Sentences with phrase «weakened state»

He's in a drastically weakened state, his body nearly as ruined as his once magnificent castle.

One factor that contributed to this fall's extreme decline was that the ice was entering the melt season in an already weakened state.

They could weaken state regulations that are interfering with their operations.

In addition, consolidation has weakened state constitutional law, as developed and applied by the state courts.

If you have a compromised immune system or are in a highly stressed or otherwise weakened state of health doing a detox has the potential to be dangerous to your health.

ACC Chairman and former state legislator Bob Stump (R) is described as an ALEC member in his state legislature bio, as is Commissioner Gary Pierce (R), who earlier this year introduced and later retracted an ALEC - backed bill aimed at weakening the state's renewable energy standard.

Perhaps it's because he was a district not a state leader; perhaps it's because he had a not - so - hot relationship with his SEA; or perhaps it's because he doesn't appreciate the long - term problems he'll cause by weakening the state's role in K - 12; whatever the cause, the consequence is serious and deeply problematic.

Same for reformers in New York, who have been dismayed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's willingness to render stillborn implementation of Common Core reading and math standards as well as weaken the state's teacher evaluation system.

«Over the coming year, ALEC will promote legislation with goals ranging from penalizing individual homeowners and weakening state clean energy regulations, to blocking the Environmental Protection Agency, which is Barack Obama's main channel for climate action.»

To do otherwise weakens the states» ability to have coherent agendas and priorities.

DeVos, described by The Washington Post as a «billionaire philanthropist with deep ties to the Christian Reformed community,» may use her increased political influence to try to weaken those state protections and expand the privatization programs she backed within her own state.

Chairman Alexander's bill — the Every Child Ready for College or Career Act — largely cuts back on the federal role in public education and weakens state accountability to raise achievement and close achievement gaps.

That was probably the case before the series even started, even in Golden State's weakened state missing Stephen Curry.

Code enforcement offices in local governments throughout the Capital Region are beset with low - paid workers, inspectors who face conflicts of interest and weakened state oversight of training and certification.

He said it also threatens to weaken the state Republican Party, of which Bruno is the de facto leader.

«We are very concerned by the announcement today that New York State will weaken state environmental protections put in place to protect public health, safety and the environment by exempting medium - size industrial farms from its CAFO permit program,» said a coalition of environmental groups in a prepared statement.

The paper, «The International Politics of Incomplete Sovereignty: How Hostile Neighbors Weaken the State,» was published April 7 in the journal International Organization.

Lee is currently writing a book that expands upon these theories tentatively titled «Crippling Leviathan: How Foreign Subversion Weakens the State.»

Whichever division the loser ends up at will be in a further weakened state.

After expressing confidence in a steadily improving state economy, Gov. Bill Owens said this month that he would oppose any effort to weaken state school accountability policies, and he vowed not to retreat from education approaches such as school choice, charter schools, and home schooling.

A decision by the New Jersey Department of Education to drop its requirement that candidates for bilingual - teacher certification demonstrate proficiency in the language they will teach in has seriously weakened the state's ability to ensure the quality of instruction, according to bilingual - education advocates.

Kentucky's legislature this year weakened the state's school takeover process and bolstered the powers of its local school boards to hire principals, select curriculum, and set a school's budget.

A task force on graduation requirements that speaks in generalities, about things like «mastery» being more important than «seat time,» and then ends up weakening the state tests.

A) Physical impacts: Sea level rise, extreme events and hydrological disruptions, pose major challenges to vital transport, water, and energy infrastructure and can weaken states socially and economically.

At last, a much - needed debate is breaking out in Canada about the threat to democracy of the ever - weakening state of the news media.

The ad advises people to file suits aimed at weakening state - level tenure laws because «it worked in California.»

Rep. Steve King, R Iowa, has once again shown his true colors — and his servitude to corporate agriculture interests — by introducing the Protect Interstate Commerce Act, H.R. 4879, which is set to dismantle state and local agricultural laws and will threaten public health and safety, as well as weakening states» abilities to govern.

Over the coming year, the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) will promote legislation with goals ranging from penalising individual homeowners and weakening state clean energy regulations, to blocking the Environmental Protection Agency, which is Barack Obama's main channel for climate action.

Especially considering your drastically weakened state.

If you waste time in these traps of comparison you weaken you state of mind and perception of yourself.

On March 9, cabinet minister and economist Jean - Yves Duclos hosted reporters at the National Press Theatre for a seminar on the weakened state of Canada's middle class.

Like them, Charney has built a powerful brand known in many parts of the world, which is why American Apparel is an attractive acquisition target in its weakened state.

It's an idea that came from him after he took a tumble and abandoned a bike race at the top of steep descent, fearing a worse crash if he tried to get down in his weakened state.

But the best part of his strategy was that in turning these tools to his own ends, Trump not only did an end - run around traditional outlets, he also took advantage of their weakened state and made them help his campaign — and they did the vast majority of it for nothing.

If Andrew Mackenzie and Sam Walsh are right, then Western Australia's commodity dependent economy could be at the start of a recovery; and not before time, given the weakening state of the property market as measured by mortgage defaults.

Qualcomm finds itself in a weakened state.

Asked to comment on its escalating number of foreclosures and the weakened state of the government insurance fund, CIT spokeswoman Gina Proia provided this statement via email: «We service reverse mortgage loans in accordance with HUD guidelines and when there are changes to those guidelines, we adapt our process to align with the requirements.»

Moreover, with the cash economy already in a weakened state, and a delayed timetable for recovery of the island's electrical grid, the economic recovery will likely decelerate economic resilience to the debt issues.

You are attempting to discredit «evolutionists» by suggesting that they are driven by a weakened state of mind.

It is exactly these sorts of practices which we see being used to weaken our States in the face of these financial organisations.

Because cancer cells in general are metabolically inflexible, we are able to take advantage of ketone metabolism as a way of placing cancer cells in a weakened state.

Even in a weakened state, Arsenal see Spurs as Spurs.

Los Merengues have taken 3 of United's best players away (Ronaldo, Beckham, Van Nistelrooy), attacking the anatomy of the club and leaving us in a weakened state.

She kept nursing like a champ, and I maintained that new momma bliss despite my weakened state.

They refuse to recognise that health programmes such as CDD strengthen children who would survive diarrhoea episodes without treatment, but would be left in a weakened state.

Despite all this, Cuomo is the $ 31 million man who is heavily favored to win re-election, aided by a weakened state of New York's GOP despite having one its own, President Trump, in the White House.

The state teachers» union is heading into session in a weakened state after spending millions in an unsuccessful effort to elect Democrats to the Senate, alienating Republicans in the process.