Sentences with phrase «citizenry about»

For an entire World with a population less than that of the USA, a Roman Empire with the population of South Africa, and a Roman citizenry about the size of Houston, you are going to have to find a natural source for all this gas!

He, therefore, called for synergy between the media and the military in mobilising and informing the citizenry about the crisis.

Not exact matches

While Washington seemed determined to remain wilfully ignorant about what was actually happening in Iraq's streets, McMaster, McFarland and others were learning to work with the citizenry, creating lists of useful strategies and no - bunk PowerPoints that circulated virally among officers in theatre.

If Kraft Heinz had said it didn't want to work with a city whose project - approval process can be excruciating or a citizenry whose most vocal members are suspicious of multinational corporations and non-locally sourced processed meat, then Soglin might have something to worry about.

Whatever doubts may exist about the sources of this democracy, there can be none about the chief source of the morality that gives it life and substance... [From the Hebrew tradition, via the Puritans, come] the contract and all its corollaries; the higher law as something more than a «brooding omnipresence in the sky»; the concept of the competent and responsible individual; certain key ingredients of economic individualism; the insistence on a citizenry educated to understand its rights and duties; and the middle - class virtues, that high plateau of moral stability on which, so Americans believe, successful democracy must always build [Seedtime of the Republic (Harcourt, Brace, 1953, p. 55)-RSB-.

Nonetheless, military coups, however decorous, are not part of the American tradition, nor that of the officer corps, which might well worry about how the citizenry would react to a move toward open military dictatorship.

To the Republican it is about control and restoring America to its Christian foundation, ending abortion on demand, restoring the sancti ty of marriage, reinstating school prayer, seeing that the various citizenry know their place and taking out the garbage.

Haynes is also bemused to see that the Denver citizenry is talking about him like he's next in line to get his own downtown statue.

It is therefore reasonable for me to assume that the state of fear and panic that has engulfed us has more to do with how we have gone about this here rather than any remotely tangible evidence based on the experience of 55 countries that have accepted hostages, After all, ours is the one and only transfer that has generated such noise and fury in the citizenry and attracted international interest.

«On behalf of the Ministry of Power, permit me to say that we are very much concerned about the current supply challenges confronting the nation and its consequences on industry, homes and the citizenry.

It's about building an informed citizenry and thereby protecting the «integrity» of our elections.

Not only does it seem that modern industry is at odds with classical virtue, but the classical idea of a virtuous citizenry seems to fit uneasily with modern ideas about the equality of persons.

Worried about the ordeal Ghanaian visa applicants go through, Mr. Ablakwa said it was about time Parliament steps in and fights for the citizenry.

As if the citizenry really cares about who gets jobs in the City Clerk's office or Common Council central office.

The statement said: «This tradition of free train ride as introduced by the Aregbesola government about five years ago is aimed at facilitating the easy movement of the citizenry wherever they aare.

Our democracy should not only be about holding free, fair and transparent elections; it should be about the totality of efforts to broaden access to healthcare, education, provide potable water, reliable power supply and other social amenities to the citizenry to make human habitation in Ghana a sight to behold.

In the lecture entitled «Corruption and Nigeria's Search for Purpose: Fifty Years On», the ICPC chieftain also insisted that «the citizenry must do something about authority stealing because corruption at high levels has a greater impact than petty stealing to which we devote so much energy».

Earlier, Mr Mohammed Mohammed Nasiru, a Consultant of the CDD - Ghana, said the election was about the choice of a political party with the best ideas, policies and programmes that would enhance the livelihoods of the citizenry and it must be done devoid of insults and acrimony.

«In our hearing, from chiefs of police from all over Erie County, first ring suburbs to the rural about the issues that they have had tracking down stolen property, the issues they have had dealing with the problems of addiction and by passing this law today, we are not only protecting our citizenry, but we are ensuring that we are doing it in a comprehensive manner,» Savage said.

