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Because our people are the heart of our organization, and we understand the impact these actions can have,were amending our sick policyat our company-owned U.S. restaurants to better accommodate our teams while ensuring no one works who is sick, well be paying employees who are required tostay at home, or who work at a restaurant that is closed, for their scheduled or regularly scheduled hours during theirtime away from work. Were actively working with our franchise partners to encourage a similar approach. – Mark King	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Please, don't worry about me, I'll be back, i also want to urge everyone to march together vigorously for amending the constitution with our leaders. – Ko Ko	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Over the past four days, we've been able to do a great deal in terms of amending the soil and inspecting it. – Dennis Moore	Found on CNN 5 years ago
At the same time, we are equally dedicated to addressing overly burdensome regulations and, even more so, to amending or eliminating regulations that may decrease safety or increase the chances of environmental harm. – Scott Angelle	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I think that we probably all recognize that an awful lot of the world, most of the world, doesn't know this meeting is taking place, but the truth is our goal for these talks, amending the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs, is one of the single most important unitary steps that we could possibly take at this moment to stave off the worst impacts of climate change. – State John Kerry	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Frankly, we are writing a new constitution, not amending this one, so this proposal needs to be voted on by the people, via a referendum. – Mustafa Sentop	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We see the new constitution as a historical imperative for Turkey. If it is not done now, it will be at the top of the agenda for the next elections, frankly, we are writing a new constitution, not amending this one, so this proposal needs to be voted on by the people, via a referendum. – Mustafa Sentop	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The services of the European Commission have verified and accepted the newly calculated value of sales and will accordingly propose an amending decision to reduce the fine imposed. – Societe Generale	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Our first priority includes amending laws which are out of date and not in harmony with the present situation, the constitution also needs amending since it's one of the laws. – Tun Tun Hein	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Unless China takes provocative action, Tsai Ing-wen likely won't go in the direction of amending the constitution to change the status quo. – Tsai Ing-wen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Kaczynski's immediate goal will be to find enough lawmakers in the parliament to secure a majority capable of amending the constitution, the changes will probably be in the direction of Viktor Orban's Hungary, where the system of institutional checks on political power has been weakened. – Aleksander Smolar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Voting on the Senate’s Continuing Resolution without amending The Senate is not enough, the Senate’s CR reads like( Senate Minority Leader) Harry Reid’s( D-NV) wish list. And The House must amend The House to achieve our policy objectives. – Bill Flores	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Trump thinks ‘our country is going to hell.’ Well, there is likely little more than a chance in hell that we are going to amend the Constitution, amending the Constitution is one of the most serious things that lawmakers can do. Therefore the path to doing it is rightfully arduous. I would put the chances … as beyond a longshot. To be sure, changing the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, would require a two-thirds vote in Congress, then ratification from three-fourths of state legislatures. It could also be changed through a constitutional convention in which at least 34 states convene to vote on an amendment, which would then need ratification from a minimum 38 states. Trump since announcing his candidacy in mid-June has made illegal immigrants from Mexico a top concern and has suggested several solutions -- including a wall along the southern border and the change to birthright citizenship. – Jessica Levinson	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Amending is too big a deal. It's going to take -- it'll be two terms. I'd be in my second term or my eighth year by the time -- assuming everything went smoothly. ... I believe you can win it legally. – Bush Trump	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Although we have not yet completed our post-filing analysis, we are committed to conducting additional outreach to taxpayers, including letters to these specific taxpayers who did not have to report or make a payment. These letters will inform them about available exemptions and note that they may benefit from amending their return. – The IRS	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Lee was an unshakeable bulwark against majoritarian tendencies that could have easily overwhelmed Singapore, lee went to the extent of amending the republic's Constitution to stop any party from sweeping into power without minority support. – Cherian George	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
This is an effort to prevent a (nuclear) deal that is bad and full of loopholes, or at least ... to succeed in closing or amending some of these loopholes. – Yuval Steinitz	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can excercise their constitutional right of amending it, or excercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. – Abraham Lincoln	added by anonymous 14 years ago
One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error. – Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Because our people are the heart of our organization, and we understand the impact these actions can have,were amending our sick policyat our company-owned U.S. restaurants to better accommodate our teams while ensuring no one works who is sick, well be paying employees who are required tostay at home, or who work at a restaurant that is closed, for their scheduled or regularly scheduled hours during theirtime away from work. Were actively working with our franchise partners to encourage a similar approach.

