Sentences with phrase «major effort by»

It has been nine years since the last major effort by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg died in Albany after state legislative leaders refused to bring it to a vote.

The 2011 - 12 exhibition «Pacific Standard Time» was a major effort by institutions across California to cement the state's presence in postwar American art history.

Whitehurst says the donation spawned a major effort by the local fire department to care for pets who are injured in fires or car accidents when the department is called to a scene.

It has been nine years since the last major effort by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg died in Albany after state legislative leaders refused to bring it to a vote.

It's the second phase of a major effort by New York to help rebuild Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, which ravaged the island.

This new PLOS Collection discusses major efforts by evolutionary biologists and paleontologists to understand sauropods as living animals, and to explain their evolutionary success and uniquely gigantic body size.

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The world's major producers have made a concerted effort to slow the advance of American oil production by increasing the supply and therefore reducing the price.

The government expects the anti-smoke move will increase federal tax revenues by $ 685 million in 2014 - 15 — a major piece of the puzzle in Tory efforts to balance the books over the next two years.

The maintenance and shutdowns crew, which does major repair work for a hydrogen production facility and metals refinery in Edmonton, also added to the company's revenue by spearheading an effort to expand the department's customer base.

He has extensive experience leading marketing efforts for major e-commerce and retail brands, most recently as Chief Marketing Officer of Dollar Shave Club, which was acquired by Unilever for $ 1 billion in 2016.

Ottawa's efforts to narrow the «skills gap,» including its controversial Canada Jobs Grant program, is driven by a belief schools are pumping out too many drama majors and not enough welders.

Not only are oil producers trying to back out from Alberta Clipper, but Enbridge itself has battled an effort by TransCanada Corp. to build another major pipeline, called Keystone XL, to export crude to the U.S..

«Today's ruling is a major milestone in our efforts to recover damages for our investors,» said James Dondero, co-founder and president of Highland Capital Management, L.P. «We are pleased the appellate court recognized the harm caused to our investors by Credit Suisse's fraud and breaches of contract.»

While some state - level authorities have taken action including the Texas State Securities Board and NY Attorney General's Office, there have also been major actions on the federal level, including efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Spending millions to revitalize a struggling portion of the city might seem like a good bet, but the current effort led by a billionaire CEO is facing major challenges.

HONG KONG (AP)-- Share prices sank in early trading Monday after an effort by major oil producing nations to agree on production cuts failed over the weekend.

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In fact, Mylan had recently started a major lobbying effort to encourage schools to stock EpiPens by arguing that people with serious food allergies are always at risk, and that EpiPens were a necessary supplement to emergency medical treatment.

Most major deflations were caused by explicit policy decisions to restore discipline to an inflated currency after the all - out effort of a war.

The U.S. dollar rose slightly against a basket of major currencies helped by optimism about progress on tax reform legislation and lawmakers» efforts to avert a U.S. government shutdown on Saturday.

China's push to become a major maker of solar panels has driven down global prices by close to 90 percent over the past decade, helping international efforts to curb emissions of planet - warming greenhouse gases.

His other challenge came out of my major moral claim, that any serious effort to reduce emissions by any significant amount, let alone the 60 - 80 % called for by the European Union and some of our presidential candidates, would destroy economies all over the world and condemn the poor to perpetual poverty - which is why China and India will have nothing to do with emissions caps.

Indeed, this witness, Thomas Gilby, O.P., is highly qualified to speak since he is the editor of the major effort in Thomist interpretation in the English - speaking world: the new translation of and valuable commentary on the Summa Theologiae undertaken by the English Blackfriar Dominicans at Cambridge.

While numerous specific instances of such similarity of temperament, method and conclusion are cited, Kuntz's major effort to compare Russell and Whitehead proceeds by classifying both as proponents of «order.»

«Lab neurosis» from discouragement at getting nowhere can be a vicious circle in investigations dependent on new ideas and initiative, Occasionally there is the major blow of finding that a result, in which one invested much time and effort, has already been accomplished by someone else.

He wants to see them do five things: «Initiate a focused approach to the claims of Islam; make a political and cultural analysis of the unique impact of the Islamic evangelization of black males; approach Islam on theological and evangelical levels; assess the geopolitical and strategic implications of Islam in Africa and South Asia, since the fortunes of black people in the U.S. are informed by what happens to blacks elsewhere In the world; and, mount a major effort to investigate the success of Islam in prisons.

