Sentence examples for measures that raised from inspiring English sources
In the face of protests from alumni and other supporters, however, both universities announced measures that raised hopes that the programs would be continued in some form.
Néstor Kirchner, Argentina's newly elected president, has won popularity by raising minimum wages and imposing capital controls on what he sees as short-term speculation by foreign investors, both measures that raised some eyebrows at the I.M.F.
Bankers who work with the S.B.A. blamed the steep drop-off on the absence of stimulus measures that raised the guarantee level on general business, or 7(a), loans from 75 percent to 90 percent and also eliminated borrower fees on both 7(a) loans and so-called 504 loans, which are used primarily to finance capital investments such as real property.
Earlier this year, voters approved 35 ballot measures that raised $579 million for conservation-related purposes.
In Arkansas, Alaska, Illinois, South Dakota, and three cities in California, voters approved ballot measures that raised the minimum wage for an estimated 1.7 million workers, the majority of whom are women and mothers.
Back in 1988, voters in California passed Proposition 99, a measure that raised cigarette taxes and placed other restrictions on cigarette sales.
For example, the administration recently turned to him in its effort to win approval of an antiterrorist measure that raised some privacy concerns.
But it based its conclusion on how often other inventors cite patents by Long Islanders, a measure that raised some eyebrows.
Last month he was a sponsor of a successful "living wage" ballot measure that raised the minimum wage in the city to $8.50.
Much more likely, specialists said, are temporary palliatives, like the 2001 measure that raised the amount of income not subject to the A.M.T. through 2004.
The sequester cuts are part of $2.1 trillion in agency spending cuts over 10 years included in the Budget Control Act, the measure that raised the debt limit in 2011.
