Sentences with phrase «by a political agenda rather»

Smith has accused the EPA of being driven by a political agenda rather than sound science; the agency has often refused to cooperate with Congress.

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To see Plato through fourth - century Athenian eyes as just another young aristocrat, his dialogues a way to attract a following by which to further his own political agenda or feather his nest financially, is to strip away the later accretions of canonicity and to see him for what he was rather than for what the Western world has made of him.

The manual begins with an uncontentious definition: «Lobbying is the process of seeking to influence government and its institutions by informing the public policy agenda» or, rather more succinctly, «the art of political persuasion».

Rather than do what New York City now does, which is to set its educational policy by a political agenda, the commission could look at the research about what really works in schools»

Coming of age in a newly post-apartheid South Africa, Rhode was exposed to new forms of creative expression motivated by the spirit of the individual rather than dictated by a political or social agenda.

Unusual for the 1970s in which he was working, the images are driven by aesthetics rather than the social and political agendas of his contemporaries.

Re # 200, Tony, I say the public perception is generally (60 - 80 % of the general population) informed and influenced in their opinions of issues by the media rather and hence that story told by that reporter needs to be factual and not just a political one to suit the agenda of people who only wish to hear what they can find to back all their already distored version of the truth of the matter.

It is only by making modest proposals, rather than by making promises of the deadly abundance, that the climate establishment can maintain its grip over the political agenda.

I never read anything that guy says because I long ago concluded that he was driven by a political rather than a scientific agenda.

The review announcement expressed concern at the burdensome reporting requirements under the treaties; the backlog of overdue reports and delays in consideration of these by the committees; the perception of over-reliance on NGO submissions by the committees; and the suggestion that the committees were running political agendas rather than «expert» objectives.