Sentences with phrase «broad a public as»

In the eyes of many educators, policy makers, and philanthropists (and probably the broader public as well) chartering has come to be viewed as principally a mechanism for liberating poor kids from bad schools and relocating them into better schools.

This belated career survey corrects that overemphasis but, more important, it introduces DeFeo to a broad public as an artist of wide and diverse accomplishment.

Not exact matches

As applications evolve, a broader range of blockchain - related investment opportunities among public companies are expected to emerge.

Only time will tell if it takes off among the broader public or if it's too little, too late to face off with Facebook and Twitter on the social front — just as Microsoft has failed to surpass Google in search with latecomer Bing.

Ryan Cotton, the Bain managing director who led the investment, identifies three strengths that he believes will make Toms, one day, a multibillion - dollar public company: its reputation as a philanthropic pioneer, its enthusiastic customers (who may want to become shareholders), and its potential to expand beyond footwear into a broad lifestyle brand.

Sevigny said as social media continues to increase its presence with public commentary on matters such as Question Period — which doesn't just rely on mainstream media for coverage anymore in a sea of tweets — it may lead to a change in behaviour of MPs as they attempt to come across in a warmer light to a broader reporting audience.

The disclosures were part of a broad, Friday - night document release by the White House that exposed the assets of as many as 180 senior officials to public scrutiny.

Mr. Draghi sought to overcome resistance from German members of the governing council and the broader German public, which regards quantitative easing as a form of wealth transfer to countries like Italy.

Inasmuch as the essence of rulers and government is rule - setting, deregulation represents an undoing of public power in society's broad interests, on the ground that public power is inherently corrupt and run in the bureaucracy's narrowly self - serving interest.

There are many other tactics shareowners use as levers including, investor statements endorsed by a broad group of institutional investors; direct outreach to other shareholders; proxy voting services; and other investment advisors to gain support for specific shareholder proposals; and, outreach to consumers and the press as a way to draw public attention to an issue or a company.

GDP is the broadest indication of a country's economic health or weakness, as it includes all elements of both public and private consumption.

Facebook's data collection practices, the core of its ad - based business model, have come under broad scrutiny in recent weeks as the company has been forced to raise its estimates of how much user information was leaked and to admit that «most» of its more than two billion users may have had their public profile data scraped by outside harvesters.

Following the enactment of the Securities and Futures (Amendment) Ordinance 2012, the Investor Education Centre (IEC) was formed as an SFC subsidiary to educate the public on a broad range of retail financial products and services.

Housing affordability topped the list, identified by 40 per cent of respondents, followed closely by the need to invest in public transit as well as broader transportation infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and highways.

Because public sentiment about future economic conditions drives stock prices, the market frequently rises even before broader economic measures, such as gross domestic product (GDP) growth, begin to tick up.

A charitable organization serves broad public purposes in educational, religious, scientific and artistic fields, among others, as well as the relief of poverty and other public benefit activities.

As most people operate with broad, ugly ditches between faith and reason, nature and grace, and the realms of the public and private, that fact is often missed.

Plays are play, as Walter Ong observes, except for the playwright and perhaps some of the paying public.5 Moreover, while most would say that tennis and drama provide at least the occasion for play (even if some tennis players, for example, are not actually «playing»), the list of possible play activities is much broader than we often imagine, including much of life - more, in any case, than just tennis, reading, dancing, etc..

The justices, by an 8 - 1 vote, said Wednesday that members of Westboro Baptist Church had a right to promote what they call a broad - based message on public matters such as wars.

And recently, those revelations were brought into even broader perspective through a study conducted by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life, which rated most of the Arab Spring countries as «high or very high» concerning government - imposed religious restrictions.

In extenuation I should plead that in a series of four lectures, intended in each instance of delivery for a general educated public rather than for philosophical and theological experts, of necessity one must be brief and must deal with the topic in a broad way; furthermore, I have not intended to claim that every representative of process - thought would agree with what I have selected as significant nor would find my use of what in fact has been selected compatible with his own particular approach or his own individual conclusions.

Brian Zahnd had a godly response to the article; in fact, he was the one who brought it to the broader public attention as well.

Members of the Kansas - based Westboro Baptist Church protested outside the court, while inside, one of their members argued they had a right to promote what they called a broad - based message on public matters such as wars.

It is a political decision as to which areas of economic life are left to the impersonal verdict of the market and which to be decided by public discussion, as it also is to decide the broad parameters of economic guidelines within which the economy has to operate.

