Sentences with phrase «tough times the country»

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In the midst of possibly the worst economic downturn of our time, it's safe to say that small business owners across the country are looking for answers on how tough times are affecting the value of their businesses.

Dunning recently cautioned that Ottawa's attempts to cool Toronto and Vancouver's overheated housing markets, by making it tougher for first - time buyers to qualify for financing, is likely to result in a 25 to 30 per cent decline in housing starts by 2015 and 150,000 fewer construction jobs across the country.

Keep the Louisiana parishes in your prayers this week... looks as if Isaac didn't hurt NOLA so much, but out in bayou and Cajun country, tough times.

American country music legend, Dolly Parton, has opened up about a tough time in her life and how God... More

Thank you for your service to this country and for the strong leadership you have exhibited during tough times.

«Times were tough, but the firm persevered and was able to provide invaluable service to its country and continue to offer unsurpassed service and quality to its customers.»

We are the largest craft beer distributor in the country, so that helps us, but overall the industry is experiencing some tough times with the economy, which makes a diversified portfolio even more important.»

Food coatings, meanwhile, had a tougher time, with poor weather in some European countries impacting the barbecue seasonings business and the health trend have a wide - ranging impact on snack foods, another major customer for this division.

I had a tough time finding decent vegetarian food in Europe and I got sick with the most awful food poisoning in Amsterdam of all places but I think it's all part and parcel of travelling to countries that aren't your own.

Given that joel campbell could play in greece and spain but at the time was not allowed to play in the UK, then it seems to me that uk takes a much tougher stance with work permits for players from non eu countries than other countries in the EU.

The creative midfielder is his country's all - time top goalscorer despite playing from midfield, but has had a tough time with the Red Devils, and can now look forward to a new start in North London.

«I continue to watch our leaders in government, and like all Americans, I continue to be hopeful that our leaders exhibit poise, perspective and the ability to bring our country together during these tough times — which I don't feel our presidency is currently doing — so that's where I'm at.»

Ellsworth booked a time at L.A. Country Club, a tougher track.

Fatherhood Institute chief executive Rob Williams stressed the importance of investing at families at a time when many mothers and fathers face economic hardship: «If we are to become the most family friendly country in Europe as the Coalition wishes, we must support families — especially the most vulnerable ones — through these tough economic times.

While it's always tough to be away from Chicago, I'm looking forward to spending time with some amazing journalists from around the country.

The forum, which included a keynote address by author and former New York Times magazine editor Paul Tough (pictured left), explored the The Harlem Children's Zone approach to inner city education, as well as addressed the recent plans by the Obama administration to offer new funding to replicate twenty «Promise Neighborhoods» throughout the country.

Tough spends time at Riverdale Country School, an elite private school in Riverdale, New York, where school head Dominic Randolph explains the challenge there of weaving character into the curriculum.

In the UK, Labour party leader Ed Miliband has framed his agenda of a fairer country and a more responsible capitalism in a context where there is less money to spend, arguing that «it's Labour's responsibility to find a new approach for tough times» and that he wants to «demonstrate once and for all that Labour is a party for all times, not only a party for good times.»

«Throughout our country's history, tough times have seen us not lower our sights but raise them.

He said the local elections had produced a «tough result» for the coalition, writing: «People know we've had to make unpopular decisions to fix the country's problems but they want us to remember that times aren't easy for families.

On foreign policy, Trump also said the U.S. has to be tougher in demanding payment and other concessions when helping various countries including Japan, saying, «Why are we the dummies all the time.»

Mary is just like so many women in this country; she's been through a lot of tough times but still gives her 100 % to help others in need.

While it's always tough to be away from Chicago, I'm looking forward to spending time with some amazing journalists from around the country.

Yet out in the country, socializing is a little tougher, things spread out as they often are, farmers and ranchers working long hours as they often do, with little time for dating.

A revelatory, muscular debut from first - time British director Francis Lee, God's Own Country took us into a tough, Lawrentian rural world, where the last thing we expected would be a burgeoning romance between moody, «mardy arse» Johnny Saxby (Josh O'Connor) and removed Romanian worker Gheorghe (Alec Secareanu), who comes to help out on Johnny's almost scratch - subsistence family farm.

Clancy Brown and William Mapother, who have faces that look like they've survived tough times, are perfect as the leaders in a hunting party after a kidnapped girl: confident but unpretentious and very respectful of the country.

I said that despite the record cuts to our budget, we would fulfil the promises we made to steer the country through tough times.

Summary: This New York Times article by Paul Tough makes comparisons between the Riverdale Country School, an elite private school in New York and the KIPP Schools in New York.

In districts of all sizes across the country, when times are tough and educational leaders and policymakers must cut, they often look first to central offices.

They've also become a concern for growing parents» movements across the country, as communities seek to achieve educational goals in tough financial times.

This country has been through some tough times but it seems Texans may be leading the way to economic recovery, and it is because of the spirit that lives in each of us.

For now, there are no plans of the car being sold in any other country except China so if you were angling to get a piece of this car when it hits production, you're going to have a tough time scooping one up unless you live there.

With a $ 125 million loss in sales for the 4th quarter of 2011 and Apple's iPhone beating it hands down in its home country of Canada, Research In Motion is undeniably facing tough times.

Guest edited by Audrey Church and Frances Reeve, this issue features the stories of librarians from rural, suburban, urban, and different regions of the country, and address what resources might be available to assist the solo librarian in tough economic times.

Tough times at the country club.

Most families in our country are having a tough time making ends meet to afford basic necessities that are required for day to day living due to the financial...

However, while the changes do make it tougher to claim some awards, they open up some fantastic sweet spot redemptions from the West Coast and other places around the country if you catch them at the right time.

Times are tough for the Vaquero's due to not being able to sell their cattle's meat at the coast of Guyana (where almost all of Guyana's population lives) or in the neighbouring country of Brazil.

Wii U / 3DS simultaneously in NA / EU was tough due to Pokémon voices - Smash uses the Pokémon voices from the anime, which means different countries have different voices - it took time for the voice actors to record lines and get them back to Sakrurai - Pikachu is the only Pokémon that uses the same voice actors worldwide

We've been hearing for years that those in the south had a tough time making it to the northern corners of the country; PAX South has always been a matter of «when» rather than «if».»

Throughout the majority of my time with Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, I wasn't exactly paying attention to the story set - up that gave DK and his friends the motivation to traverse the game's gorgeous and tough levels — I was simply enjoying the challenging gameplay flow, the sweet level design and the satisfying boss fights.

As I said before, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is a tough game with a lot of intense levels and moments that require near - perfect timing and skill to overcome, and this stage is no different.

«It was a tough time in this country,» said Fine.

Times are tough in Brazil: With almost daily political scandals and a fierce drought in the nation's largest city — brought on in part by poor resource management — Brazilians seem desperate to rekindle their faith in their country.

It has been suggested that the statement in the Paris Agreement that countries» responsibilities will be decided «in light of different national circumstances» will impose tougher requirements on poor nations over time as they develop.

-- The Age, Time to make tough choices on climate change Military & Military Think Tanks anchor The Pentagon The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies.

«That flies in the face of what we've seen some governments doing from time to time across the country in terms of short - term, election - cycle thinking so as not to have to deal with the tough issues.»

You understand that both life and business present unmitigatable risks, and that the tough economic times that have fallen upon Indiana and the rest of the country (as of 2010) make cost - cutting a necessity.

Times are tough all around the country these days.

ZTE is to face a tough time doing business in the USA, as the government is planning to restrict the company from purchasing components from within the country.