Sentences with phrase «said than the town»

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HP (hpq) recently said that they would dismiss 29,000 workers — more than the population of many U.S. towns.

But in the past four weeks alone more than 133,000 people have fled, with tens of thousands more trapped inside its largest town, Douma, UN refugee agency spokesman Andrej Mahecic said in a statement Tuesday.

Syrian troops going house to house have detained more than 3,000 people in the past three days in a rebellious town that government forces recently retook in some of the worst fighting since the country's uprising began six months ago, an activist said Monday.

Which was more than could be said for the «so - called» Christians in town who didn't attend any church at all!

Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomor «rah than for that town.

Part of what I said in my letter was that I had a higher regard for the citizens of our town than to think that they would attack some one over a peace symbol.

on Gays... he said, «Well the «Scripture» says...» on the death penalty he got the phony smile and said... «Well other people know lots more than me... so I don't have an opinion»... The guy is completely hollow... I hope he helps the poor but I doubt it... he is a RIGHT WINGED Fundamentalist in T V «clothing»... he would be the first to show up at a town hanging and grin... and pass the hat...

Mmusi Maimane, whose Democratic Alliance party runs Cape Town and the surrounding province, said residents must use fewer than 50 litres (13.2 gallons) per person daily to avoid the tap closure altogether.

I would say probably half the people I know in my small town have had Lyme disease (some of them more than once) and both my parents have had it, too.

«For more than two decades, Taste of Times Square has been an amazing venue for locals and visitors alike to experience the best of New York's culinary and cultural scenes in the heart of the city's town square,» said Tim Tompkins, President of the Times Square Alliance.

«I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married,» he said as the draft board in his home town of Beaver Falls, Pa. requested that he appear for his physical.

But saying that Lynch has more talent than ROmo is crazy towns.

And if you were to stack up everyone who cares about Kettering Town, and everyone who cares about (say) Manchester United, well, there's THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE MILLION, HONEST, DAVID GILL COUNTED THEM ALL of the latter, and there's only 81,000 people in Kettering, more than a few of whom probably follow the red side of Manchester.

Evergreen Park league officials say they decided to speak out despite the risk of being criticized in hopes of protecting the integrity of Little League baseball — a once small - town organization that's now worth more than $ 80 million — and keep their league, as well as others, alive.

When all is said and done, I'm not naive enough to realise that the uncertainty over the Reading ownership coupled with their likely inability to compete in next year's Prem together with the way Oxford have slowly improved under Chris Wilder (I was at the Kassam for the 5 - 1 win over Plymouth in the autumn and was mightily impressed) could see the two teams sharing league fixtures a lot sooner than anyone might suppose — but the way the town is divided into fans and non-fans does create curious circumstances.

With that said, I'm sure the Hammers will fancy their chances a great deal more at Craven Cottage than back at Upton Park 48 hours later, where a rejuvenated Everton come to town also in desperate need of points.

Putting the skate facility at Jewett Park, smack in the middle of town and next door to the police station, has made it more a positive public gathering place than a trouble magnet, she said.

Many parents of children in hockey leagues said they would prefer to spend their money locally than in other towns with rinks.

The town experienced a decade of rapid growth in which new subdivisions more than doubled the population to its current 31,000 residents, White said.

Gould suggested doing more research into which programs should be offered in the area, saying its population is more transient than in other parts of town.

Park Board President Bob McKenna said a village proposal asking the New Lenox Park District to pay slightly more than 25 percent of the $ 797,887 infrastructure costs for the new town center is too expensive.

Hempstead Town Tax Receiver Donald Clavin says he will ask the state to reimburse his office for costs incurred when Long Islanders rushed last month to prepay their 2018 property taxes, which could be more than $ 100,000.

Oyster Bay Deputy Supervisor Gregory Carman said the agreement had more to do with appearance than concern about the investigations into the town's former concessions agreement with Singh's companies.

«Millionaires are more likely riding to work in Escalades or Town Cars than on the No. 6 train, but New York City voters say that's all the more reason they should pony up funding to make commuting easier for the rest of us,» said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

Last month, he started a nonprofit called New York's World's Fair of 2014, and he's drafting letters to «all the major leaders» around town to join his effort, which he says is a better idea than Mike Bloomberg's failed bid to draw the Olympics.

April 2010 to August 2014: Prosecutors said Linda Mangano, the county executive's wife, gets paid more than $ 450,000 for a job with Singh, doing «little to no work,» while Singh gets contracts with Nassau County and Town of Oyster Bay, including concession agreements.

He said more than 1,000 under - served communities in the Region had been connected to the national electricity grid and 300,000 people had also been supplied with potable drinking water under the Small Town Water system.

