Sentences with phrase «weeks in an effort»

For most teams, accepting the award would be something of an honor — a way to commemorate a successful season before hitting practice hard for two more weeks in an effort to win the Super Bowl.

Marois made a series of campaign - style announcements in recent weeks in an effort to silence critics who accuse her party of having a poor economic record.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will meet with legislative leaders this week in an effort to break a divide on the $ 41 billion, two - year budget and address a growing concern over the current budget.

Spitzer, who is financing his own campaign, has had the television airwaves to himself for roughly two weeks in an effort to define the campaign on his own terms before commercial breaks become swamped with ad buys from the city's many mayoral candidates.

At least 16 of Trump's selections for cabinet and senior - level posts are meeting with senators this week in an effort to speed up their confirmation votes, but Democrats are pushing to slow the process down by citing delayed paperwork and background checks for the appointees.

He remained on the Independence and Working Families party lines, and members of the Independence Party as well as some city hall staffers and others mounted a push in the last couple of weeks in an effort to get voters to cast ballots for Richards.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy met with the Republican and Democratic leaders of the State Senate this week in an effort to get his nominee for state chief justice confirmed.

The New York City Council passed eight bills last week in an effort to mandate greater transparency into and oversight of the Department of Correction and to reduce violence within the city's jails.

The ten regional economic development councils were back at it this week in their efforts to bring home as big a slice of three - quarters of a billion dollar state funding pie as possible.

They've brought a handful of voters to the witness stand this week in an effort to prove those votes were wrongfully excluded from the total.

The money fueling the anti-convention efforts does not include the massive telephone and door - to - door campaign that has been underway for weeks in an effort to to reach the state's 2.5 million union households.

I've found myself reaching for my shorts & tanks these past few weeks in an effort to stay as cool as possible.

Landmark signed a deal with MoviePass last week in an effort to drive more moviegoers to theaters

Rep. John Edward Porter, R - Ill., and Sen. Arlen Specter, R - Pa., the chairmen of their respective chambers» appropriations subcommittees with jurisdiction over education, met late last week in an effort to settle differences over programs under their purview.

Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union went before a federal appeals court last week in an effort to stop what they say is an unconstitutional system of sex - segregated classes at a southern Louisiana school.

In 2015, LightSail's SummerSail Reading Program provided at - risk middle school students with access to LightSail for seven weeks in an effort to combat «summer slide» — a phenomenon by which economically disadvantaged children rarely read during the summer as compared to their more advantaged peers.

Students, faculty and boosters of the Carbon High Dinos have been voting feverishly for the past three weeks in an effort to win the USA TODAY High School Sports Most Unique Mascot Contest.

Our puppies are exposed to many different surfaces, many novel places such as shopping malls and training classes, and have Biosensor exercises done for the first two weeks in an effort to make them as temperamentally sound as possible.

The studio is managing to deliver nearly an update a week in their efforts.

I have been courageously applying to shows and public art projects, contacting blog curators, galleries, and pitching press releases for the past four weeks in an effort to break through and find «my audience.»

Transition Town Whitehead in Northern Ireland is going to be planting 60,000 trees in the coming weeks in an effort to reforest a region that is known as the least wooded spot in Europe.

The government was facing difficulties this week in its efforts to fix the date of Brexit, as MPs began an eight - day debate on the EU Withdrawal Bill.

Alexa video calling was added to a collection of tablets this week in an effort to ramp up Amazon's smart assistant omnipotence.

The G20 is set to hold two separate discussions on cryptocurrencies next week in an effort to seek what representatives call a «common...

The G20 is set to hold two separate discussions on cryptocurrencies next week in an effort to seek what representatives call a «common response» on regulation.

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BEIJING, April 22 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement gather pace following a testing year in ties between the two giant neighbours.

«We appreciate the efforts Facebook and its employees have already made to assist our committee and will work with them to find a suitable date for Mr. Zuckerberg to testify in the coming weeks.»

