Sentences with phrase «on substantial issues»

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On the second substantial issue facing the airline, the pension shortfall, Air Canada almost certainly needs to broker a compromise, likely involving contributions from both sides, and perhaps the federal government, to cover the gap.

Can it help me simplify a complex issue or shed light on a substantial business challenge?

Moon also had a phone call with Abe on Sunday and said he had discussed the abduction issue with Kim during the summit «in substantial detail,» the Blue House spokesman said.

Even though it will earn substantial fees from doing so, an underwriter will take a company public only once; it counts on institutional investors to buy its issues time and time again.

In addition to bringing substantial technical and leadership skills to the overall direction of his mandates, Bruce is a trusted advisor to his high net worth clients on cross-border tax issues.

KILDUFF: Because there «s just too many other players involved, too many substantial players on both sides of the issue, if you will.

Substantial changes in commodity prices present important policy issues, both for macroeconomic policies working on the demand side of the economy, and for structural policies that work on the supply side.

Mark's primary areas of expertise include: assisting clients with substantial private businesses manage the growth from a financial and strategic perspective advising high net worth clients on succession and estate planning issues helping clients achieve the optimal value for their business upon disposal on an after tax basis analysis of business performance assisting clients with debt raising issues structuring client's affairs for maximum tax benefits.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

I am encouraged by his acceptance of a substantial part of my criticism of classical theism as found in Aquinas; however, he sides with Aquinas and against me on some issues.

Tetzel had published a reply to Martin's «Sermon on Indulgences», harping on papal authority and largely ignoring the substantial issue.

An article in the March 15, 1999 issue of Restaurants and Institutions says that the cuisine of India will make a «substantial impact» on foodservice, and that because of the complexity of spice blends, it offers endless possibilities and variations.

The following articles are focussed predominantly on economic issues, such as market definition, market power and substantial lessening of competition; many other papers also discuss economic issues - see the main reading room for more resources.

«The Sustainable Dairy Chain makes substantial efforts to improve on all sustainability issues it has prioritized and set targets on.

Gary Bettman's specific quote from the press conference on this issue is as follows, «It appears that the union is suggesting that because we made substantial movements in certain areas, that we're close to a deal.

Stagnant water with dirty diapers can have substantial odor issues and if not washed on a regular schedule, can actually soak the stink into your cloth diapers.

This afternoon Mayor Bill de Blasio expanded his «Ready to Launch» effort on universal full day pre-K, issuing an update on the substantial logistics required for a September 2014 implementation.

Donovan, a solidly Republican politician, has parted ways with Trump on some issues, most notably the tax bill due to the substantial limitation on deducting state and local taxes and the effort to substantially gut Obamacare.

He went to list a variety of issues that he's agreed with the governor, as well as some substantial issues he's disagreed with the governor on.

-LSB-...] Evan Harris, the former Lib Dem MP who moved the amendment, issued the following statement on the Social Liberal Forum website, stating his view that conference had clearly called for further substantial amendments to be made -LSB-...]

The Party still hasn't published data on the number of ballot papers issued - presumably to hide a substantial fall in party membership.

«NYAMA members met with over 70 legislators and staff at a crucial time during budget negotiations and we made substantial progress on our priority issues aimed at growing the aviation industry and creating jobs in New York,» Ms. Crook reported.

Given this substantial overspend it is imperative that parliament given the opportunity to properly scrutinise the «concept phase» process and a full debate in the House of Commons on the issue should be scheduled immediately on publication of the Initial Gate report.

«He however, will like to put it on record that the facts of the substantial matter are not before the Supreme Court since the apex court was only invited to rule on some preliminary issues in the process of commencing the trial.

He warned EU leaders will have to overcome «substantial political differences» to reach agreement on the issues of social benefits and free movement for EU citizens.

De Blasio's focus on national issues just 17 months into his tenure has brought him substantial national press attention and appears to be having some influence on the state level.

«It is much better for property owners to address these issues before their properties are subjected to a lien sale, because the third parties who buy these liens add substantial interest charges and fees to unpaid debts and can ultimately foreclose on a property if its debt remains unpaid.»

There has been some unfortunate briefing of the press on issues that should have been resolved privately but I don't think there's any substantial consequence although one or two of the two people might have to consider their positions.

