Sentences with phrase «pay for their passages»

Some had come over as bonded servants, had served out their time to pay for their passages, and were eager to move on and find a place for themselves.

Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution after witnessing soldiers beat his father to the point of certain death, selling off his parents» jewelry to pay for passage to the United States.

Not exact matches

It did not take long after the passage of Humphrey - Hawkins for wiser Federal Reserve officials, including Paul Volcker (who became Chair in 1979), to conclude that the «dual mandate,» far from defining a new and sustainable approach to monetary policy, was simply a nuisance — something they had to pay lip service to, whilst really concerning themselves with keeping a lid on inflation, so as to undo and avoid repeating the mistakes of the 70s.

First, I would like to express my gratitude for his clarifying interpretation of the passage in PR 161 to which I have paid too little attention.

Matthew 26:28 is one of the passages that sometimes is quoted in defense of this idea that Jesus paid for our sins with His blood.

Usually it will pay the student to look up such passages in their Old Testament context, for they will be found often to throw unexpected light upon the meaning of New Testament ideas.

To be sure, in one passage the penalties of God are said to be graded to the degree of guilt; (Luke 12:47 - 48) from another passage one may infer that after the «last farthing» of penalty is paid the sinner may hope for escape; (Matthew 5:25 - 26) from another passage one may argue that since only one sin can never be forgiven, «neither in this world, nor in that which is to come,» (Matthew 12:32) there is the possibility of pardon for all other sins.

They had migrated to Australia on government - paid passages, in return for which they worked for three years in whatever work they were directed to do.

As anyone who paid attention now knows, there turned out to be no need for external manipulation, because irregularities in internal procedures — what some have said amounted to «rigging» the process — led to the publication of an interim report that included highly controversial proposals on Holy Communion for the divorced and remarried, and passages that seemed to call for the Church to find value in same - sex relationships — perhaps even in homosexuality as such.

The closest it comes is in a passage where compensation is to be paid if a pregnant woman is injured and miscarries... and the compensation is less than that required for the adult of an actual person instead of a fetus.

Maybe pay better wages and for the food business stop serving unhealthy food and instead of printing bible passages they should just write «Please throw your fast food containers and cups in the garbage.

Maybe not for every pastor who is out there, as many are not getting paid very well at all, but there are many more who are living quite well, and are using misused and abused passages from Scripture to justify their lifestyle, and to guilt more and more needy people into giving sacrificially from their income.

This was a remarkable time not only for the typical rites of passage — figuring out out how to live independently and negotiate the partying and alcohol and social pressures that accompany the college experience — but after my first year my parents pulled the financial plug so I not only needed to be responsible for my general behavior and academics, but also for paying for college.

County leaders and district attorneys urged passage of a bill to have the state pick up the cost of a mandated pay raise for prosecutors, a standard practice for decades that Cuomo discontinued.

The committee formed to promote the passage of an amendment to raise the retirement age for state judges is being paid for by some of New York's most prominent law firms, according to a filing with the state Board of Elections.

For Cuomo, the push and pull in the Senate is a sideshow compared to his efforts to engineer a special session that could result in the passage of constitutional amendments creating a full - time Legislature, term limits for elected officials and a reconstituted pay commission for lawmakers, who insist none of these items should be linkFor Cuomo, the push and pull in the Senate is a sideshow compared to his efforts to engineer a special session that could result in the passage of constitutional amendments creating a full - time Legislature, term limits for elected officials and a reconstituted pay commission for lawmakers, who insist none of these items should be linkfor elected officials and a reconstituted pay commission for lawmakers, who insist none of these items should be linkfor lawmakers, who insist none of these items should be linked.

Former President Bill Clinton praised Cuomo's push for the federal government to help Puerto Rico and the work the state has done there, upstate economic development, as well as the passage of paid - family leave and the legalization of same - sex marriage in 2011.

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

In his State of the State address on Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) called for the passage of legislation that would ensure that state residents can take 12 weeks of paid family leave for a new child or a serious illness.

Referencing Russian interference in the 2016 elections, Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie teamed up to call for passage of a state bill that would require social media companies in New York to disclose who paid for online political ads.

Some sold property and belongings to pay smugglers for passage through Europe, but even a fee of # 5,000 or # 10,000 does not guarantee safe passage to Britain.

One young man I met from al - Manajir in northern Syria, a village the Kurds contested and won back from ISIS, paid a smuggler # 10,000 for passage to Britain.

I am sure Mike M and Austin agree that they are «OVER PAID» PR people This also goes for «ALL» that «OTHERS» including the Republican «FLACKS» like John McArdle who is now a «HIGH PRICED» Consultant who help «Mastermind» the passage of SSM.

The legislative session delivered a one - two punch for Cuomo's legacy the passage of what was billed as an increase of the minimum wage to $ 15 and what is still hailed as the strongest paid family leave bill in the nation.

The mayor didn't mention any of that Monday, focusing on his theme of reducing income inequality, giving unions credit for the passage of his affordable housing plan and paid sick leave.

Haber said that if elected, he would work to provide tax relief for Nassau residents, improve the quality of schools and press for passage of the Women's Equality Act, which would strengthen equal pay laws and extend the prohibition on sexual harassment to businesses with fewer than four employees.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein insisted today he would not hold up the passage of the state budget next month over New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to increase taxes on the rich to pay for universal pre-Kindergarten.