Arulogun maintained that the road will boost both intra and intercity transport links, improve trade, drastically reduce intercity transport connection, encourage trade and investment as well as to generally bring about better socio - economic development to the citizenry, noting that this is in line with the Governor Abiola Ajimobi's philosophy to decongest traffic at all entrances and exits to the state as part of the massive infrastructural development going on in the state.

An attack on journalists going about their legitimate duties is an attack on the entire Ghanaian citizenry.

In sum, The End of America is a worthwhile film to the extent that it can serve a permanent watchdog function as a reminder of the possible erosion of Constitutional rights and the citizenry's need to remain vigilant about the tendency of power to corrupt, and of absolute power to corrupt absolutely.

As a reward for making what might be the greatest fiction film about the lives of Chinese citizenry during the Cultural Revolution, The Blue Kite director Tian Zhuangzhuang would be exiled from his country's movie business for nearly a decade due to the supposedly subversive nature of his work.

She's worried about her husband Michael (Phillip Ettinger) as he agonizes over bringing their child into a world whose citizenry is so blithely destroying the planet.

In ten years, American healthcare costs could reach 20 % of our gross domestic product, yet as a citizenry, we seem to be in the dark about this subject that impacts virtually every one of us.

Still, for all of its growth, Facing History remains rooted in its original mission — to engage students in conversations about these issues in an effort to develop a more humane and informed citizenry.

Alexis de Tocqueville made similar observations about the unique character of the citizenry in Democracy in America in 1835.

It is about acknowledging and confronting systemic racism, and other isms, that hinder our nation from truly reflecting its citizenry — and its Constitution.

If we as a nation are serious about creating a highly - educated citizenry, we have to be honest about the weaknesses of our public school system and be willing to make real changes.

In teaching students how to persevere and overcome adversity, Lori encourages students to embrace learning as a tool for personal advancement by moving students beyond preconceived notions, challenging assumptions about the world as well as its citizenry and preparing students for entrance into a global community.

Unless our citizenry elects some leaders with principles, who actually care about our public institutions rather than wealthy donors, things are looking grim for the over 95 percent of Connecticut's children who attend our public schools.

In a response to a comment on a different post I wrote this about schools: «The U.S. citizenry has lost its American mind, the citizenry is constitutionally, historically, and religiously ignorant.»

Early prints of the continent's indigenous peoples, its landscapes, flora and fauna, its historical events, wars, and citizenry reflect the curiosity of Europeans about a world they perceived as new and strange.

But it seems to me that he's assuming that in America, at least, policy about this can simply be set a bit more like the Soviets would have set it, via authoritarian measures taken by the few, and a bit less like what seems to me to be the only option for progress: the hard slog of civic debate, inherently involving the citizenry, even in cases when most citizens already agree on the basic facts.

Beth and I hope we'll inspire students to think about creative and engaging ways to translate these complex issues for the public citizenry.

The key lesson to be learnt is that not only must scientific knowledge about climate change be publicly owned - the IPCC does a fair job of this according to its own terms - but that in the new century of digital communication and an active citizenry, the very practices of scientific enquiry must also be publicly owned.

As we increase our exposure, investing in disaster - resilient infrastructure and prepared citizenries not only makes moral and economic sense, it's also not dependent on one's personal views about climate change.

Allow Eli a wild guess: ------------------------------ One of the major shames about what seems to be a climate change sham is really about the work some governmental and non-governmental organisations have done and citizenry commitment etc. to help with reducing our footprint in the planet.

I will write later about the importance of the concept of rule of law, and how it is important that that concept be fostered not only in the courts, but also in the legislatures, the executives and the citizenry of the country (and I must give credit to Simon Potter, former President of the Canadian Bar Association, who made this point at his speech at the Conference of the Constitutional Law and Human Rights Section of the CBA on June 27, 2014).

I might be wrong about this, but I'm reasonably sure that the citizenry of Canada includes males over the age of 18, some of whom are being exploited in ways some might find offensive (even without considering the plight of Maple Leaf fans).