Sentences with phrase «said little progress»

But Park Board President Kim Brondyke said little progress has been made.

Republican lawmakers have targeted the state's economic development strategy, saying little progress has been made since Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo took office in 2011.

And Strike says the little progress achieved has come at the expense of accident victims, particularly those who are most seriously injured.

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«The Buddhists have a saying that «little by little, one walks far,» so my resolution for 2014 is to give up magic bullet thinking and focus on lots of small steps of progress,» May said.

The only way... you as a company can make progress is by acquisitions,» says Stanford's Pfeffer, who points out that HP and Microsoft have also made careers of gobbling up the little guys.

And in his January 1937 inaugural address Roosevelt said, «The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.»

Kapchan noted that there is currently little progress from these Western nations on the deal, where, he said «the leadership and many members do not want the JCPOA to die, but neither do they want to be party to Trump's efforts to kill it, and risk taking the blame.»

«There is progress, but it's maybe a little bit underwhelming,» says Julian Togelius, the co-director of the NYU Game Innovation Lab.

After Thursday's meeting, the Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said that «unfortunately» there had been «too little progress» in talks between the financial institutions and Greece and there was no agreement in sight.

Dharius Daniels, a board member of the National Association of Evangelicals and pastor of the predominantly black Kingdom Church in Ewing, N.J., says the case was «a mirror that could show the country not just how much or how little we've progressed, but where — in terms of now, in terms of this point in history — our efforts and our focus and our attention needs to be.»

It even says (and I quote) «Sharia has made little progress in the US.»

They may seem convenient to help your little one learn to stand and walk, but they have also been said to stunt the progress your child develops on their own.

The human rights activist said the little time the new AIG has spent in office has recorded a huge landmark progress and achievements in the area of security in the state.

«We've made great progress and we're headed on the right track, there's just always a little more work to be done,» Poloncarz said.

In his second inaugural address President Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously said, «[t] he test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.»

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg expressed little faith in the ability of state and federal elected leaders to make progress on climate change, saying that business, consumers and mayors will have a much greater impact.

ALBANY — While nobody can say the Legislature had an unproductive Wednesday, lawmakers went home having made little progress on most of the big - ticket items awaiting agreement.

I think Ed's problem isn't that he's either a knave or a fool but that he mistakes buying off Progress as «party unity» and that he undervalues trade unionism probably because he has, as you say, too little experience of it.

«Progress has been made, but there remains a pressing need to make this 21st century technology available in all communities,» Little said.

Recently the Rockland County Times reported that: Residents of New Hempstead, Pomona, Hillcrest, Spring Valley and New City have been protesting the plans for a slaughterhouse in New Square for several years, but apparently to little avail, as opponents say the plans are progressing to the point where actual construction may soon begin.

«Suddenly,» he said, «we've made so much progress that things are looking a little more near term.»

«There is at present too little known about how marine ecosystems function in the Arctic, let alone how they will respond to the dramatic changes in progress, to prescribe safe harvest levels for living marine resources in the U.S. Arctic,» 43 marine scientists said in a letter to the Council chair.

«There's a big effort to understand friction and control it, because it's one of the limiting factors for nanomachines, but there has been relatively little progress in actually controlling friction at any scale,» Vuletic says.

«They have tried to claim success in addressing emissions, but the reality is that they have made very little progress, and if nothing is done, emissions will continue to increase, putting climate objectives at risk,» Lutes said of the ICAO and the IMO.

The governor of Japan's Fukui Prefecture, Issei Nishikawa, was cited by JAIF as saying: «The national government needs to resolutely develop a plan, given that little progress has been made in selecting sites for the final disposal of used nuclear fuel from the commercial nuclear power plants operated by the country's electric power companies.»

That said, no matter how you're feeling on any particular day, you'll see way more progress if you try to think «Let me give just a little bit more» each time you set foot in the gym.

That said, a little bit of «controlled cheating» is sometimes necessary for progress if you're an experienced lifter using heavy weights.

As I have been seeing progress with my body more and more after getting involved with the Lagree Fitness method of Megaformer pilates I will say that I do feel a little bit more confident about showing it off.

For the synopsis, there's very little that can be said given how important it is audience members can indulge in this production without having it spoiled for them beforehand — but let's just say that Rey (Daisy Ridley) is vying to convince Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to teach her the ways of the Jedi, though as they progress, he becomes overwhelmed, and a little frightened, by her powers.

All that said, I am a little curious as to how often it will be required to earn a new set of armor before being tough enough to progress.

Sure, it still feels very similar to Dynasty Warriors 2 which launched more than a decade ago, but saying that the series has made little progress is quite frankly ignorant.

This being said, the way you progress is a little different this time around.

«Sometimes grades don't show progress,» says Maureen Holt, Humboldt's Title I teacher and reading specialist, «but data shows even the little progress that is being made.»

And, while he says it takes a little while for students to get used to the system, as the year progresses he sees them asking better questions and thinking more deeply about the content.

The school district spent «hundreds of millions» on remedial efforts that had little effect on students» progress, he said, siphoning money away from early education.

Yet despite the DfE report stating that the PISA data «provided little support» to arguments that academic selection boost the progress of the most disadvantaged pupils, ministers said the PISA results support plans for more grammar schools.

Mr Little said: «From working at another academy within the Inspiration Trust I'm very aware of the great improvements that have been made at Cromer Academy over the last few years, in particular becoming the top school in north Norfolk for pupil progress.

«We won't stop digging until we find something spectacular,» says Dave, so off they go, digging ever deeper while their little dog follows their progress.

Stanford said the research, going back to 1997, also shows how little progress workers have made over the years.

Even though Chase said that the fee only applies to those accounts that made a little progress in -LSB-...]

«There has been very little progress — virtually no progress — in the simplicity respecting the income splitting rules,» he said.

As for Petroceltic, I think they are just a little frustrated at the lack of progress in the SP and if you happened to watch RTE prime time last week when Brian O'Cathain spoke you could clearly see that he is annoyed at the valuation and hype Providence resources had when as he said «they have yet to produce one barrel of Oil».

Investigators have made little progress linking the dogs to their owners, said Steve Olson, Seminole sheriff's spokesman.

The frame rate slows a little bit at times, but the game's still a work in progress, so the final product should look pretty amazing once all is said and done.

But we have a little more clearance thanks to Eurogamer on the progress of the game, speaking out on tweet in reply to David Scammell, saying the game is to be released in September this year.

Well it's safe to say that Xbox may very well have a few aces and tricks up its sleeve: Pneuma: Breath Of Life, Inside My Radio, Gear Gauntlet, Soul Axiom... and a surreal yet intriguing little game called Beyond Eyes which has you guiding a blind girl through a blank void of a World — eventually filling in the space as you progress and home in on particular sounds.

UNEP's latest Global Environment Outlook goes on to say that we're making little to no progress on 24 goals, with 8 getting worse, including some of the most serious such as climate change and coral reef destruction.

Nevertheless, I think it's safe to say we've made a little progress over the past 20 years.

«When we drew all our findings together, the estimates of illegal logging and trade, the picture was that there had been very little progress,» said researcher Alison Hoare.

The findings suggest that measuring the total size of the ozone hole says little about ozone depletion, and that it's misleading to use the hole's extent alone to measure environmental progress.