Sentences with phrase «citizens groups who»

But as the tobacco industry shifts its attentions farther south to Africa, Latin America and Asia — betting that weaker governments or corrupt officials will smooth the path for their product to be sold — it has met surprising resistance from individual nations and citizens groups who refuse to allow their countries to be dumping grounds for what has been called the world's largest preventable epidemic.

Not exact matches

A recent survey on corporate reputation conducted by the Corporate Responsibility Association (CRA) showed that nearly 50 % of the companies who responded had been targeted by activist citizen groups, and now engage with these non-governmental organizations in order to help improve public perceptions.

Upon cornering him again, he reveals that he saw who killed his family and that the murderer was killed by a group of Riverdale citizens.

Some other groups have labeled as amnesty any measure that would give people who are in the country illegally the opportunity to become U.S. citizens.

The fundamental principle that no judge should be expelled from office because of her core convictions unites a diverse group of Wyoming's citizens, including members of the LGBT community who have expressed dismay at the Commission's actions here.

These religious groups have to much power, interfere with govenrment, and as a result, they eclipse the power of the average citizen who is not religious.

@Howard — As a republic, which is a version of representative democracy, it means we do not have a true or direct democracy where each law would be voted on by each citizen, but an elected representative for larger groups of people that gets to cast the vote, which may or may not at times represent the will of the voters who elected the representative.

Many persons who are not likely to join groups in churches and schools may do so if they're made available in family counseling agencies» mental health services, youth organizations, business and industry, fraternal groups, self - help groups (such as A.A., P.W.P., Alanon, etc.), and in the many organizations devoted to special needs of the handicapped, ex-prisoners, ex-patients, unwed parents, minority groups of all kinds, senior citizens, community action groups, ethnic organizations.

In some cases, it's obvious the government's job is ALSO to protect the rights of citizens who happen to be in a minority group.

Not to mention the persistence of yet a different group of «troglodytes,» in this case more sophisticated ones, who with their invention of the Cold War were constantly endangering the country and its young citizens with their longing to engage in jingoistic military exercises.

«specials interests» is just another way of saying «Citizens groups» who get together, pool their money and advocate for their beliefs.

If you are so religious and such a good Christian (Derp and other commentors) why would you do business with a company who then turns around and gives a part of that money to a hate group that has openly stated they would prefer the government take certain citizens of this country out and SHOOT them.

It's the fact that they happily take MY money and turn it over to hate groups who want to deny citizens of this country their civil rights.

We are discussing, in particular, Chick - Fil - a, among others, but especially the company I mentioned because it gives millions of dollars to hate groups... groups who want to deny citizens of this country their civil rights.

In Chick - Fil - A's case they are funneling millions of dollars to hate groups who are working to get the government of this country to deny civil rights to citizens.

Those who do not want to curtail their research work can find opportunities as citizens, in church and civic groups, and in political parties.

Delaine advised him to purchase picks, shovels and wheelbarrows for a group of citizens who wanted to improve their community's dirt road.

«While state policies and the actions of extremist groups often mask the high levels of tolerance in the minds of ordinary Arabs, the typical citizen in this region expresses a great deal of support for tolerant policies,» said Michael Hoffman, who studied religious minorities as part of the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

Mr Foye, a US citizen, will be based in Shanghai and report directly to Treasury chief executive Mike Clarke, who worked with Mr Foye earlier in his career when they were both at the soft drinks group.

IPRA is a not - for - profit organization and public interest group who is an advocate in providing quality park, recreation and conservation education, resources and services to professionals and citizens throughout the state of Illinois.

We thank the North American Registry of Midwives Board for helping facilitate the study; Tim Putt for help with layout of the data forms; Jennesse Oakhurst, Shannon Salisbury, and a team of five others for data entry; Adam Slade for computer programming support; Amelia Johnson, Phaedra Muirhead, Shannon Salisbury, Tanya Stotsky, Carrie Whelan, and Kim Yates for office support; Kelly Klick and Sheena Jardin for the satisfaction survey; members of our advisory council (Eugene Declerq (Boston University School of Public Health), Susan Hodges (Citizens for Midwifery and consumer panel of the Cochrane Collaboration's Pregnancy and Childbirth Group), Jonathan Kotch (University of North Carolina Department of Maternal and Child Health), Patricia Aikins Murphy (University of Utah College of Nursing), and Lawrence Oppenheimer (University of Ottawa Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine); and the midwives and mothers who agreed to participate in the study.

My Name is Patti Rundall and I am sorry to have to come here again but I do so on behalf of thousands of citizens and IBFAN groups around the world who monitor the marketing of baby foods and who try to make sure that babies lives are not put at risk by this company's marketing.

Holmquist, speaking on behalf of a group called Citizens for Beautiful Suburbia, said the petitions were signed by people who live in Orland Hills, Orland Park, Tinley Park and «the greater south suburban area.»

Residents who belong to the group Citizens for Better Communities, which was formed to muster local support and to lobby government to prevent the land from becoming a gravel pit, were also on hand to thank Hoffman and members of the park board for their actions.

