Sentences with phrase «become rallying cries»

But charter schools and the parental choice movement that goes along with them have also become rallying cries for conservative groups and the Tea Party movement that's praised the business - like approach to education and want to see a larger expansion of the schools.

The need to take on corporate power more generally has become a rallying cry among Democrats, especially amid new research suggesting the lack of competition is stymieing economic growth and wages.

Equal pay has become a rallying cry for women.

In practice, Occupy became a rallying cry for complaints of all kinds.

Beyond being an incredible song, its chorus became a rallying cry of protesters in the United States — «a kind of comfort that people of color and other oppressed communities desperately need all too often: the hope — the feeling — that despite tensions in this country growing worse and worse, in the long run, we're all gon» be all right,» as Slate culture writer Aisha Harris put it.

In fact, every June countless cities celebrate the moment when an unassuming little bar on the wrong side of town became a rallying cry for the marginalized.

The quote became a rally cry for the 13 - year stock market surge following the October ’87 crash.

That phrase, «call to action,» subsequently became the rallying cry of progressive Catholics everywhere.

You can read more about the trouble in translating this here, but the salient point is that the verse has become a rallying cry for the anti-Ahok political movement in Indonesia, who use it to justify not trusting the governor, who is a Christian.

The case has become the rallying cry of abortion rights supporters, who maintain (along with Savita's husband) that her OB / GYN, Dr. Katherine Astbury, refused to provide her with a life - saving abortion.

became a rallying cry for school, still used to this day, and would be later copied by Jimmy Johnson and applied to the Cowboys in the NFL.

«has become the rallying cry for fans of the red, white and blue.

She is confounded why marriage has become the rallying cry for same - sex couples.

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The mayor adopted what has become a rallying cry for demonstrators in protests and on social media following the deaths of unarmed black teens Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown — «black lives matter.»

He has also refused to budge off his opposition to the so - called millionaire's tax, which has become a rallying cry for demonstrators across the state.

And so «for hard - working families» became the rallying cry for Manchester 2013.

The dramatic encounter was captured on video and Garner's final words became the rallying cry for a national movement questioning the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police around the country.

Garner's last words became a rallying cry for protests against police brutality across the country.

The push for more aid this year has become a rallying cry in WNY.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner admits the word «infrastructure» has become a rallying cry for her administration.

Incoming Public Advocate Letitia James was less conciliatory, taking her oath on a bible held by little Dasani Coates, a homeless girl whose tale became a rallying cry after the New York Times did a five - part series on her life.

And Tuesday's result has already become a rallying cry for activists seeking to draw even more women into the public square.

This became a rallying cry for the group.

Kennedy's thesis became a rallying cry for many Melungeons, but historians scoffed at his less - than - rigorous approach.

Since 2015, when the hashtag first became a rallying cry for inclusion, most, if not all, of the big studios have reinvigorated or created diversity initiatives, agencies have taken a more active role in supporting their clients and film festivals have continued to be entrees into Hollywood for traditionally marginalized folks.

That certainly appears to be the case with Ava DuVernay's Selma which was in production long before the events of Ferguson ever happened but in the wake of that national disaster, Selma is likely to become a rallying cry for change and it's a damned fine one at that.

Experimental in its approach, candid about sex, and vicious in its attacks on American conformity and consumerism («Plastics»), the film, adapted by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham from Charles Webb's book, also became a rallying cry for the period's youth, widening the generation gap and emerging as one of the biggest box office smashes of its decade.

As educational «excellence» was the buzzword of the early 1980's, school «restructuring» has quickly become the rallying cry of the current round of education reform.

They were among the first smaller, more personal schools; «smaller» has become a rallying cry among urban school districts.

And while local officials acknowledge multiple factors may play into tonight's decision, Central Elementary's plight has become a rallying cry among public education advocates in North Carolina this month, with some castigating state lawmakers for handing down funding shortfalls that increasingly strain local school systems.

Local control of public education has become the rallying cry for many folks on all sides of education debates, from Tea Party libertarians to Bernie Sanders progressives, but local control isn't an end in itself.

The Leningrad symphony became a rallying cry, not only for the demoralized citizens of the city but also for people the world over, who were moved to contribute to Russian war relief efforts thanks to the stirring symphony that seemed to capture both the terror of living under Hitler's siege and the triumph of a people determined to survive.

But judging by the number of hits that crazy post still draws, the term itself seemed to somehow become a rallying cry - popping up wherever smart people were talking about game criticism, or the lack thereof (again, nothing to do with me - on August 18th game - story duality was the furthest thing from my mind... I was on a plane to Leipzig I think).

The series» eponymous phrase became a rallying cry across the United States following the fatal Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown, an eighteen - year - old black man, by Darren Wilson, a white police officer.

Rooted in climate change dogma, its «keep it in the ground» mantra has become a rallying cry for nasty campaigns against pipeline construction, existing pipelines, drilling and even sand destined for fracking operations.

In climate - change discussions, two Princeton professors go against the grain By Mark F. Bernstein The issue of climate change, or global warming, has become a rallying cry: The Earthâ $ ™ s surface temperatures are Ârising due to increased levels of carbon dioxide and other Âgreenhouse gases in the atmosphere, much of it produced by human activity.

All the same, 350 has become a rallying cry, especially for the younger generation which will bear the brunt of global warming but as yet lacks the political clout to do much about it.

Although the math behind Hansen's prediction has been questioned, Ryan Lizza described in the September issue of The New Yorker how the warning became a rallying cry for environmental leaders desperate to find some unifying mission after breakdowns in international climate negotiations and a failed bid to enact a cap - and - trade system that would have put a price on carbon emissions.

«Fire Mark Zuckerberg» has become a rallying cry for the #DeleteFacebook crowd, as controversy continues to swirl over revelations that 50 million users had their personal data improperly accessed by a Trump - linked analytics firm.

All that leaves is certification, and that has become the rallying cry of all of the various associations of divorce mediators.

The term became a rallying cry for the franchise after the manager of a rival team claimed the Pale Hose weren't really playing good baseball — they were winning ugly.

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Kinder Morgan's 1,000 - kilometre expansion project has become a national rallying cry for environmentalists, sparked protests from Indigenous communities, caused a trade war between two provinces and brought about the arrest of a federal party leader.

The Senatorial Selection Act was introduced in 1989, in part to allow the Progressive Conservative government of Don Getty to co-opt the issue of Senate reform, which had become a powerful rallying crying of the populist Reform Party.

The rallying cry became the «inerrancy of the Scriptures» (the doctrine that defined for its advocates the limits of the post-fundamentalist, «neo-evangelical» coalition which found expression in the National Association of Evangelicals, the Evangelical Theological Society, Christianity Today, and other institutions of the movement).

Lamar rallies his listeners with a cry to the community — «If God's got us, we'll be alright» — which became an anthem for the Black Lives Matter movement.

The connections among the various forms of oppression are increasingly becoming clear to many, as evidenced by the World Council of Churches» inclusion of «the integrity of creation» in its rallying cry of «peace and justice.»

New York is one of just two states (along with North Carolina) that still does that, and the effort to end this practice has become a big rallying cry for Assembly Democrats and the IDC, as well as a big sticking point in the budget talks.

But it has increasingly become simply a rallying cry for the converted and descends into mindless bashing of opponents.

Both LICH and Interfaith became magnets for «Shame on Cuomo» chants, and rallying cries for de Blasio, who was then running for mayor.