– Mark King

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Please, don't worry about me, I'll be back, i also want to urge everyone to march together vigorously for amending the constitution with our leaders.

– Ko Ko

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Over the past four days, we've been able to do a great deal in terms of amending the soil and inspecting it.

– Dennis Moore

Found on CNN
5 years ago

At the same time, we are equally dedicated to addressing overly burdensome regulations and, even more so, to amending or eliminating regulations that may decrease safety or increase the chances of environmental harm.

– Scott Angelle

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I think that we probably all recognize that an awful lot of the world, most of the world, doesn't know this meeting is taking place, but the truth is our goal for these talks, amending the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs, is one of the single most important unitary steps that we could possibly take at this moment to stave off the worst impacts of climate change.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Frankly, we are writing a new constitution, not amending this one, so this proposal needs to be voted on by the people, via a referendum.

– Mustafa Sentop

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We see the new constitution as a historical imperative for Turkey. If it is not done now, it will be at the top of the agenda for the next elections, frankly, we are writing a new constitution, not amending this one, so this proposal needs to be voted on by the people, via a referendum.

– Mustafa Sentop

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The services of the European Commission have verified and accepted the newly calculated value of sales and will accordingly propose an amending decision to reduce the fine imposed.

– Societe Generale

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Our first priority includes amending laws which are out of date and not in harmony with the present situation, the constitution also needs amending since it's one of the laws.

– Tun Tun Hein

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Unless China takes provocative action, Tsai Ing-wen likely won't go in the direction of amending the constitution to change the status quo.

– Tsai Ing-wen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Kaczynski's immediate goal will be to find enough lawmakers in the parliament to secure a majority capable of amending the constitution, the changes will probably be in the direction of Viktor Orban's Hungary, where the system of institutional checks on political power has been weakened.

– Aleksander Smolar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Voting on the Senate’s Continuing Resolution without amending The Senate is not enough, the Senate’s CR reads like( Senate Minority Leader) Harry Reid’s( D-NV) wish list. And The House must amend The House to achieve our policy objectives.

– Bill Flores

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Trump thinks ‘our country is going to hell.’ Well, there is likely little more than a chance in hell that we are going to amend the Constitution, amending the Constitution is one of the most serious things that lawmakers can do. Therefore the path to doing it is rightfully arduous. I would put the chances … as beyond a longshot. To be sure, changing the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, would require a two-thirds vote in Congress, then ratification from three-fourths of state legislatures. It could also be changed through a constitutional convention in which at least 34 states convene to vote on an amendment, which would then need ratification from a minimum 38 states. Trump since announcing his candidacy in mid-June has made illegal immigrants from Mexico a top concern and has suggested several solutions -- including a wall along the southern border and the change to birthright citizenship.

– Jessica Levinson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Amending is too big a deal. It's going to take -- it'll be two terms. I'd be in my second term or my eighth year by the time -- assuming everything went smoothly. ... I believe you can win it legally.

– Bush Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Although we have not yet completed our post-filing analysis, we are committed to conducting additional outreach to taxpayers, including letters to these specific taxpayers who did not have to report or make a payment. These letters will inform them about available exemptions and note that they may benefit from amending their return.

– The IRS

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Lee was an unshakeable bulwark against majoritarian tendencies that could have easily overwhelmed Singapore, lee went to the extent of amending the republic's Constitution to stop any party from sweeping into power without minority support.

– Cherian George

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

This is an effort to prevent a (nuclear) deal that is bad and full of loopholes, or at least ... to succeed in closing or amending some of these loopholes.

– Yuval Steinitz

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can excercise their constitutional right of amending it, or excercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

– Abraham Lincoln

added by anonymous
14 years ago

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.

– Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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