Sentences with phrase «by acting leader»

He was elected MP for Newcastle East in 1983, and was given his first front bench job by acting leader Margaret Beckett, who made him Shadow Leader of the Commons for a few months in 1994.

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Xi's comments, reported by China's CCTV, came shortly after Trump added to his recent aggressive tweets by saying that U.S. military options were «locked and loaded» if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acted unwisely.

One person driving less, eating less factory - farmed meat, flying less, polluting less, using less air conditioning — you know things you could do — may affect little on a global CO2 scale, but maybe today, if everyone who reads this article who cares about Thoreau's legacy, who believes in self - determination, who calls him - or herself a leader, or just wants to be one, acts by his or her values...

Speaking at Saturday's OZY Fest, an annual festival coordinated by OZY Media featuring entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and politicians, Gladwell pushed reframing the problem as the first thing politicians — and businesses — must do before acting.

Under pressure to resign as leader of a country ravaged by earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Naoto Kan's last act in August 2011 was to transform Japan's energy policy.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican leaders say they want to bring the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) to the Senate floor for a vote by the end of the week.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) currently has two acting directions: Mick Mulvaney and Leandra English, both of which the New York Times notes are messily and publicly vying to be the permanent leader of the organization, a position which is appointed by the President.

The indictment says Manafort and Gates received the money by acting as unregistered agents of the pro-Russia government of Ukraine and its political parties and leaders.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D - CA), flanked by House Democrats, speaks about the Affordable Care Act on Capitol Hill January 12, 2017 in Washington, DC.

But second acts by corporate leaders don't always work.

Chan, ex-policy director for former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, defended himself by saying it was unnecessary for him to register since the proportion of his lobbying activities falls well short of the Lobbying Act's 20 per cent minimum threshold.

Standing in stark contrast to how most expect a leader to look and act, Gen. McChrystal's mentor shows that real leaders should be defined not by outward appearances, but by actual performance.

Senate Democrats have been frustrated by a lack of movement by Cornyn and other Republican leaders, and say GOP leadership in the House and Senate is the reason Congress has not been able to act to prevent another mass shooting like Parkland.

Act - On Software Cited as a Leader by Independent Research Firm in Lead - To - Revenue Management Platform Vendors

On Tuesday, moments after finding out about the layoffs and leadership upheaval at the Downtown Project in Las Vegas, I asked Tony Hsieh by phone why he stepped down as leader of the utopian startup city he had founded, and why he had continued act as head of the ambitious experiment in the desert despite having already handed over the reins to his lawyer and a team of executives.

By Janet Keeping, Leader of the Green Party of Alberta Alberta's Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) sets out a decision making process for review of oilsands and other projects which includes the filing of «Statements of Concern.»

Trump has further exposed rifts within his own party by engaging in a public spat with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who remains widely popular in the GOP despite the party's spectacular failure in July to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The Federal Reserve Act set staggered terms for the Federal Reserve Board members (selected by local business and financial leaders, not Washington politicians) so that the President could not «pack the bench» as Jackson had done in 1833 by removing Secretary Duane in favor of Taney.

Introduced on April 12, by Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY), with strong support from Senator Ron Wyden (D - OR), and further bi-partisan support from Senator Jeff Merkley (D - OR), the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, if passed, would remove federal roadblocks to the cultivation of industrial hemp, the non-drug agricultural varieties of Cannabis.

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Perhaps Islam could repair its image with less drastic measures by having its leaders publicly denounce acts of terrorism and extremist sects.

Christianity Today: Evangelical Leaders Split Over Violence Against Women Act The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorized by Congress Wednesday removes protections for immigrant women who are victims of violence.

Today the Islam religion is questionable, due in part the acts of terrorism against humanity carried on by its members supported by their leaders, the moral question is larger then religion and life and its asinine leaders.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: «I think what we need in this country is something more robust like a War Powers Act so that governments do get held to account by Parliament for what they do in our name.»

Failure to act as direct teacher and dean or principal of a school of discipleship by its pastoral leader probably accounts more than any other single factor for a congregation's inability to mature in its ministry.

Not all pastors and other religious leaders automatically define sin by specific definition as a disease, and it doesn't actually fit my belief as to what sin is, which is an act to knowingly and willfully disobey a commandment from God.

In the Pauline churches official leaders such as apostles, prophets, and teachers were present, but in the act of gathered worship their role as leaders was muted by the Spirit's urging and prompting of contributions by every group member.

She became a leader in neighborhood struggles and by 1997 was president of People Acting in Community Together (PACT).

Writing in an op - ed published by The Observer newspaper, the Nobel laureate accused the former leaders of the United Kingdom and the United States of fabricating a motive to invade Iraq, namely that it possessed weapons of mass destruction, and said that they had acted like «playground bullies.»