This entails a closer look at major events already presented by Greene and now fleshed out with the accounts of other people: his life in and around the Berkhamstead School, where his father was headmaster; the more or less serious attempts at teenage suicide; the startling decision of the family to respond to this crisis by sending the boy to board with a psychoanalyst in London; later games of Russian roulette played all alone in an effort to beat boredom and make existence seem precious; and his conversion to Roman Catholicism.

And how sincere is our antidrug effort going to be when the financial community realizes that the cash flow from the drug trade is the only thing preventing a default by some of the heavily indebted Latin American nations or major money - laundering banks?

In Act One, the major players are philosophers who represent in various ways the alternatives generated by German idealism as a response to Hume's skepticism and as and effort to avoid the reductive materialism that some feared was implied by Newton.

It is among the first companies in the United States to have the landfill diversion efforts at its plants verified by NSF International Strategic Registrations, a major milestone in the food industry.

Building on major trends and successful regional efforts, the wine community joined together to create the Sustainable Winegrowing Program, administered by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance.

Rhoden cites as an example of growing potential the National Salt Reduction Initiative, a national effort by major food companies including Heinz, Kraft, Subway and Campbell's Soup to reduce sodium levels in their products.

Head - cracking jolt finds unsuspecting target in Army's Fertig as he fires ball over head of Mount Washington's Goalie Bo Moore (22) and gets whacked for effort by Defenseman Merrick (26) in season's first major lacrosse game, won by Army 9 - 8 at Baltimore

Led by Adam Silver and the NBA, but followed with the fervor of a new convert by Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball, the leagues have done a 180 on this and are now actively lobbying states in an effort to help craft the sports gambling laws.

Despite that, it may seem all their efforts have now gone in vain, as there is some major news come in relating to his future, which will be liked by the fans of the two English giants.

That finishing effort saw her clock 2:18:57 — a performance bettered only by world record - holder Paula Radcliffe, two - time world champion Catherine Ndereba and world marathon majors winner Liliya Shobukhova.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, White House threatened to veto the spending bill if it contains the school meal waiver, saying that such a bill would be «a major step backwards for the health of American children by undermining the effort to provide kids with more nutritious food.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to barnstorm the state and deploy various members of his cabinet in an all - out effort to pass his three major agenda items by the end of June: a 2 percent property tax cap, the legalization of gay marriage and an ethics overhaul.

Efforts by people who feel connected to Scotland through their ancestry to reconnect with their «home» by visiting and exploring Scotland is a major industry.

After years of setbacks and declining membership nationally, labor groups were seen as being on the offensive in the last year with successful efforts in some states to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 — a major union - led effort that initially began by focusing on fast food restaurants.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced three major U.S. energy companies have agreed to detail how they will be impacted by the global effort to achieve the Paris Agreement's goals and how they can adapt to a lower carbon future.

The concern about the neglect of the English issue was echoed by Jamie Reed, the shadow health minister who wrote in Progress magazine: «It is in the peripheral areas outside of our major conurbations all over England where the next Labour government must concentrate its efforts.»

Major portions of the Senate Republican health bill — including an effort by Reps. Chris Collins and John Faso to reduce county property taxes — likely will end up on the cutting room floor, thanks to a ruling by the Senate parliamentarian.

But the PM and his team have something else in their sights; by the end of 2013, there will be just 18 months before the next general election, so expect a major effort at Conservative Party HQ to start focusing on Ed Miliband's Labour operation.

But now the trial cast by Schneiderman as a major effort to ensure clean elections in New York State will not proceed.

Key to that effort so far has been a commitment of $ 12,000 and a staff leader to head the preservation effort by Cornell Cooperative Extension Service of Rockland County, headquartered in Thiells; and Rockland County BOCES, which has committed its vocational education home building students to the actual work effort, as part of a new construction major in historic restoration and preservation instead of concentrating solely on new construction techniques, their emphasis for the past half - century.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday that he is about to «launch a major effort» to see voting and election reforms passed in Albany by the end of the legislative session, which runs until the middle of June.

New York's major roadways will soon have «texting zones» where drivers can pull over to answer texts or emails on their smartphones, as part of an effort by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to combat distracted driving.

Investigative Post reported in December 2014 about the curious circumstances under which LPCiminelli, a major Cuomo campaign contributor, was selected as project developer and efforts by state officials to suppress records related to that procurement process.

Similar arguments are rehearsed each time the state undertakes a major construction project: contractors say the makeup of the workforce is dictated by the construction trades, who in turn say they are making their best efforts to diversify, while minority leaders say not enough is done by way of outreach and recruitment.