Sentences with phrase «big public fight»

''» I called it a (potential) game - changer for one reason only: If Koonin headed the APS committee, that means that either the APS will modify their statement, or there will be a big public fight within the APS over why they refuse to modify their statement after they sent one of their really good physicists to spend time checking the subject.

Rotherham writes «this is political and not about substance and to the extent this turns into a big public fight about money it's one more reason that if you're a school administrator the Washington groundhogs are saying a few more years of NCLB.»

It would sometimes be a big public fight, and we would mobilize our customers.

Not exact matches

(Heffernan touches on the big - picture disservice in the media's insidious practice of narrowing our horizons for profit, rather than expanding them in the public interest: «[Media companies] know that when we buy a newspaper or a magazine, we aren't looking for a fight... The search for what is familiar and comfortable underlies our media consumption habits in just the same way as it makes us yearn for Mom's mac»n' cheese.»)

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No big deal for me, but I do worry about my fellow Americans who I have fought wars for, done public service for, and «care» about — because I am a christian and an American.

My question was, why is anyone fighting to have a prayer in a meeting if it's really no big deal and is not intended to inject religion into government / public affairs?

Open to the public, sponsored by Big Poppa Smokers and sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society, the King of the Smoker invitational will feature hard - fought, old - school competition by legends of the smoker.

The nation's second - largest hamburger chain is the latest company to join the public relations war over so - called «pink slime» — an ammonia - treated beef filler product that the meat industry calls «finely textured beef» — that is at the center of one of the biggest U.S. food fights in recent history.

It's time that Britain's biggest businesses join the fight against child poverty, save the public purse some money and pay their workers living wages.

[16] First Minister Carwyn Jones said, «He made a big contribution to Welsh public life and fought tirelessly for those he represented both as a minister and as a local Assembly Member».

After all, labor, especially the public - sector unions, spends big on politics — and also supplies legions of campaign workers to help its friends and fight its enemies.

«We have a real shot to flip the State Senate this fall so we can build a New York that works for all of us: reforming our broken criminal justice system, fighting climate change and creating good jobs, expanding opportunities for immigrant New Yorkers, fully funding all of our schools and public universities, and taking on big money in politics to expand and protect our democracy.

Zephyr Teachout says the public is in a fight with big money for the country.

And now, following a national trend, New York's conservatives have joined in, using what they portray as a specimen of big - government overreach in the service of a longer - term fight to eliminate teacher tenure and promote alternatives to traditional public schools.

Shelley Mayer is the Change We Need From Yonkers to Bedford, from White Plains to the Sound Shore, Shelley knows our communities and has always been willing to stand up against the status quo to protect Westchester, Her children all attended public schools here, so she's always been an advocate for better school funding and tuition relief, She fought the NRA to pass effective, common - sense gun laws, and defeated big pharma to give us better tools to fight opioid abuse.

Even as the mayor played nice with Cuomo, the governor kept finding ways to tweak him — from neglecting to tell City Hall about plans to shut the subway system during a snowstorm to attempting to big - foot him during City Hall's public fight with police unions.

State officials have taken a big step in the fight against public corruption, as the Legislature has approved a proposal to enact a constitutional amendment that would strip taxpayer - funded pensions from state and local leaders who commit felonies in connection with their office.

«Oneida County has continually made it a priority to proactively raise Breast Cancer awareness by engaging with our employees and the public through various educational efforts and events,» said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. «Many of us have had our lives impacted by this disease in some way and know that preventative measures and early detection are big keys to winning the fight.»

Reliable nutrition information obviously is critical in the fight against obesity, diabetes and related maladies, together the biggest public - health issue in the world.

In the UK we are fighting to save our NHS from privatisation and more influence from big business and drug companies, at the same time we also need to campaign for public medicine to become smarter in the way that it deals with diabesity.

· Big - city school systems are fighting charters by giving parents a wider array of choices among their public schools, suggesting that the choice genie has escaped from the bottle.

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Public school teachers have been told for years that they are only respected by the general public because Big Union fights for them and gets them that rePublic school teachers have been told for years that they are only respected by the general public because Big Union fights for them and gets them that republic because Big Union fights for them and gets them that respect.

After noting the total contributions from those interests, she framed the piece this way: «Some observers say the big dollars foreshadow the next chapter of a fierce fight in Tallahassee: the privatization of public education.»

3) The Hachette - Amazon fight is an especially public manifestation of that Big Retail process.

In what was an unprecedented, public fight for your mortgage, the BIG SIX Banks pulled down their pants and showed how low they can really go with their rates.

Sometimes they experience big set - backs, for example when the movement reaches a point of polarisation where public opinion really moves and opposition is fighting back hard.