Sentences with phrase «by fringe groups»

«A lot of time with these minor ballot lines, they get co-opted by these fringe groups looking to get their little piece of control and it becomes little wars,» she said.

The plans could result in the face - coverings and balaclavas employed by fringe groups at demonstrations being banned during marches.

The issue is important since Armageddon theology has been affirmed not only by fringe groups but by Ronald Reagan.

Not exact matches

One advantage C corporations have over unincorporated businesses and S corporations is that they may deduct fringe benefits (such as group term life insurance, health and disability insurance, death benefits payments to $ 5,000, and employee medical expenses not paid by insurance) from their taxes as a business expense.

Now Baird himself has been subjected to a vicious homophobic attack by a fringe «women's group» (they don't speak for me or for any woman I know) that had earlier enjoyed the blessing of the Harper government.

Judging by the actions of fringe extremist groups to those entire theocratic governments, it would seem that the peace - loving Muslim is actually the minority.

Finish the statement CNN, by fringe left - wing socialist groups that repeated slandered Glenn with untrue accusations.

It makes me very sad that Christians and churches that welcome the perspectives and the gifts offered by other faiths, and by people of no acknowledged faith... and those who recognize, acknowledge and journey through their doubts, questions, etc. are too often pushed (and allow themselves, ourselves) to be pushed to the extreme fringes and accept our voicelessness within a context where faiths and faith groups are often identified by the narrowest, most exclusive vision.

I am simply saying, without leaving the physical field, that the greatest discovery made in this century is probably the realisation that the passage of Time may best be measured by the gradual gathering of Matter in superposed groups, of which the arrangement, ever richer and more centralized, radiates outwards from an ever more luminous fringe of liberty and interiority.

On both sides we have our anal core and just as much as they try to say they speak for the group as a whole, those opposed on both sides... will attempt to define the entire group by these ones on the fringes.

Major banks CBA and ANZ have urged the repeal of a law which allows activist investors, unions and environmental groups to pursue fringe causes by forcing companies to hold costly shareholder meetings.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Arsene Wenger got out of the group stages by largely utilising his fringe players and young prospects but, now sitting eight points off the top four, winning the Europa League arguably presents the Gunners with their best shot of returning to the Champions League.

The ageing core of players that runs through of the spine of the side; from Rob Green in goal to Bobby Zamora in attack, with Clint Hill, Richard Dunne, Karl Henry and Joey Barton in between, has been typically reliable and resilient for most of the season, but let down by a group of fringe players christened «Bad Eggs» by Barton.

They are delivered by actor, writer and group facilitator Jonathan Brown who was nominated Best Male Performer at Brighton Fringe 2007 and who has experience as a trainer / facilitator in various formats: Open Space, Forum Theatre, Community Building, Open Discussion Group, Question and Answer, drama teacgroup facilitator Jonathan Brown who was nominated Best Male Performer at Brighton Fringe 2007 and who has experience as a trainer / facilitator in various formats: Open Space, Forum Theatre, Community Building, Open Discussion Group, Question and Answer, drama teacGroup, Question and Answer, drama teaching.

Immobilized by guilt, he is: (1) fearful (2) hangs on the fringes of groups (3) continues to depend unduly on adults and (4) is restricted both in the development of play skills and in imagination.

For all those parents who might be frightened by comments like this about the impact on your baby of being part of a «fringe group», I have a 17 and 21 year old who co-slept and are very healthy emotionally and physically, and are definitely mainstream.

The formation of the new fringe ECR group in 2010, memorably described by Nick Clegg as «a bunch of homophobes, anti-Semites and climate - change deniers,» isolated the Conservatives and dealt a major blow to Britain's influence in Europe.

«Albany insider Andrew Cuomo's decision to align himself with a fringe group that embodies everything that is wrong with Albany is yet another arrogant decision that will lead to his rejection by voters this November,» Lazio said.

«These fringe groups have repudiated efforts by the state Democrats, Senate Democrats and the governor to go into the November elections with a unified party,» he said.

The videos were posted by Britain First, a fringe group that insists that white Christian civilization is under threat from Muslims, which had received relatively little attention — until now.

Most of these groups on the fringe of the Muslim community express anti-Jewish and anti-Israel sentiment that has been encouraged by anti-Semitic rhetoric coming from the Middle East, it argues.

The Conservatives have been accused of banishing themselves to the fringes of European politics by setting up the new grouping and questions have been raised about their partners, which includes controversial Polish and Latvian parties.

Labour sources said the party was not responsible for the content of fringe events staged by groups that had no affiliation to the party.

During the 2011 election campaign while running against a strong advocate for Term Limits, Republican Ralph Sabatini, Supervisor Gromack defended his action by saying that the citizens petitioning him belonged to the «Tea Party fringe group» and then implied that Clarkstown citizens were so stupid that they would «sign a piece of paper just to get on with their lives.»

One very telling aspect of what the SLF gets up to is its increasingly warm relationship with the Labour - aligned group Compass, as evidenced by a piece in today's Guardian, and a meeting on the fringe last night.

Attracted to fringe scientists like the small and vocal group of climate skeptics, Republicans appear to be alienated from a mainstream scientific community that by and large doesn't share their political beliefs.

She discovered, rather, that his concern had been sparked by media coverage of the religious fringe group that had been promoting May 21 as judgment day and the end of the world.

