Sentences with phrase «year ban against»

ZTE was also hit with a seven - year ban against buying U.S. materials, which is likely to hurt ZTE's global growth in coming years.

Not exact matches

The dips seem to be tied to a report that China — which banned cryptocurrency exchanges last year — is taking more action against other online and app - based services that offer exchange - like functionality.

A landmark faux - documentary about the Algerian War in the late 1950s and early 1960s against the French government in North Africa, the movie was banned in France for six years due to its pro-Algerian message.

Earlier this year, the CFPB issued a new rule to make it easier to mount a class action against banks and financial institutions by banning forced arbitration.

Uber's ongoing competitor Lyft also came out strongly against the ban, and said it would donate $ 1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over the next four years.

A Christian school has been told by a tribunal that it unlawfully discriminated against a five - year - old boy by banning him from wearing his traditional Sikh patka, a turban worn by children.

Was it the next 80 years of discrimination against women and minorities or banning people of different skin colors from marrying?

Ironically, this is the way he celebrated a four year national ban against sleeping with virgins.

U.S. opposition to the ICC is of a piece with its vote a year earlier against the treaty to ban antipersonnel land - mines, its refusal to pay UN dues, its economic sanctions on allies that do business in Cuba, and its implicit foreign policy of demanding a «superpower exemption» from international rules.

A stigma on racism, for instance, would hopefully exist even in a libertarian paradise, but it draws a great deal of its potency from the fact the American government has spent the last 40 years actively campaigning against racist conduct and racist thought, using every means at its disposal short of banning speech outright.

This time last year, just weeks into Donald Trump's presidency, evangelical leaders spoke out in an unprecedented way against his temporary refugee ban with hundreds signing on to an open letter published in TheWashington Post.

Despite her famous 13 - hour filibuster last year against new abortion legislation in Texas, Sen. Wendy Davis says she actually supports a 20 - week ban on abortion.

Not only was SMU forbidden to compete against NCAA teams for a year, it also lost 1988 thanks to being barred from playing home games and dealt with a player exodus, a financially disastrous bowl and TV ban through 1989, as well as heavy recruiting and staffing penalties.

The 30 - year - old would face an extended ban, as he has already been sent off this season, during the 3 - 1 home defeat against Sunderland.

Arsenal have had very many dodgy refereeing decisions against them this season, and Arsene Wenger has not been backward in coming forward with his complaints against the quality of the decision - makers in many Arsenal games this year, and has been punished by the governing body of the FA with touchline bans.

As the Gunners face a do or die Champions League clash against Dinamo Zagreb tonight, Wenger feels hard done by that, even though Zagreb player Arijan Adem was banned for four years after failing a drugs test after September's shock 2 - 1 win, the result is still allowed to stand.

Do you agree with the NCAA's penalties against Penn State, which include a $ 60 million fine, a four - year bowl ban and the loss of scholarships?

Most recently one of Dinamo Zagreb's players, Arijan Ademi, was banned for four years after being tested positively for taking an anabolic steroid after playing against Arsenal in the Champions League, and Wenger thinks that Zagreb should have forfeited the game.

Liverpool's Mamadou Sakho faces a two - year ban after traces of a fat burning substance were allegedly found in his drugs test after the Reds» Europa League match against Borussia Dortmund.

The Asian Football Confederation could yet take action against their club champions, with a ban from next year's competition a possibility.

Uefa will support president Michel Platini through an appeal against his eight - year ban, the organisation has said.

Wenger served a four - match touchline ban last year, after an altercation with fourth official Anthony Taylor, following another late penalty against his team.

The 35 - year - old was dismissed for the second time this season against Chelsea in the FA Cup and will begin a two - match ban, while Kevin Mirallas will also miss out as he completes a suspension of the same length.

Suspended Uefa president Michel Platini's appeal against his six - year ban football is being heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

PAOK president Ivan Savvidis has been banned from all football grounds for three years after storming the pitch during a game against AEK Athens earlier this month while appearing to carry a gun in a hip holster.

The task will be made harder though without arguably the club's most consistent and loyal servant over the years in Finnish goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen, who serves a three match ban for his red card against Birmingham City.

