Sentences with phrase «at times of economic crisis»

She led an often mutinous cabinet at a time of economic crisis, against a level of personal vitriol to which no other modern leader has been subjected.

«Blaming poor people or migrants for hardships at the time of economic crisis is not entirely unknown, but it is not intelligent politics in my view,» he told the Observer newspaper.

Sadly, some people can't seem to put partisan instincts to one side — as this report commissioned by the Yes campaign just before Christmas showed - you may also like to read this blog from the very same author who, a year ago, wisely said: «At a time of economic crisis, when people are calling for clear leadership and direction, it would be foolish to abolish a [voting] system that carries out these functions.»

Part of his New Year's message invoked the spirit of the Blitz, suggesting that he yearns to emerge as a Churchillian figure who can lead a government of national unity at this time of economic crisis.

But the party's Glasgow South West MP Ian Davidson said: «There's been nobody in my constituency coming along and saying to me at this time of economic crisis, what we need is a reorganisation of the Labour Party.»

At a time of economic crisis, this leaves fewer and fewer dollars for our classrooms.

Not exact matches

The political discontent in Poland is another problem at the EU table at a time when the region needs to deal with Brexit, an economic crisis in Greece, the rise of populism, among others.

Vanguard is telling investors to expect returns in the «medium term» of 4 percent to 6 percent, the most cautious outlook it has had on future stock returns at any time during the post-financial crisis economic recovery.

Another way that the current crisis hurts those at the bottom of the economic ladder was revealed in a conversation with Lucy Luna, a United Food and Commercial Workers union organizer among immigrant farm workers in the Fraser Valley, who notes that the reduced value of the Canadian dollar means that the remittances sent home to Mexico by the «guest workers» shipped to Canada under a federal temporary work permit program are now nearly cut in half in value by the time they reach Mexico, where the economy is geared to the U.S. dollar.

At the same time, fund - raising data shows that LPs» flight to quality began in the aftermath of the global economic crisis, in 2009.

However, at the time of the 2007 Budget, no one foresaw the oncoming of the 2008 financial crisis, certainly not Minister Flaherty, who denied the existence of an economic slowdown as late as the November 2008 Economic and Fiscaleconomic slowdown as late as the November 2008 Economic and FiscalEconomic and Fiscal Update.

At the same time that ministers were trying to relate Christianity to the crisis of the modern economic injustice, there were others busily engaged in attacking all who deviated from what they conceived to be the fundamentals of Christianity.

The economic crisis, previously viewed as an indispensable ally in helping the President enact the agenda, now appears as a malevolent agent, and a perversely ill - timed one at that, since, as Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker explained, «the longest and deepest mass suffering» of the Great Recession, in contrast to the Great Depression, «has occurred with Obama in the White House.»

That's how Mussolini got in, that's how Hitler got in, they took advantage of a situation, a problem perhaps, which humanity was going through at the time, after an economic crisis.

But, what has impressed me most of all is Richard Becker's resourcefulness and creativity evidenced by his role while a member of the Cortlandt Town Board in bringing about the innovative Cortlandt Heating Oil Plan (CHOP), which at the height of the economic crisis provided both heating oil discounts as well as conservation tips and energy audits to help local residents afford to heat their homes at a time when many were risking their health by living in homes that were too cold because they couldn't afford the high cost of heating oil.

The objective is to help to renew democracy and to contribute towards the restoration of trust in public life, at this time of social and economic crisis in Ireland.

A research study «Changing Lives and Times» funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) at Cardiff University has explored the impact of the financial crisis on the daily lives and future plans of new fathers, finding that several men were making significant life changes.

«The term limits decision was a decision that I made with many of my colleagues at a moment in time when we were facing the worst economic crisis this city had seen since the Great Depression,» Quinn said.

Now the president has to sell his budget at a time when many lawmakers are worried about the effectiveness of the government's expensive efforts to stem the economic and financial crises so far.

