Sentences with phrase «similar efforts in»

This legislation follows similar efforts in other jurisdictions to combat gender - based pay disparities.

This move comes after similar efforts in Tennessee approved in 2010 that give the legislature the power to name 6 out of 16 members of that state's judicial disciplinary body (Board of Judicial Conduct).

Going forward, focus on one or two key aspect of your firm's operations where minor success can produce major results while also creating momentum and support for similar efforts in the future.

A petition backing the increased catch limit has garnered more than 3,000 signatures — a number that may not seem like a lot if compared to similar efforts in the United States and Europe, but, Koryürek said, definitely a success for Turkey, where a petition supporting efforts to stop global warming drew only 300.

This guidance document collects a vast range of experiences in order to illustrate the different steps in developing a basin - wide adaptation strategy with concrete examples and thereby to distil some recommendations to take into account in similar efforts in the future.

Campbell has been dedicated to downtown revitalization and development for more than 25 years, and she has a long history in leadership roles with similar efforts in diverse communities such as Downtown St. Louis, Missouri; the renowned Old Pasadena District in Pasadena, California; Arlington, Texas; and the historic West End District in Dallas, Texas.

There have been dozens of similar efforts in recent years, at all levels of government.

The Senate resolution builds on similar efforts in the House.

Hall seems well aware of the skepticism surrounding the model, once dubbed the «Achievement School District» but given a new name this year after rocky beginnings for similar efforts in states like Tennessee and Louisiana grabbed headlines.

But this doesn't change his record of funding similar efforts in Louisiana and Detroit, or the language in his initiative that bases his plan on seeing children as «market share.

Denver, like most cities, has tried similar efforts in new neighborhoods or urban development efforts.

He launched similar efforts in San Diego and in Guilford County, N.C. prior to his 2009 arrival in Houston.

Here are their letters, a lesson plan to help launch similar efforts in other communities, media coverage, and more.

«This visit was an opportunity [for the Brazilian educators] to learn from similar efforts in Massachusetts, in the city of Cambridge, and in the United States, and to engage in conversation with some of our leaders of thought and practice who share similar aspirations for our schools.»

They concluded, «The hope that we can systematically turn around all troubled schools — or even a majority of them — is at odds with much of what we know from similar efforts in the private sector.»

But this was for elementary schools: similar efforts in high schools did not show the same results.

Smith adheres to the formula of his previous similar efforts in that the two would - be lovers initially find reasons not to be together, then they have a lapse of judgment that explores the possibility of romantic entanglement, a pulling back completely, and then a coming to terms.

In addition to increased power to find variants associated with asthma risk, the EVE dataset comprised a more ethnically diverse population than similar efforts in other countries by including European Americans, African Americans / African Caribbeans, and Latinos.

This led to the establishment of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank in 1957, along with similar efforts in several other countries.

Upholding Texas's HB2 could have bolstered similar efforts in other states, making it much harder for women across the country to seek an abortion.

By differentiating the financial gains of different conservation strategies — large but distant preserves versus small, local stands of trees — Karp thinks the study could provide a framework for introducing similar efforts in agricultural zones around the world.

And there are no plans to repeat the inundation, which is itself a repeat of similar efforts in 1996 and 2004 that didn't succeed in helping the fish.

Pritchard hopes that the seed bank «will serve as a catalyst» for similar efforts in other countries.

But if they doubt the effectiveness of these images, a soon - to - be-published review of similar efforts in 30 other countries should change their minds.

At his Center for Open Science, launched in January, he is coordinating several initiatives to make psychology more transparent and reliable — initiatives that could both restore confidence to his beleaguered field and influence similar efforts in other sciences.

Similar efforts in other states have failed to get that far (Climatewire, Feb. 20).

Extending term limits would upend what is already proving to be a lively race to replace Koppell (not to mention similar efforts in 34 other Council districts).

Since it began circulating in January, the letter has gained more than 100 signatories, women and men, including dozens of Assembly members and their staff members, echoing similar efforts in other state capitals.

After successfully funding a campaign to pass a soda tax in Philadelphia, billionaire former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is preparing to fund similar efforts in several other cities, giving new momentum to measures seeking to limit soft drink consumption.

We've made similar efforts in past elections with great success.

Cynthia worked with the Empire State Pride Agenda to fight for marriage equality in New York state, and traveled around the country to support similar efforts in Maryland, Washington, and New Jersey.

Cooper was hired by Alice Waters» Chez Pannisse Foundation to revamp school food in Berkeley, CA, and has now embarked on similar efforts in Boulder, CO..

One important advantage of defining theology as I have done, rather than as reasoning about God, is that it makes possible the recognition of the close parallel between the efforts to articulate Christian faith and similar efforts in such movements as Buddhism.

For the answer to the messiness of pluralism, when it risks turning into the full - blown dictatorship of relativism (or other forms of dictatorship), is not to construct monistic castles in the sky — an effort in the twenty - first century that will, like similar efforts in the 1930s, come to grief, and from both left and right.

He also been involved in similar efforts in Latvia.

The recent success of a similar effort in the Orthodox Church of Czech and Slovak lands instills some hope that it could become a reality in Ukraine.

I am proud to say that Erie County responded to the call and developed a plan that built on the successes of a similar effort in 2015.

Sherpardson spearheaded a similar effort in 2012 for former U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon, the mayor of Bridgeport, Bill Finch, made a comment about turnout in the state's largest city.

On Thursday, the Attorney General and State Police announced a similar effort in Buffalo, called «Operation Rolling Thunder,» bringing the total of indictments to nearly 100 alleged narcotics distributors in the past five days.

View a slideshow on the wasp biocontrol effort The wasps have also been successful in a similar effort in Africa, earning entomologist Hans Herren the World Food Prize in 1995 for his efforts to introduce it as a «biocontrol» there during the 1980s.

Virginia soon made the vaccine mandatory for girls entering sixth grade (leaving parents the right to opt out), but a similar effort in Texas was derailed by arguments that the vaccine would encourage promiscuity.

Like a similar effort in neighboring Maine, Vermont's «Common Core» does not separate learning by traditional academic subjects.

Not exact matches

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Others are working in the same area, even if no one else has launched a similar commercial effort.

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A spokeswoman for Shoppers Drug Mart delivered a similar take in February in its efforts to persuade the federal government to allow pharmacists to sell medical marijuana.

If it's any consolation, it's similar to the mistake that so many salespeople make, and that entrepreneurs looking for investment make: focusing on what they want, and how much effort they've put in so far — versus what they can offer somebody else.

In an effort to elevate the wealth and standing of eSports, Overwatch League will adopt a similar structure as traditional professional sports leagues, including:

Some of these include using artificial intelligence tools to automatically identify propaganda efforts similar to those allegedly carried out by Russia - linked groups in upcoming world elections, and boosting its security and content review team to 20,000 by the end of the year.