Sentences with phrase «marks for his efforts»

But if any country is to be given high marks for its efforts to deal with the problem of overpopulation, it is China.

China deserves high marks for its efforts to deal with the problem of overpopulation.

State policymakers throughout the country deserve low marks for their efforts to raise teacher quality, according to a report card to be issued this week by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

Allocating marks for this effort sends a message to students that effort is important in relation to achieving learning outcomes in mathematics.

Each student will receive a mark for Effort in each content area (except physical education).

But she added that she would give the education community and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan high marks for effort in seeking to drive change.

Former critics of the company have admitted that Apple is making significant progress, with environmental group Greenpeace giving Apple high marks for its efforts in promoting clean energy.

Not exact matches

While the $ 1.5 million potential prize makes for a splashy headline, it's another glaring example of how companies miss the mark on marketing and customer loyalty efforts.

«The minister of finance, supported by the Department of Finance, has ultimate responsibility for the financial system and authority for all financial sector legislation,» he said in a speech in Vancouver in 2009, slamming the door on the efforts of some in Ottawa, including former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, to create a more robust system of financial oversight.

The initiative by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, is part of the couple's philanthropic efforts to better life for all children in their daughter's generation.

This will mark only the second time that Starbucks has closed all locations for training efforts.

Mark Britt of iflix says the firm's latest effort is an attempt to reach a much bigger audience by offering content for free.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 9 - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is kicking off an effort to get U.S. small businesses to spend more on advertising as the image of the social media network's ads have taken a hit for their role in alleged Russian attempts to sway U.S. voters.

Lynch leaves office following a nearly two - year tenure marked by massacres carried out by violent extremists, including the shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida; persistent hacking from overseas, including Russian government efforts to meddle in the U.S. presidential election; and an election - season investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server that entangled the Justice Department in presidential politics and led to criticism for her ill - timed meeting on an airport tarmac with former President Bill Clinton.

For some animal rights groups, the alt - meat effort marks a chance to finally make some progress on their ultimate aim.

The recent patent and hiring of engineers for Siri - related positions mark its efforts.

Although Qlik's content centers around its products, the company receives high marks for its community building efforts and its clean, intuitive design.

The letter marks Polis» latest effort in pushing through the normalization of cryptocurrency as part of his long - term advocacy for the technology.

In September 1997 he received additional responsibility for planning and co-ordinating the federal government's efforts to mark the new millenium.

Already we see hints of that: in the efforts of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to eliminate malaria; in Mark Zuckerberg's efforts to improve schools; in Sean Parker, the founder Napster, pledging $ 600 million for research into cancer and malaria, among other causes.

The White House's disclosure about the case helped keep allegations about the president and the adult film actress in the national spotlight for a second day and marked the latest twist in the ongoing legal drama over Daniels» efforts to abandon a confidentiality agreement.

The move marks yet another notable effort taken by the Singapore government to promote the application of blockchain tech as part of its wider push for the city - state's fintech development.

The year 2006 may for most people mark the tenth anniversary of the 1996 Welfare Act, signed by Bill Clinton, after he had vetoed two previous efforts, and just before crucial midterm elections that November.

Edited by Gregory Wolfe and Dana Gioia, it will mark a triumph for Trower's efforts, and a revival for Thompson, whom Gioia calls «the best Catholic poet of the latter half of the 20th century.»

In a time when Los Angelinos witness the foundering efforts of «Rebuild L.A.» and New Yorkers numbly wait for the annual murder count to surpass the 2,000 mark, we see in the fates of our cities the consequences of inadequate and neglected institutions and can perhaps read a lesson for all of society.

It then produces the dislocations and confusions marking the advent of new ideals for civilized effort» (AI 279).

First it is a well - marked case of anhedonia, of passive loss of appetite for all life's values; and second, it shows how the altered and estranged aspect which the world assumed in consequence of this stimulated Tolstoy's intellect to a gnawing, carking questioning and effort for philosophic relief.