The fringe - lipped bat, however, along with a group including Europe's long - eared bat, normally hunts by listening for lower frequency sounds that humans could also hear.

The Burlesque was part of Reading Fringe Festival, performed by a group called the Scarlet Vixens.

This is a transcript from a student focus group conducted by Education Week on March 6, 2003 with high school seniors in a large, diverse high school in a mid-Atlantic state in an approximately 11,000 student urban / suburban fringe school district.

And this is what's reinvigorated the opposition movement, which was frankly before just a fringe of far - right - wing think tanks and groups like this, but now has become reinvigorated by the tea party's interest in this and by interest that has arisen in the anti-testing crowd.

In the first two years after the law passed, the tax - watchdog group Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance found, average teacher salaries were flat but take - home pay dropped by 16 percent, as a result of the shift in the cost of fringe benefits.

Frankland islands cruise and dive set themselves apart from other reef tour operators in that they are the only company able to visit this spectacular group of five breathtaking continental islands surrounded by fringing coral reef.

Frankland Islands Cruise and Dive set themselves apart from other reef tour operators in that they are the only company able to visit this spectacular group of five breathtaking continental islands surrounded by fringing coral reef.

St Bees Island is within the Cumberland Island Group, and is a quiet volcanic isle fringed with reefs, rainforests, eucalypt woodlands, and dense grasslands which is accessible from Mackay by private transfer.

Their fabulous beach and bush position is fringed by surf beaches, pristine waterways and natural bushland and, if you do need more, they are only 15 minutes from Noosa's iconic Hastings Street and even less to Gympie Terrace on the beautiful Noosa River where you can experience restaurants, fine dining and boutique shopping.Their eco friendly homes offer spacious beautifully appointed accommodation, sleeping up to 10 people, and are perfect for groups of families or friends who wish to relax, reconnect and enjoy fine food and wine in a natural Australian bush setting but without sacrificing luxury.Imagine wakening up to the sound of kookaburra and butcher bird song, seeing the kangaroos playing around your home or spotting an iguana strolling across the road.Enjoy their Leisure Centre with a choice of pools including a heated spa and children's pool, media room, pool / games room, children's play room and tennis court with night lighting, all situated amidst a backdrop of natural bushscape.

'» At a time when abstraction remained on the fringes of the art world, the group aimed to «foster public appreciation of [abstract] painting and sculpture,» and grant «each artist an opportunity for developing his own work by becoming familiar with the efforts of others.»

Minneapolis, MN Anomaly, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, CO Flora and Fauna: Myth and Metaphor, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN Art of Recovery, MN State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN New paintings by Margo Selski, Art Resource Gallery, St. Paul MN 2004 Ex Nihilo Gallery / City Pages Wine Tasting, I.M.S. Bldg., Minneapolis, MN Saint Paul Art Crawl, Tilsner Cooperative Gallery, St. Paul, MN 2003 Minnesota State Fair, Minneapolis, MN Children of Eden, St. Cloud Civic Theater, St. Cloud, MN Art Resources Gallery, St. Paul, MN Sold on Art, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN Art of Today: Artists from Minnesota and North Dakota Exhibition, Plains Art Museum Rolling Plains Art Gallery, Fargo, ND 2002 Bloomington Art Center Show, Bloomington, MN mnartists.org Launch Celebration, Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN Another Twist, Winona State University, Winona, MN Sold on Art, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN Art of Today, Artists from Minnesota and North Dakota 2002 - 2004 Exhibition, Plains Art Museum Rolling Plains Art Gallery, Fargo, ND Visible Fringe Art Festival, Visible Fringe Gallery, Minneapolis, MN River Gallery, St. Paul, MN Rogue Buddah Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Group Exhibition, Loring Park Playhouse, Minneapolis, MN Minneapolis Foundation for the Arts, (Group Exhibition) Minneapolis, MN Fandango, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN 2001 Minnesota State Fair Art Exhibition, Minneapolis., MN (Merit Award in Oil Ptg.)

Self - avowed «P.R. agent for the planet» Al Gore says those who still doubt that global warming is caused by man — among them, Vice President Dick Cheney — are acting like the fringe groups who think the 1969 moon landing never really happened, or who once believed the world is flat.»

Attracted to fringe scientists like the small and vocal group of climate skeptics, Republicans appear to be alienated from a mainstream scientific community that by and large doesn't share their political beliefs.

In my view what we are seeing is a concerted attempt by the «skeptics» to portray themselves as the voice of moderate opinion instead of the fringe group they actually are by trying to persuade people that the use of strong language to describe the risks we face is de facto an indication of an extreme (ist) opinion.

Or look at the gaming of the peer review system — not by mainstream climate scientists, but by fringe researchers with links to oil - funded lobby groups:

John Roberts did indeed file briefs supporting violent fringe groups, with the effect of excusing their actions by helping to remove a crucial legal remedy that had been the most effective tool against them.

I don't know if Slawyers ever heard the wonderful comedy sketch by the» 60's English group Beyond the Fringe (Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller) in which a coal miner bemoans his fate, and opines: «Yes, I could have been a Judge but I never had the Latin.

His comment on the Anglican Church was particularly funny: «[It] seems to have morphed into some deeply weird post-Christian eco-pagan group run by a flaky fringe of the graying Godspell crowd.»

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