NO people have ever voted for gay marriage it had to be a act of the courts or governmental leaders overriding the will of the people They have made progress by violence, lies and deceit then turn around and call us bigots and mean what a laugh.

one could argue there was no pretense or mistake in this war of inception rather than post deceptive wars we are forced to celebrate to this day by our leaders regardless of their merits as being «victimized» or aggressive acts of War (just).

Neville i mentioned those people only because the discussion was talking about dominionism the combination of the church and state as a governing rule all those people were government leaders all of them suffered in there own way.Its was the suffering that prepared them for the roles that they were to play and there faith in God was what helped them get through.We are made stronger in our weakness no matter how important or unimportant we may appear to others.I guess it is easy to fall into the lie about political involvement that its hard to make change but some people have had a huge impact.Really it is God who deserves the praise he is the one that creats the opportunitys to make impact on the world as in our strength we can do nothing.In hebrews the great men and woman of faith there are those that seemed unimportant to the world and many suffered for there faith Our Lord knows everyone by name and every small act of faith we do he remembers because we do it out of our love for him that is what the christian walk is about living for Jesus and sharing that love with others.brentnz.

Perhaps we should institute some annual ritual, based on this scripture in Acts, by which we memorialize Judas's supposed act of perfidy and the selection of new leaders who have walked with Jesus in all aspects of his earthly ministry, from baptism to ascension.

Even in the absence of organized effort by church leaders there are enormously important things which any layman can do to discover, to act upon, and to communicate the gospel.

Rachael Maskell is among politicians supporting a call by her party's leader for a new War Powers Act to require ministers to consult MPs first before taking such action in the future.

«I am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act that has come from American religious leaders of all faiths... as well as secular U.S. leaders and opinion makers,» she said.

«Free world leaders, especially President Obama, should make it clear to President Xi Jinping that these acts of total disregard for basic human rights and religious freedom should and will be condemned by all during Xi's visit to the United Nations and the United States next month.»

The healing thing and release you have affored me is a direct antithesis in what you have said about the porphetice, to the leader who was claiming to be prophetic by treating me as having acted inappropriately when i was on the receiving end of mistreatment due to their presuppostion that as a man I had the power in the situation (which I didn't).

we need and have needed a better striker than Giroud for a long time and we are no closer to getting it now than we have ever been I stated a few articles ago that half our team are not in the world class catergory and I stand by that, we also have no «Big balls out» leader on the pitch who scares and rallies the troops in equal measure so that when the likes of Giroud are acting like he's just won the ballon D'or, the leader will tell him to pull his finger out..

The National School Board Association (NSBA), long aligned with the SNA on these nutritional roll - backs, yesterday released the results of a survey of 650 school leaders which reportedly found that, since the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act regulations went into effect, «83.7 percent of school districts saw an increase in plate waste, 81.8 percent had an increase in cost, and 76.5 percent saw a decrease in participation by students.»

From the program: The Richard B. Russell Leadership Series was established in 2010 by the Georgia SNA in memory of Senator Richard B Russell, a passionate leader in school nutrition programs from the very beginning when Congress authorized the school lunch program, now known as the Richard B. Russell School Lunch act of 1946.

By: Sunny Young, thelunchbox.org bloggerIn addition to acting as one of the leaders in reforming school meals across the country, Chef Ann Cooper also serves as Nutrition Services director of the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) in Boulder, Colorado.

Our suite of education and community outreach programs position Mass Audubon as a leader and catalyst for conservation by inspiring and stimulating individual and institutional action, ensuring that our members, visitors, and program participants feel and act upon a deep sense of interconnection and responsibility as stewards of the natural world.

«Today, the New York State Senate acted on an important bill sponsored by Senator Felder that will protect hardworking New Yorkers from $ 1.5 billion in new and higher taxes, and prevent the state from receiving a windfall from recently enacted federal tax changes,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said.

Let our leaders go to the «people's college» to seek knowledge of what they want so as to arm themselves with the power they need to destroy hate speech as no bill, act or decree can stop the movement occasioned by internal dissatisfaction.

Opponents contend the measure, based off the Reproductive Health Act introduced by Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, would pave the way for partial - birth abortions, a result the Cuomo administration insists is incorrect.

Flanagan's election as leader has been met with skepticism by upstate Republicans, who have pointed to his vote in 2013 in favor of the SAFE Act.

And that is not something the new majority leader — still under fire from conservatives (who, by the way, would have preferred to see Syracuse Sen. John DeFrancisco as leader) for his «yes» vote on the SAFE Act — is likely to give any time soon.

Actress Julianne Moore targeted Senate Majority Leader John Flannagan on Twitter for «protecting» child predators by holding up a vote on the Child Victims Act.

He was briefly replaced by Assemblyman Jim Tallon, the last upstater to hold the title of speaker, in an acting capacity - for a whopping three days — until members of the Democratic conference elected Queens Assemblyman Saul Weprin as their permanent leader.