Sentences with phrase «several critical years»

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The challenge of preserving and conveying this unique institutional knowledge has been intensifying for several years and is now reaching a critical tipping point as more companies are transitioning to the freelance economy.

Several years ago, at a conference of the Entrepreneur's Organization, he relayed this critical and effective advice regarding delegation:

As fans mourned the loss of the 91 - year - old cultural icon while others were critical of his exploits, speculation began almost immediately over who would inherit the magnate's remaining fortune, with several publications estimating Hefner's net worth at upwards of $ 45 million.

And when you're tasked with building and launching spacecraft millions or even billions of miles from Earth, on missions that take several years, long - term planning is pretty critical.

But although this phenomenon is several hundred thousand years old, there are growing indications that the process, far from slowing down, is now entering upon a particularly accelerated and critical phase of its development.

In the past twenty years, several books and articles have been written which are critical of process theology.

It emerged slowly over several hundred years, but it has now become critical.

I've tried several brands of baby video monitors over the past few years, so I know what to look for in a system and what features are critical.

«To expand accountability and disclosure in campaign fund raising, the Assembly has passed this legislation to close the LLC loophole for several years because we believe it's critical to ensuring the integrity of our electoral and political process.»

He, like others, says the state's commitment — even if the $ 300 million is allocated over several years — is critical to keeping the project on track.

Republican lawmakers have been critical of Gov. Andrew Cuomo for raising the minimum wage through his executive power, including the use of a wage board within the Department of Labor to increase the wage to $ 15 over the next several years for fast - food workers.

The budget lowers the tax rate for the fourth consecutive year while providing funding for critical services and invests in several community organizations and service groups.

Known for its left - leaning politics and formidable voter turnout operation, the Working Families Party enjoyed a banner year in the 2009 New York City elections, playing a critical role in the election of Bill de Blasio, the public advocate, and John C. Liu, the city comptroller, as well as several members of the City Council.

Several of these are expected to «go dark» in the next two years, robbing scientists of critical data needed for monitoring climate change and verifying international agreements, just as a critical mass of global players is agreeing that such agreements are essential to the future health of the world's people and economies.

A string of such beautiful, interventionist mice experiments over the past several years has revealed specific circuit elements involved in a variety of normal and pathological behaviors: depression, behavioral conditioning, Parkinson's disease and cortical oscillations critical for attention, among others.

«This... demonstrates like never before the power of neural machine translation,» says Yoshua Bengio, a computer scientist at the University of Montreal in Canada, who helped invent one of the critical components of the new system several years ago, but who was not involved in the current work.

Several years ago, in tissue culture studies of mouse neurons, Dr. Shelanski found that caspace - 2 plays a critical role in the death of neurons in the presence of amyloid beta, the protein that accumulates in the neurons of people with Alzheimer's.

But for several years scientists at Stanford University's School of Medicine have been working to mimic in a petri dish critical features of development of a human cerebral cortex — essentially working to build models for watching a brain grow.

Hundreds of studies have indicated that practicing this diet for several years can help fight a host of potential causes of inflammation, help maintain a healthy protein turnover rate — a process critical to slowing the aging process — and it even activates an incredibly powerful anti-aging gene.

Not only did Fox Searchlight gross over $ 150 million for the fourth straight year, but it also had several major critical successes, including The Tree of Life and The Descendants 84.

In what's shaping up to be a standout year for female filmmakers, Dee Rees is one of several unapologetic storytellers toppling the patriarchy and earning critical acclaim.

While that's been an occurrence for several years, movies like Wonder Woman and Logan are two of the biggest critical successes as well.

«Strong Island» has already received critical praise and several accolades, including the Special Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and also snagged a nomination for the highly coveted Grand Jury Prize.

In recent years, the CFCA has expanded its presence on the Chicago arts scene, promoting critical thinking about cinema to a wider base through several initiatives, including the re-launch of a late - winter film awards ceremony; CFCA - hosted film screenings throughout Chicagoland; and a Young People's Film Criticism Workshop at Facets Multimedia.

