Sentences with phrase «because of public opinion»

You can be sure that the countries who are positioning themselves to take advantage of a melting Arctic are not doing so because of public opinion, but because of choices provided by experts, which includes scientists.

Will there be other effects not presently expected, including a quick reversal or slowdown of policy changes because of public opinion changes and future electoral losses?

You can be sure that the countries who are positioning themselves to take advantage of a melting Arctic are not doing so because of public opinion, but because of choices provided by experts, which includes scientists.

There are those concerned that votes changing because of public opinion is a bad thing, but this isn't writers being bullied.

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But those average scores actually hide impressive improvements, he adds, because of how low public opinion sank — particularly for Chrysler and GM, which both took government bailout money.

It shall be unlawful for any broker, dealer, or exchange, directly or indirectly, to make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce for the purpose of using any facility of an exchange within or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to effect any transaction in a security, or to report any such transaction, unless such exchange (1) is registered as a national securities exchange under section 6 of this title, or (2) is exempted from such registration upon application by the exchange because, in the opinion of the Commission, by reason of the limited volume of transactions effected on such exchange, it is not practicable and not necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors to require such registration

There has been some difference of opinion concerning the lawfulness of this practice because the Prophet prohibited his Companions from standing up when he appeared in public.

It is because many people can't stand not knowing something, so, much like someone might pick a sports team, they most often just get a general sense of what the prevailing local public opinion is and then claim that as their own.

But America is good, it seems, in part because it can find places for Southerners, especially Southern Stoics (think the novelist Tom Wolfe, Atticus Finch, Admiral Stockdale, Navy SEALS, and the proud men of Morehouse), Catholics (as, to begin with, the best organized in countercultural thought and action of our large institutional religions), and Heideggerians (who are right, after all, about the American propensity for inauthentically deferring to the «they» of public opinion and scientific expertise).

The truth is, we think that a great many people in this country are basically pro-life, but lack the courage of their convictions either because they can't articulate their thoughts on the subject as they would like, or because they don't think they have the right to state their opinions in public.

Everywhere they will be a little flock, because mankind grows quicker than Christendom and because men will not be Christians by custom and tradition, through institutions and history, or because of the homogeneity of a social milieu and public opinion, but — leaving out of account the sacred flame of parental example and the intimate sphere of home, family and small groups — they will be Christians only because of their own act of faith attained in a difficult struggle and perpetually achieved anew.

It would be impossible to give men freedom of choice when the social organization has become so sensitive and delicate that every choice, even the most commonplace, is liable to react on the community, and every opinion or feeling Is treated as a serious matter because it may affect the Individual's productivity or social adjustment, or his human and public relations.»

A Christian social policy in favour of freedom can not simply consist in advocating freedom and tolerance while trying to abolish all compulsory ordering of social life and public opinion because these are felt to threaten freedom.

clearly the Gay Gestapo is working overtime... they pulled out because they do nt want to be bullied in the court of public opinion and abused by the Gestapo lawyers... I personally have no respect for, sympathy for or interest in the Gay issues..

Because the people of faith see logic in creation and see the hand of God in nature, and the athiest see the carbon dating and recent research as valuable... doesn't justify what Bill Nye said... he was not just expressing his opinion... he was taking the next step of a public figure looking to SILENCE those of faith and to interfere with the family's rights and trust.

This independent and self - confident spirit helps explain the resilience of La Manif pour tous, which was more effective in mobilizing public opinion than pro-marriage groups in the United States, in large part because of its ability to put hundreds of thousands of people into the streets of Paris, many of whom are not Catholic.

For example, the Vietnamese War was the first to be a livingroom, TV affair, and it is not too much to believe that the tide of public opinion finally turned against the whole enterprise in large part because of TV viewers sickened by the continuous sequence of gruesome spectacles on the nightly news.

If someone succeeded in their life, and acheived a high station because of it, dissenters could say «look at them, they are so proud of themselves, they obviously think they're better than you all», and turn public opinion against them.

To allow anyone to be directed by public opinion is dangerous because most public opinion is the view of the media.

Because public opinion supporting certain kinds of abortion is close to unanimous; it was formed before the 1973 Supreme Court decision; and the majority that have come of sexual age since that year now take for granted that fertility decisions are to be made only by the individuals involved.

Because a certain power structure has not been observed and respected by her, she dares to have and opinion that differs from the party line, she dares to step out of the role that religion has assigned her, and she dares to speak in a public forum.

Though I completely disagree with Mr. Worley and can't imagine the anger he must have that dwells within him, he has every right to state his opinion, in public or private, and i would fight for him to be able to continue to do so because it is one of the cornerstones of our nation.

And because a man is always tempted to live down to the average of his social group, a searching test of character is involved in one's relationship with this dead level of public opinion and practice.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

In my opinion Szczesny was let go because of his disciplinary record which had become public property.