These days, there are no Christians with currency as intellectuals, which is to say as articulate public voices who interpret present political and cultural trends for a broad, educated audience.

If theology is to regain its status as a significant intellectual and practical activity within the church, the university and our broader cultural and public life, then seminaries and divinity schools will have to give renewed attention to this venerable but threatened discipline.

In broad outline, therefore, it appears that the ethical teaching given by the early church was pretty closely related to the general movement in Greco - Roman society towards the improvement of public morals as it was undertaken in the first century by various agencies.

Modernization theory views such processes of institutional change within American religion as the alleged differentiation of private piety from public policy, the growing differentiation of secular education from its religious roots, and the emergence of professional therapy as a distinct alternative to pastoral counseling as bellwether trends in advanced industrial societies generally and suggests that they may be in some way influenced by broader international patterns.

That this dissident movement has yet to assume a broader public shape in California does not relieve us of the need to recall the role of Starr and a few others like him, such as Thomas Sowell, in establishing its moral foundation.

The Artesa project has had as its goal bringing the nutrition and sustainability of pulse flours to a broad public by directly addressing the issues of taste and final product quality.

It is our duty to support the advancement of public policies that reflect the values of our employees, customers, consumers, shareholders and business partners as well as the broader public interest.

«We are proud to have worked alongside Members of Congress, as well as a broad coalition of public health and education groups and others in the food and beverage industry, to see this bill pass,» Neely said.

Findings indicate that both consumers and foodservice operators must play a role in relation to broad issues associated with public health and the environment, with the biggest contribution the foodservice industry can make toward environmental sustainability being the reduction of red meat consumption as part of a larger shift toward more plant - based dishes.

Blindly following a broad strategy such as betting against the public isn't always effective, which is why our annual betting against the public report has to look at other factors that can better produce a winning season.

As we approach the All - Star break, we wanted to take a step back and examine how MLB betting against the public has fared using a broader prism.

On the other hand, as women, we should appreciate that the popular magazine paid attention to this beautiful act and maybe now, even the broader public would start to understand it and take it as a normal thing.

Now, as Waldorf - methods schools enter the public arena, a broader population of children will benefit from and succeed with this exceptional child - centered educational experience.

The new Dr. Deirdre Loughlin Fund will link two of Deirdre's highest priorities: Broad Meadow Brook, where she has served for many, many years as chair of the advisory board; and Worcester Public Schools, where — as a teacher, and later, as a top administrator — she inspired generations of students to be curious and confident about science.

School districts in some states, including all five surveyed, may have additional protection under «recreational use» statutes, which offer immunity from certain claims against landowners who open their property to the public for recreational use.10 In states with broad recreational use statutes, such as Indiana, opening school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other factors.11 However, in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kitchens.

As for results, while the Supreme Court is essentially immune to online outreach, the broader public isn't — and these activists were targeting a much bigger court, that of public opinion.

Heastie pointed to the Republican support for a subsidy aimed at bolstering upstate nuclear power plants, which is expected to add roughly $ 2 to the average utility bill as a sign some GOP lawmakers are open to tacking on more fees or taxes to help pay for a broader public benefit, such as preserving jobs.

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These revelations were uncovered by the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption as part of a broad investigation into the spending of campaign funds by state lawmakers that was shut down when Gov. Andrew Cuomo abruptly disbanded the Commission last month.

«There was this sense that we had lost that essential American belief that ours is a system in which no matter how powerful or rich you are, or what public office you hold, you're still held accountable under the law, and I view Occupy as just one aspect of a much broader swing in broader sentiment.»

Broad reforms have long been necessary to restore the public trust, but tone - deaf politicians in Albany were able to shrug off the clamor for reform as just so much background noise.

Did the leaders of non-state organisations (I think of figures like Lech Wałęsa, co-founder of the Solidarity movement in Poland), or the mental maps of broader publics play as important a role, or were they less critical to the course of international politics?

With his paternal approach, Fraga had broad appeal, as evidenced by a national media broadcast featuring priests in rural areas asking the public to vote for «Catholic Fraga» during his first campaign and women working at a Vigo brothel distributing his leaflets in clubs.

«I have to assume that it is the result of a coordinated disinformation campaign aimed not only at undermining ACORN's work, but also as a part of a far broader effort to corrode public confidence in the electoral process... It is a simple three - step process.

To some extent, this is of course understandable as UK elections are rarely won or lost on the basis of foreign policy with domestic social policy, especially in the context this year of a still recovering economy and broad public service reforms half completed.

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