The state's inaction for more than a year caused more people to be exposed to PFOA, said Michael Hickey, a town resident who used his own money to discover the PFOA levels in the town's water.

«Liberty Gardens Apartments will provide more affordable family housing for Rome residents, redevelop a distressed public housing complex for the first time in its more than 60 - year history, and provide excellent community and recreation facilities for residents,» said Darryl C. Towns, Commissioner & CEO of New York State Homes & Community Renewal.

Leaders of both parties said they are working for financial responsibility in town, especially after the state budget uncertainty, which had threatened more than $ 20 million in education aid to the town.

Cornachio said he got assurances from the town that Singh had made that much money in capital improvements, so he prepared documents that would allow the termination fee to go to the lender rather than Singh as «a way to provide security to the loan,» he said.

Marching around saying it's «bullshit» whilst our politicians tour their constituencies in stab - proof vests, our bankers screw society for personal gain, our teachers describe classrooms as battlegrounds, our towns and parks have become no - go zones most evenings, our social workers come across the most appalling instances of abuse, just to name but a few of the most obvious examples - well, I think you need to produce a little more than some statistics and a bit of bad language to turn the narrative around.

Hourly Employees Union President Paul Catalano said he agrees MLK Day should be observed by the town, but he said it has not been on the table in contract negotiations for more than three years.

«I have probably worked with Pete more than anyone in Town government the past 23 years I've been here and I have to say it's been an honor,» Supervisor Scott Russell said.»

Town of Ramapo Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence blasted Stringer, saying, «Rockland residents already pay far more to the MTA than they get in return, and the inequity that presently exists is absolutely unacceptable.

Tax receiver says the town may have incurred more than $ 100,000 in extra spending to handle the rush of property owners prepaying 2018 taxes.

That was a message, the campaign said, that resonated among small - town residents who had backed President Barack Obama and Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin in 2012, but who, even more than most, were fed up with the political status quo.

WEST BRIGHTON — More than three years into his first term as mayor, Bill de Blasio will host his second Staten Island town hall April 13 as part of his week spent working remotely in the borough, a City Hall spokeswoman said.

Rosemary Morante, the Democrat town committee chair, said the last party primary was more than a decade ago.

Michael Aron, a political reporter in New Jersey for more than four decades who has studied crowd reactions during Christie's town hall meetings, says, «Invariably everyone is smiling.

The group, which lobbied against the bill heavily in the weeks and months leading up to the vote, said the fund is being set up for town clerks like Laura Fotusky, the Barker, Broome County official who resigned rather than approve gay unions who could face «harassment, denial of rightful promotion, or unfair termination.»

The Capital Region town of Bethlehem is facing a potential housing boom with more than 1,200 units in the construction pipeline, new town supervisor David VanLuven said during his «state of the town» address.

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto hasn't given board members details about a proposal he announced more than a month ago to get the town out from under $ 20 million in loan guarantees extended on behalf of indicted restaurateur Harendra Singh, three board members sTown Supervisor John Venditto hasn't given board members details about a proposal he announced more than a month ago to get the town out from under $ 20 million in loan guarantees extended on behalf of indicted restaurateur Harendra Singh, three board members stown out from under $ 20 million in loan guarantees extended on behalf of indicted restaurateur Harendra Singh, three board members said.

Rep. Claudia Tenney said she'll probably opt for telephone town hall meetings rather than traditional in - person forums, which she said would only be disrupted by «paid protesters» or protesters who «have no interest in dialogue.»

DeWitt Town Councilor Kerin Rigney says she's ending her bid for the 50th District state Senate seat, less than a month after she entered the race for the Democratic nomination.

«The town and the city of Plattsburgh — separate entities with a shared name and history — envision a future of intermunicipal cooperation rather than hard - fought battles on land and sea or in the boardroom,» said Plattsburgh Rotary Club President Peter Ensel.

He said when he was supervisor, the Town Board knew about a deficit in the water fund of more than $ 400,000.

«I think these are very fair rents,» said town supervisor Jeanne Walsh, noting that they were considerably «lower than the market rate we talked about in our last project,» presumably referring to the Williams Lake redevelopment.

Two weeks after a Southold Town court clerk was charged with stealing more than $ 50,000 in bail money over several years from the justice court's funds, town and state authorities say liability for any stolen funds falls on the elected justices who run the couTown court clerk was charged with stealing more than $ 50,000 in bail money over several years from the justice court's funds, town and state authorities say liability for any stolen funds falls on the elected justices who run the coutown and state authorities say liability for any stolen funds falls on the elected justices who run the courts.

Ulster County Legislator Don Gregorius, who represents Woodstock, said that the city and town deserve more involvement than what they're getting.