Sentences with phrase «part of their agenda by»

The legislators hint at part of their agenda by describing how the assessment should examine «the relationship, or lack of relationship, of our research universities with other parts of our national research enterprise, including the federally - funded National Laboratories.»

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THE National Competition Council this week released a comprehensive stocktake of reforms undertaken by various State governments, as part of their yearly review of progress by States in implementing reform under the Hilmer competition policy agenda.

The global dissemination of genetically modified foods by Monsanto is part of a secret program, called Agenda 21, launched by the Rockefeller and Ford foundations to shrink the world populations.

A lawsuit filed, in part, by the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago last Thursday shows signs of possible peril for the city's low - income housing agenda.

A series of events, being co-hosted by the World Bank and WHO on 13 - 14 April, as part of the World Bank Group - International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington DC, is bringing ministers of finance, development agencies, academic experts and practitioners together to discuss how to put mental health at the centre of the health and development agenda globally and in countries.

The 30 percent tariff on solar panels is among the first unilateral trade restrictions imposed by the administration as part of a broader protectionist agenda to help U.S. manufacturers, but which has alarmed Asian trading partners that produce lower cost goods.

As newer technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning take precedence, nearly 98 % of Indian companies have innovation as part of their core agenda this year and are planning organisational design changes, according to a study by New York - headquartered HR consulting firm Mercer Global.

Five months later, the overhaul remains stalled, just one part of an agenda paralyzed by the probe into President Donald Trump's dealings with Russia.

The crackdown on PlexCoin represents the first decisive action taken by the security regulator's new cyber fraud unit, but is part of a much wider agenda to regulate ICOs.

Resolutions adopted by the AGM process become a part of the BC Chamber's advocacy agenda to the Provincial Government.

This approach is needed by the Federal Government as part of their Innovation Agenda.

He contends that the liberalising agenda promoted by such writers is itself part of the wider campaign of «an increasingly left - wing intellectual class» to denigrate Catholicism and indeed Christianity itself.

Such an approach empowers believing theologians, rather than pressures generated by secular thought, to set the theological agenda, and naturally inclines to maintaining the coherence of the Faith, with its hierarchy of truths and its four pillars (as evident in the four parts of the Catechism), as well as according appropriate status to pluralist or relativistconcerns and emphases.

With the advancement of the progressive Obama agenda by legislative (as distinct from administrative) means halted, Obama, now the «conservative,» will be using every ounce of his powers to sustain the parts of his program that have been enacted, while the Republicans, as proponents of change, will be seeking to reverse many of them.

Rather, they resulted from an often ad hoc process in which the spiritual and physical needs of the poor, the teachings of Vatican II, the intentions of the Brazilian hierarchy (running both for and against the emerging agenda of liberation theology), the brutal repression perpetrated by Brazilian dictators, and the work of academics all played a part.

Nigel Bowles recently wrote on this blog that President - Elect Trump will be able to push through key parts of his policy agenda in the coming four years, because of the powers afforded to him by the US Constitution and because collective action problems within Congress will prevent meaningful attempts to block his agenda.

This particular part of the agenda is reportedly manned by one Captain Edmund Kojo Koda (rtd) who played a major role in the 1979 military Coup d?

Seven moderate Republican incumbents were defeated by more conservative rivals in an effort to oust members of the Senate who were hostile to parts of Gov. Sam Brownback's agenda.

Oba Ogunwusi while addressing staff of OIRS led by the Acting Chairman, Mr. Dayo Oyebamiji on the importance of taxation and other levies to human and capital development, he urged the people of Ife and the entire citizens of the state to always discharge their civic responsibilities as part of efforts to complement developmental agenda of the government.

The agenda, introduced as part of Cuomo's State of the State address, also includes a strengthening of the state's abortion laws by codifying the Roe v. Wade decision in state law.

At the time, it was part of a civil rights agenda being set by the then Labour opposition, which included such things as the Human Right Act, and a (failed) «Ethical Foreign Policy» and was in stark contrast to the authoritarian approach of the then Conservative Government; Michael Howard's support for ID cards and Ken Clarke using PII Cetificates in the Matrix Churchill case spring to mind.

A handful of family - centered proposals are part of the women's agenda, including investments in prekindergarten and after - school programs, increasing child care subsidies by $ 7 million, continuing the child care tax credit and requiring all new or renovated buildings with public bathrooms to be equipped with diaper changing stations.

But they were replaced by the last Labour government as part of the children's services agenda under the Children Act 2004.

Other business may be placed on the agenda only by direction of the Chairperson of the County Committee, the County Leader, the Executive Committee, the Committee on Resolutions, or by a petition submitted to the Chairperson or Secretary of the County Committee at least ten days prior to the date of such meeting signed by 500 members of the County Committee including at least 25 members from each of ten Assembly District parts within 60 days prior to its submission.

GOP Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis makes a very persuasive argument that Speaker Silver's «real war on women» is the failure to have the Assembly approve the 9 parts of the Women's Equality agenda... the parts that have been approved by the Senate GOP - IDC.

