Sentences with phrase «attlee as political leaders»

If Canada's companies are as wary of Trump as their political leaders, there is a real danger of economic paralysis.

Many are hoping to see China emerge as a leader in the industry — both as a producer and as a political leader.

As political leaders play a giant game of chicken with the economy, what's best for small businesses?

He is untested as a political leader.

In response to the wildfire crisis, Premier Rachel Notley and Wildrose leader Brian Jean briefly put aside politics and demonstrated their strengths as political leaders.

He said: «The consequences of the focus on my faith is that I have found myself torn between living as a faithful Christian and serving as a political leader.

They aren't representing their religion as political leaders, only their moral values.

The Lib Dem leader resigned from his position less than a week after the general elections citing that he was «torn between living as a faithful Christian and serving as a political leader».

Thatcher can be classed together with David Lloyd George and Clement Attlee as political leaders who sought power with the express intention of changing society, and did so to the best of their ability.

The rest, as they say, was history, as was his career as a political leader.

Huge swathes of populations abandoned the Roman Catholic Church and wars of religion erupted within and between nations, as political leaders made calculations about where their religious loyalties should lie.

The ability of leaders to mobilize and organize people fast and relatively safely may be proving a much more respectable and legitimate way of staking their ground as a political leader.

«As political leaders, if we have any special needs in respect of our security, the right authority to discuss it is the Inspector General of Police,» President Mahama said Monday.

It was in fact Chamberlain's arrogance and intense dislike of opposing views, not his weakness as a political leader, that led him towards one of the greatest blunders in the history of British foreign affairs; namely appeasing Hitler (pp. 312 - 9).

He told colleagues on Wednesday night: «The consequences of the focus on my faith is that I have found myself torn between living as a faithful Christian and serving as a political leader.»

She capitalised excellently on being given a national platform, however, and emerged as a political leader «speaking for Wales».

As political leaders we have a duty to calm our language and our tone — especially after the shocking events of ten days ago [Jo Cox's death].

By dint of his own natural propensity as a political leader, he weathered the storm to outshine all those who stood against him, including the already - established Dr. J.B. Danquah and the entire UGCC or the later United Party elements.

As our political leaders appear paralysed and fearful, trapped in the headlights of tomorrow's headlines, it falls to Parliament to act.

There is new evidence that the country's opioid epidemic may be waning, even as political leaders from Trump to Gov. Andrew Cuomo warn of a worsening crisis.

The mass granting of waivers to delay the new teacher rating system comes as political leaders, including President Obama and his Education Secretary Arne Duncan, are shifting away from an emphasis on standardized testing.

In a speech to staff at the Lib Dems» London HQ, Mr Farron declared: «I have found myself torn between living as a faithful Christian and serving as a political leader.

If Pataki were serious about re-emerging as a political leader, he would challenge Gillibrand in 2012.

The stage in the Sumner Redstone Theater was packed with representatives from more than 30 city agencies as well as political leaders and the commander of the 114th Precinct.

«Maybe this high neuroticism is a major motivator to succeed in Trump's entrepreneurial projects in his business life, but also in his role as political leader,» speculates Fisch.

The movie covers the brewing conflict as decisions are made to create a new Muslim homeland, Pakistan, as political leaders including Nehru, Jinnah and Gandhi come together in the house to wrangle over the birth of independent India.

It seems that as long as our political leaders peddle a false vision of public education, one disconnected from the needs of students, we must look to our judicial system to safeguard children's rights.

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers and former head of the city's teachers» union, said that while she believed Mr. Klein was sincere in his efforts to improve student achievement, he had difficulty garnering support for his changes, both from educators as well as political leaders.

Even as political leaders in both red and blue states continue to back away from the standards — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the latest example — the hottest battles have shifted to the local level, where education officials are staging public revolts against state and federal mandates to administer Common Core exams.

At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done.

As a political leader, he would become the architect of the American government.

As political leaders debate how best to fix Social Security, many policymakers are focusing on the wrong issue.

The indisputable result has been a literal green energy fiasco in many countries as political leaders fall all over themselves to make taxpayers massively subsidize the green energy projects of billionaires and powerful corporations.

«As political leaders become aware that games and the communities formed between their players can have a significant influence on those players» worldviews, and their votes, there will doubtless be an increased drive to engage with games makers, communities and players for political purposes.»

Not exact matches

And he or she must be supported by a senior political leader who serves as a public sector catalyst to build coalitions of governments, workers and training and research institutions and help to pitch investment proposals to head office decision - makers.

If political leaders and lawyers in the United States try to stop progress — as is very likely — other countries will still adopt the new technologies and take the lead.

For example, when political newcomer David Brat successfully challenged House Republican majority leader Eric Cantor to represent Virginia in the U.S. Congress, it came as a surprise only to those reporters who didn't bother to go to Virginia and talk to «actual humans,» as Rutenberg observes (echoing an earlier analysis by Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi).

Although some have compared Macron's unexpected rise to that of U.S. President Donald Trump — inasmuch as both leaders identify as political outsiders, and advocate for some degree of nationalism — the politicians differ starkly in their policies.

The Italian crisis — the country's powerful political leader, the comedian Beppe Grillo, would probably call it «commedia dell «arte» — offers plenty of interesting trading opportunities as long as you don't fall for the incongruous idea that this is the end of the euro area.

Five years after staring into a political and personal abyss, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is out to prove that the man who threw in the towel after barely a year in office has what it takes to survive as a long - term leader.

The Popular Unity Candidacy joins a line of far - left movements seizing the political momentum in Europe, from Greece's ruling Syriza party and Spain's own far - left Podemos movement to the shock emergence last week of hardcore socialist Jeremy Corbyn as leader of Britain's Labour Party.

But with no political track record to speak of, O'Leary's investing venture provides a revealing case study of his skills as a leader and a salesman.

• Widespread spying is revealed in Italy, with the NSA spying on ordinary Italians as well as diplomats and political leaders.

As arguably the country's top business lobbyist, he was asked by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to organize a summit for G20 business leaders on the eve of the political powwow.

As global political and business leaders gather for this week's World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the charity's report highlights a global system that rewards the super-rich and neglects the poor.

No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas, on the Senate floor as Warren spoke, criticized her for making «a political speech» and launching «personal attacks» on senators and called her comments «beneath the dignity of the United States Senate.»

His shooting spree lasted an hour and 13 minutes, as he methodically stalked and killed many of the 600 up - and - coming leaders of Labour, Norway's dominant political party, which he blamed for the rise of multiculturalism.

The indictment says Manafort and Gates received the money by acting as unregistered agents of the pro-Russia government of Ukraine and its political parties and leaders.

A heated political climate is sparking some difficult questions for business leaders and entrepreneurs as they balance individual beliefs with what's right for their companies and customers.

Investors also kept to the sidelines on an uncertain political outlook in the world's two largest oil consumers thi s month as Americans head to the polls for the presidential elections next week and China's leaders meet to fill top posts.