The first leg of Lyon's Europa League quarterfinal against Besiktas last April was marred by violence that led to $ 100,000 fines for each club and a two - year suspended ban from European competition that would activate in case of further incidents.

The 17 - year - old, who is also a target for Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburg, have appealed against the ban with a ruling expected to be confirmed by the end of the week.

Included were a ban on heading in soccer age 10 and below, limits on heading in practice for those ages 11 to 13 years, and new substitution rules to allow for evaluation of players suspected of having suffered a concussion without such substitution being counted against the team's total number of allowed substitutions.

A year ago, I wrote a blog about how hospital bans against vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) limit options for Muskegon families.

Seven rough - sleepers could have faced up to two years in prison after being accused of breaching an injunction which bans them from sleeping in tents in protest against the city council's homeless policy.

Clearly, even very strict bans against religious expression did little to convert supporters of such religious expression over a period of 75 years.

Rebecca Fischer, executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, said she is not surprised that pistol permits spiked after the SAFE Act, which included a broader ban on assault weapons and requires pistol - permit holders to re-certify every five years.

With protests breaking out around the country against police brutality, Hakeem Jeffries introduced a bill to ban police chokeholds, the irresponsible practice which led to the death of Eric Garner last year.

- They used anti Terror legislation to ban an 80 year old Labour supporter from their own conference for shouting «Rubbish» at JackBoot Straw AND they used anti terror legislation against Iceland - funny how it sems to fit anything that Labour or the police want it to fit Huh?

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, who protested against justice secretary Chris Grayling's ban on prisoners receiving books earlier this year, has been made a dame in the new year's honour's list.

Perhaps rattled by his relatively anemic win in last year's Democratic primary against liberal long shot Zephyr Teachout, he has quelled key camps of left - wing opposition by unilaterally banning fracking, raising wages for fast - food workers and endorsing a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage.

The Park Foundation, an Ithaca - based philanthropic fund, has also continued to fund state - based anti-fracking efforts despite the ban, including a $ 125,000 grant to New Yorkers Against Fracking earlier this year.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics settled its case against Fred Hiffa, formerly of Ostroff, Hiffa, & Associates, Inc., following allegations that he had violated the state's lobbying gift ban in 2006 by hiring Matthew Libous in 2006, retaining the Binghamton lawmaker's son for $ 4,166 a month for one year to a Westchester County - based law firm.

For example the two - term Congressman was the only Republican in the House earlier this year against G.O.P. legislation that would ban federal payments for abortion, and he's joined the gay rights caucus on Capitol Hill.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last year filed suit against fantasy sports companies that offered for - pay games, pointing to the state's constitutional ban on games of chance.

This year, Faso was one of 24 Republicans who voted against an effort by a Missouri conservative to write a ban on transgender transition - related healthcare spending into the Pentagon budget.

This year, the Senate race pits Rep. Bruce Braley, a Democrat who favors same - sex marriage, against Republican state Sen. Joni Ernst, who has tried to again ban gay marriage in Iowa through a state constitutional amendment.

«He has also been a leading voice for banning standardized tests for our youngest students, supported a three - year moratorium against the use of Common Core testing for student promotion and placement, and has backed giving the city and state Comptrollers the power to audit charters, particularly charter practices that limit the enrollment and retention of high - needs students.»

[49] Whilst Hoon and Byers were both banned from the House of Commons for five and two years respectively, no further action was taken against Hewitt for her part in the «Cash for Access» affair.

«A little over three years [after the Putney dinner] our relationship had soured to the point that he banned Lib Dem special advisers from physically entering the Department for Education, hid on one occasion in the toilet to avoid speaking to David Laws, and let loose his somewhat unhinged advisers to brief against me, and even against Miriam, in the press,» Clegg writes.

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Last year the United States banned imports of 201 species of salamander to guard against Bsal, and Canada did so for all species in May.

Millions advised that a permanent ban «would be against the public interest» and said that Wallace should have the opportunity to re-enter the profession after a review period of two years.

As this year's Banned Books Week approaches — it's Sept. 17 to Oct. 3 — many NEA members are celebrating the voices, characters, and books that look at the issues that matter to students, and standing up against censorship.