Sentences with phrase «act than leaders»

Not exact matches

Virtually every Republican and Democratic leader — other than the President — denounced the attack for what it was: an act of terror.

While Cook is publicly quieter and calmer and reports have said that he acts similarly in - house, never before has an Apple executive been as candid about their leaders» differences than Cue.

A government which systematically and publicly seeks to buttress its political legitimacy from Christian Bibles, oaths, clergy, and prayer, in continuum with more than a millennium of political leaders within Christendom, is not acting «neutrally» among religions, or between religion and non-religion.

Failure to act as direct teacher and dean or principal of a school of discipleship by its pastoral leader probably accounts more than any other single factor for a congregation's inability to mature in its ministry.

Polling shows that Americans trust members of the medical sciences to act in the public interest more than they trust religious leaders, elected officials, or business leaders.

They act out more than their peers and usually demand excessive amounts of attention from the pastor or youth leader.

one could argue there was no pretense or mistake in this war of inception rather than post deceptive wars we are forced to celebrate to this day by our leaders regardless of their merits as being «victimized» or aggressive acts of War (just).

The transformational leader who would address needs rather than wants must perforce teach and persuade; otherwise the leader's transformational acts will be done paternalistically or dictatorially.

Last month she gave only a soft slap on the wrist to Trump's reckless act: but with her international reputation in the balance, she must publicly show that on climate change she has far more in common with the rest of the world than with Donald Trump and join other leaders in defending and advancing the Paris Agreement.»

Greg Barker, who has personally supported Meat Free Monday since the start of the year said: «Giving up meat one day a week is more than just a symbolic act and, if enough of us do it, will send a very powerful and loud message to world leaders.

we need and have needed a better striker than Giroud for a long time and we are no closer to getting it now than we have ever been I stated a few articles ago that half our team are not in the world class catergory and I stand by that, we also have no «Big balls out» leader on the pitch who scares and rallies the troops in equal measure so that when the likes of Giroud are acting like he's just won the ballon D'or, the leader will tell him to pull his finger out..

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Cameron is the latest in a long line of British leaders who find it easier to issue that type of rhetoric than it is to act upon it.

«The 2 % property tax cap is nothing more than a campaign slogan meant to get them re-elected and give local leaders the pain for their failure to act,» Edwards wrote in his weekly «Monday Morning Memo» (# 196).

Sanders said he is beholden more to his constituents than local party leaders, and acts on those instincts.

Given the generally unsavoury history of strong political leadership Brown alerts us to, it seems we are, in fact, more likely to be secure under leaders who take the necessary time to come to informed decisions about how to react in complex situations compared to those who act swiftly, thinking they know more than they really do.

NEW YORK, NY — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today to five years in prison after having been found guilty by a federal jury of using his official position to obtain more than $ 300,000 in bribes and extortion payments that were paid to his son, ADAM SKELOS, in exchange for DEAN SKELOS's official acts.

The Moreland Act commission wrote letters to state senators and assemblymembers who make more than $ 20,000 a year from outside legal clients, a figure that includes all of the major party legislative leaders.

Last Monday at 6 pm, Cruddas and most of the other remaining 231 Labour MPs (26 fewer than a week before) crammed into committee room 14 in the House of Commons to hear Harriet Harman, the acting leader, attempt to lift the depleted, demoralised parliamentary party off the floor.

A little more than a year into his second act as the leader of the largest police force in America, Bill Bratton is just coming off a season in which he was forced to watch the profession he loves endure a nightmare.

But this time more than 150 rabbis and Jewish leaders from other branches of Judaism signed a letter in support of the Child Victims Act.

Less than a week ager his election as majority leader of the state Senate, Republican John Flanagan on Sunday laid out an end - of - session to - do list with the pledge to pass «common sense» changes to the SAFE Act.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos says his conference will act differently than it did the last time around if it wins back the majority.

Yes, while I do realize Silver is the Assembly Speaker, he nevertheless acts like both an Assembly Speaker and Senate Leader — under HIS leadership NY is tanking faster than the titanic!!!

As a leader of the country, President Mahama is expected to act in ways that will unite rather than divide the people of this country.»

