Sentences with phrase «office close to a year»

Even though he is in office close to a year and half, he has done exemlpary work and much more to come.

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As the year comes to a close, the domestic box office is on pace to set another new industry record just one year after topping $ 11 billion in domestic movie ticket sales for the first time ever.

2016 was an especially monster year for Disney at the box office distinguishing it from much of Hollywood as the movie studio continues to close ranks around its core franchises, such as Pixar and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Relations between the U.S. and its closest ally have been repeatedly strained since Trump took office a year ago and U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May became the first foreign leader to meet him at the White House.

IT services and consulting firm Arc Aspicio moved its offices from Virginia to Washington D.C. last year to be closer to their main clients: government agencies.

Obama, who issued an order to shut the prison within a year on his first day in office, released his latest plan to close it to Congress in February, but it has not gained traction.

Last week, a group of prominent senators sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, asking it to take a closer look at peer - to - peer lenders and other alternative lenders that have emerged in the past few years.

The seasonally adjusted jobless rate in the United Kingdom declined to 4.3 percent in the June - August quarter, the lowest since 1975 and slipping from close to 5 percent from the period a year earlier, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

The seasonally adjusted jobless rate in the United Kingdom declined to 4.3 percent in the June - August quarter, the lowest since 1975 and slipping from close to 5 percent from the period a year earlier, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which published the data on October 18, 2017.

Though he famously left his controversial pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the year he was elected to the presidency, a handful of spiritual advisers close to Obama say that his time in office has significantly deepened his faith.

Last year, for a few months, I used to take the metro to office after parking my vehicle at the first station close to my house.

For the last three years Trabert has served as president of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. Every weekday morning, after a seven - mile bike ride, a cup of coffee and a close look at the box scores in the sports section, Trabert, who lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., steps into his home office, fires up the fax machine and gets to work.

Stopping by to pick up a book, I look around the quiet office, I close my eyes and reflect on the biggest youth and high school sports stories of the year and wonder if we as a nation are any closer to our MomsTEAM mission of making sports safer, saner, less stressful and more inclusive or if we continue to spin wildly out of control in the crazy vortex that is youth sports in the 21st century.

Most of us in the mental health profession stay close to our offices between Christmas and New Years, anticipating teary, disappointed calls from adults who find, once again, that their Norman Rockwell visions have turned into Edvard Munch's The Scream.

As the School Food Plan Office came to a close yesterday, 31st March 2016, we wanted to update you on the exciting future and also say a personal thank you to everyone we have worked with over the past three years.

This year, lawmakers must close a $ 4.4 billion shortfall, which shrinks to $ 1.7 billion when spending is kept a less than 2 percent increase (Republicans have wanted to make that limit — imposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo since he took office — a legally required one).

In fact Stephen Beer claimed Labour needed to respond to the tough decisions it faced on the economy, outline an economic plan for the future rather than a retrospective attack on Coalition policy and most importantly close the economic credibility gap that was first conceived and then grew during Labour's last years in office.

Mr Johnson also announced that the office set up to help run the scheme in Caracas would close later this year, saving an estimated # 67,000 in running and staffing costs.

The employment gap between ethnic minorities and the rest of the UK population could take 30 years to close, a National Audit Office (NAO) report warns.

He concluded by stressing that the NPP with just a year in office has borrowed about close to GHS30 billion yet can not boast of a single achievement like KVIP.

Authorities charge that Edward Mangano — whose eight years in office came to a close at the end of the year — and Venditto received «bribes and kickbacks» from Singh, including a lucrative no - show job to Linda Mangano, in exchange for benefits including county contracts and town loan guarantees.

When he ran for office four years ago, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo pledged to close a loophole in the state's campaign finance regulations allowing corporations and individuals to pour unlimited amounts of money into politics.

While Paterson publicly insists he's content to be out of office for the first time in 25 years, some close to him say the former state senator and lieutenant governor is «bitter» and «seething with anger» over the fact that he's leaving without a job to go to and with low approval ratings.

In an interview with ABC's «Up Close» set to air Sunday, mayoral spokeswoman Karen Hinton said that de Blasio — after nearly two - and - a-half years in office — has yet to figure out a successful communications strategy.

Seven members of Gordon Brown's government have campaigned against local Post Office closures, despite the government ordering 2,500 branches to close by the end of the year.

The mid year financial report released by Cuomo's budget office says options to close the gap include more cuts to state agencies, delaying payments to local governments and schools, suspension of some construction projects, and even borrowing money short term to pay for operating expenses.

