Sentences with phrase «year party held»

Thus far, I've met a few upperclassmen, and the first - year party held by the older graduate students allowed me to meet a great many more.

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It's a bit of a strange gambit for a treaty that has a six - month escape clause for any participant; while all parties currently seem reluctant to make any hasty decisions, the idea of tearing the bandage off over five excruciating years doesn't seem to hold much appeal either:

In light of Harvey Weinstein and several other sexual harassment allegations, a recent survey by consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. shows that 11 percent of employers say they will not hold an office holiday party this year after holding one in the past.

Relations are already strained between Washington and Beijing over trade and North Korea, and the Chinese communist party is preparing to hold its once - every - five - years congress next month.

Relations are already strained between Washington and Beijing over trade and North Korea, and the Chinese communist party is preparing to hold its once - every - five - years congress in October.

The new regulations extend the accommodation available to religiously affiliated nonprofit employers to closely held2 for profit corporations that have adopted a resolution establishing that the corporation objects to some or all contraceptive services on account of the owners» sincerely held religious beliefs.3 Starting in the new plan year, Hobby Lobby and other closely held corporations with religious objections will be required to notify their insurer, third party administrator, or HHS so that the insurer or administrator can still provide the contraceptive coverage directly to the employees and their dependents.

While May has been effective in attacking Harper on a number of fronts, she still insists on breaking a principle she held to for many years: that the Green Party should not be trying to elect members but should be forcing other parties to adopt a green agenda.

And yet in recent years, Burning Man, the weeklong party held in the Black Rock Desert — it's part electronic craft fair, part pagan cult, part rave — has attracted the world's premier tech leaders.

This hypothetical illustration assumes the investor met the holding requirement for long - term capital gains tax rates (longer than one year), the gains were taxed at the current maximum federal rate of 23.8 %, and the loss was not disallowed for tax purposes due to a wash sale, related party sale, or other reason.

The Globe and Mail, in a front page article entitled «Consider This» argued that the political «parties should commit to holding the line on EI premium increases» [1] They argued that EI premium rates are going up by 15 cents per $ 100 of insurable earnings for every future year and that this is a significant hit on incomes and pocketbooks.

The PCAOB held a series of meetings around the country last year to discuss the proposals with accountants, shareholders and other interested parties.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

The wing joint said it boosted the number of Fantasy Football draft parties held at its locations this year.

One night at the beginning of the year, all over California, election parties were being held at candlelight dinners to gather signatures so that Eugene McCarthy would run for the presidency, and I had been among the minor - level instigators of the effort.

If the early church could hold together communities made up of Jews and Greeks, slaves and free, men and women, circumcised and uncircumcised, tax collectors and zealots, prostitutes and Pharisees, kosher believers and non-kosher believers, those who ate food sacrificed to idols and those who refused, I guess this evolution - accepting, hell - questioning, liberal - leaning feminist can worship Jesus alongside a Tea Party complementarian who thinks the earth is 6,000 years old and that Ghandi and Anne Frank are in hell.

The well - known adage, formulated at least 250 years ago by William Blackstone, is «the law holds it better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent party suffer.»

And six months after the Democratic Party took control of both houses of Congress, the prison at Guantánamo Bay was still open and conducting drumhead courts martial of the prisoners held there; the CIA was still using «enhanced interrogation techniques» on prisoners in foreign jails; illegal intrusions into the privacy of American citizens continued unabated; and, more than fifty years after the CIA was founded, it continues to operate under, at best, the most perfunctory congressional oversight.

Given Willow's effort to be city - savvy, I almost swallowed my gum when I heard where the one - year anniversary party would be held: the Congress Hotel.

Since the evening party needed to be held indoors due to the time of year, we were unable to invite all of our neighbors (our table seats only twenty four), so we focused on our nearest neighbors.

The only way they can hold the existing party together is to hope for an evolution in thought over the next 4 years, producing a more socially liberal base (possible... but won't happen quickly) or to have some other very large even occur which puts the dems in such a bad light as to lift the pressure (possible, but won't reverse the social trends).

We hosted a dinner party on New Year's Eve and with that I decided to tackle a long held goal: to make homemade gnocchi.

The party is held every other year, so on the off years, we just have quiet time.

I had grand visions of being so prepared this year that I would have everything made and in the freezer by now but my Rosh Hashanah cooking is currently on hold until after my son's birthday party this weekend.

As is Chef Keller's custom, late in the evening of last year's party, he held a debriefing with his culinary team, reflecting on best ideas and areas for opportunity for this year's event.

