Sentences with phrase «about political line»

The U.S. Supreme Court has already heard a major case about political line - drawing that has the potential to reshape American politics.

Not exact matches

Unlike many sensitive topics, public opinion about the Apple - FBI fight does not break along political party lines.
«I used to tell presidents, you have to be very, very cautious about drawing red lines or issuing ultimatums,» said Gates, the only defense secretary to hold the job under two presidents for two different political parties.
The results seemed to align mostly along political party lines, but with a twist: while consumers who affiliated as Democrats felt more positive about the brands, Republicans didn't change their perception, and independents actually steered negative.
But Kogan's academic association with Facebook, around the same time that he was taking data to hand off to Cambridge Analytica, raises questions about how user consent was obtained, the line between academic research and corporate marketing — and how scholars can sometimes use data for commercial and political ends.
Do we have to passively agree when the Church teaches about subjects that cross the line into economic or political territory?
The second is more along the lines of author Frank Herbert, who explored in his Byzantine * Dune * saga just about every major system of power dynamics from religious / mystical to technological to political to tribal to financial to ecological to physical.
Echoing an editorial line sometimes taken by the New York Times, the editors worry about the future of Catholics in American political life.
The FN's unabashedly nationalist line on political and economic issues has capitalized upon worries about Islam and deep dissatisfaction with France's political elites.
We must be careful and deliberate about where we draw the lines of political heresy.
This is seen most clearly in Faith and Order's emphasis on reconciling the churches and the alternative talk about «a partisan church of the poor» which would divide Christians in a new way along social and political lines
If this last point seems vague and general, let us take my earlier remark about political boundary lines on a map as a concrete illustration.
That «duct tape and baling wire» line puts the power of political data into a broader context (i.e., NO technology works perfectly), and it's a good antidote to some of the more - breathless speculation about the future power of big data to let manipulative politicians warp the political process through hyper - targeted communications.
The last hour has seen the political and constitutional reform committee issue a report complaining that the government's ignoring its recommendations about going to war; Labour have put out a line on the strikes, saying they're «usually a sign of failure»; and the Institute for Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October last year.
If I sound cynical about the redistricting process, I have a right: my first substantive political experience was working for a member of the Texas House of Representatives during a special session devoted to redrawing those precious political lines in 1992, during which at one point I quite literally walked into a smoke - filled room.
For instance, the other day I linked to an article about the absense of women's voices in the political blogosphere using the line, «Blogging While Female.
While we don't have the top lines from the challengers yet this morning, the robust numbers and fundraising cash on hand for Gillibrand indicates she's about to bring a political bazooka to a knife fight.
Political analyst Daniel Berman argues, for example, that the relevant parallel between Munich and Crimea is not about appeasement as such but the failure to set clear red lines.
For a look at one of the real stories of the 2008 campaign, check out this NY Times article about attempts by the top Democratic presidential campaigns to cut back on the amount of money siphoned off by political consultants, bringing them more in line with their Republican opposites.
But they take a strong general political line on this: it is probably stronger than the liberal critique I would back, but you can't complain about that.
The second session explored the question of how to blog effectively, answering questions regarding what we know about audiences, readership and patterns of use of political analysis on - line.
As the Paralympics take off this week, there are deeply political rumblings along these lines both about the government's rhetoric on disabled people, and the controversial position of Atos as an official sponsor.
The political power lines in northern Manhattan are about to shift.
Even the political press, who have nothing better to do inbetween elections than speculate endlessly about who is next in line, struggled to find any decent discontent beyond the usual suspects.
«David... believed in constant political campaigning as the daily style of politics and in exerting control - freak discipline over his colleagues, with steady injunctions about the use of set policy lines and slogans on all public occasions, of the kind which has given a talking clock style to many politicians.»
Just days before lawmakers are set to vote on seven members of the board that drives state education policy, WNY delegates remain divided along political and ideological lines about who might best represent the area's students.
This fall, Murphy is facing a political newcomer on the GOP line, former Army Col. Chris Gibson, who managed to out - raise the incumbent congressman by about $ 120,000 in the last quarter, although Murphy still has considerably more cash on hand — $ 1.33 million to $ 453,000.
But Kogan's academic association with Facebook, around the same time that he was taking data to hand off to Cambridge Analytica, raises questions about how user consent was obtained, the line between academic research and corporate marketing — and how scholars can sometimes use data for commercial and political ends.