He has decidedly mixed feelings about the book and ends with this: «In the end, Chafets» effort misses the mark for the same reason that Jewish opining about Evangelicals is misguided: the limits of seeing the evangelical world merely through the lens of Jewish - Christian and / or Israeli / American relations.

Their quirky effort is part of a much broader movement among atheists who are exploring how to build communities that provide mutual assistance, outlets for wonder and delight, rituals to mark holidays, and organized volunteering.

But early on, Dr. Plantinga defended a variety of arguments for the existence of God, marking the beginning of his efforts to put theistic belief back on the philosophical agenda.

(CNN)- Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called for an end to violence in Syria, as well as a renewed peace effort in the Middle East, in his annual Easter Mass message from the Vatican as Christians worldwide marked the holiday.

The effort to display Roman mastery over the nascent Christian faith by covering up its holy spot had, in fact, marked it for future veneration.

As for the message, he tells us that any effort to reduce Wesley's theology to a fixed quadrilateral of reason, experience, scripture and tradition falls «spectacularly» wide of the mark.

It represented a high - water mark in the effort for the peaceful and orderly regulation of relations between nations.

That month will also mark two years since the first GreenPalm certificate changed hands, so it will be a significant milestone for us — and for the producers, who will have earned a total of $ 9m in premiums for their efforts to work sustainably.

This «recipe» (in quotation marks because this is just too easy to be called a recipe) is great for the days when you are craving some delicious cookies, but you don't feel like spending too much effort and time on them.

The farmer - owned cooperative said on Thursday it would bow out of the long race for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, selling its stake to Saputo for around $ 93 million and officially marking the end of its efforts to take control of the dairy producer.

I appreciate the effort to make a NYC legend GF but a result like this doesn't seen to have hit the mark; at least not for me.

Food charities in the past have reported that efforts to redistribute surplus food have been held back due to a number of obstacles, such as the lack of infrastructure and storage facilities like refrigeration units required to safely transport and store meat and dairy, or confusing «best before» dates on food packaging that lead retailers to throw out food when it is still safely edible instead of marking it for redistribution.

The Potters might have a poor record against us at home but they will be up for it and Mark Hughes will not stand for anything less than full effort.

Well it took Emmanuel Adebayor just three minutes to open his Man City account with a fine well worked team effort of a goal that the former Arsenal man begun and finished but it took another 87 minutes for Mark Hughes to seal the victory at his former Blackburn Rovers stamping ground when Stephen Ireland made it 2 - 0.

As seen in the video below, some awful marking from the Liverpool defenders allowed Watford striker Stefano Okaka to ghost in from four yards out for a free header to power an effort past Simon Mignolet.

I thought that a lot of the blame for this was down to Arsene Wenger as Ramsey only seemed to be really motivated for his country, but yesterday's lame effort which saw him replaced before the hour mark suggests differently.

Box Score Hero: Iowa's Mark Weisman had a fantastic game in a losing effort, rushing for 217 yards and a trio of touchdowns.

Against us they do show a mark up in performance / effort but that is the case for allot of teams playing top clubs.

Arsenal have made things a little bit uncomfortable for Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium after Olivier Giroud scored a fine strike deep into injury time to mark his return from injury — skidding an effort past David de Gea at his near post.

BUC FEVER In an effort to pass the one million mark in attendance, the Pirates began discounting tickets on Aug. 1 for weekday games, cutting general admission prices from $ 2.50 to $ 1 and selling a terrace - level ticket for $ 1 after the purchase of one at the usual $ 6 rate.

On - loan Chelsea winger Victor Moses broke the deadlock as early as the sixth minute with a stunning effort from range and then Diafra Sakho doubled the lead for the visitors just after the half hour mark.

It got better for the hosts when Florian Thauvin made it 3 - 1 before half - time and, after Jean - Kevin Augustin had briefly got Leipzig back in the box seat, Dimitri Payet's excellent curling effort on the hour mark got Marseille back in front.

There aren't any excuses for how poorly Juve played in the second half, but if Casemiro's long range effort doesn't deflect off Sami Khedira then Buffon makes the save and the game is still level after the hour mark.