New events that will be held at the 10 - year anniversary festival include a celebration of women mixologists and chefs at Femme Fatale with Speed Rack hosted by Anne Burrell, a family Family Italian Harvest Party hosted by Giada De Laurentiis and her daughter Jade, Late - Night Sandwich Eggs - travaganza party, Isreali Brunch hosted by Michael Solomonov and Rooftop Rosé at The Top of the StanParty hosted by Giada De Laurentiis and her daughter Jade, Late - Night Sandwich Eggs - travaganza party, Isreali Brunch hosted by Michael Solomonov and Rooftop Rosé at The Top of the Stanparty, Isreali Brunch hosted by Michael Solomonov and Rooftop Rosé at The Top of the Standard.

If you plan to hold the party on Chinese New Year's Eve in accordance with tradition, I have one word of warning: get the date right.

At least a couple dozen of those people will be at Black Sesame Kitchen — the Beijing cooking school - cum - restaurant I founded in 2008 — where every year we hold a Chinese New Year's Eve payear we hold a Chinese New Year's Eve paYear's Eve party.

Our friends at DiaperShops.com (Kelly's Closet) are at it again - for the 3rd year in a row they are holding a gigantic Twitter Party - Fluff n» Treat!

Our friends at DiaperShops.com (Kelly's Closet) are at it again — for the 3rd year in a row they are holding a gigantic Twitter Party — Fluff n» Treat!

A couple of years ago, said child had an anaphylatic reaction at an ice cream party held at after - school.

I inflated my limbo kit the day before our 2nd grade end of year party and it held up.

But first their holding a contest to choose a banner / button design for this year's party.

Parties are held during public skating sessions throughout the year.

Like a rock legend obliged to reaffirm his greatness every few years or so with the release of a new album, so David Cameron is obliged to acknowledge events and the passing of time by actively holding his party together on Europe.

For the last 30 - odd years, the ideological left has not held much sway in the Labour party.

Rawlings claimed some heavyweights of the party schemed to stop him from holding onto to power after his constitutional eight years mandate came to an end in 2000.

As he seeks to take hold of the party in the coming year, what should we expect to see?

Senate Republicans hold a narrow majority in the chamber, while Democrats expect to do well in suburban and upstate swing districts with Hillary Clinton atop the party's ticket this year.

Unlike in 2010, when the state Conservative Party held its convention prior to the GOP's gathering and endorsed former Rep. Rick Lazio in an effort to box the Republicans into doing the same, the Conservative confab will follow the GOP's Rochester event on March 16 this year.

Even the deal to unite the party, forged late last year, was criticized by liberals for holding a special election after the budget is meant to come due, effectively keeping Republicans at the bargaining table.

Conference is a way to respect and thank the hundreds of Lib Dem activists who campaign for the party's policies all the year round and hold leadership and government ministers to account.

The state Independence Party has endorsed Republican Matt Doheny's challenge to Democratic Rep. Bill Owens in NY - 23 — a move that could prove significant in the GOP's effort to win back the North Country seat it had held for over a century until last year's special election loss.

The Nassau County Democratic Party are using Trump to raise campaign cash for teacher Christine Pellegrino, who is running for a vacant state Assembly seat that Republicans have held for more than 20 years.

A very contentious discussion followed, as NKD members — who passed a statement in support of holding a Con Con last year — and others asked why no one had been invited to speak in favor of Con Con, given that the Brooklyn Democratic Party has not taken an official position on this matter.

He pledged that if the ruling coalition parties receive fewer votes than opposition parties, the government would step aside and hold new elections later in the year.

It provides a single, seemingly straightforward measure of party performance that can tell us not only how well or badly a party has done as compared with four years ago, but also as compared with any previous local elections for which a PNS is available — even though the places in which local elections are held varies considerably from one year to the next.

His challenge over the next few years whilst his luck holds is to change British politics for ever (by moving the centre to the right) and by making the Labour Party an irrelevance.

A YouGov poll published in the Daily Telegraph today shows the Conservative party holding a 21 - year - record lead over Labour with an 18 - point advantage.

Cox himself also faces some challenges next year — especially when it comes to keeping his party in charge of the state Senate, which currently holds a 32 - 30 majority.

Christians in Parliament is a well supported all - party parliamentary group that decided last year to hold an investigation into whether or not Christian freedoms were being squeezed in this country, and so our «Clearing the Ground» select committee - style enquiry was born.