... and managed to implement some successful alternatives, too: Along
with jettisoning the AP Program, some schools — like the aforementioned Beaver Country Day School — have decided to implement other measures to keep students from succumbing to stress.
Not exact matches
And FCA isn't entirely
jettisoning cars — Marchionne said that the automaker could stay the course
with some of its niche Dodge - brand muscle cars.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals is beset
with problems — a collapsing share price, mounting debt, unreliable financial statements — and it's now
jettisoning its CEO and pinning blame for shoddy accounting on a former CFO.
Whitman began her tenure
with a pledge to retain HP's printer - and - PC business, which Apotheker wanted to
jettison; three years later, responding to what she called an industry changing at «lightning speed,» she changed her mind.
With the hopes ditching its image as a sucker, this summer the Seattle - based rugged outfitter REI, which customers have jokingly referred to as «Rental Equipment Inc.» «Rent Every Item,»
jettisoned its lifetime warranty return policy — giving customers just a single year to return or exchange items.
«As
with many great American institutions, i.e., General Motors, American Airlines, and many others who have utilized the strategic business tool called bankruptcy, Gary Busey's filing is the final chapter in a process that began a few years ago of
jettisoning the litter of past unfortunate choices, associations, events and circumstances that visited themselves upon this great American icon, to enable the start of a new and clear path to peace, happiness and success
with his career and his wonderful new soulmate, Steffanie, and their son, Luke.»
Jettisoning its traditional antipathy to the Taliban, Russia indicates readiness to negotiate
with the Taliban against the backdrop of the growing threat of Islamic State in Afghanistan.
Remember, connecting
with your audience (whether that be an audience of one or 1,000) will always mean taking the time to engage them, exposing your humanity and
jettisoning the unfortunate behaviors so commonly associated
with an aloof and ill - prepared presenter.
In the spring of 2011, Hastings, Netflix's widely admired chief executive, held a meeting
with his management team and outlined his blueprint to
jettison Netflix's DVD operations.
Conoco has decided to try to get its finances under control by focusing on projects
with a low breakeven point while
jettisoning the ones that cost more.
And any coin / token that is still flirting
with its Q1 low without a strong development roadmap needs to be reviewed /
jettisoned from their portfolio.
In their simultaneous desire to
jettison the distasteful parts of Catholicism and keep the more palatable ones, American Catholics have done something novel and truly amusing: They have created a specific catalogue of complaints that resembles nothing so much as a Catholic version of the orphan
with chutzpah.
So in a sense I said, «I reject God» — not that I rejected Him as a person, but rather
jettisoned the false belief that I had a relationship
with Him.
Some authors think it is necessary to
jettison or radically revise doctrines of the faith to be consistent
with what science says.
Many seminarians will become pastors who are either cynical about the gap between the «true» and the «false» church or who quickly
jettison their theology and settle down
with «things as they are» in the congregation, offering the congregation no better interpretation of its common life than the mere need for organizational maintenance.
Jettisoning the idea of creation also destroys both the notions of obligation (reducing it to a cautious prudence that restrains no one but the timid) and order (replacing it
with arbitrariness and caprice by denying any basis for a unifying principle of reality).
The updating or «aggiornamento» of the Church did not mean
jettisoning unpalatable parts of the Catholic faith in a vain attempt to be more
with it; it meant a more effective proclamation of the same gospel that the apostles received from Christ and that has been handed down in and by the Church ever since — in Benedict XVI's words «the continuity of the one subject - Church».
The process of draining logic and meaning from everything came to full fruition in the 1960s and 1970s, when it began to be felt profoundly in the daily lives of many Americans,
with such things as the proliferation of «alternative lifestyles,» the diluting or
jettisoning of academic standards at every level, the increasing inability of the legal system to make in practice sufficient or consistent distinctions between victim and victimizer — among many others too familiar to all of us to need spelling out.
But unlike other people, they are not ready to
jettison behaviors that are in conflict
with Christian values.
its choices are: get them to buy into a new way of reading it (that
jettisons the central tenets of the faith along
with it) or tell them to abandon their faith.
Christians often accuse believers
with differing opinions of «cherry picking» from the Bible; holding tightly to verses they agree
with, while conveniently
jettisoning ones they are uncomfortable
with.
Both books are essentially arguing that because (a) Christian living is quite difficult, and (b) lots of people have rejected the faith, we should get
with the existentialist fashion and
jettison the bits which people say they find tooinconvenient.
In fact, you could argue that Millennials» comfort
with re-examining long - held traditions — and, sometimes,
jettisoning them without hesitation — is one of their most Christ - like qualities.
