Sentences with phrase «corrupt culture»

It is a way of elevating Russia over the allegedly more corrupt cultures of Western Europe and North America — a way of talking once again about East versus West, us versus them.

Their image of Christianity is largely taken from our decidedly post-Christian and deeply corrupt culture.

That existing corrupt culture made it impossible for these and other woman members and workers to expect fair treatment from the Assembly as a whole or its leadership.

The widely watched trial is expected to highlight what prosecutors have long said is Albany's corrupt culture of influence peddling and secret dealing, much as previous federal corruption cases in Manhattan have done in recent years.

The misguided muslims, or the «terrorists» have all been influenced by their corrupt culture, because if they truly went about thing the islamic way, they would know one of the major sins is killing innocents no matter what religion they are, and another major sin is to commit suicide therefore suicide bombing is not permitted.

But Weigel goes further: He makes the empirical assertion that this corrupted culture played a major role in creating the savage, unstoppable human toll of World War I.

It offers scathing criticism of what the commission says is a corrupt culture in Albany, and recommends numerous reforms.

We need change, and the right person to make that change is Julie Killian... She doesn't come from Albany, she's not part of the corrupt culture that has been there for far too long.

Advocates and lawmakers at the Capitol are reacting to Governor Cuomo's anti-corruption Moreland Commission report, which offers scathing criticism of what the commission says is a corrupt culture in Albany and recommends numerous reforms.

«Senator DeFrancisco understands more than anyone the dysfunction in Albany and is willing to make hard choices that would change the corrupted culture being run by Governor Cuomo.»

Will Silver's replacement be a reformer, or part of the corrupt culture that has gripped the state capital for decades?

Jury selection is set to begin Monday in a case that has already proven to be a source of personal pain and political embarrassment for Cuomo, a Democrat and possible presidential candidate in 2020 who came into office vowing to do something about Albany's corrupt culture.

«The legislators will be used as examples of a corrupt culture that has consumed Albany, where money talks and the people's voice is squelched.»

«All have called the governor out on his failure to deal with what is a corrupt culture in Albany,» says Zaino, the Iona College professor.

'' «There was a corrupt culture which had nothing to do with serving the British people but was about personal ambition.

In 2013, Gov. Andrew Cuomo established a high - profile panel, known as the Moreland Commission, to combat Albany's corrupt culture and prosecute wrongdoers.

The US attorney repeatedly hammered the complacency and implicit collaboration of other lawmakers, whom he called «enablers» in Albany's corrupt culture.

«There was a corrupt culture which had nothing to do with serving the British people but was about personal ambition,» she said in an interview with The Mail on Sunday.

It opposes public financing of political campaigns despite the corrupt culture the present system has fostered.

Cuomo was elected attorney general and then governor pledging to end the corrupt culture that had come to define the Empire State.

The report includes scathing criticism of what the commission says is a corrupt culture in Albany, and recommends numerous reforms.

Another big plus: As an Albany outsider, he has no ties to the corrupt culture that infects state government.

Those who are familiar with the corrupt culture in Albany know otherwise.

As female members of the Assembly, we hope that our colleagues in the Democratic Majority will call for a vote and elect a new speaker; someone untarnished by the corrupt culture of Albany and who will not tolerate abuses toward women.

New York Republicans have pointed to Percoco's trial as evidence of a corrupt culture in Albany that Cuomo tolerated or even encouraged.

The snappy script and witty dialogue, written by esteemed American author William Faulkner and screenwriting greats Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthmann, is rife with sexual metaphors and cutting bon mots and the convoluted mystery serves as a backdrop for a charged romance and a contemplation of honor in the corrupt culture of L.A.'s underworld.

Even as it profiles criminal behavior from citizens, lawmen, and elected officials, American Hustle sympathizes with its miscreants and paints them as victims of a corrupt culture.

It is corrupting your culture and making a game out of behaviour.