Sentences with phrase «with strong backing»

Earlier this year, the Oregon legislature overturned the state's 17 - year - old ban on inclusionary zoning with strong backing from Portland officials.

Fact: Contingent recruiters can juggle as many as 15 different searches at once where as retained executive recruiters often only handle 1 or 2 concurrently along with the strong backing of an in - house research team.

The event triggered such a fierce push from the anti-nuclear movement with strong backing from the broader public that it left Merkel with no choice but to stand up to the nuclear industry in a political U-turn.

So both come with strong backing and great reputations, but which peer - to - peer loan service works better?

Also, with strong backing from parents, including a dozen parent testimonies in support, the school board approved two new Innovation Network Schools to replace other chronically failing schools.

Questions about Quality Education Academy's basketball program highlight criticisms and challenges DPI faces in overseeing charter schools, the privately - run and publicly - funded schools poised to grow rapidly with strong backing from the Republican - led state legislature and Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.

The school was founded with the strong backing of Joel I. Klein, the former schools chancellor, who frequently lauded Mr. Waronker for his efforts as the principal of a tough middle school in the South Bronx.

Leadership of DFER has also shifted: Shavar Jeffries, who in 2014 lost a high - profile race for mayor of Newark, N.J., with the strong backing of charter supporters, became the group's national president a year ago.

The City Council — obviously with strong backing from Quinn or else it wouldn't have happened — unanimously passed a bill requiring a kind of cost - benefit analysis of proposed contracts.

The campaign in East London has involved health workers, patients and community groups with strong backing from organisers from Unite, the largest trade union in the country which has over 100,000 health worker members.

Wendy Long coasted to the New York State Conservative Party's U.S. Senate nomination today, with the strong backing of the state chairman Mike Long, who's made no secret of the fact that he thinks running a tough woman against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand gives his side the best chance in an uphill battle.

Democrats took control of the Senate last year with strong backing from the WFP, but hold only a one - vote majority.

Mr. Trump, a strident defender of gun rights who ran for office with the strong backing of the N.R.A., has come under immense pressure to endorse new gun limits after the Parkland massacre.

While the suit was ultimately approved with the strong backing of regional brokerage firms, tensions flared during conference calls and meetings leading up to the court filing, the people said.

And I think Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Kotaku, Jalopnik, Deadspin and Jezebel are going to be enduring properties, hopefully with stronger backing, stronger financial backing than they have been in the past.

I do quite like the look of this Arsenal team, with a strong back three to give the others a platform to play from, and with some real flair in the likes of Wilshere, heaps of promise in Nelson and proven scoring ability in Giroud and Walcott.

I hate players being stereotyped into one role, but that said it also important to have a strong spine, with a strong back up.

The seat should be padded, with strong back support.

4 In sport you will always be able to throw further, pull higher or punch harder with strong back muscles which is why Bruce Lee spent so much time building up his back resulting in his awesome punching power.

Built off of the 1 - Arm Swing, the High Pull begins with a strong back swing and moves the kettlebell up as your elbow travels back.

As you approach the bar, you should be approaching with a strong back with shoulders over the bar.

Anyone with a strong back can stack up a bunch of blocks and build a pretty retaining wall.

This year Fox Searchlight enters into the awards season race with a strong back of pedigree contenders with Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan and Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go.

With a strong back end, flat nose and light brown color, the Concept Universe bears more than a passing resemblance to a clog.

With a strong back, a deep chest, and muscular shoulders and hindquarters, the ACD is slightly longer than it is tall.

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Self motivated, goal oriented leader with a strong back ground in call center management and back end functions of the automotive industry seeking to continue advancing within retail industry while focusing on achieving success in a challenging and competitive workplace.

Organized and diligent with strong back - round in planning and staffing.

Honest, competent, altruistic Realtors with strong back bones don't need some Big Brother bureaucratic agency telling them how to be nice to consumers.

Not exact matches

«We are pleased to acquire a business of this scale that has such an outstanding reputation with its customers dating back to 1954 and a strong management team led by CEO Christian Boas, who will remain with the business following the closing.»

Today, Senator Barack Obama arrived with a strong wind at his back in New Hampshire where, until late December, polls had placed him in a virtual tie with Senator Hillary Clinton.

Clearly the company has had its product and operational issues, but while global sales remain strong and the company's marketshare with younger consumers actually grew earlier this year, a huge part of RIM's problems can be traced back to image.

Lance was not alone among the oil CEOs looking to attract investors back to the spurned sector, with Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden saying Shell and the industry are working to achieve better shareholder returns through strong free cash flow and lower debt.

But ABC's Kimmel — Letterman's heir as the laid - back ironist of late - night — has weighed in with some surprisingly strong political bits, most notably a parody of The Producers last February in which Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick are gobsmacked when their «sure loser» candidate Trump turns into the front runner.

The strong first quarter aside, the company's overall revenue has fallen in back - to - back years when measured in U.S. dollars, with 2014 net income ($ 593 million) sinking to its lowest level since the recession - racked 2009.

Investors will look to send U.S. stocks to their fifth straight week of gains with a strong finish to a week that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average finally get back above the 17,000 - point mark and creeped into positive territory for the year.

Of course, electronics are the cornerstone of promotional events like Black Friday but just as was the case with department store chains Kohl's (kss), Macy's (m), and J.C. Penney (jcp), which all reported strong Black Friday business too but weak overall Christmas sales, Target shoppers held back outside of that period.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who spoke with Trump, said Japan will not back down against any provocation and would maximize pressure on the North in its strong alliance with the U.S.

«We are very confident that, jointly with the GE Industrial Solutions team, we will shape this business back to a strong position.»

As our world becomes more complex, with most of us moving back and forth between the physical and virtual worlds, and stimulus of all kinds coming at us in unprecedented ways, that need to organize our lives into stories becomes that much stronger, he adds.

«We believe strongly that we should back our winners with as much capital as we have available if they are experiencing explosive growth in to huge markets with strong management teams that have a proven track record of success,» explains Foundation partner and AdRoll board member Charles Moldow.

That means that tokenization is generally considered a stronger security protocol than encryption since, with encrypted data, it's still possible to access the encryption algorithm to translate values back to their original form.

Revenue rose 16 percent during the half year to $ 21.78 billion, with copper revenues jumping nearly 52 percent, backed by stronger prices and higher production from the Escondida mine in Chile.

«We think we're buying this asset at the right time and with the combined teams... we're going to have a stronger story in the marketplace and I think we could put the Coveris Americas assets back onto the growth rate,» Olivier told analysts.

«The appointment of Carlisle, a GM - bred executive with a strong pedigree of global expertise, product planning acumen and history of building relationships with dealers speaks to the company's desire for a more back - to - basics, comfortable approach,» she added.

With respect to Europe, we have pulled back from Spain and Italy and are maintaining positions in just the strongest European markets: Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland.

By Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters)- U.S. fund investors backed off domestic stocks for a second straight week, greeting strong earnings with a shrug and fretting about the...

Once online, the Arikara wells showed strong results with cumulative volumes of more than 406,000 Boe after 30 days of initial production despite being choked back considerably due to takeaway limitations imposed by winter road restrictions.

We can certainly expect global trade to pick up when the world economy gets back onto a self - sustaining growth track, with stronger business investment.

For example, a portfolio that starts out strong in retirement and has losses later will likely be in much better shape than one that has down years early, even if strong performance in later years brings its average return back in line with historical averages.