Sentences with phrase «as vocal critics»

As vocal critics of the government, the commissioners worked consistently to reform and improve the code on which the commission was based.

His piece traces the evolution of the School Nutrition Association, the largest organization of school food professionals, from one - time supporter of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to its current role as a vocal critic of school food reform on Capitol Hill.

Nojay took office as a vocal critic of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the sweeping gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

Traveling the state to raise his profile, he had emerged as a vocal critic of Mr. Cuomo's leadership.

Kavanaugh, a Bush appointee who sits on the court that hears challenges to Clean Air Act rules, became known as a vocal critic of Obama EPA rules.

Maathai has not only worked within Kenya's government in official capacities, but has also persisted as a vocal critic of its corruption, and its environmental and human rights abuses.

Harris has emerged as a vocal critic of Facebook, appearing on NBC this week to call the company «a living, breathing crime scene.»

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CNN analyst Van Jones, who gained a high profile for his strong and pointed commentary during election season, will speak about the current state of affairs, as will venture capitalist and guest Shark Tank investor Chris Sacca, who has been a vocal critic of Trump since long before he came president.

Activist investor Bill Ackman, of the hedge fund Pershing Square, has famously been linked to Herbalife (HLF) for years as its most vocal critic: he has shorted the stock and accused the company of operating a pyramid scheme.

Vocal critics of oilsands development such as the Natural Resources Defense Council have long been arguing that Washington isn't collecting the money that would serve to clean up a bitumen spill.

During my time as critic for Western Economic Diversification, I have been a vocal advocate of the conversion of the orphan wells into geothermal producing sites.

While relinquishing the chair role could be seen as a demotion caused by conflict with his party's leadership, it likely means that Fildebrandt, a former director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and aggressive critic of the NDP, can now play a more active and vocal role on the committee.

Yet while Prime Minister Harper said during his recent visit to China that his work as a vocal advocate of human rights in China is «paying dividends,» critics remarked no one important was listening.

Ms. Berman wrote: «Though I have been a vocal critic of «business as usual» in the oil sands, I recognize that change doesn't happen over night.

It's interesting that Driscoll writes a piece about how others are criticizing his book — as he is one of the most vocal critics of others who don't fall into his view of how he thinks people should act and be.

Last year one of the more vocal critics, Merrill Lynch analyst David Errington, argued that combining beer and wine had cost the beer business at least $ 100 million a year in earnings as it cross-subsidised the weaker wine segment.

Mr Kers said it is a «little ironic» that some of Muller's most vocal critics have been looking to join as suppliers.

Mr MacAulay was a vocal critic against the decision to split the cooperative and float MG Unit Trust as a public company last year.

F1's harshest critics probably won't be as vocal when the Bahrain Grand Prix commences, as is often the case.

The late Johan Cruyff, applauded by all corners of the ground during the 14th minute to match the late Dutch master's chosen shirt number, had been a vocal critic of the current generation, expressing exasperation at their inability to play a decent pass as their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign collapsed into disaster.

Among the most vocal critics to emerge in recent weeks are U.S. - based makers of handcrafted toys and handmade clothes, as well as thrift and consignment shops that sell children's clothing.

Dr. William Sears, a practicing pediatrician and clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, as well as the bestselling author of more than 20 child - care titles including «The Baby Book,» has been one of the most vocal critics of «Babywise.»

Kearns was one of the more vocal critics during Silver's last few years as Speaker and left the Democratic Conference to protest the handling of the Vito Lopez scandal.

Kearns has been a vocal critic of Silver since the Vito Lopez scandal but only Charles Barron, a freshman Democrat from Brooklyn, joined him in not supporting Silver as Speaker earlier this month.

While discussing his «no» vote on Intro 182, Councilmember Jumaane Williams, a vocal critic of the compromises made to the bill, continued speaking after his two minutes of allotted talk time had expired, as Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Public Advocate Letitia James urged him to stop.

As de Blasio seeks a second term this year, the Democratic incumbent is facing some vocal critics, especially the candidates seeking to replace him.

With several meetings held, Tinubu's most vocal critics such as Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Sir Olanihun Ajayi, among others, began to drum up support for him publicly.