Several of the year's major critical darlings were well represented among the nominees, including Moonlight, which earlier this week took home several Gotham Awards and prompted us to dub it the «new Oscar front - runner.Several of the year's major critical darlings were well represented among the nominees, including Moonlight, which earlier this week took home several Gotham Awards and prompted us to dub it the «new Oscar front - runner.several Gotham Awards and prompted us to dub it the «new Oscar front - runner.»

A while back, several colleagues and I got into a long discussion about the quality of their college advisors during the critical junior and senior years of high school.

During the school year, have students practice critical words in several different ways that will help store them in different parts of the brain.

Earlier this year as I was preparing for a series of presentations at annual school leaders and administrators events, several of my fellow EdLeader21 members suggested that I compile a list of my favorite 21st century resources — tools and practices that introduce and encourage the 4Cs (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity) in our schools.

Over the last 5 years, several studies have documented a key area of change that is critical for educators — the students themselves.

In the last several years, through the direct assistance of city departments, the district has been able to institute new behavioral health supports, create 12 new community schools, improve out - of - school time programming, increase early literacy, better prepare children for kindergarten, bring critical infrastructure repair, and end the teachers» contract stalemate.

The New Superintendent Orientation provides first - year superintendents with a concise overview of several critical responsibilities of the Georgia school superintendent position.

Several years ago, frustration with my job search was approaching critical mass.

If we look at students» critical reading scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) from 2002 to 2009, during the time NCLB has been in effect, we see a slight increase in points for several years, followed by a decline to below the average score for 2002 (Gewertz, 2009).

The critical factors are the careful preparation of the course by a gifted teacher and pupils, the trust built up between our schools over several years, the successful delivery of the course and the availability of our sixth - formers and the partner schools» Year 8s on Friday afternoons.

In the last year, the Legislature has elected several new Regents who are critical of the current tests and evaluation system, so a majority of the current board would probably support many of the changes that the task force is suggesting.

Over the past several years, states have advanced critical reforms strategies to ensure that every student has access to an education that prepares them for college and career success.

An unprecedented study that followed several thousand undergraduates through four years of college found that large numbers didn't learn the critical thinking, complex reasoning and written communication skills...

CCSA's offers several in - depth trainings on this critical area each year both which are highly - recommended for school leaders, business managers and board members.

Critical Knowledge: The final year of the current platform receives standard curtain air bags, several minor cosmetic enhancements and added standard features.2010 PT Cruiser: A new model, the PT Cruiser Classic, makes its debut, but otherwise Chrysler's retro wagon is virtually unchanged from 2009.2010 Sebring Sedan / Convertible: The sedan and convertible are treated to a minor facelift, highlighted by a resculpted hood, new instrument cluster and new wheel designs.

Honda has introduced several important models here through the years... and in a few minutes we will continue that tradition with a model critical to fortifying our light truck lineup.

The sheriff said he wanted to test - drive it for the Sheriff's Office and save taxpayers travel expenses at the same time.Orange County auditors were critical of the no - paperwork loan arrangement with Ford, which sells several million dollars» worth of vehicles to the Sheriff's Office each year.

After several critical Amazon reviews, and a year or so of maturation, I realized it wasn't so great a book after all.

Marías spent several years translating, a practice he regards as critical to shaping and educating writers, as well as for writing novels.

The most critical metric is that the opportunities we've garnered have been consistent for the last several years — and in that time, I had two previous PR agencies.

Metadata is critical, as with any publishing platform, and I have found that my sales in one month going direct are significantly more than several years going through distributors.

For several years I've had a hunch that, although a high price would make people trust and value your book more, they would also be more critical, leading to negative reviews.

She stayed on after her internship and worked for several years as an ER and Critical Care Unit veterinarian.

In addition to being named to the Dean's list for all four years, she was recognized with several scholarships and awards for her veterinary abilities and leadership, most notably, earning the prestigious Proficiency in Emergency and Critical Care Award from the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society in 2012.

We are fortunate to have several dedicated and experienced individuals who have worked with Karla for several years who will now take on these critical responsibilities.

She was on faculty in the Critical Care Unit at CSU for several years before entering private practice.