According to a source close to the Erie County District Attorney's Office investigation, gaming officials last year found a listening device in a casino space that was leased to state officials.

«This year, I am introducing eight different bills to close the LLC loophole - one for each elected office in the state.

«(A) lifelong academic professional, serving Southampton College for 29 years and leaving the position of provost in 2002 to make his first - ever run for office, when he was elected to represent New York's 1st Congressional District in one of the closest elections in the nation.»

President Obama promised to close the Bush - era camp after a year in office.

«It's disappointing that the Comptroller's Office, which spent close to a year on this audit, has chosen to ignore every metric put into place to measure the effectiveness and impact of the multiple advertising campaigns run by ESD,» Conwall said.

Another, and more likely investigative agency would be the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, called JCOPE, an office critics for years have said is overly close to the Cuomo administration.

After 8 years at the Presidency, he's not prepared to let go because of the benefits of the office to himself, his family and his close associates.»

Walker, who took office last month, says the emergency measure would save $ 300 million over the next two years to help close a $ 3.6 billion budget gap.

Believed to harbor presidential ambitions, the governor will need a solid record to run on — which is precisely why he has been systematically trying to restore confidence and functionality to government in Albany the last four years by publicly being the adult in the room but privately using the full power of the office behind closed doors to force and cajole a stubborn Legislature into doing things on his terms.

Cuomo has postured over the budget virtually every year he has been in office in the final days of the negotiations, emerging from closed - door meetings to suggest the talks remain up in the air or major issues are yet to be locked down, sometimes to the bewilderment of legislators who thought they were close.

In last year's election cycle Americans had to wait until the closing days of the campaign before Democrats running for office in states like Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, and North Carolina began the usual left - wing race baiting.

Cuomo's prescriptions in his 2016 State of the State speech included closing a legal loophole that lets campaign donors funnel unlimited sums to candidates through limited - liability companies; requiring office holders to report campaign contributions every 60 days instead of twice a year; allowing lawmakers to earn no more than 15 percent of their legislative salaries in private - sector work; and adopting a system of voluntary public campaign financing similar to what New York City has.

While some questioned City of Tonawanda School Superintendent James Newton's anticipated contractual expenses, the overall 2015 - 16 budget for his office is expected to remain close to what it was the previous two years.

According to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office, the current - year budget deficit is a lot bigger than the $ 350 million estimated by Gov. David Paterson's Budget Division, and is likely closer to $ 1 billion.

We Democrats are on track this year to take all State - wide offices and to come closer to our goal of taking over the State Senate, so that our legislation, including D.R.I.E. parity with seniors, Timothy's Law, inclusion of PWDs in the EPIC senior prescription program, and funding for stem cell research, can be passed.

A handful of prominent Democrats are raising millions of dollars for the office, but with November of next year looking closer and closer by the day, a Republican contender has yet to formally throw his or her hat into the ring, let alone begin fundraising, creating an environment where the GOP establishment is willing to meet with literally anybody.

Coming off of a closer - than - anyone - expected loss to Mayor Bloomberg in November, Thompson announced today that he won't seek statewide office this year, choosing instead to flash his face around the city so people remember who is.

The Community Renewal Team, a Hartford - based anti-poverty agency, paid a six - figure settlement to resolve allegations that it mishandled state and federal grants, closing a six - year investigation from the U.S. Attorney's office and Connecticut Attorney...

The Manhattan district attorney has moved to recuse himself from the criminal investigation into an allegation that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer assaulted a 26 - year - old woman at the Plaza Hotel, saying the close ties between his office and Mr. Spitzer had created an apparent conflict of interest.

James, who became the first woman of color to hold citywide office four years ago, has sued the city at least 11 times and spearheaded the passage of a bill that prohibits employers from asking job applicants about their salary history in an effort to close the pay gap between women and men.

In his victory statement last night, Andrew Cuomo congratulated his running mate, former Rep. Kathy Hochul, on her win over Wu, saying it put her one step closer to becoming the first woman in the LG's office for 35 years).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a closed - door cabinet meeting Wednesday to crow about the long list of accomplishments during his rookie year in office, an administration source reports.

The DDC is in the process of leasing nearly 10,000 square feet of office space at 101 Tyrellan Ave. for 20 years to be closer to projects under construction in the borough so workers don't have to trek from Long Island City to Staten Island.

Finally, while there had been some talk of merging Long Island's Happauge office with New York City's, D.O.T. commissioner Joan McDonald has sent a letter to Skelos promising not to close any of the agency's 11 regional offices this year, according to the Senate source.