Now the team parted ways
with one of its best defensive players,
jettisoning Sheldon Richardson to Seattle in exchange for Jermaine Kearse and a second - round pick.
One of the other major needs for the Packers was providing Aaron Rodgers
with more weapons — particularly after they
jettisoned Jordy Nelson to save space.
If they perfect the new playing style, they will then try it in 1 or 2 competitive games to see how far it can become successful to continue
with it or
jettison it if it doesn't work.
However, he'll be 32 in April and could be
jettisoned from a team that needs to seriously address whether its championship window has closed
with its current makeup.
With an $ 8 million cap hit in 2018 and hits of $ 9 and $ 9.1 million in the two seasons after that, it's a contract the Saints will want to
jettison.
Most of us agreed
with the decision to
jettison Shanahan at the time.
Having initially declared an intention to persist
with the 4 -3-3 formation favoured by his predecessor, Rudi Garcia, he
jettisoned the tactic after only 45 minutes of the club's first friendly match, a 3 - 2 win over Dijon in July.
But in an offseason that has seen the Sounders
jettison 13 veterans and add mostly players
with little to no top - flight experience, a signing like this was probably needed.
Once you know what kind of parenting style fits
with your lifestyle and baby's personality, you can
jettison all the information that doesn't fit.
MSNBC, April 21, 2009 Frugal moms use cloth diapers to save money: Sales, though still a small segment of market, increase, as does awareness by Anna Jo Bratton, Associated Press»
With the economy in a downward spiral, some parents are sniffing out savings by
jettisoning disposable diapers and switching to reusable cloth diapers for their kids.»
It's altogether possible that the youngster is
jettisoning his sack lunch because he is bored to tears
with it, so it's time for the parents to get creative.
Nothing to do
with us, the first thing the new leader of Labour should do is give a cast iron promise to
jettison Scotland from the Union.
Therefore, all acts
with the potential of pushing us deeper into economic crisis must be
jettisoned.
I read several stories about Cambridge Analytica and their use of people's information, then completely
jettisoned my relationship
with Facebook.
With a coalition on the cards again for the next government, a capacity to compromise on, and in some cases
jettison, manifesto and election pledges will play an important role in any negotiations.
With this endorsement, I can only guess that corporate pressure from above has caused you to
jettison all pretense at journalistic integrity.
The Assembly is, of course, a far sight better then the Senate when it comes to basic functionality, but public opinion polls have shown voters don't differentiate, preferring instead to tar both houses
with the same brush and are ready to
jettison even their own representatives.
To get this victory — and the governor will no doubt be touting it far and wide as a victory — Cuomo had to compromise quite a bit,
jettisoning his efforts to shift Medicaid and higher ed costs onto New York City (thanks to the Assembly Democrats, who dug in their heels on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's behalf), and also bowing to the Legislature's refusal to reauthorize the so - called «rational» tuition plan for SUNY and CUNY, providing the systems
with an additional $ 85 million in aid plus $ 300 million in capital funding.
After over 25 years of the functioning of the Fourth Republican Constitutional dispensation, acts such as this must not only be frowned upon but must also be
jettisoned with speed and alacrity and perpetrators named, shamed and dealt
with to guarantee the growth and progress of our democratic order.
After a general election we would see unseemly horse trading between parties,
with manifesto promises and campaign commitments being
jettisoned.
Ghana has indeed become a laughing republic, how could a nation
with a considerable institutional reputation in the international community sit aloof and watch such sensitive institutions to become so irresponsible to the extent of
jettison their core or fundamental duties.
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With foreign reserves at lows of US$ 28.7 billion and oil prices at US$ 29.47 per barrel, a compelling argument to devalue the Naira at the next Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting can not be
jettisoned», it stated.
Anyway, the welcome parts of the EU's internationalism, such as the end of visa restrictions on the continent, could be maintained along
with the common market long after we have
jettisoned the more grotesque aspects of the European project.
In an interview he gave to the House magazine, he credited Blair and Peter Mandelson
with successfully having improved Labour's image in order to secure election victory but accused Blair of then
jettisoning Labour's core values and consequently rendering the party intellectually bankrupt.
Whether he decided to
jettison his benefactor in salary saga is not yet clear, but sources close to his office disclosed that the lawmaker was not comfortable
with happenings in the State.
With care, the flammability problem could be overcome and the balloon would be
jettisoned for return by parachute as your article suggested.
Other corals are known to
jettison their fleshy polyps, particularly when under stress, but these are the first species known to «take their skeletons
with them,» says Paul Sammarco, a coral - reef ecologist at the Louisiana Universities Marine Science Consortium in Chauvin.