«We also believe there are additional steps that New York's leaders can and should take this legislative session to improve equity — and none are more urgent than passing the DREAM Act.

This time around, acting Labour leader Harriet Harman has told the BBC that Cameron sounded like he was talking about insects rather than people.

After failing to act when Ken Livingstone directly contravened party rules, and dithering over whether to attend the TUC rally, Labour has another leader who'd rather duck a difficult decision than show real leadership.»

House leaders have done what they can to repeal the law — the GOP has cast more than 40 votes to scrap or defund all or part of the Affordable Care Act.

Ignore the fact that Osborne will be up against Hilary Benn rather than Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman: the symbolism of the occasion won't be lost on anyone at Westminster.

One insider expressed surprise that Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan pushed all his members to remain unified in voting for the bill rather than allowing most of the conference to vote against it with the knowledge it could pass with mostly Democratic votes as occured under former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos when he allowed the gay marriage and SAFE Act bills to the floor.

The acting Ukip leader added that he would much rather Ms James recognised that the job was not for her now rather than months after accepting the position saying it «isn't where we need to be but it's not the end of the world.»

More than 100 feminist leaders and social justice groups called for passage of the Right to Know Act at a press conference at City Hall.

No corner of the health care system would be harder hit than Medicaid, the federal - state health insurance program for the poor, if Republican leaders in Congress round up the votes to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act.

Resolution E48, sponsored by majority leader Joe Morelle, amends the rules to say that the he shall act as speaker until a new one is voted on in an election «held no later than ninety days after such vacancy shall occur.

The LibDem leader's «holier than thou» act needs to be exposed by newspapers and bloggers - but NOT by the Tory leadership.

«Historically, society has been more concerned about the risk of patients committing violence than the vulnerability of patients to violent acts,» explains study leader Professor Louis Appleby from The University of Manchester in the UK.

The first two acts of The Maze Runner play out exactly as you'd expect them to, with all of the various details and requisite dynamics sketched in through the thin characterizations of the group's leader Alby (Aml Ameen, who along with Sangster are the only actors who manage to escape this unscathed), the rote and relentlessly irritating (for no reason other than drama) group villain Gally (Will Poulter, whose acclaim and popularity continues to baffle me as he turns in another dreadful performance), the trite cliche of the young innocent Chuck (Blake Cooper) and so on.

However, Malcom Trobe, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) acting general secretary, argued that whilst predictive grades were often higher than actual grades «teachers are looking at the best possible outcome for the student» and are predicting their «maximum grade».

Teachers and school leaders have been implementing the standards since 2010, and opponents can't wish this away any more than Obamacare critics can wish away the new landscape produced by the Affordable Care Act.

Local leaders are more likely to act based on findings from their own data than on any third - party report they may find in the What Works Clearinghouse.

He asks why, when Tony Blair acts to promote tolerance and understanding among communities, he reaches out to their religious leaders, rather than to those engaged in civil pursuits.

State and district leaders have a great new opportunity under the 2015 federal Every Student Succeeds Act: more flexibility in spending the funds they receive than in prior versions.

... School leaders, it is assumed, will act as members of teams rather than sole decision - makers, teaching others how to make defensible decisions and clarifying their decision responsibilities» (p. 46).

As a leader in charter school representation since the passage of California's Charter Schools Act of 1992, we represent more than half of the charter schools in the state, offering expertise in every facet of charter school creation, expansion, and operation.

So why then do they not act more decisively to reform the accountability system, lessen its grip on the confidence of school leaders, and aim to encourage good practice rather than to stimulate insecurity?

So, we will be asking all the political parties just what they are going to do about Ofsted, an agency, which, more than any other, has acted to exhaust teachers and school leaders and drive them from the profession.

Association of School and College Leaders acting general secretary Malcolm Trobe agreed that predictive grades were often higher than the ones pupils achieved.

The 15 - member group, created through Act 51 of 2014 (sponsored as House Bill 1738 by Rep. Bernie O'Neill), held 15 public hearings around the state over 11 months and heard from more than 110 individuals, including superintendents, school board presidents, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, national experts and parents before making their recommendations.

Plays about the President: George Washington asks students to remember more than just a few facts about our country's former leader by acting out a class play.