Sentences with phrase «of similar support»

Later that year, Macdonald appeared in Mike Figgis» The Loss of Sexual Innocence, playing the young girlfriend of the film's protagonist; and in Gregg Araki's Splendor, a romantic comedy in which she played the blue - haired best friend of the film's heroine.After a slew of similar supporting roles, including a memorable turn as the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Colin Firth in My Life So Far, MacDonald was given possibly her biggest break since Trainspotting when Robert Altman cast her as a lead (albeit one of many) in Gosford Park (2001).

Not exact matches

Enbridge provided similar analysis in support of their Alberta Clipper pipeline project in 2007, again suggesting that additional pipeline capacity to the U.S. Midwest would increase Canadian crude values by $ 0.28 / bbl.

Nate Bradley, executive director of the California Cannabis Industry Association, voiced similar hopes to USA Today, saying marijuana advocates are hopeful Trump's support of states» rights will outweigh Sessions» views.

A report at The New York Times found Republicans losing a similar amount of ground in popular support in other key states Trump won in 2016, including Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Pennsylvania.

Former President George W. Bush was widely criticized for his administration's handling of the response to that disaster, taking a heavy toll on public support of his administration, and Trump clearly was aiming to avoid a similar reaction.

Westpac struck similar deals in Adelaide and Launceston, where it took over state - of - the - art Ansett call centres and received financial support from the respective State governments.

Wall Street support of similar measures also has convinced energy companies including Occidental Petroleum to address the Paris climate accord's goal of keeping global temperature increases under 2 - degrees Celsius.

At the same time, Intel announced similar initiatives, such as its massive Diversity in Technology Initiative, which through a partnership with GirlsWhoCode is helping to provide more educational support to a greater number of young women.

But for all the talk about how Donald Trump is bucking Republican orthodoxy, his actual policy proposals are not only very similar to what the Republicans have been proposing for years, they very much support the interests of those we typically associate with the Republican establishment.

While the talk covered material fairly similar to what Ries discussed in the October issue of Inc. and his Friday SXSW panel, Inc.com was able to catch up with McClure and discuss his investment strategy, how the lean strategy affects his investments, and his support of female CEOs.

Zuckerberg went on to point that «a lot of media» have a similar advertising supported business model.

«This court should read Section 135 as enforcing a near - absolute civil ban on the use of names belonging to charitable organization or names that are confusingly similar,» Schiller writes in the brief supporting his state court petition.

This latest flood comes just days after HBO personality John Oliver urged his viewers to contact the FCC in support of the Obama - era rules, echoing a similar call from 2014 that many saw as boosting the public's awareness of net - neutrality the last time the topic was under debate.

His advice: Lean on your support system and reach out to other entrepreneurs in your community — many of them have likely experienced similar emotions.

Adam Szubin, acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said Washington expected other governments and financial authorities to make similar moves to prevent Pyongyang from «abusing» global financial institutions to support its development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.

The Netherlands, Austria and Denmark show similar figures at around 12 - 13 percent, while Finland has experienced growth in the support of nationalist parties in the past two elections.

Supporting both iOS and Android platforms, the platform is very similar to the web - based testing that Rainforest does, letting you set direct tasks and workflows using natural language testing to direct an available 24/7 group of testers to make sure things do what they're meant to.

The reasons given by employers for their support of a minimum wage increase were similar to arguments we've heard on Inc.com before, including:

Shutting the bank down, many fear, will do extensive damage to the trade competitiveness of all U.S. companies, which compete globally against companies that rely on similar supports.

The Export - Import Bank of China, for example, is one of three government - chartered banks in China with similar trade objectives, which collectively support 11 times as much trade financing as the U.S.

The three governments should also commit to a growing percentage of electric vehicles in their own fleets, and support states and provinces that make similar commitments — as U.S. states and British Columbia have already done via the Pacific Coast Collaborative.

Italian elections are due to take place during the first half of 2018, and have the potential to deliver another political upset, although recently there have been signs that populist parties — most notably the Five Star Movement, which according to polls enjoys similar levels of support among Italian voters as the ruling Democratic Party — are toning down their calls for a referendum on Italy's membership of the eurozone.

Similar pages promoting antigovernment events in Russia were not blocked, including one for the rally supporting Mr. Navalny that is essentially a clone of the one Facebook blocked.

For the sake of brevity, we will skip analysis of the Dow Jones SPDR ETF ($ DIA) because both its daily and weekly chart patterns are quite similar to SPY above (broke down firmly below its 50 - day moving average yesterday, and is also coming into support of its year - long uptrend line).

Nevertheless, there is a clearly defined area of horizontal price support and daily chart, and the ETF is also formed a pattern that is similar to an inverse head and shoulders.

The Canada - wide responses are similar to responses within British Columbia, where 54 per cent of respondents said they support the project, including in Vancouver and Victoria, where the majority of the opposition to the pipeline is centered.

By leveraging resources from the Home Office, my Mastermind Group, and other CMIT technicians, I can offer a level of support and expertise to my customers that other similar sized businesses can not.

