Sentences with phrase «such public measures»

The Union is very pleased to hear that HBO is doing the right thing now, but it is disappointing that we had to take such public measures to ensure compliance with our contracts and protect our background actors.

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A key factor is that financial shocks lead to secular reflation, which is to say that governments typically embark on inflationary measures such as public spending to stimulate the economy.

Because public sentiment about future economic conditions drives stock prices, the market frequently rises even before broader economic measures, such as gross domestic product (GDP) growth, begin to tick up.

At the September 1933 World YMCA conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, Bonhoeffer warned of the «growing persecution of minorities» in Nazi Germany and successfully influenced the delegates to pass a strongly worded resolution condemning the violence against Jews: «We especially deplore the fact that the State measures against the Jews in Germany have had such an effect on public opinion that in some circles the Jewish race is considered a race of inferior status.»

However, such a tangible measure, borne of respect for human dignity and concern for the public good, would help greatly in stimulating the American conscience on a matter that presently struggles to hold its attention.

British imperialists knew very well that «administrative massacres» could keep India in bondage, but they also knew that public opinion at home would not stand for such measures.

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

Cox's platform was a mixture of bank regulation, public works programs and relief measures such as unemployment insurance.

They typically emphasized such measures as reducing the size of public sector employment, tightening money supplies to control inflation, and reducing trade barriers to stimulate cross-border competition.

It also sees governments reassuring us, by such measures as public campaigns with cute figures encouraging us to «exercise more».

Folic acid (folate) has been added to wheat flour in Australia as a public health measure since 2009 to help prevent neural tube defects such as spina bifida in babies.

A fearless prediction: Given fan complaints about overpaid athletes, a groundswell of public support for excluding jocks from such a measure isn't very likely.

Such is the public sentiment, and the spread is as much a measure of that, as a predictor of who will actually win.

So we are working to make it easier for mothers and fathers to share caring and earning for their families, through measures such as more father - inclusive maternity services, a fairer system of leave entitlements, public services that systematically engage with men as fathers, and employer practices that recognise that most men are dads.

And while many mothers were enabled through such measures to stay in, or return to, the paid workforce, typically they were consigned to a «mummy track» characterized by relatively low - paid, low - skilled, shorter - hours work in the public sector.

Such efforts are contextualised by the inveterate public ire over perceived excesses, exacerbated by the on - going austerity measures and a culture of «naming and shaming».

It could, then, be a requirement of incorporation under the law and the conferment of limited liability for investors, that a public company takes such measures as recognising its social as well as legal obligations.

Word spread Friday evening of a potential deal that could have also included ethics - related measures such as more oversight of procurement procedures — a discussion sparked by the latest public corruption scandal that reached into the governor's inner circle — and a public financing system for judicial campaigns.

We expect many of the concepts associated with NPM such as active management, public accountability through performance measures, and a strong focus on cost, will remain important for some time to come.

The UK government remains committed to austerity measures such as the cap on public sector pay; but in a speech on 20 June 2017 Chancellor Philip Hammond acknowledged public discontent with austerity, and suggested the government would consider increased borrowing to invest in economic growth.

While the point regarding the necessity of public support for intervention appears intrinsically persuasive, it was uncertain how such support is to be measured or indeed to what extent the support is informed.

With such measures backed up by strong trade unions, quality public services and other social security payments (such as to cover the additional living costs of disability), a society of this kind would certainly look very different to the scenario otherwise predicted by Piketty.

Key among them includes a revenue optimising measure expected to be complemented by initiatives meant to reduce wastage of public funds such as the recently established Efficiency Unit meant to identify and eliminate wasteful spending, duplication and other inefficiencies across Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.

In the absence of any public consultation on such a sweeping package of measures as TTIP represents, anyone concerned about the environment, the NHS, education, civil liberties, public safety or even just democracy in its widest sense, needs to make their voice heard.

In time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation any High Contracting Party may take measures derogating from its obligations under this Convention to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, provided that such measures are not inconsistent with its other obligations under international law.

In a minute - and - half video, Goldberg touts the WFP as the «progressive party» that has helped elect officials who in turn have fought to pass measures such as paid sick leave, living wages and support for public transit.

Such messages are supposed to only be used in the case of emergency as the three - day aging period is designed to give the public and legislators a chance to review a measure before it comes to a vote.

Such measures include: broad expansions of executive authority to redirect or reduce funding after the enactment of the Budget and the shifting of billions of dollars in spending outside the Budget; the appropriation of significant amounts with little detail as to specific purposes or recipients; and reduction of the independent oversight of public resources.»

