Sentences with phrase «year effort called»

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Meanwhile, the turmoil at Politico may be giving some media watchers déjà vu, or at least flashbacks to another Allbritton - backed venture that went through substantial upheaval: In 2010, a number of senior journalists including former Washington Post digital chief Jim Brady started an ambitious hyperlocal effort called TBD, only to have the entire effort implode in less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the site.

In an op - ed published in Newsweek that year called «Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems,» the WikiLeaks founder argued Google Ideas was an apparatus for the company to engage in international affairs and use Cohen's connections with the U.S. government in that effort.

Some Democratic lawmakers have called for a special session of the legislature to censure LePage, who earlier this year fought off an impeachment effort.

So Vanguard has beefed up «engagement» efforts — holding 817 meetings, phone calls, and videochats with companies in the past year compared with 685 the year before.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong may have called this year's provincial budget a «triple B» effort (a «boring balanced budget»), but The Vancouver Board of Trade thinks today's budget deserved a B +.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

A year after launching its self - examination, the regulator is getting both praise for its efforts and calls for more concrete results.

In recent years, a number of Christian leaders have rightly called lethargic and half - hearted Christians to quicken their pace, to dedicate more of their time, talents, money and efforts to serving the Lord in the local church and in evangelistic outreach at home and abroad.

It has been my experience in the past three or four years to have become persuaded that God is calling his people to a revolutionary effort, at least in Latin America.

«Anything short of a steadfast US commitment of admitting 200,000 refugees over the next fiscal year would betray the White House's own call to redouble global resettlement efforts,» said CWS, which represents 37 Christian groups, in a statement.

It was the popularity of books calling for a return to «biblical womanhood» that inspired me tofollow all of the Bible's commandments for women as literally as possible for a year in an effort to highlight the inherent selectivity of discussions surrounding «biblical manhood» and «biblical womanhood.»

On the other hand, evangelicals who promote a warped view of American history in an effort to undo the court rulings on church - state affairs ignore a fundamental point made by Roger Williams more than 300 years ago: «No civil state or country can be truly called Christian, although the Christians be in it.»

Royce labored over the next thirty years to work out the implications of what he called «Absolute pragmatism,» venturing into psychology, logic, and even mathematics in an effort to puzzle out how minds can understand the will and ideas of the Absolute.

When the Utah Compromise was passed two years ago, Moore and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission colleague Andrew Walker called the effort to ensure fair treatment of LGBT individuals «well - intentioned,» but took issue with the «arbitrary threshold» for which entities gained religious exemption under the policy.

The effort, called the Celebrate Mercy project, was started earlier this year to combat negative media portrayals of Mohammed.

Ahead of this year's Super Bowl and building on what we've learned from prior marketing efforts, we launched a new interactive element to our mix — an activation called Avo Secrets — which allows people to explore 16 different experiences.

In a report, the committee said the EU's efforts to reduce food waste were «fragmented and untargeted» and called for the new European commission to publish a five - year strategy within six months of taking office later this year.

In the past year, food manufacturers and retailers scaled up their ambitions and efforts to cut consumer food waste by standardizing food date labels, including The Consumer Goods Forum's Call to Action to standardize date labeling worldwide by 2020, complemented by enhanced consumer education of meaning of date labels.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

Age doesn't give you wisdom, you have to learn and use your time to develop wisdom and if a 80 year old hasn't spent any effort into bettering themselves then I would not call them wise, they are mature «newbs».

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson do not exactly own The Players Championship, with the superstars possessing just one win apiece for their years - long efforts at the PGA Tour's so - called fifth major.

That's where Brown was a month later, attending something called PirateFest, a three - day confab organized annually by the ball club in an effort to convince the citizenry that this year's team will be better than last year's team, and you should buy your tickets now.

The 19 - year - old British midfielder's efforts last March earned him his first team call - up for the club earlier this season and seven more appearances later on.

Others are spoken to on the phone or are at home when early years workers call (or could be, if efforts were made to include them).