Living Goods told us that in the past it has used a mix of unrestricted and restricted funding to support its operations in Kenya.156 In 2015, Living Goods told us that it plans to spend about $ 700,000 in Kenya, 157 which is similar to the roughly $ 750,000 it spent in 2014.158 As far as we know, Living Goods does not have plans to use further unrestricted funds to scale up in Kenya.

From the perspective of users, the Bitcoin system is similar to an online banking system that supports only deposits and transfers.

The city government of Shenzhen, China, is backing a dedicated blockchain investment fund, soon after Hangzhou city supported a similar effort.

If the 2,087 support level fails to hold, next support is near the 2,065 level, which represents convergence of the rising 50 - day moving average and the 10 - week moving average (similar to 50 - day moving average).

Since its mid-February breakout, $ AAOI has easily remained above support of its 10 - week moving average (similar to 50 - day moving average).

The level of strong support was up from 44 % in a similar survey in June 2017 and 37 % in March 2017.)

Similar proposals, also called «Aiming for A,» received well over majority support at a handful of European companies where they were submitted in 2015, due in large part to the fact that in each case the board recommended shareholders vote in favor.

TD Bank (along with the Royal Bank of Canada, which saw a similar proposal receive approximately 43 % support) were quick to point out that the proposed standards were incompatible with the existing proxy access rights provided under the Canadian Bank Act («Bank Act»), which stipulates that the minimum ownership threshold required to utilize proxy access at any firm is 5 % of the total shares outstanding.

The ranking side - by - side of Toronto (15 %), Vancouver (15 %), Sydney (9 %) and Melbourne (9 %) confirms both countries are witnessing similar market supports and constraints.

Apart from the team, this project enjoys the support of celebrated advisors who've served as heads of international banks and similar institutions.

The truth from the ground, based on the extensive footwork due diligence I conduct plus emails from readers around the country reporting similar observations, is that the inventory of home listings of soaring (the published inventory reports by design have 2 - 3 month lag), prices are dropping quickly, the time it takes to sell a home is increasing significantly and, most important, the potential pool of middle class home buyers no longer have an income level that will support the size of mortgage it takes to «buy» a home.

Bismuth has characteristics similar to lead, but is non-toxic, and new markets are developing for its use that are supported by growing environmental awareness and legislation restricting the use of lead globally.

In February, Mexico's central bank launched a US$ 20 billion currency hedging program — broadly similar to a policy used in 2015 by Brazilian policymakers to stem a fall in the Brazilian real — which had the advantage of providing support for the peso without draining the country's foreign - exchange reserves.

Base metal prices have followed a similar pattern this year, rising by 15 per cent in the first three months of the year, supported by strengthening world industrial production.

GFI is entirely supported by grants and donations.79 Their three largest donors provided a total of around 25 - 40 % of their funding in 2016, and we would expect those donors to provide a similar, perhaps slightly larger, amount of funding in 2017 — though GFI's intention is to raise significantly more money overall.80, 81 GFI's fiscal management strategy is to spend each year what it raised the prior year; this enables them to budget on a rolling 12 - month timeframe.82, 83 Overall, we think that while their funding sources are not especially diverse, they do rely on a relatively broad donor base and take a responsible and sustainable approach to their finances.

The sell - off caused the S&P 500 Index ($ SPX) to slice through major support of its 10 - week and 40 - week moving averages (similar to 50 - day and 200 - day MAs on daily chart).

The White House ultimately dropped the demand that the legislation include wall funding, and a coalition of Republicans and Democrats approved a bill in May that looked similar to spending measures that had been supported by the Obama administration.

These include being frequently interrupted or talked over; having decision - makers primarily address your male colleagues, even if they're junior to you; working harder to receive the same recognition as your male peers; having your ideas ignored unless they're rephrased by your male colleagues; worrying so much about being either «too nice» or «sharp elbowed» that it hurts your ability to be effective; frequently being asked how you manage your work - life balance; and perhaps most difficult of all, not having peers who have been through similar situations to support you during tough times.

Marr also mischaracterizes Daniel Webster, who opposed slavery and opposed its extension into the territories but was willing to make political compromises about slavery to preserve the Union; who fully expected slavery to gradually disappear in the Southern states; who supported plans for the colonization of freedmen outside the United States; and who in general held views on the subject that were strikingly similar to those of his follower and ardent admirer, Abraham Lincoln.

King's (lack of) support for gay rights at that time is very similar to the way that gay marriage activists refuse to comment when asked if they support plural marriage.

What had begun as mainline Protestant support for the classic civil - rights movement quickly morphed into liberal Protestant support for black militancy, the most strident forms of anti-Vietnam protest, the most extreme elements of the women's movement and the environmental movement, the nuclear - freeze and similar agitations, and, latterly, the gay - liberation movement.

And in concert with so many women whose similar experiences had been invisible to me, I sought and found the tender support of a few close woman friends.

I repeat: I hope I am wrong; but I am, all the same, beginning to wonder if the warm support with which even quite unexpected people in our hierarchy (like Bishop Hollis) greeted the establishment of the Ordinariate this time round (you will remember the hostility with which they squashed a similar but less radical basic idea in the Nineties) was really as wholehearted as it seemed at the time: or were they simply saying what they knew the Pope wanted them to say, but without any real belief in the idea itself?