Agnes McCray said the measure will require landlords to take another look at an applicant beyond whether they are on public assistance such as Supplemental Security Income, or SSI.

The chances of any measure for IE reform passing in the final days appears to be slim, however, as lawmakers are yet to come to an agreement on matters generally considered to be lower - hanging fruit, such as the first passage of a constitutional amendment to require the forfeiting of pension benefits from public officials convicted of corruption.

Of course, Gov. Andrew Cuomo also supports campaign - finance reform and has said public financing is a critical component for the measure, even if he wouldn't say in an interview with New York Public Radio's Karen DeWitt such a provision has to be included in legislpublic financing is a critical component for the measure, even if he wouldn't say in an interview with New York Public Radio's Karen DeWitt such a provision has to be included in legislPublic Radio's Karen DeWitt such a provision has to be included in legislation.

The mailer in the Nassau County Senate district touts Cronin's proposals, including term limits for state lawmakers, campaign finance reform measures such as closing the LLC loophole, boosting penalties for corruption and support for stripping public officials of their pensions if they are convicted of corruption — the latter of which is now up for second passage in the Legislature next year as a constitutional amendment.

The reason free market proponents have such a field day painting the public sector as inefficient is because so many public services involve complex, difficult to measure tasks which market mechanisms can not handle.

President - elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo further pledged to reduce the tax burden on the private sector through lower corporate tax and the removal of import duties and VAT from some items while relying on revenue measures such as improving tax compliance, improving the quality of public finance administration and higher oil and gas production to finance these tax cuts.

Delegates buoyed by Vince Cable's colourful and blistering attack on the Tories this morning asked the deputy prime minister tricky questions regarding losing «the soul» (Clegg's words) of the Liberal Democrat Party via being associated with government measures such as the «bedroom tax» (defended and carefully referred to as the «spare bedroom subsidy» by Clegg), the notorious immigration vans and public spending cuts.

Lawmakers leaving the conference said they had not read any updated language on the resolution, and couldn't say if support for measures such as public financing, increased universal pre-Kindergarten spending or the Dream Act were to be included.

«In the current economic environment, we recognise that a significant increase in state funding for political parties is not a priority and any such measure would need to command broad public support.»

Have things reached the perverse situation where in order to get elected Labour have to cut public spending for their first term although they want to increase it and the Conservatives have to increase public spending in order to get elected, usually when people vote for a different party it is because they expect something to be different from the way it was, such plans leave it wide open for the Liberal Democrats to come out and propose a series of economy measures and be the one of the 3 parties proposing the lowest levels of public spending and tax cuts targeted at the poor.

Legislator Savage said, «No one objects to reasonable measures that assist people to quit smoking; however we must also be mindful of the unintended consequences that may also impact public health, such as the use of these devices in public places and the accidental or recreational use by children and young people.»

He said the extra money raised by the initiative, which was announced alongside a package of other green measures, would be spent on «priorities such as public transport and the environment».

«Our new privacy offering gives tablet users the option to have security in seconds — a must have precautionary measure when viewing private or confidential data in public spaces such as trains or coffee shops,» said Ben Rooney, Marketing Executive, Specialty Display Business at 3M.

The cost of the damaged exceeded $ 49 million, triggering FEMA's public assistance program that provides reimbursement for municipalities following a disaster, helping pay for debris removal, emergency measures such as road clearance and repair as well as the rebuilding of damaged infrastructure.

The city opposes the measure, with a de Blasio spokeswoman saying it would «cost the city billions, resulting in severe cuts to vital services such as public safety and education.»

However, local public water suppliers may require such measures depending upon local needs and conditions.

Such deliberate timing of a public event is by any measure a contradiction in terms.

At a time when painful measures in October's Strategic Defence and Security Reviewv - such as scrapping the Harrier fleet, along with service personnel and civilian job losses and other efficiency gains - are reported to fall # 1 billion short of the MOD's # 8 billion budget reduction target, a public row over savings already assumed would be bad news for the department.

In the longer - term other Tory spending measures - such as action on public sector pay - will make today's measures sustainable.

Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., pushing for affordable health care for all Americans, calls the measure «a step in the right direction,» but notes that ultimately the feds need «to extend public programs or provide subsidies, such as refundable tax credits or some other means» to have truly universal health coverage.

However, they wrote, there are accessible and validated measures of structural racism in the public health and social science literature, such as redlining, sundown towns, and mass incarceration.

If such tax avoidance were to occur in countries like Zambia, Spencer hypothesises, this could lead to a loss of tax revenue that could instead help the government's distribution of free ORS and zinc and fundamental public health measures such as infrastructure for water and sanitation.