Sentences with phrase «years of disappointments on»

But after years of disappointments on climate issues, protestors say that dropping the pipeline is a chance for the Obama Administration to prove it is still serious about combating climate change and freeing the US from its long dependence on fossil fuels.

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This past year, when Michigan beat Ohio State and went on to win the Rose Bowl and a share of the national championship, it (almost) made up for a half century of disappointment.

Last year I spoke to a man whose story challenged me as to whether I could go on following Jesus in spite of crushing disappointment.

Mourinho, however, is reportedly confident that the 23 - year - old can rediscover his form next season and could be spurred on by the disappointment of missing out on this summer's Copa America tournament through injury.

Despite the disappointment of eventually finishing in third place in the Premier League last season, Spurs are evidently keen to keep the same nucleus of the squad in place and build on their success last year as they currently sit with eight points from their first four games of the season leaving them just four points off top spot.

On the very first pass of their first preseason game, Sanchez, the second - year quarterback whose performance might determine whether the Jets» season ends in Dallas (site of the Super Bowl) or in disappointment, threw an interception that Giants defensive back Antrel Rolle returned for a near touchdown.

The 31 year old winger has been a disappointment for much of his four years at the Emirates Stadium, save for a four goal haul at Liverpool and a goal against Barcelona, and now Arsene Wenger is ready to call time on Arshavin's Gunners career.

In the midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said position over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped - out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are average players who couldn't make any of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many average players on their bench playing the same position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure of this club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)

This put behind last years disappointment of narrowly missing out on a cup final, where they were beaten by Teeside 1s.

I spent 10 years working on my swing, and it didn't get me anything but a lot of disappointment.

Maybe I am wrong and have simply been conditioned to disappointment on the transfer front after following Arsenal for so many years, but I was very worried to read today that Newcastle United have slapped a transfer fee of around # 35 million on their Euro 2016 France international star Moussa Sissoko, according to an Evening Standard report.

After the disappointments of the current campaign and with the club seemingly determined to keep Wenger in charge for at least one more year there is talk of a big shake - up at the club this summer and I think that the next few weeks could have a big say on which players the boss really trusts to give what is required to fight for the title next season.

It has been obvious for 2 years or more that giroud Walcott ox Campbell were not good enough attacking options to challenge for titles... wenger added Sanchez and took a failed punt on welbeck... 2 weeks to go and it's the same thing... Le prof of denial had better put his hands in his pockets and buy mahrez and another striker or season will just repeat the disappointments of the lost decade

The stress of his wife's death and disappointment over her will took a toll on Johnny, who began to suffer an irregular heartbeat; a pacemaker had to be installed later that year.

Despite making steady progress over the last two years, their continued disappointment in terms of winning trophies and their limited wage structure could put pressure on them this summer to fend off interest along with the fact that they'll be moving into an expensive new stadium the season after next.

While it was always going to take time given his need to implement his preferred style of play and mentality into the players along with bedding new signings in as he stamped his mark on the squad, it would have been a disappointment for him and all concerned that City went trophy-less last year.

After narrowly missing out on the league title the past two years on goal difference, it will be now their time to progress and forget the disappointment of recent years.

personally I have lost faith and patience with him, on the field and off it, he has been a massive disappointment and a let down...... people are going on about his form in Roma, I say he is not doing something he has not dome at Arsenal, he has good games but lacks that consistency and maturity you will expect from a player who has been given the number one jersey for more than 2 years in one of the biggest clubs in the world.....

Frankly I don't care anymore, AFC, the way it is been run now is not worth all the heartache and disappointment it keeps giving us fans and am totally done with hoping anything good is in the offing... the manager is on # 8million per year, the least paid player in the squad will earn in a month what I will prolly earn in a year, the board and owner gets # 3million for giving advice so why should I be miserable foe my for my wife and daughter because of a club which cares nothing for me?

From overcoming the disappointment of missing out on Beijing 2008 through injury to win Olympic gold four years later, securing a second World title in 2015 just 13 months after the birth of her son Reggie or backing up her London triumph with an impressive silver in Rio this summer — the now 30 - year - old has led from the front in British sport.

After the disappointment of going out of the European Cup at the hands of Bayern Munich despite coming within one goal of qualification to the Quarter Finals, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side have to pick themselves up once more this season for the tough trip to this year's Carling Cup winners Swansea City who have caused Arsenal sizeable difficulties on the three occasions the two sides have met thus far this campaign with player of the season Michu having already registered three goals against the Gunners.

2018 is another year of CONCACAF Champions League disappointment for FC Dallas as they tied Tauro FC 3 - 2 on Wednesday night to crash out on aggregate goals 3 - 3.

But instead, the Royal Dutch Football Federation (KNVB) appointed another stalwart Guus Hiddink, who was then replaced by Danny Blind, followed by Advocaat — all in the space of just over three - and - a-half years as the national team slumped from one disappointment to another, missing out on qualification for both the 2016n Euros and then 2018 World Cup.

Pochettino has spoken of Tottenham's improvement as a long - term process, so how can they move on from this year's disappointment and take the next step forward?

Although there is no doubt that the Premier League performances in the last two seasons have been a disappointment, Wenger remains one of Europe's top coaches, and with over a year to run on his contract, it makes no sense to dispense with his services at the end of this season.

