Sentences with phrase «affairs of the state»

They should deal with foreign and domestic affairs of the state.

Some journalists are expert at covering the current affairs of the state, while some are more into entertainment world.

It is widely held that this traditional meeting of the heads of government and state provides the Prime Minister with the chance to reflect on events, to consult and seek advice on affairs of state with the absolute knowledge of confidentiality.

Thus, assistance to the NTC, if were not the government, would prima facie be an unlawful intervention in internal affairs of the State.

ALBANY — A judge has upheld a felony coercion charge against an investment manager accused of trying to secure a major state pension contract by threatening to expose an alleged extramarital affair of state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's chief counsel.

A judge upheld a federal coercion charge against an investment manager accused of trying to land a pension fund contract by exposing an alleged extramarital affair of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's top counsel.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that Sen. Hassell - Thompson will serve as a Special Advisor for Policy and Community Affairs of State Homes and Community Renewal.

The winner of the 36th Senate District primary in the overwhelmingly Democratic district will likely fill the seat left vacant by former Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, who in July resigned from her post to work for Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a special adviser for policy and community affairs of state Homes and Community Renewal.

I know that the President is busily engaged in these days with the highest affairs of state, chairing a session of the UN Security Council (a first, I believe, for an American President) and then heading off tomorrow to a meeting of the G - 20 in Pittsburgh, Pa..

Aregbesola, in a condolence statement signed by the Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, said the death of the Akande matriarch has created a huge void in Osun as her maternal role in the socio - political affairs of the state would be greatly missed by the government and the good people.

Debates on the floor of the House of Commons do not generally win a mass audience, even at moments of high drama — the knife - edge vote that settles great affairs of state.

London (CNN) British royal weddings are usually grand affairs of state, where presidents and prime ministers rub shoulders with obscure European monarchs.

John Foster Dulles lurked dangerously behind the kind, grandfatherly facade of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, whom the Soviets knew to be ill with a heart condition and increasingly detached from day - to - day affairs of state.

But how can a queen be expected to keep her mind on affairs of state when a handsome adventurer has her pondering affairs of the heart?

The New Yorker called her work a look into «waning powers of a nation and fractured affairs of state.»

At the groundbreaking ceremony, Stefan Grüttner, the Minister for Social Affairs of the state of Hesse, mentioned that the state of Hesse incurred annual energy costs of $ 3350 per hospital bed.

David Rothkopf, the chief executive and editor - at - large of Foreign Policy, noted in an Oct. 29 blog post that Sandy also brought his hometown, Washington, to a standstill, impeding affairs of state.

2, no. 9 (11 May 1990); by Fred Singer and Jay Winston, 1991, for the Science & Environmental Policy Project; by the Gallup Organization for the Center for Science, Technology & Media, 1991; and by Thomas R. Stewart, Jeryl L. Mumpower, and Patricia Reagan - Cirincione for the Center for Policy Research of the Graduate School of Public Affairs of the State University of New York at Albany, 1991.

All CREA candidates must have a state license prior to designation, which in the case of SF Bay Appraisal is governed by the Department of Consumer Affairs of the State of California.

The Sadducees came out of the priestly cast in ancient Israel, and over time gained control over the rituals in the Jerusalem temple, a position which also made them power brokers in affairs of state.

On the normative side, the increase in the practice of internationally - led state - building has also been a function, in part, of the relaxation of historic barriers to intrusion into the internal affairs of states.

For the majority, the affairs of state would have been a remote and separate sphere about which they were neither informed nor consulted.»

But this might at least serve as a marker of how far we have to go to establish the legislature as an effective and responsible scrutinizer of the nation's business and the affairs of the state.

I generally agree with the comments so far emphasizing Israel's right to defend itself, the necessity of using force against evil men, and the danger of applying «turn - the - other - cheek» logic to affairs of state.

This means that there has been a kind of «establishment» of the Church in Ethiopia for centuries, with clergy and monks involved in the affairs of the state.

As soon as religious lunacy is removed from politics and affairs of the state it won't matter.

Further, it is important that things be done «decently and in order,» that one gets involved in programs of social welfare: finding food for the poor, finding shelter for the homeless, addressing unmet needs of children and senior citizens, and that one seeks to promote responsible social action in the affairs of state and nation.

We noted at the outset that reformed spirituality is concerned to emphasize not only the cultivation of this personal triadic relationship with God and others, but also to cultivate a sense of responsibility to the larger social dimension of our lives, including the affairs of state and nation.

Despite efforts in international law to distinguish between degrees of culpability with regard to politicians, generals and ordinary citizens, policies of direct attacks upon civilians continue to find a rationale in the identification of the citizen with the state — even if the ordinary citizen is both ignorant of and indifferent to affairs of state.

It is to be remarked that when, at last, the way was open for Christians to become potently effective in the affairs of state and society, not all the apocalyptic ideas in their scriptures or in their current thinking prevented their acceptance of the responsibility.

Indeed, we should perhaps reflect on the fact that, when the NHS was formed, the then Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Bernard Griffin, fought for and obtained exemptions for the small number of Catholic hospitals arguing that it would be a «sad day for England when charity became the affair of the state».

You would have listened with pleasure to the ingenuous tale of the lover, the wise talk of the elder on the affairs of the State, the accounts of improvement in stock and utensils, and the hopes of continued prosperity to the country at large, and to Kentucky in particular.

He urged the group to cross check their facts from the institution before addressing the press, stressing that governor El» Rufai was lacking focused in the affairs of the state.

The judge, who noted that the Coroner Law was an enactment of the Lagos State House of Assembly, which is constitutionally empowered to make laws in the state, said «the Federal High Court could not dabble into the affairs of the state and start dishing out injunctive orders.»

Saying the criticism by some groups are uncalled for, the government through a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor Semiu Okanlawon, the state had despite its meagre resources had squeezed water out of stone to manage the affairs of the state.

There is a pressing need for greater understanding of how cyberspace effects the affairs of states and their peoples.

Many still associate republicanism with a slave - owning (male) minority, at leisure to concern themselves with the affairs of state.

The Libyan government condemned the trip to see the transitional council, saying it was an illegal interference in the affairs of another state, but Mr Hague said events on the ground were «inspiring».

A statement signed by the party's General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said, «If it is the case that President Akufo - Addo has come to the realisation that he is unable to manage the affairs of State, he should do the honourable thing and resign so we get a more Competent Leader to lead Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana.»

If it is the case that President Akufo - Addo has come to the realisation that he is unable to manage the affairs of State, he should do the honourable thing and resign so we get a more Competent Leader to lead Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana.

We know that some people are kicking against it but it was done in the overall interest of the people of the state because in a situation whereby the governor has been running the affairs of the state in line with his policies, people should encourage him.

Some of the posers the party wants the Governor to address also include, the reason he «sacked medical Doctors in all the public hospitals»; «why he has decided to run the affairs of the state without the political party he claims to belong»; whether it is «possible for a state like Kogi to function without teachers in schools,» among others.

You can see the level of impunity in the party whereby a family is somewhere manipulating the affairs of the state.

Also galling is the imperious manner in which our elected (not anointed, nor coronated) governor conducts his affairs of the state.

In one of my articles after Buhari's emergence, I wrote about my fear on his possible failure as capable of creating a collapse of the Federation where citizens get disinterested in the affairs of State and care less on how it is being govern.