Sentences with phrase «close political people»

Not exact matches

The so - called populist movement — in which people feel they aren't being heard by their governments — has led Britain to vote to exit the E.U., or Brexit, while far - right political candidates in France and the Netherlands edge closer to winning their upcoming presidential elections.

I am no expert in Vatican politics, but I know better than to close my eyes to the fact that there are those who do not share the insight that Weigel attributes to John Paul II and to Benedict» the insight that Nielsen herself embraces» «that all social issues, including political and economic questions, are ultimately questions of the nature of the human person.»

Less than 20 % of Americans said they would be unhappy if a close family member married someone from the opposite political party and only 11 % said they would be upset if that person was of a different race.

That is, economic structures should operate within political ones, and the closer these are to the people who are governed, the better the chance for genuine human participation.

For the time being, I'll close with what I find most disturbing and unbecoming about Tooley's post: His alarmist abuse of elitism or elite theory, which have recently become convenient, but unhelpful and terribly inconsistently applied, shorthand for all sorts of political fears from people on the left and the right.

If we pursue these eccesiological motives, the church will not be an organized closed community marked by rigid boundaries as at present, and competing with religious communities but a congregation of believers meeting for spiritual fellowship around the Word and the Sacraments, meant to equip them for Christian living, struggles of justicefor the people and evangelistic mission in religiously pluralistic or secular social economic and political institutions.

Let me close by saying that «cult» does NOT equal «bad people», or in any other way imply disqualification from political office, it is simply a way to distinguish those belief systems which are heretical from the perspective of orthodox Christianity.

It's a handy way of a giving people something else to be mad about in the hopes they might not notice the ham - fisted response to the devastation in Puerto Rico, a Russia investigation getting uncomfortably close to the White House, his failed political endorsement, his poor response to the diplomatic crisis with North Korea, etc..

There was a growing pressure from within according to close sources to Haruna Iddrisu for him to partner some persons and seek the mandate of the party as its flagbearer but political pundits want the young but experienced politician to tread cautiously.

There was the time Sanders was set to stay at a non-union hotel, a big no - no among people close to labor groups, and Yvanna Cancela, the union's political director called the campaign with a list of hotels he could stay at instead.

Biviano called the initial exclusion from the debate «censorship,» and claims that he is «the only candidate talking about people dying at LICH Hospital because it was closed, the tearing down of our libraries, condos in the Park and the political deception and lobbyists behind these issues.»

«There was a concern that the State Police not have as the No. 2 person someone who was wired into the old guard, the old Dan Wiese network,» a Cuomo administration source said, referring to a former State Police official and close political ally of Govs. George Pataki and Eliot Spitzer.

«Young people clearly consider the political system as closed, and their experience in their first general election has left them feeling disheartened and frustrated.

In contrast to the high political drama unfolding behind closed doors, the streets of the capital remained calm, with people going about their daily business, albeit under the watch of soldiers on armored vehicles at strategic locations.

Hello: Re:» Carrión is working in close collaboration with The Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (BOEDC), a federally designated agency for economic development in the county...» Uh, in reality, BOEDC is a creature of the Borough President's Office, it is a fount of nepotism and political largesse... there is not a 3/4 of a competent, really caring person there.

«Religious and political groups, spiritual healing centres, families, associations and other bodies should, in the meantime, discourage gatherings and activities that may unwittingly promote close contact with infected persons or place others at risk.»

The office of the Electoral Commission was closed down on Thursday when police and military could not control a crowd incident of the two political parties disagreeing over a group of people who had come from Damongo in the West Gonja District to transfer their votes in the Yapie - Kusawgu constituency.

Mr. Cuomo hasn't made up his mind about his tax plan for the coming budget season, people close to him say, but his staff has explored the idea within his circle of political allies.

His conference wants to impose the same restrictions on outside income that apply to the U.S. Congress and close a loophole that lets LLCs make political donations as if they were people.

«President Mahama, at the invitation of the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) of Sierra Leone, will lead the discussions in a closed - door high - level breakfast meeting between the Presidential Candidates and their Running Mates, Commissioners of the PPRC, Electoral Officials, Police Chief, Paramount Chiefs and Eminent Persons,» the statement said.

The agenda is an expression of our determination to bring the people of African closer together to amalgamate their ideas and ensure integration for sustained social economic and political development of Africa.»

Multiple people close to Ms. James said that she told them the political operation of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was pushing her to turn down the Working Families nomination, or risk losing his support should she win the Democratic nomination.

Believed to be a «boy» to Senator Emmanuel Paulker who is a close associate of Jonathan, he has the vision to usher in a people - oriented administration that will restore and transform the political, social and economic landscape of the state.

But the two other sources said people close to Cuomo were looking to provide a soft landing for Hochul after the Working Families decision on Saturday introduced a host of political complications into the statewide race.

Both cases involve claims about a valued worker with close personal relationships at the top of the party seemingly exploiting young people many rungs beneath them on the political ladder.