But at the same time there are flexible legal mechanisms to accommodate imperatives arising from the responses that states need to provide in light of the deepening economic and financial crisis after 2008.

But at the same time these same laws offer flexible legal mechanisms to accommodate imperatives arising from the responses that states need to provide in light of the deepening economic and financial crisis.

Built on specific English and world history state standards, the project covered concepts including the pre-World War II global economic crisis, the rise of totalitarianism, and the societal moral dilemmas that world leaders at that time faced, and then had students draw parallels to similar fictional themes in the book.

Proposals for enormous changes in the school system have always been a feature during times of economic crisis, but you have to stop and catch your breath at times when some of the more «throw the baby out with the bathwater» schemes get a serious airing from our self - appointed «out of the box» thinkers on education «reform,» or, as one of our local school board candidates would prefer, «transformation.»

We've got the long - awaited reveal of the Porsche Panamera... body, President - Elect Obama makes his will known, and we take some time to find humor at the expense of others in our current deep economic crisis.

Vidamco's general director Jung In Kim said at the launching ceremony in HCMC on Friday that he believed the gasoline 2.4 DOHC and diesel 2.0 SOHC Chevrolet Captiva Maxx models would be an attractive solution for consumers in times of economic crisis.

We know about an investing strategy that beats Buy - and - Hold in 102 out of 110 time - periods, an investing strategy that permits us to obtain far higher returns at dramatically less risk, an investing strategy that permits us all to retire years sooner and that would bring us out of this economic crisis if we could share it with millions of middle - class investors (if people could switch to an investment strategy that would put their retirement plans back on track, they would feel free to start spending again and businesses could start hiring again), and our first reaction is to come up with convoluted arguments as to why the best thing to do is to AVOID learning more about it and to AVOID getting the word out to the millions of middle - class people whose lives we have destroyed with our promotion of Buy - and - Hold.

With the current economic crisis, our donations are at an all - time low and the number of applications received has increased considerably.

This exhibition charts Höch's career beginning with early works influenced by her time working in the fashion industry to key photomontages from her Dada period, such as Hochfinanz (High Finance)(1923), which sees notable figures collaged together with emblems of industry in a critique of the relationship between financiers and the military at the height of an economic crisis in Europe.

We are living at a critical moment in time, with major political, economic and ecological shifts and crisis, and The Human Flock shines a light on the fragility of humankind and the planet.

While heavily inspired by social issues, specifically the economic crisis in his home country of Puerto Rico that has unfolded over the past 11 years, the artist claims that the works are a not a direct view of the island, but make subtle references to «our history, specifically in the context of being in the Greater Antilles, being Caribbean, but being part of the United States at the same time.»

By using these cheap, consumer items and manipulating them to produce art, artists are working in the tradition of Duchamp's readymades and the Arte Povera's critique of the convention and market, at the same time exploring the role and function of art in times of economic and political crisis.

Starting with early works influenced by her time working in the fashion industry, it includes key photomontages such as High Finance (1923) which critiques the relationship between bankers and the army at the height of the economic crisis in Europe.

At the same time, Jan. 20 will arrive with a full suite of pressing, politically charged problems — most likely led by the economic crisis — and scant money to invest in solving them.

In the issue of finding resources to implement sustainable development, we see countries using the economic crisis as an excuse, while at the same time spending 100s of billions of dollars subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, the most profitable industry in the world.

Unfortunately, its release could not have come at a worst time; with California one of the worst sufferers from the economic crisis (and home to a staggering number of home foreclosures), it will be tough going trying to get the legislature to act on the findings.

He mentioned how India wasworking towards strengthening its economy at a time when the rest of the world was struggling to battle a growing economic crisis.

«At a time when more and families are uninsured and under economic assault, President Bush is fueling the health care crisis by denying women access to quality, affordable care,» said Reina Schiffrin, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic.

«That's what helped the company avoid any crisis; the foundation became diverse and allowed [us] to weather various economic times,» say Scott Siegel, director of real estate brokerage at Jennings and a licensed managing broker.