Appearing on the Andrew Marr show, he said: «We're going to put down a substantial amendment to the Queen's Speech which will contain within it the main points of our manifesto, and so we'll invite the House to consider all the issues we put forward which I've mentioned - jobs - first Brexit, mention the issues of young people and austerity, there's many other things.»

Ever since the PM delivered his landmark Bloomberg speech on the EU, there has been substantial interest and debate about what the business community in Britain thinks about the issue.

Governor Paterson on reintroduction of marriage equality bill: «I won't reintroduce the issue unless I see substantial change in the position of the legislators.

The law, which was passed by the Legislature late in the night in June on the final day of the legislative session, would require 501 (3) charities to disclose all their donors of more than $ 2,500 over six months if they contribute more than $ 2,500 to substantial lobbying campaigns run out of issue - oriented 501 (4) nonprofits.

The piece based its recommendation on a meta - analysis of 27 clinical trials published in the same issue that concluded statins significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in healthy people without posing substantial risks.

On the science issues probed here, differences in views by education level are substantial on some topicOn the science issues probed here, differences in views by education level are substantial on some topicon some topics.

(The May 1998 statement issued by the AAAS Board of Directors is titled, A Framework for Federal Science Policy) I welcome, therefore, this opportunity to testify before you today on the role of science in informing legal and policy decisions that have substantial scientific or technical components.

The survey found that perpetration of domestic violence is associated with substantial negative effects on the productivity and safety of workers with close to half of respondents (46 %) reporting that violence issues negatively affected their job performance.

There is more work to be done, but we know enough now to make substantial headway on this global environmental issue.

A number of scientific results suggest a biological basis for sexual orientation, but these results do not point to one simple biological or genetic explanation.2 Perhaps the best recent reviews of the scientific research relevant to this issue are found in a special issue of the journal Frontiers of Neuroendocrinology, the official journal of the International Neuroendocrine Federation and the American Neuroendocrine Society, that was published in April 2011.3 The papers in the special issue make clear that substantial evidence exists in animals for biological bases of sexual partner preference based on sex.

In addition, chemicals and toxins in conventional acne medications are extremely harsh on the skin and internal organs, which may lead to substantial damage in some individuals — resulting in other health issues not related to acne.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of groups like ACT UP and TAG, the country has made substantial progress on the issue, but remember this battle when society inevitably finds another population to stigmatize and stand up before it's too late.

The effect one white American Olympic participant had on another may not be as substantial a story to take up the 24 - hour news cycle as the issue of systemic racism highlighted by the Rodney King beating and the O.J. Simpson trial, which happened before and after the main events of this film, but it works to sell one of the film's notable points.

In the maiden issue of the Journal of Character Education, a team of researchers reports on a study of the relative academic performance of schools in California that described themselves as having substantial character education components.

However, civil society actors expressed concerns over a series of substantial issues, based on their collective experiences to hold governments to account for the EFA goals over the last fifteen years.

The Mathematica researchers draw on other studies to try to estimate the potential peer effects, but clearly the best way to resolve the issues of self selection, attrition and replacement would be for KIPP to run a substantial number of «conversion» charter schools — schools in which KIPP educates students who happen to live in a particular neighborhood, rather than a self - selected group of students.

Given that the two of us happened to agree on this issue, despite our substantial differences on many issues, we thought it worth writing something that sketched out some shared principles as to what a smart federal role should look like.

The Bradley Commission on History in Schools, meeting in Reno late last month, issued a call for a substantial increase in the amount of history teaching at all levels of precollegiate education.

Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high - quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).

They can focus on serious, substantial and meaningful issues to improve schools; they can also fully impact research, practice and outcomes throughout schools.

It masks the substantial issues involved in generating meaningful credible actual test scores... whether students have sufficient actual instruction on common core standards prior to operational testing to permit valid test scores, or the fact that while Smarter Balanced may have generated enuf qualified test questions to deliver an actual full test spring 2015 [the so - called «field» test was not an actual test, but rather an exercise to try - out test questions for potential inclusion in an actual test], it still needs actual test scores from spring 2015 to generate credible scoring rules for the test (i.e., «cut scores») for valid reliable fair individual student and aggregate group scores.

«The real issue in my belief here is not so much who's right or who's wrong, but it shows very clearly — to me anyway — that even though there's been some substantial funding reform in the state, we still haven't necessarily cracked the nut on how to treat state - chartered schools or public charter schools in general,» Deigan said.