«But this kind of thing, when you're promoting your own book and using your political list to send it out to basically political people, it's kind of a stretch,» he said, adding it's even more so being so close to the election.

One of AC's bigger problems, as one formerly close person put it, might be finding many loyalists for his inner political circle.

They say that Lamb «has committed himself to leading a policy and political fightback, reaching out to those millions — particularly young people — who share our values and instincts but are put off by closed party structures and tribal political behaviour.

NY People's Convention, a political action committee formed by convention supporter Bill Samuels, has spent $ 189,697.55 since July, leaving the group with a closing balance of just $ 257.97.

If the current political discourse sounds a little like people are speaking two different languages, Penn State psychologists, who studied political rhetoric over the past three presidential elections, say that may be close to the case, semantically speaking.

With its imitations of Robert Bresson close - ups, pointless references to European political change, actors talking about acting, junkies who are never seen doing drugs, «unexpected» pop songs, and deliberately obscured narrative (probably because — wait for it — it has the arc of a bad Victorian social novel), Schanelec's studious bore seems intended for an audience of people who write film festival catalogue descriptions.

According to ECLAC, «in Latin America -LRB-...) there are over 800 indigenous peoples, with close to 45 million people, who are characterized by their broad demographic, social, territorial and political diversity, from peoples in voluntary isolation until his presence in large urban settlements ``

At times you come close to denigrating the people who are doing the work of political advocacy on the reform side.

He's actually the last person who needs you to be a partisan — steeped in what you won't do and closing off policy opportunities that make you uncomfortable because of your political beliefs — because in the end, it's his life, not yours, that depends on it.

While you can read Bronin's political meandering on education on his website — See CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, what is far more telling is the amount of money that is pouring into his campaign from the corporate education reformers, the charter school industry and the people who are pushing the Common Core and Common Core SBAC testing scheme.

Few people care more about individual students than public - school teachers do, but what's really missing in this dystopian narrative is a hearty helping of reality: 21st - century public schools, with their record numbers of graduates and expanded missions, are nothing close to the cesspools portrayed by political hyperbole.

I'd like to think we face the world with open arms, and the America I grew up in (born in 1950, so I'm close to Martin's age) felt open to immigration for all people in a way that it no longer does with the rise to power of a white supremacist, nationalistic political movement.

Like a lot of people who watched that train wreck up close, I came away wanting to understand the massive gap between the euphoric expectations of the environmental movement and the real political outcomes.

Meanwhile, I'm closing comments, because with election day tomorrow there will be too much temptation for people to inject their political views into the comments section of the blog!

It's about billions of people living together in a closed, coupled system and is deeply entangled in social, political and economic root causes.

But ironically, that only reinforces the main theme that I post on: (1) political ideology is largely determinative in how people align themselves in the climate debate and, (2) being that most posters at Climate Etc. are on the «skeptical» side of the debate, this site is solid evidence that rudeness and closed - mindedness (as represented by accusations of trollhood and thread - jacking) is equally well - represented on both sides of the climate debate.

Syndicated through over 77 Stations and with close to 2 million listeners Countrywide — AJ as he's known — is one of those people that leads the political charge on many issues that really affect ordinary Australians and which the rest of the press ignore.

It's not going to happen in «hearings» like these (it's spelled «h - e-a-r-i-n-g-s,» but it's pronounced «laughable farce concocted for political reasons by people with closed minds and absolutely no intention of actually listening and learning»).

Agree, and what can help drive that is a science establishment and a political norm that treats people with respect and does not manipulate our rather weak animal brains (we are genetically very close to all other mammals, who is surprised a dog runs in a pack — then you shouldn't be surprised humans do too)-- of course I truly believe that is beyond us and our current limited evolution, we are just talkin» dogs — so... lets dream on and hope we can get better despite our great organic limitations.

They found that providing impartial facts can bring people closer together, but not when people are also prompted to think about their relevant political positions.

In Russian Federation v Shuppe [2017], DJ Grant rejected an extraneous considerations argument on the basis that there was no direct evidence presented of the requested person's political opinions, despite ruling at the same time that the extradition request was motivated by the Russian regime's continuing preoccupation with a recognised political figure and his close connection with the requested person.

The executive could also influence the political will of the people to cause legislative change affecting the judiciary (change court composition, impeachments, quorum rules, original standing exclusivity, specialist circuits, senior status privileges, salaries, etc.) But, this is mediated through the legislative branch, with its power spread thin, and close to the people.

In turn, successful Indigenous governing institutions were seen to have be those that had developed with close attention paid to Indigenous political culture, that is how their own people believe authority should be organised and exercised.

On 12 February in the nation's parliament, political leaders joined with members of the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee to reiterate their shared ambition to close the unacceptable health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians by Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee to reiterate their shared ambition to close the unacceptable health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians by close the unacceptable health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians by 2030.