The U.S. Small Business Administration, widely considered near useless to high - tech startups, has made two efforts in as many weeks to woo this innovative group of entrepreneurs.

BEIJING, April 22 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement gather pace following a testing year in ties between the two giant neighbours.

It will be a long week in Washington with a lot of moving parts that could overshadow the tax reform effort, which Republicans hope will be the first major legislative win since Trump took office.

So, in an effort to switch up my workout routine, get a bigger and better butt, and realize my childhood dream of pretending to be JLo, I decided to try her workouts — known as some of the strictest in Hollywood — for a week.

BEIJING, April 22 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement gather pace following a testing year in ties between the two giant neighbors.

In fact, in an effort to make sure he feeds his mind a steady diet of good books this year, he has vowed to read something new every two weeks, starting an online book club to keep himself on track and inspire otherIn fact, in an effort to make sure he feeds his mind a steady diet of good books this year, he has vowed to read something new every two weeks, starting an online book club to keep himself on track and inspire otherin an effort to make sure he feeds his mind a steady diet of good books this year, he has vowed to read something new every two weeks, starting an online book club to keep himself on track and inspire others.

Just last week, Facebook announced that it is banning ads promoting cryptocurrencies in an effort to prevent users from advertising «financial products and services frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices.»

In this week's episode, CNBC's Eunice Yoon examines China's economic model and whether reform efforts will spur it into a galloping year ahead.

At least one day a week, make an effort to work in a new location.

And we heard a variation of that theme late last week from Mick Mulvaney, the former South Carolina Congressman and Freedom Caucuser who now heads the Office of Management and Budget — and who, importantly, has been one of the Trump Administration's key emissaries in the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Kraft Heinz has in recent weeks been particularly vocal about its corporate strategies, including a «post integration business update» on its Kraft Heinz deal, in which the company focuses on its sustainability efforts, fight against world hunger and community efforts.

President Obama got Silicon Valley buzzing last week, by suggesting to Bloomberg that he might have post-presidency interest in some sort of venture capital effort.

In an effort to align the two cultures, now nearly every week a team from New York — distribution, product development, supply chain, IT — flies to Germany to work side by side with the Eisfeld team, and vice versa.

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo — The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is committing $ 2 million to relief efforts and will announce more details of its donation in the coming weeks.

Last week, Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, used the report to push for an update on the Pentagon's efforts to meet a legally mandated audit in 2017.

Get the inside scoop on what Appnovation does to make its R&D efforts abroad profitable in this week's free PROFIT TRADE TIPSHEET.

One thing to know: While the Cardinals came up a bit short this season, Larry Fitzgerald had himself yet another career year, including a 119 - yard effort last week against the Giants in which he threw a pass that resulted in his first career completion.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Donald Trump is hoping to counter Chinese efforts to bolster its economic influence in the Americas during his inaugural trip to Latin America next week amid an escalating trade fight and his harsh rhetoric on immigration.

The Facebook CEO conducted a brief, live 360 - video broadcast in which his likeness and that of Facebook's head of social VR Rachel Franklin promoted the company's upcoming Oculus Rift developer conference later this week while also talking about the company's humanitarian efforts.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 1 - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, three months into a nascent effort to revamp the struggling Web company, could be back in the office in one week, following the birth of her first child on Sunday.

In fact, it will start talking publicly about its Einstein AI effort in two weeks, which is, coincidentally or not, just before Oracle's (orcl) annual conference kicks ofIn fact, it will start talking publicly about its Einstein AI effort in two weeks, which is, coincidentally or not, just before Oracle's (orcl) annual conference kicks ofin two weeks, which is, coincidentally or not, just before Oracle's (orcl) annual conference kicks off.

BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters)- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement gather pace following a testing year in ties between the two giant neighbours.

This week, Singapore announced that the country's commercial and industrial entities are now able to purchase solar - generated power from the national power grid in an effort to cut down on environmental emissions.