As further evidence of his outspoken nature, he also was a vocal critic of the election of Long Island Republican John Flanagan as Senate majority leader in 2015, so much so that earlier this year he said he was seeking GOPers to run against Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R - Seneca County, who backed Flanagan during the 2015 leadership battlAs further evidence of his outspoken nature, he also was a vocal critic of the election of Long Island Republican John Flanagan as Senate majority leader in 2015, so much so that earlier this year he said he was seeking GOPers to run against Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R - Seneca County, who backed Flanagan during the 2015 leadership battlas Senate majority leader in 2015, so much so that earlier this year he said he was seeking GOPers to run against Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R - Seneca County, who backed Flanagan during the 2015 leadership battle.

He comes from a political family, as his father is State Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., and he has a close relationship with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, one of de Blasio's most vocal critics.

Lib Dem insiders tell us Farron is the clear favourite - which might worry Clegg: he has been one of the most vocal Lib Dem critics of the coalition, condemning the Conservatives as possessing a «toxic brand» that is being given «cover» by the Lib Dems.

Although Creasy has kept her own counsel about the direction of the party under Corbyn, she is believed to be more vulnerable to deselection than some of the leader's vocal critics, as her personal style has led to her being isolated in her constituency party.

Background / positions: As a City Council member, De Blasio was a vocal critic of controversial architect Robert Scarano, who's been charged with filing misleading plans.

Gallonians — my portmanteau word for the mayor's most zealous supporters — should not take the defeat of his two vocal critics necessarily as a vote for Hizzoner.

Sitting beside Mr. Cuomo, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries — an increasingly vocal critic of Mr. de Blasio and rumored 2017 primary challenger — attacked the city Health Department as apparently unprepared when the epidemic struck.

Even the mayor's most vocal critics, including City Comptroller John Liu, praised the city's change in command, which included the replacement of former Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith with the hands - on Caswell Holloway, who formerly served as Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection.

A longtime vocal critic of the school board, Paladino chose to run in opposition of teachers union head Phil Rumore and superintendent Pamela Brown, whose hiring (as well as every other non-interim superintendent hire in the past two decades) Paladino has speculated was at least partially motivated by race.

In 2008, Hannon actively supported the Republican presidential campaign of Paul, who had been one of the most vocal critics in Congress of the Iraq war and had run as a Libertarian candidate for president in 1988.

~ 3C seems to be heading towards ~ 2.5 C. I am encouraged as I have been a somewhat vocal critic that when models have been over estimating the temps fairly consistently that it somehow wasn't translating into lower CS estimates, or constraining the upper range.

I knew that critics got behind it as did viewers most vocal on the Internet.

With critics and vocal admirers of the film being aggressive to those who don't deem it a masterpiece, we may have an unvocal group that either doesn't like the film or just aren't as impressed with its overall final product.

The critics, however, are still as vocal as they were in 2006, when Coppola's Marie Antoinette was booed.

As his detractors became increasingly vocal, Franco, 39, finally started listening to his biggest critic — himself.

First as mayor and then as governor, Voinovich was a vocal critic of the academic performance of Cleveland's public schools.

She became a vocal critic of the standardized testing movement and raised alarms on the outsize role that testing is playing in public education: taking over the time students spend in the classroom, being used as a weapon against their teachers, and distracting from the real problem of unequal opportunities for students.

The most vocal critics on the left, like Diane Ravitch, saw the Common Core as a way to attack public education, weaken the teaching profession further, and make corporate «educators» rich — all at the expense of children.

Improbably, at the end of a four - decade - long career as the nation's most prominent education historian and a vocal advocate for education reform, Ravitch has emerged as reform's fiercest critic.

King has been at the forefront of the ebooks debate as one of Amazon's most vocal critics.

While there will still be vocal critics on both sides of the debate, it seems as though both arms of the industry are interested in moving forward in collaboration to simply produce quality content for readers.

Among the most vocal critics of the Bushwick 200 project are Anthony Rosado, the Bushwick - born artist who, during Bushwick Open Studios, objected to the Bushwick Art Crit Group as a «predominantly white space» and eventually teamed up with the organization to put on an exhibit dedicated to neighborhood natives.

The review also points to another tendency in Frankenthaler's early reception — particularly in magazines such as Time and Life, which covered the female Abstract Expressionists (or, according to one article, «The Vocal Girls»)-- that emphasized her good looks, privileged background, and alliances with powerful men, among them the critic Clement Greenberg and the artist Robert Motherwell, over considerations of her work.