Sentences with phrase «by conservative critics»

Ironically, the show's second - most - common criticism by conservative critics was that the biennial needed more works in traditional mediums like painting.

During his early years in office, Soares was regularly attacked by the Albany establishment and by conservative critics.

Not exact matches

The «Shark Tank» judge, investor, and outspoken critic of net neutrality will be joined by conservative pundit Ann Coulter, who has been cast for the role of Vice President, Variety reports.

Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre called the PBO's findings «damaging» for the government, citing the impact of larger deficits, higher debt payments and a carbon tax that he says will erase at least $ 10 billion per year from the national economy by 2022.

And recent opinion editorials by critics like conservative economist Jack Mintz, who suggested Alberta could be the next Greece, have verged on the bizarre.

Ryan has been adamant that the bill isn't a bailout, though it has been viewed as such by some critics, such as the conservative Heritage Foundation.

One can imagine Campbell's appalled reaction to the kind of authority exercised by megachurch pastors or denominational executives today» or to the fact that Baptists not only continue to call their ministers «Reverend» and «Doctor» but also have de facto bishops and even a so «called «college of cardinals,» as some moderate critics have dubbed conservative SBC leaders.

This negative reaction to black conservatives by most blacks partly explains the reluctance of the new black conservatives to engage in public debates in the black community, and their contrasting eagerness to do so in the mass media, where a few go so far as to portray themselves as courageous, embattled critics of a black liberal establishment — while their salaries, honorariums and travel expenses are paid by well - endowed conservative foundations and corporations.

Social action was not informed by a lively sense of Christian community, rigorous prayer, and disciplined Bible study; our secular critics and our conservative brothers and sisters were not far off the mark in describing Christian social analysis as warmed - over liberalism.

Prophets are almost always rejected — by conservatives and liberals, by the pious and the rebellious, by their faithful critics and by the ones who once followed them.

It might come as a surprise to readers who know the work of Stanley Fish only by his reputation among conservative literary critics, but every sentence in his new book How Milton Works validates» indeed depends on» Hirsch's principles of interpretation.

The critics of Pentecostalism tend not to question whether the political model — be it conservative, patronage - based or indifferent — was created by this religious group or if it was pre-existing.

Still fresh and revived from his triumph at the general election - and to wipe out the Conservatives» majority at an election called suddenly and unexpectedly by a prime minister who was twenty five points ahead in the polls was a genuine triumph - Jeremy Corbyn's words will be received by renewed adulation from his admirers and a new respect from critics who he proved to be wrong in many of their outdated assumptions.

His frustration boiled over last week, when Flanagan reiterated to reporters he would not hold hearings on water issues in the aftermath of a PFOA contamination in the village in order to assess the response by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration (Conservative critics of the Senate GOP have been deeply critical of the conference's relationship with Cuomo, especially in the wake of the passage of the SAFE Act).

And Ken Clarke, who has held a number of senior government posts, compared the decision to John Major's attempts to keep the Conservatives together by bringing in critics to the Government.

In recent months, START - UP NY, a central part of Cuomo's massive economic development arsenal, has been vilified by some state legislators and conservative think tanks after it was reported the program created just 408 jobs across the state since 2014, leading the critics to question whether the $ 53 million spent on advertising and marketing was worth it.

Lib Dem insiders tell us Farron is the clear favourite - which might worry Clegg: he has been one of the most vocal Lib Dem critics of the coalition, condemning the Conservatives as possessing a «toxic brand» that is being given «cover» by the Lib Dems.

Some critics, including Nicole Gelinas of the fiscally conservative Manhattan Institute, say de Blasio is driving up out - year deficits by agreeing to contracts that offer retroactive raises.

The outspoken Conservative MP Philip Davies today stuck two fingers up at his critics by snapping...

Critics have claimed that the proposals could undermine the power of the House of Commons, arguing that the Lib Dems call for peers to be elected by proportional representation would hurt the Conservatives.

Critics will point out that the scale of the alleged overspend by the Conservatives — and the fact that it is directly connected through documents first obtained by Channel 4 to party headquarters — has drawn the close attention of the commission.

The new program, called START - UP — which provides exemptions for corporate and property taxes as well as an exemption on income taxes for some workers — caused agita among some liberal and conservative critics, but was praised by business groups.

Any doubts that Canada is an «outlier» on climate change were dispelled this week, say critics, after the Conservative government announced it is withdrawing from a U.N. convention to combat desertification signed by 194 other nations.

Conservative critics say New Jersey's solar success is driven by government programs, including a renewable portfolio standard that requires utilities to derive more than 20 percent of their electricity from clean sources.