It is therefore realistic politics devoid of hero - worshipping sentiments for the northern political elite across party lines to gather round the presidential drawing board once again but this time with a commitment to salvage the power and prestige of northern politics from national devaluation and possible rejection brought about by the shortcomings of its elected preferred candidate.
Our NHS is too important to make cheap party political points about, so we once again call on the Tories and Plaid to stand up for patients rather than simply sitting back and shouting from the side - lines
The world leaders who are concerned about their people think of good policies and welfarism, not selfish ambitions.Politics has become a school, from councilor - chairman - state house assembly - house of rep. - governor - either senate minister or president.I want to advise you that, as you line chains of political ambition, please include death.
Leon said he's very serious about his campaign and is putting together a political organization with the intent of getting on the Democratic ballot line.
The Tories would say that our much - repeated line that the NHS is «not safe in their hands» became an accepted truth after the Labour spin - machine kept on repeating it (there is a «grid» where party political machines try to control the daily news agenda, which naturally can have the effect of making broadcasters want to talk about anything but the parties» news agenda).
A sense that Westminster has become so much about point - scoring, positioning and political dividing - lines that people and their real - life problems are completely left out.
But a relatively recent line of inquiry is beginning to show that the way scientists go about their work can also be linked to the beliefs, habits and practices of their social, cultural and political environment.
The effect of metaphor was about twice that of political ideology: Republicans were only 8 % more likely than Democrats to propose tough solutions — something you might savor next time a politician feeds you a line.
When it comes to political acceptance speeches at the Academy Awards, it's a fine line between awe - inspiring and awful, so we check in with some pros, including Barack Obama's speechwriter, about how to nail them.
«To The Wonder» (Terrence Malick) «Cloud Atlas» (The Wachowskis & Tom Tykwer) «Argo» (Ben Affleck) «The Silver Linings Playbook» (David O Russell) «Love, Marilyn» (Liz Garbus) «Free Angela And All Political Prisoners» (Shola Lynch) «The Place Beyond The Pines» (Derek Cianfrance) «Midnight's Children» (Deepa Mehta) «Hyde Park On Hudson» (Roger Michell) «Great Expectations» (Mike Newell) «Inescapable» (Rubba Nadda) «Twice Born» (Sergio Castellitto) «English Vinglish» (Gauri Shinde) «The Perks Of Being A Wallflower» (Stephen Chbosky) «Thanks For Sharing» (Stuart Blumberg) «End Of Watch» (David Ayer) «Imogene» (Robert Puccini and Shari Springer Berman) «A Late Quartet» (Yaron Zilberman) «Much Ado About Nothing» (Joss Whedon) «Frances Ha» (Noah Baumbach) «The Time Being» (Nenad Cicin - Sain) «Writers» (Josh Boone) «At Any Price» (Ramin Bahrani) «Venus And Serena» (Maiken Baird) «Byzantium» (Neil Jordan) «Quartet» (Dustin Hoffman) «Ginger And Rosa» (Sally Potter) «A Liar's Autobiography» (Ben Timlett, Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson) «Foxfire» (Laurnet Cantet) «In The House» (Francois Ozon) «The Impossible» (JA Bayona) «Hannah Arendt (Margarethe Von Trotta) «Mr. Pip» (Andrew Adamson) «Capital» (Costa - Gavras) «The Attack» (Ziad Doueriri) «Zaytoun» (Eran Riklis) «The Deep» (Baltasar Kormakur) «Dreams For Sale (Nishikawa Miwa) «The Last Supper» (Lu Chuan) «Anna Karenina» (Joe Wright) «The Reluctant Fundamentalist» (Mira Nair) «The Company You Keep» (Robert Redford) «Jayne Mansfield's Car» (Billy Bob Thornton) «A Royal Affair» (Nikolai Arcel) «Dangerous Liasons» (Hur Ji - Ho) «Thermae Romae» (Hideki Takeuchi) «Caught In THe Web» (Chen Kaige) «Dormant Beauty» (Marco Belloccchio) «Everybody Has A Plan» (Ana Piterbarg w / Viggo Mortensen) «Kon - Tiki» (Espen Sandberg) «Reality» (Matteo Garrone) «A Few Hours Of Spring» (Stephan Brize) «The Hunt» (Thomas Vintenberg) «The Iceman» (Ariel Vromen) «Lore» (Cate Shortland) «No» (Pablo Larrain) «Outrage Beyond» (Takeshi Kitano) «Rust And Bone» (Jacques Audiard) «The Sapphires» (Wayne Blair) «Tai Chi O» (Stephen Fung)