It is one part of the resolution's wider agenda of placing pressure on Tripoli, and by so doing persuading him to step aside.

The abortion provision has proposed by Cuomo was part of a larger 10 - point women's agenda the governor pushed in 2014, only to have the various planks broken up from the omnibus bill and approved in piecemeal fashion, save for the measure to bolster reproductive rights.

Part of DiNapoli's reform agenda would require lawmakers to receive an update «so that the differences between the budget that's going to be voted on and what was presented [by the Governor] would be understood by the Legislature.»

«Those who have been following the unsavoury developments in some parts of the country since the last general election would have noticed that MEND, its paymasters and other unscrupulous elements in the South - South region have been striving fruitlessly to exploit the ensuing confusion by surreptitiously working for the fulfilment of its yet - to - be declared political agenda.

«We have recently made great progress in Albany by passing a good budget and passing it on time; and this state legislature - the 234th legislative session - has the opportunity to do even more and produce a record of real achievement for the people of this state: addressing New York's rent laws is an important part of that agenda.»

As part of the 2015 Opportunity Agenda Cuomo has been releasing in recent days, he is also calling for New York's current minimum wage of $ 8.75 an hour to be increased to $ 10.50 an hour by the end of 2016.

It is part of an agenda to destroy the house built by Obafemi Awolowo.

Levi has been with the Pride Agenda for more than 10 years based in the Albany office and has been a part of every statewide legislative victory ever achieved by the organization.

A group devoted to continuing his education agenda and founded in part by his longtime schools chancellor has become one of the most powerful forces in Albany by pouring millions into lobbying and adroitly exploiting rivalries in state politics.

The sole dissenting vote on any of more than 40 resolutions that comprised the «organizational» part of the Town Board meeting agenda was cast by Walls: She said «Nay» to the resolution that specified the salaries of Gardiner's elected officials.

The delays are part of an aggressive deregulatory agenda pushed by the White House and Republican - controlled Congress.

The study is part of a research agenda developed by the California Consortium on Thirdhand Smoke, which was established in 2011 largely as a result of work published in 2010 by Destaillats, Gundel, Sleiman, and others.

Welcome: Ferenc Friedler (vice president, National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Hungary) Part A. IPBES in the Sustainable Development Agenda Thomas Koetz (IPBES Secretariat): IPBES: key functions, structures and an overview of its work programme Ivar Baste (IPBES Bureau): IPBES in the broader international governance landscape followed by a panel discussion with the two speakers and Jacqueline McGlade (UNEP chief scientist).

While on the surface, mbg's exclusive wellness event, revitalize, is all about the stellar agenda — from yoga with superstars like Kathryn Budig to Reiki from master Kelsey Patel to talks led by eco-warrior Paul Hawken; best - selling author Kate Fagan; renowned doctors Mark Hyman, Vincent Pedre, and Frank Lipman; and more — in truth, it's only a small part of the three - day event.

Acknowledging that his own left - wing political agenda informed part of the film's narrative, Liman, whose father was an interrogator in the Iran - Contra trial, praises the perqs of studio filmmaking (while toning down the anti-Universal sentiments he expressed to the media last year), illustrates the importance of directing a French crew in their native tongue, laughs at how coveted the «f» word was by the actors (the film was allowed only one because of the PG - 13 rating), and so on.

Washington — The condition of the nation's educational system figured prominently on the nation's political agenda last week, as President Reagan introduced a four - part plan to «revitalize American education by setting a standard of excellence» during his State of the Union Message to the Congress.

It's no surprise that this pivot — from an easy - to - understand push for better pay to shuttering schools as part of a broader, more partisan - seeming agenda — has been met by increasing pushback.

The summit concluded by adopting a five - part state «action agenda»: restoring value to the diploma; redesigning the high school as an institution; strengthening the quality of high - school teachers and principals; holding high schools accountable for their results; and streamlining «education governance.»

As part of the campaign, MBAE and Brightlines are working with business, education and policy leaders across the state to finalize a new education agenda designed to overcome lingering challenges that have yet to be addressed by education reform.

And yet, I find myself troubled by a core part of the current reform agenda.

One hundred fifty years ago, the only way Catholics in New York City could secure an education for their children was to accept indoctrination in Protestant values as part of an overtly anti-Catholic agenda pushed by the city's elites.

If you think about it, we made significant changes to public policy in education in 2010 as a part of our First to the Top agenda proposed by Gov Bredesen — a Democrat, followed by nightmarish changes to the teachers» environment in 2011 by eliminating collective bargaining, tenure, and removing TEA from their seat at the table, all in the name of «reform.»

The controversial National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)-- created by the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute and funded (in part) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as «part of a coalition for «a better orchestrated agenda» for accountability, choice, and using test scores to drive the evaluation of teachers» (see here; see also other instances of controversy here and here)-- recently issued yet another report about state's teacher evaluation systems titled: «Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises.»

Such leadership for student success is part of NEA's bold new action agenda to transform the teaching profession, announced last December by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel.

We began by conducting interviews and focus group discussions, guided in part by the work of the Public Agenda Foundation (Johnson and Immerwahl 1994).