Sentences with phrase «as political leaders made»

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.

Not exact matches

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.»

Over the past decade, EURO leaders were incapable of agreeing on the political institutions that would ensure fiscal discipline, as well as the structural policies needed to make their economies competitive.

Nothing in his biography is truly stirring, and the various evolutions in his political positions do not make him a hero as a leader of conviction.

Our goal, even more than collecting data, was to make students think of administrators like political leaders — as figures who can be challenged and even given the heave - ho.

In this jungle the political leaders are not protectors of the people, but they are imitators of the Dynasau and Leviathan, which do not know how to care for the living, but know how to make humans and the living as their

Getting lots of people to go to church (or to attend a convocation / political rally) isn't the same as making disciples of Jesus Christ, and Christian leaders would do well to remember the difference.

Fueled by a professoriate that embraces the same leftist agenda as that of their colleagues in the secular academy, these Christian professors are making great strides in reorienting the political leanings of the coming generation of evangelical leaders.

Neville i mentioned those people only because the discussion was talking about dominionism the combination of the church and state as a governing rule all those people were government leaders all of them suffered in there own way.Its was the suffering that prepared them for the roles that they were to play and there faith in God was what helped them get through.We are made stronger in our weakness no matter how important or unimportant we may appear to others.I guess it is easy to fall into the lie about political involvement that its hard to make change but some people have had a huge impact.Really it is God who deserves the praise he is the one that creats the opportunitys to make impact on the world as in our strength we can do nothing.In hebrews the great men and woman of faith there are those that seemed unimportant to the world and many suffered for there faith Our Lord knows everyone by name and every small act of faith we do he remembers because we do it out of our love for him that is what the christian walk is about living for Jesus and sharing that love with others.brentnz.

And though Stalin executed priests and other clergy that he perceived as a threat to his power, later when he, like many political leaders, saw benefit to be gained by using religious beliefs to enhance his own power, he made an alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, just as Putin has done today.

Since pastors are free to make political endorsements as individual citizens, just not in their official capacities as leaders of the church, supporters of the Johnson Amendment contend that rather than restricting political speech, the rules protect nonprofits from lobbying interests.

You might even hurt millions, or billions (and its just plain dumb luck, as you can see from the war mongering and stupidity of «religious» political leaders, like McCain, et al, who have said it would be a dandy idea to nuke Iran, that the body count has been higher due to people with lots of weapons, and countries full of people, who where duped into following insane people, because they where tired of the failure of priests to make the world better.)

Leave aside the politics of it (which amuse me, frankly and make me like him), since when do political beliefs and boldness about that PREDICT poor judgment as a leader of a team?

Yesterday, at a White House meeting with school nutrition leaders, you made headlines by giving what's being called «one of the most overtly political speeches during [your] tenure as First Lady.»

Any political leader has to make alliances and convince all three groups - as Obama did.

John McArdle, who served as spokesman for Joe Bruno when the then - Senate majority leader was the target of Spitzer's botched political hit job, made the connection during his appearance on the «Insiders» segment of last night's CapTon.

Neglecting these «output» and «input» aspects of legitimacy and giving priority instead to a euronationalist justification of a European sovereignty in the making could also turn out to be detrimental to individual freedoms: the illusion of homogeneity it would produce could incite European citizens to support policies sold by political leaders as being in the interest of the European «community» or «people», but actually only serving a tiny minority.

[4] This genocide of the people of Western Cameroon has never been acknowledged by French political leaders and stories of the independence movement have been transformed in the Cameroonian popular political imagination as «trouble making maquisards».

Espada was made majority leader as part of a political deal that saw him return to the Democratic fold.

«As Christians, it is a divine mandate to be interceding for our leaders in order for us to enjoy the benefits that our country brings; we must strive to always pray for the people who have been made to rule over us, irrespective of our political and religious differences.»

Founder and Leader of the newly - formed All People's Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, wants the public to regard his party as a formidable one that has entered into the Ghanaian political landscape to make a difference.

As DiNapoli seeks his first full term this fall — the former Democratic assemblyman was picked for the post in 2007 — his party's leaders have made divestment a political issue.

Tinubu's spokesman, Tunde Rahman, who made this known while being interviewed by presenters of Political Platform, a programme on RayPower FM, said, «Yesterday, a group of younger ones put together a programme for him where they were talking about their impression of him as a leader, as a motivator.

The statement read in part: «As a people with common destiny, we need to constantly include President Muhammadu Buhari in our prayers for a quick recovery as a matter of overall national interest, and indeed, all our leaders; exhibit a very high level of patriotism; be proactive; make objective not distractive actions and criticisms; proffer progressive advice and solutions devoid of political, selfish, ethnic religious considerations.&raquAs a people with common destiny, we need to constantly include President Muhammadu Buhari in our prayers for a quick recovery as a matter of overall national interest, and indeed, all our leaders; exhibit a very high level of patriotism; be proactive; make objective not distractive actions and criticisms; proffer progressive advice and solutions devoid of political, selfish, ethnic religious considerations.&raquas a matter of overall national interest, and indeed, all our leaders; exhibit a very high level of patriotism; be proactive; make objective not distractive actions and criticisms; proffer progressive advice and solutions devoid of political, selfish, ethnic religious considerations.»