David Nelson, who was co-chairman of the citizens group pushing the referendum initiative, supports the proposal being considered by the Park District board.

Fred Featherstone, a 26 - year resident who was on the citizens committee, said the group wanted the center to have broad appeal, a place where mothers could work out while their children were in class.

An interesting point was raised in a recent meeting I had for the need for both protest groups and concerned citizens such as ourselves be prepared at future demonstrations of this magnitude for both the police spin and that parts of the media who will just pick up police press releases as undisputed fact.

In the context of the Scottish referendum vote, this decision has implications for the following groups: (i) potential future Scottish citizens residing in rUK; (ii) potential future Scottish citizens residing in other EU member states; (iii) UK citizens residing in Scotland who will not opt for Scottish citizenship; (iv) non-UK EU citizens residing in Scotland who will not qualify or opt for Scottish citizenship.

Unlike Okudzeto Ablakwa who conveys the impression in his articles that constitutionalism, democracy and the rule of law mandate that I should have protected the crimes and graft I exposed simply because of membership of a political party, I take the right and correct view that the constitution enjoins every citizen to uphold and defend it by exposing any activity of any person or group of persons who abuse Article 55 on political parties for criminal purposes.

The group however noted that President Buhari as one of the Leaders who Physically identified and related with PRONACO to produce a peoples» draft constitution during its independently convoked citizens» driven Peoples National Conference, PNC for national restructuring between 2004 and 2006 is more likely to tow the line of restructuring as he was deemed to understand the positive import of a successful political restructuring on the country's development

Dick Dadey, with the reform group Citizens Union, who waited outside the courtroom to hear the sentence, says it's just desserts for what Silver did.

The issue is of particular importance to Republicans in the Senate, who hold the majority in that house by just one vote, says Dick Dadey, with the reform group Citizens Union.

Among the three professionals employed by the Federal Government of Nigeria are: Professor David Olowokere, a US citizen who is the lead Analyst at Loumos Group LLC, a technology and oil and gas auditing firm based in United States of America and Jerome Stanley, a counsel in the law firm of Henchy & Hackenberg, a law firm based in United States of America and head of the legal team engaged by Loumo Group LLC.

This is significant progress for a group who frequently feel like second class citizens - unrecognised for the contribution they make to society and left in ill - health and financial hardship as a result of caring.

According to the group's information section on the Facebook Page, «we are a coalition of concerned citizens who are supporting Leroy Comrie for Queens Borough President in the 2013 elections... join us...»

Dadey, who is executive director of Citizens Union, a New York non-profit good government group, echoed Foreman's perspective.

Ironically, some of the leaders in the WFP who have endorsed Nixon — represent groups including New York Communities for Change and Citizens Action — receive massive funding from unions.

As the Area Agency on Aging, the Erie County Department of Senior Services convenes a voluntary group of citizens who provide information, guidance, advice, and support to assist in developing, coordinating, and administering services to older persons.

The Republican candidate, who opposes the set of recommendations by the citizens group Consensus, noted that Walsh's father, former congressman James Walsh, was a co-chair of the Consensus commission.

That's according to Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, who was among more than 65 environmental group representatives who pitched ideas to state Senator Ken LaValle earlier this month, during his annual environmental round table at Suffolk County Community College's culinary arts center in downtown Riverhead.

This follows a suit filed by a private citizen, Lolan Ekow Sagoe - Moses, and pressure group Citizens Ghana Movement (CGM), who prayed the court to compel the Commission to enforce the provisions...

Imagine journalists and citizens meeting with political leaders who seek support for a proposed law to exclude certain groups from due process.

Dick Dadey of Citizens Union, a leading government watchdog group, called for the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office to reveal who was calling the shots while DA Ken Thompson battled cancer before his death.

Koch, who was joined at today's event by Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey and former city Parks Commissioner Henry Stern, who heads the good government group New York Civic, said he received signed pledges from all three GOP gubernatorial candidates and a letter from presumptive Democratic nominee, AG Andrew Cuomo, agreeing to veto any redistricting plan that is conducted in the traditional, politically - driven manner.

«I think it is lawful and proportionate to target a British citizen who has travelled abroad to join an armed group which is targeting Britain and British citizens and is on record himself as having that purpose.

After a two - year fight between the small group of residents at a Brooklyn senior citizens residence and the developer who owns the building, a $ 3.35 million settlement was reached this week, paying each of the holdouts — whose ages range from 91 to 101 — more than $ 500,000 but forcing them to leave their apartments by the end of the summer.

When the formation of these groups started, and especially when the South African citizens who were expatriated under the former president John Dramani Mahama over their illegal training of members of these groups, many were those who spoke against the act of the president then.

«When one interest group who happens also to be a campaign contributor is favored over another, it's quite reasonable to question the motivation behind the policy change,» said Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens Union, a watchdog group.

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

Citizens Union, a good - government group, has argued that nonpartisan elections will boost voter participation by opening the process to the 1.4 million people who aren't registered with parties.