Nendo have been trying to figure out how to help clients and companies deal with fake news.

Official figures show that in 2011, Australian banks accounted for 78 per cent of the local business credit market, but that proportion fell to 74 per cent last year and shows no signs of picking up.

I figure my «retirement» will look similar to what I do now: making money from writing, traveling when I can, and being involved in my local community.

When in doubt, consult a qualified real estate professional who knows the local market, then work over the figures with a financial advisor.

Trade data for the same month revealed the country incurred its first trade deficit in local - currency terms since early 2014, mainly due to a surge in imports, although the figures were probably affected by the timing of the Lunar New Year holiday.

Although largely a local media figure, Allman's remarks drew national attention both because of how out - of - line they were and because they exemplified a broader pattern in conservative media of personally attacking Hogg, Emma Gonzalez, and other survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 people.

Deming was named in honor of Mary Ann Deming Crocker, the wife of Charles Crocker, an important figure in the local railroad industry.

As an estimated $ 5 billion project employing as many as 50,000 people, the Amazon HQ2 is likely to have a broad impact on the local community in terms of what people pay for real estate, how long it takes them to get to work and what dollar figures they see on their paychecks.

in context that GOD created... He can cause it to happen in HIS way... laws of nature did not exist until there was something for it to influence... the writers of the Bible did not believe in flat earth or the sun revolving around the earth... seems to me you cant see figures of speech, but only false stuff... so why don't you tell the weather man at your local TV station to stop saying surinse and sunset eh?

I am right there with you... I too think there is a «3rd option» — one which doesn't think in terms of our own local fellowship being our only «family» and which doesn't look to one person to figure out what to feed us.

And of course, most congregations take it as unanimous in the New Testament that Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth before Jesus was born (contra Matthew), there was at Jesus» baptism a public announcement from heaven as to his divinity (contra Mark and Luke), Jesus was rejected in his home town because he was a familiar local figure (contra Luke), Peter was the foremost apostle (contra John), and Judas hanged himself (contra Luke, in Acts)

With pimento cheese's recent surge in popularity (see Molly's harissa - spiked version, or this local - Austin version with Sriracha) I figured it was damn well time to make develop a palatable version of my own.

With salmon, blueberries, and an assortment of produce figuring heavily in the menu, the recipes also emphasize eating local and seasonal as much as possible and in such a way that is relevant in the Pacific Northwest and the Nordic countries this time of year.

Told through the experiences of several of the leading figures in Australia's Fair Food movement, this book tells stories of personal change, courage, innovation and food activism, from local food hubs and backyard food - forests, to the GE - free movement, urban agriculture, radical homemaking and regenerative agriculture.

Local shares finished higher after a late rally in retailers, which received a boost from better - than - expected domestic sales figures, offset further falls in the big miners.

So, if chiles are growing in the Baja, we figured the locals must eat more than just commercial chile products and salsas, and must like at least some hot food.

Hence, local figures can grow to large proportions in Chicago while rarely casting long shadows nationally.

Early last week in Sarajevo, Valentine Piessev, a Soviet member of the International Skating Union's figure skating committee, lodged a bitter complaint with local Olympic officials: The pro-American crowds at the Zetra Ice Arena were just too demonstrative in their support of the U.S. figure skaters.

In fact, old - timers insist that when the first skier came galumphing over the Passo Sella in 1894 and looked down into Val Gardena, the locals all figured that the Devil had come to pay a calIn fact, old - timers insist that when the first skier came galumphing over the Passo Sella in 1894 and looked down into Val Gardena, the locals all figured that the Devil had come to pay a calin 1894 and looked down into Val Gardena, the locals all figured that the Devil had come to pay a call.

Look, if y ’ all claim you're the champions back in 1899 or whatever when you beat McGill and the local YMCA, I figure claiming you also won in 1952 would go without saying.

In the 40s he gradually forsook pay diving for treasure hunting, prowling from one wrecksite to another, most of them located on tips from local fishermen who had worked over round rocks but never figured them as the ballasts of old ships.

So then, the question on the tip of everyone's tongue now is how will the Red Devils cope without their father - figure in the dugout for forthcoming games with Bolton (H), West Ham (A), Fulham (H), Everton (H) and, of course, their eagerly - anticipated FA Cup semi-final with fierce local rivals Manchester City at Wembley.

A cult figure this season for Liverpool after finally fulfilling his # 18 million price tag from Paris Saint - Germain in 2013, Sakho scored in the thrilling Europa League quarterfinal win over Borussia Dortmund and again in the recent 4 - 0 thrashing of local rivals Everton.

But there's no denying that we live in an increasingly digital world in which we grownups use technology to our benefit, for everything from navigating local kid - friendly restaurants to figuring out where to gas up the car when -LSB-...]

A long time ago, local folks in the South East Asia figured out that when the nuts get wet, they release saponin, a natural surfactant, making them great for washing clothes!

The most recent estimates from local authorities put the number of home schooled children in the UK at more than 36,000 — a figure which has increased by 65 % over the past six years.

To simply take the property taxes levied today and add a debt service figure to it, as has been suggested by a local taxpayer watch group, ignores both the issuance over several years, as well as the debt that is scheduled to be retired in the coming few years, on which that tax will no longer be collected.

The number of children aged 5 - 16 in England and the respective counties and local authorities was taken from the Office for National Statistics, figure estimations are based on the 2011 Census.

Updated local authority figures on the statements of SEN that were finalised within 26 weeks for the year 2011 to 2012 will be added on this date, replacing the separate statistical release that contained this information in previous years.

I nursed her anyway in many public places — I figured the locals would think I was a crazy tourist, and the tourists would think I was a crazy local!

How can a mom figure out which one she should choose that huge brand name sitting right in front of her, at the local pharmacy?

Decked out in a Spurs polo shirt, Edward has emerged as a young man who wants to help his local community and, despite his cheery presence, is clearly a figure of authority already.

Researchers found national search results over-represented the Conservatives due to interest in high profile Cabinet figures and provided little insight about local political campaigns.