The injury setback is the latest disappointment the 22 year old has suffered since joining Anderlecht on loan from Al - Arabi of Qatar at the start of the season.

The former Burnley manager doesn't allow his players to get down about any mishaps or on - field disappointments, instead he would rather his side get straight back down to business and continue playing with an element of joy and satisfaction, with the football at times on display from Bolton out of this world considering the manner in which they gained promotion to the top - flight some nine years ago.

In terms of silverware, those nine years were as good as it has got for Les Dogues as just two years after their second Ligue 1 success in 1954, they were relegated to Ligue 2, a catastrophe that led to decades of underachievement on the pitch and disappointment in the stands.

A week on from the disappointment of suffering their fifth defeat in six games, their twelfth since the turn of the year, Blackpool entertain bottom - of - the - league Wigan in what few would deny as being the club's biggest game of the season thus far.

The capacities that develop in the earliest years may be harder to measure on tests of kindergarten readiness than abilities like number and letter recognition, but they are precisely the skills, closely related to executive functions, that researchers have recently determined to be so valuable in kindergarten and beyond: the ability to focus on a single activity for an extended period, the ability to understand and follow directions, the ability to cope with disappointment and frustration, the ability to interact capably with other students.

Delivering his New Year message in an exclusive interview with Deejay Sly on the Weekend City Show on Ark fm, Sunyani, Kwaku Manu couldn't control his disappointment in the ruling government but to voice out his feelings and the plight of the poor Ghanaian.

Nelson's statements came as a disappointment to people who had identified him as an uncommitted vote on «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» that could be moved in favor of repeal this year.

Senate bill sponsor Brad Hoylman (D - Manhattan) called it «a crushing disappointment on the heels of such progress made this year.»

The conference has expressed its disappointment with the effect the policy is having on admissions in private schools, with reports that enrollment of first - years has dropped significantly.

There was also a mutual disappointment in the governor's office and in City Hall over the lapsed tax break and development program known as 421 - a, which the governor had urged developers and unions to negotiate on last year, and which Mr. de Blasio looked to restart in order to support the creation of affordable housing in the city, a bedrock promise of his first term.

Commenting on the two studies, Baas says that finding a good treatment for mesothelioma has been a challenge for many years and has so far led to many disappointments, so there is a need for investigation into new pathways such as the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors that target the PD - 1 / PD - L1 pathway.

After years of hype and subsequent disappointment, the human genome is finally making good on its promise.

After years of much trial and error, along with way too much frustration, disappointment and money spent on supplements, books, videos, I finally started to see programs that worked and patterns of training that delivered me the rapid results I was after.

I've been using ASCP for a couple of years now and I found that I loved the color of the paint until I put the clear wax on and then the disappointment set in!

Though Con Air was a disappointment from a critical perspective, it was the top box - office action film of the year and audiences thrilled to the kinetic action sequences that also cemented Nicolas Cage's abilities as a viable action star (following on the heels of Bay's previous mega-hit The Rock [1996]-RRB-.

I paid for the Star Wars: The Old Republic Collector «s Edition few years ago what i disappointment not only did i waste 5 hrs trying to get it to work on windows 10 i never saw past the login screen i wish i never brought this pill of crap.

However, Cine Asia's output slowed down over the next couple of years too and in 2012 they disappeared, much to the disappointment of martial arts fans like me, who relied on them to bring the best of Hong Kong action to the UK.

Before Midnight — by Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater Based on: the twenty year odyssey of a relationship that really consists of ideas — love, disappointment, success, marriage — the big stuff that tends to define our lives as we go from being young to old.

Sadly, the answer is neither, though an overexcited populace spoon - fed on a year's worth of hype is likely to lean toward the latter owing to severe disappointment.

Tony Black on what the future holds for Steven Spielberg following the box office disappointment of The BFG... This week, The BFG joined this year's list of «illustrious» flops, at least in the US where it tanked hard as it released off the back of Indepedence Day: Resurgence and the much more successful Finding Dory.

Considering the level of talen involved, last year's V / H / S has to be considered a mixed bag, falling a bit on the side of disappointment.

Though the film has developed something of a cult following due to its off - the - wall action sequences and clever storyline, the film was a financial disappointment, and films based on Deus Ex, Just Cause, and Thief have been quiet for years.

Not as commendable were the slick but forgettable Leatherface, the first disappointment by French filmmaking duo Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury; the Spierig Brothers» Jigsaw, part 8 of the exhausted Saw series; the dull Amityville: The Awakening by Franck Khalfoun, usually a respectable genre director, who does still add his share of clever touches (and meta moments, like when a group of teenagers watch the original Amityville Horror in the «real» Amityville haunted house, into which one's family has just moved); Open Water 3: Cage Dive, whose shark - franchise designation was tacked on as an afterthought, not that it helped to draw in audiences (in an anemic year for great whites, 47 Meters Down takes the prize for the best shark film); Jeepers Creepers 3, a super-limited release — surely in part because of director Victor Salva's history as a convicted child molester — which just a tiny bit later would probably have been shelved permanently in light of the slew of reprehensible - male - behavior outings in recent months.

Anghus Houvouras with the year in disappointment... Normally this column is a vapid deep dive into the dumpster fire of pop culture confections unable to deliver on lofty expectations.

On the other hand, failure to acquire basic literacy skills in the early years of schooling too often leads to disappointment, disengagement from the educational process, and drastically lower expectations for success beyond school.