Sentences with phrase «of national priority»

Making a connection between your work, the work of others, and technical matters of national priority is another example of sound scientific politics.

By making it part of our national priorities to assist the poor and hungry, we're lowering the burden on any one member of our country by sharing it amongst all.

While the massive state companies are less efficient than smaller private ones, they give the government better control of its national priorities including cleaning up the air.

«Usually a plain card will offer you a better rate because the issuer doesn't have to pay for all those rewards,» says Ruth Susswein, deputy director of national priorities for Consumer Action.

«While the current act has done lots of great things for consumers, one of the areas where it has not been of help is in closing accounts or reducing credit lines,» says Ruth Susswein, deputy director of national priorities for Consumer Action in Washington, D.C. «The card companies are still in complete control of how much of a credit line consumers have and how long they get to keep it.»

«You have to multiply that by three, because you must do at all major bureaus,» says Ruth Susswein, deputy director of national priorities at Consumer Action.

WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Priorities Project about what the budget deal means.

Significant co-funding opportunities within all areas covered by SFI's legal remit will be considered, including the 14 areas of national priority as defined in the Report of the Research Prioritisation Steering Group.

School reform heads the list of national priorities as we enter a new century, partake in another presidential - election process, and publicly acknowledge the increasing disparity between rich and poor in the midst of the longest peacetime economic boom in our history.

For example, the Bureau of Land Management removed «Clean and Renewable Energy» from its list of national priorities, adding «Making America Safe Through Energy Independence» and «Getting America Back to Work» instead.

INDCs bring together elements of a bottom - up system — in which countries put forward their contributions in the context of their national priorities, circumstances and capabilities — with a top - down system, in which countries collectively aim to reduce global emissions enough to limit average global temperature rise to 2 degrees C, thus averting the worst impacts of climate change.

Only with a renewed theological vision can the church in the U.S. become a moral force in the resetting of national priorities.

Business people continue to believe, mutatis mutandis, that «what is good for General Motors is good for America»; the new middle - class professionals, no doubt with equal sincerity, believe that the «reordering of national priorities» that guarantees their privileges benefits the poor, the underclass or whatever other morally acceptable beneficiary can be plausibly cited.

Representatives of Statewide Youth Advocacy, the Interfaith Alliance of New York State and the Fiscal Policy Institute joined Greg Speeter and Pam Schwartz of the National Priorities Project in presenting an educational briefing today on how federal spending priorities impact New Yorkers.

«These Developments are bound to boost Ghana's prospects in agricultural engineering and technology in furtherance of their national priorities», he said.

Executive Summary Biotechnology can enable societies to address a variety of national priorities, including preventing and responding to biological threats (natural, accidental, or intentional).

We need to move to a situation where education funding is not driven primarily by Treasury processes but rather by a long - term strategic assessment of our national priorities for education and skills.

Teacher quality — whatever that means — became something of a national priority under President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind initiative.

You also won't know the credit limit until after you apply, says Linda Sherry, director of national priorities at non-profit Consumer Action.

«It is an honor to join NSBA's leading voice in Washington to champion equity and excellence in public education as a matter of national priority,» said Kelly Pollitt.

Even if you are not directly working on a «hot topic du jour,» your chance of funding is higher if you can connect your research to areas of national priority.

They thus pair national policy setting — in which countries determine their contributions in the context of their national priorities, circumstances and capabilities — with a global framework that drives collective action towards a zero - carbon, climate - resilient future.

Some of the underwriting practices insurance companies use are baffling, says Ruth Susswein, deputy director of national priorities for Consumer Action, a group based in San Francisco.

You also won't know the credit limit until after you apply, says Linda Sherry, director of national priorities at non-profit Consumer Action.

Linda Sherry, director of national priorities at Consumer Action explains that «a minimum payment on a credit card is the least amount you must pay by the due date to avoid a late fee.»

Given the current environment and competing interests, it's important that Congress recognized that NIH is one of those national priorities,» Moore adds.

This provision alone «should be particularly helpful because it applies to» large numbers of homeowners who are covered by legal settlements over alleged abusive practices by lenders and servicers, said Ruth Susswein, deputy director of national priorities at the nonprofit group Consumer Action.The bill also seeks to bring reforms to credit scoring.

If you have been carrying a balance for two or more billing cycles, the so - called pay - in - full amount is not really a payoff amount, says Linda Sherry, the director of national priorities for community outreach and advocacy organization Consumer Action.

The issuer waives the foreign transaction fee completely, which can save cardholders a lot of money if they travel frequently, says Linda Sherry, director of national priorities for San Francisco - based advocacy firm Consumer Action.

«Watch out for late payments on your credit report, as these aren't stopped by the no - late - fee deal,» warns Linda Sherry, director of national priorities at Consumer Action.

«For many cards, you can't get the highest level of rewards before spending $ 450 - $ 650 a month,» says Linda Sherry, director of national priorities for Consumer Action, a consumer research and advocacy group.

It is time that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices are heard and respected, and that the following plans for action in relation to meaningful engagement, health, justice, preventing violence, early childhood and disability, are acted upon as a matter of national priority and urgency.

It is a matter of national priority that these issues be urgently addressed.»

And our voice is supported by the over 200,000 Australians who have asked governments to join us and make this issue a matter of national priority.

«Your balance may be (so) large that the new issuer won't accept it,» says Linda Sherry, director of National Priorities at watchdog group Consumer Action.