The public opinion seems to be that Wright - Phillips is rubbish because of his somewhat undeserved England appearances (Capello is overrating him so everyone else must underrate him) but he isn't a bad player by any stretch of the imagination.

I don't care who is right or wrong in your great moral catfight, but I'm starting to think the Dr. on the other side must be a hell of alot smarter than you because she is keeping her mouth shut and not chasing every little blog mention trying to score points in the court of public opinion to keep herself looking important.

In my opinion, nursing clothes put an end to the «breastfeeding in public» debate, because they completely eliminate the worry of public nudity.

Some of these strategies are, of course, not unique to populists, but populists have greater leverage in rule - violating and attacking the institutions because they enjoy the backing of the public opinion.

Mr Cummings claimed stories alleging links with Vote Leave were being promoted because a «powerful set of people will do anything to try to shift public opinion in order that they can overturn the referendum».

Cuomo's stance has a number of advocates concerned that he has abandoned reform efforts because the public has grown numb to the cloud of scandal that hangs around the state capitol - a cloud voters appear to be attaching to the governor in public opinion polls.

He stopped short of calling for a medical boycott of these facilities because, he said, it is less evil to be inside the system bearing witness and providing medical care, and public opinion would not support such a boycott.

And that's because the basment Public Opinion Lab on the NIU campus in DeKalb had been extremely flooded and the lab was only ready at the very end of the semester — flooded in a area that had never before in history experienced flooding.

As the world's greatest detective, Batman figured out that Lex Luthor was manipulating public opinion against Superman — and directly caused the bombing of the U.S. Capitol Building with all the death that entailed — yet still decided to go ahead with his plan to kill Superman because, I du n no, he'd already gone through all the prep and it'd be a shame to let those cool SFX go unused.

The court of public opinion should clear Harding's name, says the movie, because of the facts of the case.

«I think there was a little bit of extra critical hate towards it because it's changing the landscape of the movie business,» he said, «but I think «Bright» is maybe a movie that needs to be reviewed by public opinion rather than viewed through the highbrow prism of film criticism.»

There is also a broad public opinion that 3D is complicated, software is expensive, and because of that it is an exclusive area of big studios and high - paid professionals.

We are also of the opinion -LSB-...] that members of the public are not prohibited from receiving public benefits because of their religious beliefs or because they happen to be attending a parochial school.

Despite this modest dip, we do not conclude that there has been any real change in public opinion, because the downward shift between 2012 and 2013 could simply have been a function of our moving the neutral response option in 2013 (see methodology sidebar).

However, our data do not tell us whether the charter presence is causing opinion to change or whether charters took root in these areas because of underlying public support for charter schools.

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The Justices of the Delaware Supreme Court opined in an advisory opinion that a bill for transporting private school students at public expense would violate the Delaware Constitution because even incidental aid violates the language of the state's Blaine Amendment.

Because the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the driving force behind the Common Core and its unfair, inappropriate and expensive Common Core Testing Scheme, along with one of the companies that will profit most from the implementation of the Common Core, have a new public opinion survey showing that public school teachers love the Common Core.

And back here in Connecticut, Stefan Pryor's operation claims that they are choosing Friendship Public Charter School, Inc., regardless of the opinion of Clark School's parents, because the Friendship Public Charter chain will provide the personal attention that Clark Elementary School needs.

With the push for development of longitudinal data systems during the pit of the Great Recession, many issues surrounding the Common Core State Standards Initiative and its «next generation» tests were not fully vetted in the arena of public opinion partially because it became a «best practice» to «not engage in large scale, open forums.»

Molly Tack - Hooper, an attorney with the ACLU of Pennsylvania who represented the student, told Public News Service that the court's opinion was clear: «There is no question that in Pennsylvania, schools just don't have the power to punish kids because they use the «F - word» on social media if they do it on their own time.»

In my opinion, publishing has split into two paths, but this is great news for writers, because in the 20 years that I've been publishing, I've never seen so many opportunities for writers to get their books to the reading public, even those books that might not fit the hot trend of the moment.

I'm not sure if Authors United is a bunch of elitists who know they're full of shit and are trying to make the best argument they can to sway public opinion because they don't want the gravy train to end, or if they're truly as stupid as they appear.

In my opinion one reason that the AVMA will not suggest that the public never buy from a pet store, on - line, etc is because of the number of veterinarians that make a majority of their income from working with commercial breeders.

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.178 While these activities make up a small proportion of L214's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.179 Investigations make up a larger part of L214's work and have sometimes led to a slightly different type of backlash in which industry and government respond by attempting to pass laws that target advocates, such as ag - gag legislation in the United States.180 While L214 tries to maintain good relationships with media and the government, and France does not have ag - gag laws, they have sometimes been the target of lawsuits by industry because their footage is taken without permission.181 L214 has sometimes suffered negative consequences as a result of these lawsuits, such as fines or the requirement to take footage down from their website.182, 183