Sentences with phrase «central part of his agenda»
In his second term, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has made transportation projects a central part of his agenda, embracing infrastructure as an important part of his legacy and invoking the efforts of the influential public works builder Robert Moses.
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Kanayo F. Nwanze is former President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which is dedicated to ensuring that agriculture is a central part of the international development agenda, and that governments recognize the concerns of smallholder farmers and other poor rural people.
As with Frances Ha, men are part of the equation but not central to it — at heart, both films are about unsettled women whose agendas sometimes undermine their loyalty to their friends.
While Mayor Bill de Blasio has made community schools a central part of his education agenda, critics have said there is mixed research on whether the community school model actually improves academic achievement in low - income neighborhoods.
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The Obama administration has also made the controversial approach a central part of its educational reform agenda, although officials also note that it only should be part of a teacher's overall review.
As part of the event the council in San Pedro town had an official flag raising ceremony along with a fireworks display and the annual block party hosted in Central Park. As part of the official ceremony on September 20th, Mayor Daniel Guerrero and the Minister of Tourism gave speeches to begin the formal celebrations and then the festivities began. Dance shows from local dance academies and performances from local singers were high on the agenda.
Adaptation has been a central part of UN and IPCC deliberations from the very beginning, gaining particular prominence in political negotiations in the mid 2000s (when adaptation could be described as «the most fashionable item on the climate policy agenda»).
Moreover, since Lord Stern's report on the economics of climate change, the «economic impact» part of the equation that Monbiot scoffs at is increasingly central to the environmentalist research agenda.