The work of Soon, and a handful of like - minded scientists, is seen by a critics in Congress and elsewhere as a case study in how this deadlock has been engineered by energy companies and antiregulation conservatives.

You would think that this movie was made by conservatives with the way that critics are trashing it in their reviews.

Gauld is a social critic, but his sense of the world is guided less by the neo-Victorianism of today's conservatives than by a kind of New England transcendentalism — the exacting spirit of the old evangelicals.

Washington — Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, who is noted for his advocacy of conservative causes on Capitol Hill, has surprised his critics and supporters alike by announcing that he will moderate his stance on two key pieces of legislation that deal with sex equity in education.

With school budgets already limited by a conservative - led state legislature that critics say chronically underfunds public education, the district turned to Diplomas Now, an education nonprofit whose aim is to increase graduation rates using a data - driven system of early intervention.

The abrupt change was praised by Conservative - led local authorities which had been vocal critics of the original plan.

But critics say Rhee risks destroying the very public schools she aims to save by forging alliances with political conservatives, evangelical groups and business interests that favor turning a large chunk of public education over to the private sector.

Critics have suggested that problems faced by pension funds have been overstated, and that the picture is rosier than depicted by the conservative groups in particular that have raised alarms about public pensions.

Critics like The Nation's Dana Goldstein describe it as a mean - spirited caricature of classroom teachers funded by a conservative millionaire who wants to destroy public schools — a 2012 version of «Waiting For Superman.»

But Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has put school discipline back on the table by telling reporters she is «looking closely» at whether to change the 2014 federal guidance, which some conservative critics have blamed for sowing «classroom chaos.»

After taking it from critics for years that the mid-size sedan is conservative, Honda has finally taken a leap by giving it a longer, wider and lower body with a sleek glasshouse and a fastback roofline.

Some conservative critics contend a guaranteed income might create a society of layabouts by establishing a disincentive to work (although the jury is out).

The work on display was groundbreaking, even to the point of vexing some conservative critics, who dismissed as folly works such as Robert Rauschenberg's Combine paintings, Jasper Johns's flags and targets, and especially four nearly monochromatic black paintings by a 23 - year - old Frank Stella.

A new textbook by Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve - Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh upsets conservative critics by daring to ask.

Best Art - Related Twitter War: Jerry Saltz's grudge match with conservative Twitter trolls over the New York magazine art critic's comments on the painting by George Zimmerman that recently sold for over $ 100,000 on Ebay

American Scene Painting was promoted by conservative, anti-Modernist critics such as Thomas Craven, who saw it as a way to defeat the influence of abstraction arriving from Europe.

[76] Modernist movements were both cherished and vilified by artists and critics; Impressionism was initially regarded by «many conservative critics» as a «subversive foreign influence», but became «fully assimilated» into British art during the early - 20th century.

Once heralded for his virtuoso draughtmanship and poetic sensibility, Wyeth was later regarded by critics as an isolated, conservative figure out of step with his age.

Conservative supporters of the Bush Administration have expressed a particular contempt for the United Nations and its various institutions, reflecting both a frustration at the unwillingness of the UN to be stampeded into decisions and a shift away from traditional diplomacy to the wilful assertion of power, perhaps best illustrated by the appointment of America's most hostile critic of the UN, John Bolton, as US Ambassador to the world body.

Notable mandates: Represented physicians involved in providing care to Ashley Smith during the 2013 coroner's inquest; acted for Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in a defamation action against Ontario Progressive Conservative party leader Tim Hudak and energy critic Lisa MacLeod; in Wise v. Iran, acted for a Canadian victim of a suicide bombing (executed by individuals who received material support from Iran) who sought leave to intervene in ongoing proceedings commenced by United States plaintiffs in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking orders recognizing the enforceability in Ontario of judgments they obtained from a U.S. court against Iran totaling about $ 370 million; in Khadr v. Edmonton Institution, acted as lead counsel for an intervener, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, to argue that in interpreting Omar Khadr's sentence for the purpose of enforcing it in Canada, Correctional Services Canada was obliged to consider Khadr's right to liberty and principles of fundamental justice; acted for a physician in a malpractice claim in Moore v. Getahun, a precedent - setting case about restrictions on communication between counsel and experts in preparation of expert reports.

The CanWest News Service article entitled Funding for minority groups to challenge federal laws under review reports that the program, first set up under former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, «has been the target of harsh criticism from social conservatives and critics of so - called judicial activism, who assert the initiative is a slush - fund for left - leaning groups to circumvent the will of elected legislators by challenging them in court».

A nonprofit research arm sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, the International Center on Housing Risk is a conservative - leaning group that tends to promote market - based solutions for the housing industry and has been a critic of moves to boost the market share of FHA - backed loans.