Sentences with phrase «raised stakes»

That's because its decision to condition ESEA flexibility on state adoption of teacher evaluation systems has not only raised the stakes of reading and math tests (making them less popular and potentially more damaging to the educational enterprise).

There is no Plan B. And the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 raised the stakes considerably by setting hard goals and deadlines and real penalties for missing them.

Having raised the stakes, Nick has one last play to change his fortunes... and this time, it's all or nothing.

Lawrence knows how to carry out the fact that author Suzanne Collins has upped the ante and raised the stakes not just for Katniss, but for all of our characters.

It's clearly been a template for numerous other sequels that raised the stakes and enriched the characters instead of just repeating themselves.

If this second team - up is intended be the «Empire Strikes Back» - level middle chapter to a larger importance yet to come, then, by unwritten sequel rules, the raised stakes of heavy - and - grim - flavored implications are all completely allowed and welcome.

Add to this a time constraint and a surprise antagonist and the writer has truly raised the stakes to make this script high concept.

Perhaps it could've raised the stakes a little quicker early on, because the initial start of the film suggests something far more languid.

IT»S ALIVE 3: ISLAND OF THE ALIVE (1987)-- Following the insanity of IT LIVES AGAIN, Cohen is back and has yet again raised the stakes as any good sequel should.

This time around, the dancing stars all came from the sports sphere, and the entire season was much shorter, which raised the stakes in every single episode.

Fun cameos and jokes are all well and good, but the overall package will feel hollow if the story's raised stakes feel trope filled and both returning and new characters all feel, generally, underdeveloped.

Like all good sequels it took the ideas and set pieces of the first film and made them bigger and properly raised the stakes.

Marvel just raised the stakes higher than you can believe.

It's the perfect example of a trilogy that raised the stakes each time out, making it an excellent action franchise.

The movie raised the stakes of in - your - face filmmaking and changed the face of horror.

Thankfully, Breath of the Wild delivers not only one of Nintendo's finest games, but an incredibly polished open - world adventure that instantly raised the stakes for the entire genre.

In particular, the long - term implications of China's One - child Policy have not only made it more difficult for the growing number of urbanized individuals to find a spouse, but have also raised the stakes for them to do so.

«Climate change, energy and food insecurity, biodiversity loss and water shortages all have raised the stakes,» said Jianguo «Jack» Liu, Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability and CSIS director.

While better prediction of water resources has always been a priority in the West, the recent prolonged drought from 2012 to 2015 and the devastating 2017 wildfires have raised the stakes.

Two new polls raised the stakes for Monday nights first presidential debate — with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump locked in a virtual tie and one - third of likely voters saying the face - off could determine their choice.

Nick Clegg has raised the stakes.

Senior Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have broken ranks to question David Cameron's resistance to an inquiry, while the opposition raised the stakes with a series of moves designed to heap further embarrassment on the government.

Lord Mandelson tonight raised the stakes in the battle over the future of the Royal Mail by releasing a letter from its pension trustees warning that if part privatisation does not go ahead, staff may have to see the value of their pension slashed in half.

All of which has raised the stakes for Sampson and Duane, who are feeling the heat from their liberal colleagues and gay - rights groups, which themselves are grappling with the frustrations of their financial backers.

Marc Molinaro, the presumptive Republican candidate for governor, released his tax returns for 2017, but his opponent, incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo, raised the stakes, saying his GOP challenger should release 10 years of tax returns.

Governor Cuomo has raised the stakes with the legislature by linking all of his education reforms to passage of the state budget.

Darling is popular among Labour MPs in a way that Balls is not, and by refusing a move to another job he raised the stakes for Brown.

Ed Miliband has raised the stakes in the ongoing row over Ken Clarke's rape policy when he demanded the prime minister sack him by the end of the day.

Nick Clegg raised the stakes at the start of conference season with a pledge to the Lib Dems that the Human Rights Act was here to stay, a move which also irritated Mr Clarke.

In Valesky's case, Syracuse University administrator Rachel May raised the stakes by filing paperwork with the state Board of Elections to raise money for a potential Democratic primary campaign.

In his State of the State speech in January, Mr. Cuomo raised the stakes further, calling for the constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling and proposing to transform Genting's planned resort near Aqueduct into a destination casino resort that would include the nation's largest convention center.

Marc Molinaro, the presumptive Republican candidate for governor, released his tax returns for 2017, but his opponent, incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo, raised the stakes, saying his GOP challenger should release ten years of tax returns.

Marc Molinaro, the presumptive Republican candidate for governor, released his tax returns for 2017, but Cuomo raised the stakes, saying his GOP challenger should release 10 years of tax returns.

Bullying has reached epidemic proportions in this country, and technology has raised the stakes.

Working the refs and griping about perceived slights are age - old tactics, but Burke raised the stakes when he said his small - market Canadian team had not been given a «level playing field,» implying a bias toward the Red Wings, one of the NHL's marquee clubs.

FRR and JGR have an open notebook philosophy and despite the raised stakes that won't change this weekend.

The Grandaddy raised the stakes in 2018 for Georgia and Oklahoma's epic Playoff bout.

They raised the stakes on themselves... high priced free agents..

Social media has brought us all closer together and it has also raised the stakes.

And he raised the stakes after Liverpool checked into a Waltham Abbey hotel one afternoon.

Hard Christian pacifism is perhaps an answer for some (for the pacifistic Stanley Hauerwas, for instance, who, in something of an irony, was named «America's best theologian» by Time magazine only two days before the events of September 11 massively raised the stakes of American pacifism).

Older critical method, for all its deficiencies, raised the stakes in proper biblical interpretation in ways that were threatening and immediately felt by most students.

This past February the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, raised the stakes for Catholic theological faculties and, indirectly, for all theological...

Only in Christianity they raised the stakes by promoting the afterlife above this life, and threatening eternal pain.

But today ConsenSys raised the stakes when it announced that it's launching and funding a $ 50 million venture - capital arm, ConsenSys Ventures.

It's those rules that raised the stakes for SNC because it faces being blocked automatically from bidding on lucrative Canadian government contracts for at least five years if it is found guilty.

Then in reaction to China's retaliation threat, Trump raised the stakes by instructing the USTR to identify another $ 100 billion of Chinese products to assess with tariffs.

Omnia this week, through its mining division BME, raised the stakes with an offer of C$ 0.22 per Nordex share, taking the deal to... →

«The current political environment surrounding the Trump administration has raised the stakes,» said Harvard Business School professor David Yoffie.

The shadow war between Israel and Iran in Syria is heating up, and on Monday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the stakes by revealing that Tehran is secretly maintaining its nuclear - weapons program.