Sentences with phrase «bigger political issue in»

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GOP political advisors think the issue could push voters away from the GOP agenda and give Democrats a big boost in the midterms.

Coming of Age in the Asian Century: The Need for a National Conversation By Sarah Eaton, Post ‐ Graduate Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Political pundits tell us this federal election will be fought not over big ideas but along a narrow set of economic wedge issues.

PACs have become a big issue in Alberta politics since 2015, when the New Democratic Party government banned corporate and union donations to political parties as their first piece of legislation.

Now it takes little reflection to see that most major problems of ecclesial and political controversy have always been and will continue to be divergent and not convergent ones; accordingly, there is an especially vexing irony in the fact that those who want to find a «mainstream» position on the Big Issues are almost always those who are committed on other grounds to a pluralist or relativist stance in matters of public debate.

The bigger issue with his «Christianities» stem from the church he claimed to have attended for long is an imposter (what many call a church of hate), his conversion coincides with the start of his political career, he's never given any account of why he converted to Christianity (people who do convert invariably have very specific reasons), and in one of his books he vows that he will stand with Islam.

In spite of the faith of the 18th - and 19th - century political reformers such as Voltaire and Marx in the «verdict of history,» the arena of political decisions is not likely to be a place where the big issues of life are discussed or decided solely or even primarily on the basis of truth and justicIn spite of the faith of the 18th - and 19th - century political reformers such as Voltaire and Marx in the «verdict of history,» the arena of political decisions is not likely to be a place where the big issues of life are discussed or decided solely or even primarily on the basis of truth and justicin the «verdict of history,» the arena of political decisions is not likely to be a place where the big issues of life are discussed or decided solely or even primarily on the basis of truth and justice.

It isn't about running a big business and finding answers to political issues in scripture.

Now that the issue is much more prominent than with the Bruin player, I would love to see another front - page piece from the hockey editor reinforcing the seemingly obvious ideals that the office is bigger than the person who currently holds it, and that if one really wishes to see a decline in political divisiveness and overheated rhetoric, one has an obligation to make personal contributions to those ends.

But now many powerful forces are aligned against school food reform: the processed food industry, which has a huge financial stake in the program and powerful lobbyists on Capitol Hill; the need of school districts to make their meal programs break even; First Lady Michelle Obama's vocal support of school food reform, which has politicized the issue for some conservatives hoping to score political points; and conservatives» general distrust of «big government.»

With a new K Street office, new Republican lobbyists on retainer to balance the company's traditional tilt toward Democrats, and an expanded portfolio of issues, Google's getting into political advocacy in a big way.

The IEA is expected to organise the event in September but speaking on Citi FM «s political analysis programme, The Big Issue, Amaliba said the President will be at the United Nations General Assembly meeting hence can not participate in the debate.

The same basic ideas that a lot of us in the Democratic political world have been talking about, that Democratic campaigns ignored big - picture messaging around the economy, the health care law, immigration and other base - mobilizing issues while still running a turnout operation that was highly proficient technically.

«The Five Vs of Big Data Political Science Introduction to the Virtual Issue on Big Data in Political Science.»

He will also express his exasperation that at the point at which the country is facing the «most profound economic challenge in living memory», parliament is being clogged up by issues such as Europe and gay rights «simply because they cause the biggest political punch - ups».

The Occupy movement's spotlight on the massive power of big money in our political system, paired with the blod support of Governor Cuomo, means that we truly can win this critical issue this year!

For Lindner the biggest obstacle lay in defining the political line on European issues.

And how you adjust for others to contribute to this is the big domestic political issue in the United States for the next five years.»

The Center for Working Families has issued a new report, The Big Switch, which details patterns of corporate contributions in New York State political campaigns.

Such amendments in recent years have addressed small - scale questions, so a convention is the best opportunity to address big, structural issues, according to Gerald Benjamin, a political science professor at SUNY New Paltz and a convention supporter.

Ethics in government, big money political corruption, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's culpability, yea or nay on legislative pay raises, are all part of one big sticky ball of garbage with so many points of contact between individuals and issues it's impossible to tease them apart.

The big political parties have different pledges on R&D funding, but a bigger issue is what changes in free movement will mean for science in the UK

«This political polarization has been a big issue, even in the current presidential campaign,» Wolsko said.

