Sentences with phrase «years of damage as»

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In his six years as Mayor of Calgary, Naheed Nenshi has dealt with his fair share of damage control, from catastrophic flooding in 2013, wildfires this spring in the neighbouring communities, and the ongoing fallout from the province's recession.

Syriza, which broke a two - party - led system, has disappointed some on the left for implementing austerity measures and the reputation of the mainstream parties remains damaged following what is perceived as years of failed promises.

In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructure.

«For the supermajors, the U.S. shales may be just the portfolio medicine needed to repair short -, mid - or long - term portfolio damage as a result of the last several years of severe exploration cutbacks,» Brian Lidsky, managing director at PLS, said in a briefing on 2017 dealmaking.

But Buffett may have escaped the worst of the damage, as he sold nearly all of his Verizon stock over the past year, and owned just a tiny $ 43,000 stake as of Berkshire Hathaway's latest holdings disclosure.

While Apple has not gone as far as Salesforce in opposing the bill in Indiana, where it operates two stores, the iPhone maker has expressed its concerns earlier this year about whether that bill and others like it would undermine existing civil rights law and damage the business climate of those states.

Todd Zenger, a professor at University of Utah's Eccles School of Business, wrote in the Harvard Business Review last year that pay transparency is «far from a panacea... [and] a double - edged sword, capable of doing as much — or more — damage as good.»

Overworking members of the team as they near the home stretch of the year can cause morale to plummet, which will lower productivity in a much more damaging way.

Instead of being content with slowly growing richer each year as their dividends and interest compound, they try to hit a hole - in - one, damaging their capital with big losses.

Rivera - Rios said that as of March 31 of this year, 243,989 claims had been received due to damage and losses caused by hurricane Maria.

The extent of the damage is unknown given that dozens of municipalities remained isolated and without communication after Maria hit the island Wednesday morning as a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds, the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years.

Even after a drop in commodities this month, seven of eight tracked by the Standard & Poor's GSCI Agriculture Index are higher than a year earlier as adverse weather damages crops, rising demand erodes inventories and a weak dollar boosts demand for U.S. exports.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

France's Socialist government announced the first real - terms increase in the minimum wage for six years on Tuesday, but limited the rise to 0.6 percentage points above inflation as it sought to balance election promises with fears of damaging employment.

Harvey, which came ashore on August 25 as the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, has killed an estimated 50 people, displaced more than 1 million and damaged some 200,000 homes in a path of destruction stretching for more than 300 miles.

The venerable oil and gas giant lost its AAA rating from Standard and Poor in April 2016, which thought a symbolic loss (it shared the rating with Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson) indicated the damage wrought by years of low prices and some pretty terrible luck, notably Tillerson's lost $ 500 billion deal in Russia as the result of Western sanctions.

«I'll pray about it» I certainly would throw that into the same bag as «the will of the Lord» for you or myself by someone else, is always generated by their personal prejudices, what don't appeal to them is not the will of the Lord, I came to that conclusion only year's after the damage was already done.

Actually food for several years, since having salt water flood the earth would have caused the death of almost every plant that most of those animals could have eaten as well as damage the earth so the crops wouldn't have been able to come back for years.

In recent years reporters have chronicled the «repentant stance» that characterizes such gatherings of men as Promise Keepers, as participants openly regret their acts or omissions as husbands, fathers, brothers and sons.24 At times, however, a failure to respond to environmental damage mirrors omissions on the home front.

As in the case of physical malnutrition, severe shortages of psychological food have their most damaging effects during the early years when growth is the most rapid and personality the most plastic.

As the storm hits many of same places that have been battered by hurricane Irma, Hull said the repetitive damage is worse than weather in previous years.

mormons being sent out in droves to do damage control... you guys don't need to come knock on my door, I shall tell you as the day is long YOUR «RELIGION» WAS MADE UP BY A CHARISMATIC CHARLATAN 170 YEARS AGO... YOU FOLLOW NOTHING OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THIS LAND.

A few years back, Michael S. Rose wrote Ugly As Sin, a fine denunciation of the sterility of contemporary Catholic church architecture and the damage it has done to the celebration of the Eucharist.

Out of his personal struggles with psychosis and many years» experience as a hospital chaplain, Anton Boisen concluded that the most damaging feelings in mental illness are the sense of awful isolation and the feeling of unpardonable guilt.

As is true in the case of physical nutrition, deprivation of adequate emo tional food is the most damaging in the earliest years of life, when growth is the most rapid and personality the most plastic.

Even though alcoholism ranks as one of the country's three major health problems, along with cancer and heart disease; even though it accounts for approximately 98,000 deaths every year; even though it is the root cause of most pastoral - care crises (suicides, auto fatalities, child abuse, divorces, hospital admissions, accidental deaths and home violence); even though it costs the nation $ 120 billion annually in terms of lost work time, health and welfare benefits, property damage, medical expenses, insurance and lost wages; and even though its effects impair the educational process of every child in every classroom, still the church acts as though alcoholism does not exist.