What's truly distasteful is that when Todd Kaminsky was running for the assembly, he pledged to block the passage of common sense legislation requiring equal pay for women unless a radical measure was first passed jeopardizing women's health by allowing non doctors to perform abortions,» his spokesman said.

Cuomo, in a letter released by his staff, tells Senator McDonald that it's «evident» that he «paid a price» for his convictions when McDonald agreed to be one of four Republican votes in the Senate to ensure passage of Cuomo's gay marriage bill.

The groups are launching a website to highlight the need for the amendment's passage and are not ruling out a paid advertising campaign if fundraising allows.

Linking the budget's passage to a pay increase — lawmakers last received a bump to $ 79,500 in 1999 — is considered especially key for Assembly Democrats, whose conference is predominantly comprised of lawmakers from New York City and the metropolitan area, where the cost of living is generally higher than the rest of the state.

Since the passage into law the National Lotto Act, 2006 (Act 722) and Lottery Regulation, 2008 (L.I. 1948), this is the first time since 2006 that the Board and Management of NLA led by Kofi Osei - Ameyaw have decided to * Register and License * the Operators, Agents, Sub-Agents and Writers of Banker - to - Banker Lottery under Public - Private Partnership Agreement so that they can operate legitimately and pay their taxes to Government in order to increase revenue mobilization for Government through Lottery as well as create jobs for people who are interested in Private Lottery.

Klein's turncoat coterie has insisted that their relationship with Republicans has enabled the passage of liberal measures — including paid family leave, a minimum wage hike, laws barring the prosecution of minors as adults for certain nonviolent offenses and the creation fund for the legal defense of undocumented immigrants.

But those close to him have previously said they don't fear a primary given what they consider the governor's strong progressive record, including successfully pushing for the legalization of same sex marriage, passage of the SAFE Act gun control law, enactment of a $ 15 hourly minimum wage and a statewide paid family leave program, and a free tuition program for some public college students.

Fifty - five years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act, women make.89 cents for every dollar paid to men.

Last year, during his re-election campaign, Cuomo said paid family leave would have to wait until after the Legislature passed a 10 - point package of bills known as the Women's Equality Act, which he had made both a centerpiece of his campaign and the scaffolding for a new political party he created to advance passage of the W.E.A.

Among them: the legalization of same - sex marriage, passage of the SAFE Act gun control law, enactment of a $ 15 hourly minimum wage, creation of a statewide paid family leave program and the establishment of a free tuition program for some public college students.

It also demands the passage of laws guaranteeing renters an attorney in housing court, a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, more construction projects employing union workers and local residents, more supportive housing for people with HIV, and an end to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's «cluster - site» housing — where the city paid landlords $ 3,000 a month to put up homeless families, often in deplorable conditions.

The IDC, led by Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein, have asserted that the arrangement with the GOP has permitted the passage of numerous liberal measures — including gun control, paid family leave, a minimum wage hike and the creation of a legal services fund for undocumented immigrants.

Woerner has campaigned on women's equality, and supports the passage of Governor Cuomo's 10 - point Women's Equality Agenda, which includes provisions for equal pay and abortion rights.

Westernized diets and lifestyles are blamed — the fare paid by poor people for their fast passage to the modern world.

The migrants and refugees had paid smugglers hundreds or sometimes thousands of dollars for passage to Europe, according to some of the 28 survivors who talked to reporters after the accident.

The envelope contains an extremely valuable ticket that will pay for the safe passage of his girlfriend's roommate's son (keep up at the back) from China to the US.

Mystique has been traveling around the globe rescuing mutants from persecution and paying for their safe passage to sanctuary.

Voters understood that passage of this proposition would mean more money in their classrooms, better pay for the teachers in their schools, more control at the local level, and more information for parents.

In light of last spring's passage of the historic Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act — which enhances student loan forgiveness programs for those who enter public service, similar to what is already done for new doctors willing to work in urban hospitals — the recent study of California's teaching fellowship program could cast considerable light on the value - added benefits of utilizing bonus pay to attract new talent to troubled schools.

Let's hope supporters of the new legislation, which won passage in the House on Wednesday, are right that new safeguards will prevent a repeat of those dismal years when students who could afford it least paid the price for weak education policies.

Families for Excellent Schools also spent approximately $ 6 million in 2014 to «prevent Mayor Bill de Blasio from regulating the charter school sector and won passage of a law that forces the city to pay the rent of charters «not located on public school grounds.»

Take the passage that reads: «One of the main problems with [the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)-RSB- lies in finding the capacity among traditional researchers in university departments of education to conduct and even appreciate such work... Instead, the funds have been taken up by the growing sector of not - for - profit organisations... IES (and EEF in the UK) need the capacity that these organisations offer in order to conduct evaluations, and the organisations themselves need the external funding maintained in order to pay the salary of staff employed to do the evaluations.

However, this moral and legal obligation to pay just debts must be balanced by such considerations as the need for compassion and the call to cancel debts at reasonable intervals.Your pastor or minister may advise you on the interpretation of Scriptural passages and how they apply to Bankruptcy.