Sentences with phrase «made in a quarter of a century»

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This was an epic decision that helped make the U.S. economy the envy of the world in the last quarter of the 20th century.

This same proposal is basically the same one I made over a quarter of a century ago in that hearing room on Parliament Hill.

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Currently the Academic Dean at the University of Illinois in Chicago (where he cops an annual salary approaching a quarter of a million dollars, making him the highest paid dean in the country), he began his career as a scholar of seventeenth - century English literature at the University of California, Berkeley.

The hope that human society can be made better which inspired much of the Christian activity of the nineteenth century has given way in many Christian quarters to a despair of the world.

Ferguson would later describe Hargreaves» Red Devils career as a «disaster», writing in his autobiography that he considers the midfielder, who made just 27 Premier League starts in four seasons, one of his worst signings in over a quarter of a century as United boss; a sad indictment for Hargreaves when you consider that flops such as Bebe and Anderson had pitched up at the Theatre of so - called Dreams since the turn of the millennium alone.

Boris Johnson has been able to make things happen in the capital precisely because he's been a close — and I mean close — friend of the PM and Chancellor for more than a quarter of a century.

Richmond's environmental justice movement stretches back more than a quarter - century, making it one of the oldest in the country.

The Pioneer 10 space probe — the farthest - traveling man - made object in the universe — came to the end of its mission this past year, after a quarter of a century of scientific exploration.

We are truly passionate about making a positive impact and we take great pride in countless successful relationships that we've helped create in the last quarter of a century.

Contributing to screenplays for the great Polish directors Andrzej Wajda (Danton) and Krzysztof Kieslowski (Three Colors), Holland has spent most of the past quarter - century making films in the West, including adaptations of Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden and Henry James» Washington Square.

If someone, somewhere made an arcade game (when arcade games were a thing in the last quarter of the last century).

For twenty - five out of twenty - six years in the third quarter of the 20th century, John Wayne was voted one of Hollywood's top ten money - making stars in Quigley's annual poll of movie theater owners.

In my humble opinion, 90 per cent of the stuff they made around three - quarters of a century ago is still WAY funnier than 90 per cent of the so - called «comedy» that comes out nowadays.»

Kojima made an interesting comment relating to his quarter century career: Avi - san's speech yesterday reminded me of the days in 25 years ago.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — In a new analysis, June Kronholz examines the recipe that has made Teach For America's nearly quarter century record of growth possible.

At the risk of falling into this trap, let me suggest that we are in danger of repeating a huge mistake that school reformers made a quarter - century ago.

Nearly a quarter of a century into democracy, four presidents and several curricular revisions later, South Africa has made little headway in its...

With a four - generation legacy spanning a quarter of a century, the Lexus LS may not be the riskiest, most cutting - edge vehicle in its class but its devotees don't mind — the reliability, near perfection of design, and pronounced bent toward comfort and luxury make it a sure bet for those with a preference for the predictable and stalwart.

The Friday night graduation at Drake State Community and Technical College was three - quarters of a century in the making for one special grad.

«We believe the New Presidio Parklands Project is the capstone to over a quarter century of park making in the Presidio which will reconnect Crissy Field to the Presidio's Main Post and become a resplendent site for recreation, relaxation, and exploration.»

Numerous loans from private collections and institutions make this survey the most important Hopper retrospective seen outside of his native New York City in over a quarter century.

He knew that the Mass MoCA complex is located in the old Sprague Electronics factory complex, where paper capacitors were invented and radios and electronic components were made for three - quarters of a century.

Why, even after the numerous questionable adjustments to the surface temperature datasets, has the rate of warming over the past quarter of a century been only one - third to one - half of the central prediction made by the UN's climate panel in its 1990 First Assessment Report?

We've been crusading for a quarter century to compel GE to remove these 1.3 million pounds of toxins that made the Hudson the most PCB - polluted waterway in America.

Short of doing that it is difficult to make the correlation between CO2 rise and temp rise in the last quarter of the last century appear necessarily causal to anyone but morons.

Over my more than a quarter - century of family law practice, I have witnessed people in the traditional court - based divorce process make some very bad decisions which affected their future and their childrens» future.

I congratulate the staff of REM on this quarter - century achievement and hope that I can make that milestone somewhere along the way myself in these pages (only 11.5 more years to go!).

Crafted in the third quarter of the 18th century, this most fine George III period dressing table makes an exquisite overall impact with it's intricate pair of patera inlays on the top...

This finish is the modern answer to «flatted lead» used in the second quarter of the 18th century and is chosen today to either make a design statement, or when attempting to authentically replicate the traditional look of a period property.