The news that poor Danny Welbeck has suffered cartilage damage to his left knee, just 15 games after recovering from similar damage to his right knee that kept him out of the Arsenal side for nearly a year, is an incredibly cruel blow just as he was approaching full fitness for the Euros.

There is no getting around the fact that this is a blow for the Gunners and pretty symptomatic of the sort of bad luck we have been getting on the injury front for years, but I also think that it should not prove too damaging to our season, as long as no more defenders are ruled out in the near future.

It has been a frustrating few years for all concerned and despite still having plenty of time as he is just 22 - years old, the Ox seems to have let his struggles get to him and damage his confidence, which has then in turn affected his form.

Honestly don't believe there is any cause behind this, is just a short sighted and damaging way of getting AS half price for a year, oblivious to the fact that we're throwing 100 million down the drain.

Wengers comments on le coq injury, «He has a knee injury in the same place he had last year, that's a negative of the day,» «We don't know if the damage is as big at the moment, we have to wait for 48 hours but he left the stadium in a brace.

«The injuries started popping up when the C405 aluminum alloy came out as the bat standard in 1996 — brain damage, broken jaws, teeth knocked out,» says Bill Thurston, rules editor of the NCAA baseball rules committee for the last 15 years.

How you could witness what the rest of us have these last few years and ever even consider saying Arsenal should beat these teams on financial and historical grounds is completely beyond my comprehension because their is no financial muscle flexed at Arsenal and these teams, even Marseille, are bigger spenders, as for the history, well the problem there is the man that made alot of that history is they current manager and he has no qualms about damaging it as long as he gets to employ his own agenda, which only he now seems to know what this actually is Arsenal deserve nothing on merit going into any game.

As a general point, the statutory time limit for bringing a claim for damages for personal injuries is three years from the date of the incident.

The 22 - year - old Spaniard has been hinted to be a top defender but has come under a lot of scrutiny from the Arsenal fans after an Oxford Union interview which seemed to have damaged his reputation as a footballer.

ive had a brest reduction 16 years ago... and now 8 months pregnsnt haven't seen any change on my brsts as growing or aching... doctor says i might produce milk but its up to me to decide wether i want to brestfeed since theres a lot of risks for me as damaging the operation i had done 16 years ago... has anyone had a similar story or experience that can advise me??

Without this, a very small number of babies born each year would suffer brain damage or die as a result of VKDB.

The concepts of childishness versus foolishness have been helpful to me, although without accompanying age - appropriate expectations (which are impossible to come by when 18 month olds are lumped together with 8 year olds), these concepts can just as easily be misunderstood and damage family relationships.

We did just that but the months of therapy turned into years and one therapist turned into three all of whom threw in the towel as did my wife who found the various treatments and exercises the Sex Therapists gave us (what they called «homework») to be frustrating and very damaging to her self esteem.

And I don't feel that night - waking even for a period of years is in any way unhealthy or psychologically damaging, as long as the parents accept that it's normal and have found a way to manage.

They claim 14 - year - old Ahmed has suffered severe damages as a result of his interrogation and arrest at the school.

The building has suffered significant water damage and decay over years of neglect, making it a financial liability, as well.

Once you have done your own little bit, as you have done for months now, to damage the Corbyn campaign, by your constant nitpicking of his competence and leadership skills and policy development shortcomings, and regular defence of the «soft Left» who have so blatantly failed to support him all year, from a supposed position on the Left (so much more effective in the current battle for the dominant narrative than criticism coming openly from the Labour right), will you too finally, (sorrowfully and with much hand - wringing») declare for Owen Smith at the opening of voting, David?

But Osagie, in a statement, noted that the budget was realistic and designed to propel economic growth, even as he said that the All Progressives Congress was still fixing the damage allegedly caused by the «PDP's years of misrule.»

New Scotland Town Justice David Wukitsch, who presided over the case in City Court, also ordered Lee's license revoked for at least a year and directed her to pay a $ 500 fine, plus $ 395 state surcharge in addition to an as - yet - undetermined amount of restitution to the woman whose car was damaged.

After ten years inside, as part of his life sentence, it was the first time he'd thought of the damage he'd done to her and the family of the victim.

But the two coalition parties almost see the Queen's speech as a sideshow to the chief political task of rebuilding an economy over the next year that they say was more damaged than they realised when they took office.

As for the Sheffield rally, and the Tory press, yes years of criticism of kinnock gave a bad view, but he'd done a lot of damage to himself, let alone how could someone who endorsed the 83 ′ and 87 manifestos stand on a platform in 92 totally different, but the idea that the 2.5 m votes extra Kinnock would have needed to win disappeared was due toThe rallying illy, he lost because the public hadn't forgot the winter of discontent, the deputy leadership race of 1981 and he loony left

The 56 - year - old ex Labour Member of the European Parliament admits that public trust in politicians as a whole will have been damaged by his case.

As the one - year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaches, New York City officials acknowledged that many residents are still waiting for financial aid to rebuild their damaged homes but said the city's infrastructure has been strengthened for future storms.