Sentences with phrase «significant national event»

While a pending free trade deal with the European Union is a truly significant national event, it merited only a single line in the speech.

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Washington (CNN)- Washington's National Cathedral sustained «significant damage» during Tuesday's 5.8 - magnitude earthquake, the church said Wednesday, and will remain closed at least through Saturday, when it had planned to host a dedication event for the capital's new Martin Luther King Jr. memorial.

But as Joseph Bottum has suggested, «the single most significant fact over the past few decades in America — the great explanatory event from which follows nearly everything in our social and political history — is the crumbling of the Mainline [Protestant] churches as central institutions in our national experience.»

It is significant that he chose to reveal that plan (which doesn't really have any details yet) in front of an audience of potential 2020 Democratic candidates and national politicos at a Center for American Progress event in Washington, D.C., rather than here in New York, in front of the very people whose lives any policy change would impact.

Still, for those getting rather bored with the voting intention figures, we can look ahead to several potentially significant events — many commentators have suggested Gordon Brown is putting great weight in the G20 summit this week to give his premiership a boost, beyond that is the budget, which could work either way, and past that we have the local and european elections, which often lead to realignments in the national opinion polls.

«Right now we are at a time of very significant turmoil,» said U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who spoke passionately at an event organized at Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.

A report in 2014 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pointed to human - caused climate change as a significant influence on some extreme weather events in 2013 — notably heat waves in Europe, Asia and Australia.

Working with big data sets is challenging but the potential benefits for increasing national security are significant, scientists and national security experts agreed at a joint event organized by AAAS and the FBI.

New data show that extreme weather events have become more frequent over the past 36 years, with a significant uptick in floods and other hydrological events compared even with five years ago, according to a new publication, «Extreme weather events in Europe: Preparing for climate change adaptation: an update on EASAC's 2013 study» by the European Academies» Science Advisory Council (EASAC), a body made up of 27 national science academies in the European Union, Norway, and Switzerland.

«We're confident, unfortunately, at this point there is no avoiding a significant storm surge event over a large area,» said Rick Knabb, director of NOAA's National Hurricane Center, on Saturday.

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.

Four of the six Z ® s appearing at the event, formerly known as the Monterey Historic Automobile Races, have significant racing histories — including SCCA National Championships, IMSA Manufacturers» and Drivers» Championship and victories at LeMans, Daytona and Sebring.

The Smithsonian Institution has traditionally been very welcoming of comic art, but this is a significant event since it is the first portrait of a cartoonist to make it to the walls of the American National Portrait Gallery.

With America in the show name, it may have given the impression that it is a national show when, in fact, it is an event with significant international presence.

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Major storm events, such as those we often see during El Niño years, can be significant causes of mortality for elephant seals in their first year of life, says National Park Service ecologist Sarah Allen.

A collaborative effort to enhance creative tourism in the region, Bonavista Biennale is a unique rural - based national event that is fast becoming a significant element within the Canadian cultural landscape.

A recent, peer - reviewed study published by several authors in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science concludes: «The largest cyclones are most affected by warmer conditions and we detect a statistically significant trend in the frequency of large surge events (roughly corresponding to tropical storm size) since 1923.»

Within days significant events occurred on the national and international stage that amplify how disproportionate Sargent's sentence is.

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Move, Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) 2003 — 2008 Senior Account Executive • Consistently exceeded company sales goals and projections • Generated significant new and repeat business through various sales tactics • Organized and directed local and national sales events, conventions, and expos • Managed client database of 1,500 Realtors providing high level customer service

The most obvious example of an event that has achieved significant symbolic value is the National Apology.

The first significant event of the new government occurred on 13 February 2008 when the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd made the National Apology to the Stolen Generations of Australia's Indigenous peoples in the House of Representatives:

The National Apology in February was a significant and historic event that recognised the devastating impact of Stolen Generation policies.