Yet the president does not completely understand his role as a principal, Republicans say, and his political operation does not have enough sway with him to make him fully grasp that he is the leader of the Republican Party.

The former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell, the MP for North East Fife, who made a similar recommendation for a new Scottish conference in 2012, said it would be «a remarkable opportunity for Scotland as a whole — not just the political parties — to create a relationship with the rest of the UK which to all intents and purposes would be federal».

The labour leader urged the National Assembly to avoid what he described as «predictable wasteful litigations» which would aggravate political tensions,» and make electoral process an art of war instead of a process of electing accountable representatives of the people.»

The very exciting day ended with a party which saw Senator Babafemi Ojudu and his entourage made up of political leaders, former political office holders, businessmen and women as well as colleagues and staff from the Presidency taking to the dance floor.

The Labour leader made it clear that he plans to present himself as a champion of the powerless against political and business elites.

In the position made known through his media aide, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said, «Most importantly, it is my position that irrespective of political affiliation, no leader of the Yoruba nation must be vilified unduly, especially by the same people who humiliated our past leaders such as Obafemi Awolowo, Adekunle Ajasin, Bola Ige, Bisi Onabanjo, Lateef Jakande, and others.

Speaking to the BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson, the Conservative leader said strategic spending to help hard working people to buy their homes and pay their energy bills made sense as the UK headed towards an economic surplus.

They described him as a political strategist, who had inspired and made several great leaders in the country.

Still, it's hard to see it as anything other than a naked political ploy when the GOP / Conservative gubernatorial candidate appeals to the Democratic leader of the free world to intercede in a controversial local issue when his spokesman just made it clear his boss doesn't want to touch it with a 10 - foot pole.

One of the highly experienced politicians in Ghana's political history, who studied at the feet of great men like Kofi Abrefa Busia, Victor Owusu, perfected their arts, corrected their mistakes and rose to become the «successful leader of the Danquah - Busia - Dumbo tradition» by serving as President of Ghana, has repeated his call for an extension of the presidential term arguing, the four - year term, is not enough to make a meaningful impact as President.

In a political climate where both Republicans and Democrats view the opposing party as a «threat» to the country, any strategy to make lasting personal connections with voters and humanize their party's leader should be explored.

They like their leader's authentic disregard for political orthodoxies which makes them perhaps the only electorate for whom amateurishness and disorganisation is regarded as positive.

I grew up in a country where most elections were fixed, voting made no difference, and the political process was a dull affair run by a party whose politics were as odious as its leaders.

Higginns, like his opponents, has knocked on many doors, but thinks hell make a better leader, citing his «more fundamental knowledge of government» and political experience stemming from 10 years as a legislator.

Cabrera, who is already making the rounds with his Council and political colleagues as well as community groups, says he'll support Annabel Palma for leader of the Bronx delegation.

Chief civil servant General Ismay (Michael Gambon) regarded Mountbatten's bonhomie as a great virtue to soften relations between Muslim political leader Jinnah (Denzil Smith) who wanted an independent Pakistan and almost all other Indian leaders, including Gandhi (Neeraj Kabi), who wanted unity, but hidden forces made negotiation more difficult than Mountbatten knew.

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.

Washington — Not willing to risk a Presidential veto of a huge catchall spending bill and seeking to make good on a political vow to pass their own appropriations bill for the second straight year, key congressional leaders pushed through a weary 98th Congress, a record $ 17.6 billion in fiscal 1985 Education Department funding last week — not as part of the continuing resolution but in the $ 101 - billion bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.

As school and district leaders, how do we make decisions while considering the political fallout when those decisions interfere with the general beliefs of the community

But as we approach the quarter - century mark for the landmark law that made Massachusetts the recognized national leader in K - 12 education and brought charter schools into being here, the Bay State's charter school sector is focused on repairing frayed political ties, rebuilding its reputation, and redefining its mission.

Carlson gives us a journalist's - eye - view of what brought Nikita Khrushchev to the United States in the first place, depicting Vice President Richard Nixon as an awkward emissary who visited Moscow to further his own political career and made a spectacle at the American National Exhibition by debating the merits of kitchen appliances with the leader of the Soviet Union.

Your strategy, tower defense, and match - 3 skills will determine the fate of your armies, but the many political decisions you make as a leader affect the story and the culture of your kingdom.

Unusually for a Pop artist, Mr. Hamilton made an overtly political statement with «Hugh Gaitskell as a Famous Monster of Filmland» (1964), merging a photograph of Claude Rains as the Phantom of the Opera with a newspaper photograph of Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Labour Party, who, when the work was begun, had refused to support nuclear disarmament.

Again, as noted above, the world's political and industrial leaders are sleep walking into a crisis of their own making.

Regulators, investment banks, and political leaders are now beginning to see what has been obvious for some time to climate scientists such as James Hansen: that it makes no sense to build coal - fired power plants only to have to bulldoze them in a few years.

As we call upon political leaders to make stronger climate action commitments, we must also support and reinforce the efforts of migrant justice groups that have been organizing for years to improve Canada's refugee inclusion policies.