In Arlington Heights, some candidates are calling for a second referendum to build an addition to the library; a similar effort failed last year.

I am proud to announce that after much effort and money, multiple fingerprints and countless phone calls, and after nine years married, we have moved from two family names to one family name.

«I am honored to call Bill Larkin a friend and I am proud to support him for as long as he is willing to serve our area and should he choose to run for re-election, I will be right there with him as I was last year and supporting him in his efforts,» Basile told the Mid-Hudson News.

... an unprecedented effort in a midterm election year, called the Bannock Street Project after the location of Bennet's 2010 campaign office.

I am making an effort this year beyond the usual to get out and vote against Maloney because he's friggin driving my family crazy with rude nightly phone calls.

These missions are the results of common efforts done by the GIPC and the Embassy of Mexico at just one year of the full opening of the mentioned diplomatic mission in Accra, and its target is to strengthen the economic ties between both countries who are called to turn two main actors in the economic global growth in the following years.

Paladino called efforts to take pictures of the daughter he fathered out - of - wedlock ten years ago «disgusting» and said: «I'm a father.

Roger Stone this morning came to the defense of John Haggerty, calling Manhattan DA Cy Vance's indictment of the Queens operative «outrageous» and insisting that Mayor Bloomberg would have faced a $ 15 million to $ 20 million GOP primary last year had it not been for Haggerty's efforts.

FMAP runs through Dec. 31 of this year, but many states had been calling for an extension since earlier this year in order to coincide with their state budget planning efforts.

In our unprecedented effort to cover the midterm elections, Roll Call has hit the campaign trail in 14 states so far this year, covering 24 congressional races and writing 36 datelined stories from Adel, Iowa, to Tallulah, Louisiana.

Earlier this year, he formed his own organization, Revere America, to gather signatures from across the country in an effort to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — which Republicans like to call «Obamacare.»

Commenting on the success of UFT lobbying efforts in Albany, Mulgrew called it «the best legislative session we've had in eight years.»

Kink and the May 12 Coalition are calling for the city to «make millionaires pay their fair share» — a push that echoes the failed effort to extend the three - year PIT increase scheduled to sunset at the end of the year.

He touted his club's efforts two years ago to run 70 people for an even more obscure political office called county committee, and promises to bring the vitality of his organization to local elected office.

Sanders called back to a range of liberal victories in recent years including the effort to increase the minimum wage to $ 15.

The state's education lobby is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers to allocate an additional $ 2.2 billion next year for the schools — an increase the groups claim is necessary due to the state's efforts to constrain property taxes.

Organizers of the annual «Gifts for Guns» program call this year's effort a huge success.

According to him, several efforts made by the retirees to attract governments attention through these past years has proved abortive and called on the Ayade - led government to see to their plight by ordering their payment.

For many years, a friendly division of work within the Alzheimer's Association called for the New York City office to deliver programs and the national office in Chicago to lead advocacy efforts and promote funding for major research.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Organizers of the annual «Gifts for Guns» program call this year's effort a huge success.

The 30 - second spot, called «Began,» will air on broadcast, cable and digital market areas throughout the district.Previous ads cite Faso's record of results as an innovative leader, notably his efforts to enact balanced state budgets, push for a property tax cap and his role in creating New York's STAR program, which saves taxpayers millions of dollars each year.

«(I) t is clear that efforts to dismantle the so - called Independent Democratic Conference — either forcing its eight members to rejoin the mainline Democrats, or attempting to defeat them in primaries next year — are building, and with them pressure on the governor.»

Mr Brown has called for a «year of action» to tackle poverty in the developing world and hopes showcasing efforts from major companies will help save lives and boost struggling economies.

The event follows Mr Brown's speech to the UN in July last year, when he called for increased efforts on delivering the millennium development goals by 2015.

Local groups have been calling for a public use of the building for years, Singleton said, but this is the first time an official effort has been launched.

It suggested average savings of up to 7 % a year may be required in the acute sector over the next five years, compared with the 4 % called for by the Department of Health as part of efforts to slash # 20bn from running costs.