Sentences with phrase «of small diversions»

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«It is time to end the diversion of federal small business contracts to corporate giants,» Obama said, according to the statement.

That means lots of easy - to - handle snacks (like dry cereal, fig bars, or crackers), milk, water, plenty of diapers and wipes, a sweater in cool weather, two changes of clothes (in case of diaper blowouts, carsickness, or other spills), extra clothes for you (you never know when you'll become part of the mess), comfort objects (bear, blankie), and multiple diversions (such as board books, small toys, and finger puppets).

May I suggest that David Lammy is not only a small part of the Labour party, but those are off - topic diversions.

«With an eye toward a significant reduction in the jail population, including increased use of community - based diversion programs, and policing, bail and speedy trial reform, the #CLOSErikers Campaign is advocating for a much smaller, less expensive, fairer and more humane public safety system in NYC,» Martin said.

BUCHAREST — Romanian scientists are engaged in a battle with their government about an alleged power grab that they say will lead to the diversion of research money to government cronies and will isolate Romania's small scientific community just as it was beginning to nurture connections to the rest of the world.

Re-establishment of vertical oyster reefs in conjunction with the reintroduction of small amounts river water via West Maurepas and Central Wetlands diversions will help slow marsh deterioration.

These small diversions are still a pain to control, but do deal plenty of damage.

I (can't help but feel that the app is a way - point of a kind, a diversion that will eventually lead back to the browser as that form adapts better to smaller screens.

Our photo feature is here to help provide a brief diversion from your workday routine with a small dose of squee, wow and awwww.

This delightful small guesthouse was newly opened for business as of mid-2017 and is well worth the diversion to reach.

It's here that the small player count irks me a tad, though, as four players make it awkward to defend and attack, whereas around eight per team would have allowed for the forming of little groups to run diversions, launch strikes and muster a defense.

It's a mode that is a small diversion from the rest of the game.

Smash Tour offers a nice diversion, and there's a small bit of strategy in terms of accumulating power - ups for battle, but the mode's random and long - winded nature kept me from coming back often.

Drift and drag races are also novel diversions, and runner challenges, which task you with outpacing the cops for a set amount of time, can be fun in small doses.

The perception is perhaps unfair, based as it is on a small, activist - minded band, but it goes back to Adam Smith's remark about producer interests: «People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public.»

Additionally, the current tools and methodologies for accurately measuring the success of residential food waste reduction and diversion rates are early stage and based on a small number of case studies.

Even small diversions of corn supplies to ethanol could have dramatic implications for the world's poor, especially considering that researchers believe that food production will need to triple by the year 2050 to accommodate expected demand.

Other types of diversion can be very informal and may simply involve doing a small amount of community service or making a donation to a charity.

Where the quantity of stolen property is relatively small and the offender has little or no prior criminal history, diversion is offered.

Issues like fee diversion and the shift from first - to - invent to first - to - file continue to get the lion's share of the press, but there are some smaller provisions that caught our eyes.

For example, although a small change to the project may seem insignificant, the diversion of a road by 50 metres to the right may mean the destruction of a sacred site.