Sentence examples for upon redressing from inspiring English sources

Further research conducted in the United States by Harris Cooper and his colleagues has suggested that, while there may be advantages to implementing shorter summer breaks — parents tend to like it, and overcrowded school districts can stagger students' attendance — changing the calendar alone has a minimal effect upon redressing learning loss.

Upon taking office, he was confronted with redressing the city's treasury, which had accumulated 8.2 billion Malagasy Ariary (approximately 4.6 million U.S. dollars) in debts under previous mayors, including Ravalomanana himself.

Redressing history is satisfying.

Redressing the latter requires patience; the former cannot be redressed at all.

4. A Process for Redressing Grievances.

Many models of professional self-regulation call upon individual practitioners to take responsibility both for identifying the limits of their own skills and for redressing their identified limits through continuing professional development activities.

In Iraq, Kurdish, Shiite and other long-repressed groups may take it upon themselves to redress old injustices.

"Based on the compelling inequities of Malik's plight, we strongly urge you to redress the injustices wrought upon him immediately," the letter says.

Adolescents must be seen not simply as victims or perpetrators but as part of a solution that draws upon the strengths of the past, redresses the injustices of the present and offers accountability for the future.

She toyed with writing an instructive book about grammar for children, but, instead of attempting to redress the educational lapses inflicted upon today's kids, she decided to rectify a significant omission in her own education: she would learn Latin.

As Mohammed Atef's recent death shows, international law entitles us to redress the killing of thousands by direct armed attack upon Osama bin Laden and other Al Qaeda perpetrators responsible for the attacks of Sept. 11.