Matthew Vaughn has acknowledged this in interviews, saying (with a legitimate storyteller's concern) that the Civil Rights was too big of an issue to offhandedly hint at in a movie already widely concerned with a specific political event, and that the Movement might become part of a sequel, should a sequel get made.

Also, the film tries to address some kind of political and social issues about big corporations in bed with world governments regarding natural resources like clean water.

I will say thatmaking a true political - military movie for teens, and this time not shying away from the big issues of propaganda, fear, and dictatorships, shows a confidence in the audience I really appreciate, and felt absent from the first two films.

Although Shonkoff thinks accountability is critical in early childhood development assessment, he foresees the issue of assessment as a much bigger political problem that requires honest evaluation — something that he sees as detrimental to assessment success.

Make them the same length as a decent lesson — at least 50 minutes — so that they can be planned properly, and they can be used to wrestle with substantial content, such as a wellbeing issue like bullying, a big political debate like who should be the next President of the United States, or an area to explore in science, maths, or history.

An article by Bruce Fuller in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next provides background on political tensions in LA Unified and battles over reform plans that took place when then - Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa «united working - class Latino parents, civil rights leaders, and big - money Democrats to challenge union leaders» in his quest to turn around the schools.

Two Pennsylvania Democrats with big political name recognition are making school funding a key issue in an increasingly nasty and intense bid to win next week's gubernatorial primary.

In this op - ed, Cody Miller, an English teacher at PK Yonge Developmental Research School and a doctoral student in English education at the College of Education, writes that this summer's biggest political fight — health care — is also an education issuIn this op - ed, Cody Miller, an English teacher at PK Yonge Developmental Research School and a doctoral student in English education at the College of Education, writes that this summer's biggest political fight — health care — is also an education issuin English education at the College of Education, writes that this summer's biggest political fight — health care — is also an education issue.

A long - standing political lobby in Sacramento, the coalition generally focuses on big picture budget issues that both teachers and administrators can champion — even though the two sides are often simultaneously at loggerheads on a variety of other issues.

There was a fairly long period in our political history where big - city liberals opposed all such scientifically - backed issues simply because they looked at the world narrowly — we must increase wages for workers and we must maximize the number of workers.

In 2006 a pattern emerged at NASA in which political appointees repeatedly acted in ways that the agency administrator concluded were inappropriate, including telling public affairs officers to issue fewer press releases on global warming in 2004 in the runup to the presidential election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companieIn 2006 a pattern emerged at NASA in which political appointees repeatedly acted in ways that the agency administrator concluded were inappropriate, including telling public affairs officers to issue fewer press releases on global warming in 2004 in the runup to the presidential election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companiein which political appointees repeatedly acted in ways that the agency administrator concluded were inappropriate, including telling public affairs officers to issue fewer press releases on global warming in 2004 in the runup to the presidential election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companiein ways that the agency administrator concluded were inappropriate, including telling public affairs officers to issue fewer press releases on global warming in 2004 in the runup to the presidential election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companiein 2004 in the runup to the presidential election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companiein the runup to the presidential election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companiein heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companies.

David Tyfield (DT):  I don't think its just the media, but its the main thinking behind a lot of policy. We would want to distinguish between technology and innovation, where technology is just new kinds of machines. Innovation on the other hand is a much bigger issue than that and its not just the technical issue of introducing new machines. My background is in looking at science and innovation from a sociological political economic angle, which means we treat innovation as a social process.

Coming back to «bogan», the big issue in agnotology is not ignorance in the ordinary sense of the term (people who don't know much about political issues, and don't care to learn — that is certainly part of the stereotypical bogan image, and may perhaps be descriptive of the actual demographic groups commonly associated with the term, though I don't know of any evidence of this).

Those (like the Federal Opposition) who are tempted to play the issue for short - term political gain will pay a big price in the end if they succumb to that temptation.

By threatening the Opposition (those who are tempted to play the issue for short - term political gain will pay a big price in the end if they succumb to that temptation) JQ continues the blame game that Rudd has supposedly ended.

Decades before climate change became a hotly debated political issue, the biggest oil company in the world was doing cutting - edge research into just what was causing it and how dangerous it might be.

And from my limited ability to see, skeptics» material destroys the Al Gore / IPCC side, and the failure of top people and journalists to see the faults in the political accusation side of the issue exposes a far bigger problem.

Absent a hot political issue, the biggest influence on member involvement is being asked by another REALTOR ® in leadership, says Sundsted.