World Premieres: Looper --(Rian Johnson)--(Opening Film) Cloud Atlas --(The Wachowskis & Tom Tykwer) Argo --(Ben Affleck) The Silver Linings Playbook --(David O Russell) Love, Marilyn --(Liz Garbus) Free Angela And All Political Prisoners --(Shola Lynch) The Place Beyond The Pines --(Derek Cianfrance) Midnight's Children --(Deepa Mehta) Hyde Park On Hudson --(Roger Michell) Great Expectations --(Mike Newell) Inescapable --(Rubba Nadda) Twice Born --(Sergio Castellitto) English Vinglish --(Gauri Shinde) The Perks Of Being A Wallflower --(Stephen Chbosky) Thanks For Sharing --(Stuart Blumberg) End Of Watch --(David Ayer) Imogene --(Robert Puccini and Shari Springer Berman) A Late Quartet --(Yaron Zilberman) Much Ado About Nothing --(Joss Whedon) Frances Ha --(Noah Baumbach) The Time Being --(Nenad Cicin - Sain) Writers --(Josh Boone) At Any Price --(Ramin Bahrani) Venus And Serena --(Maiken Baird) Byzantium --(Neil Jordan) Quartet --(Dustin Hoffman) Ginger And Rosa --(Sally Potter) A Liar's Autobiography --(Ben Timlett, Bill JOnes, Jeff Simpson) Foxfire --(Laurnet Cantet) In The House --(Francois Ozon) The Impossible --(JA Bayona) Hannah Arendt --(Margarethe Von Trotta) Mr. Pip --(Andrew Adamson) Capital --(Costa - Gavras) The Attack --(Ziad Doueriri) Zaytoun --(Eran Riklis) The Deep --(Baltasar Kormakur) Dreams For Sale --(Nishikawa Miwa) The Last Supper --(Lu Chuan)
Alan Cumming, an irresistible scene - stealer as shady political operative Eli Gold on CBS» «The Good Wife,» is expected to bring his mischievous and witty charisma to this new drama about a former CIA operative who has retired into a safer line of work as an author and university professor.
With most films about sickness or contamination, the virus is employed as a socio - political metaphor either for other more emotionally charged illnesses such as HIV or for the fear and distrust surrounding cultural, ethnic or racial lines.
One note: Whether we're talking about teachers unions backing political candidates or across - the - aisle support for parent trigger laws, it's become abundantly clear that education policy doesn't always fall along clear party lines.
Nonetheless, The Three - Nine Line is an efficient and satisfying standalone mystery too, with a dollop of political commentary about the Vietnam War to give it some heft and enough red herrings to keep most mystery fans hooked.
Apple rescinds statement about political games: It'd be great to see Paper's Please up on the App Store and then maybe they'll take that dumb line back about books and movies being the only form of art suited for cultural criticism.
As artists respond to the possibility of global environmental chaos, Mark Rappolt examines Tomás Saraceno's Aerocene project, one of the artist's most ambitious imaginings yet The Truth about «Cultural Appropriation» With controversies over cultural appropriation regularly in the headlines, Kenan Malikargues that trying to control what culture artists can and can not use is bad news for political interaction and artistic imagination Power in Black and White In an America where the dividing line of race is now a cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places».»
[AR: This sure sounds like a riff on Al Gore's line about political will being America's greatest renewable resource.]
But to your point about the old toolkit... I think there's a recognition among the old - line environmentalists that it's served its purpose but that it also generated a political backlash.
The line was come up with to belittle concerns about raptor kills, and to make those concerned about raptor kills look foolish in the eyes of the public and (more importantly) political and regulatory bodies.
People disagree about climate change; it is one of a cluster of science & policy issues that polarize citizens along cultural / political lines.
As we head into 2018 and the further political polarization likely to accompany the mid-term USA elections, we have quite a lot of ethical searching to do in order to figure out where indeed we do stand, and what we are willing, in the face of a conservative agenda to preserve oligarchic power at all costs, to do about our most bottom - line beliefs?
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