Sentences with phrase «current political efforts»

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The principal effort in this area was the Sunday School Movement, founded in 1918 by Habib Jirjal, an educated layman of the middle class, who decided that the political and religious movements then current in Egypt did not serve Coptic interests.

The current efforts should be to reject models that sanction the undercutting of a plurality of religious, cultural, political, and social expressions and to imagine alternate models that legitimate and empower multiple religious, cultural, political, and social self - expressions of the various communities that make up the Indian nation.

If the Court does not claim to act merely in its own name, but for the common good and the rule of law, how then should citizens regard the effort to link abortion with the legitimacy of the Court itself and thus, it would seem, with the legitimacy of our current political regime?

But of course I recognize that many people who don't share my political views might still support the current school food reform efforts, and I agree that I didn't acknowledge that at all in this post.

I'm hardly Bettina's biggest fan, but her point seemed very straightforward: that despite the Bush administration's efforts, the initiative is associated with the current administration in the common political consciousness, and thus likely to be on a list of partisan targets.

There seems to be a current vogue for political films dealing with heavyweight subjects but Frost / Nixon eclipses efforts such as Oliver Stone's humorous but ultimately pointless Bush biopic W.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) vowed that the coalition of Democratic state officials would continue to oppose President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE's efforts to ban travel from nations the administration says do not meet information - sharing requirements, calling the ban «discriminatory.»

and the fact that most major political parties are well aware of the fact that they would almost certainly lose other types of elections (or even the current type if they hadn't put so much effort into locking down the primaries to exclude other candidates).

The organizers of a petition to block the naming of the Tappan Zee replacement bridge for former Gov. Mario Cuomo are disputing the current governor's assertion that the effort is motivated by political hate.

For the record, McKeon isn't just «supporting the current attorney general» for governor, he is spearheading the group «GOPers for Cuomo ``, which entails rounding up Republicans like himself to endorse the Democratic frontrunner and keeping political reporters up to date on his efforts.

But in a political system where lackluster enforcement has for years given cover to rogue lawmakers, the prospect of such investigative firepower is an indication of how its efforts could upset the current political order.

«Given the current political climate in Washington D.C., it's critical that we come together to strategize and mobilize to drive change for Latinos in New York City.We look forward to engaging our partners and allies in a common effort to continue to serve and uplift our community.»

Assemblyman Barclay said efforts by him and other state lawmakers to have the law repealed have been unsuccessful and offered little hope that can happen, noting the current political makeup of the state Legislature.

Experienced political operatives have been brought into the fray, including some with connections to Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz and State Sen. Marc C. Panepinto, D - Buffalo, both of whom have been involved in the effort to disqualify candidates aligned with the current reform majority.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the new Director will also report quarterly on the current status of women both in Santa Clara County public jurisdictions and within the Santa Clara County Democratic Party and lead the compilation and publication of an annual report of the current number and percentage of women in elected office in Santa Clara County and post the report on the Party website and in an electronic communication to all members; and that the new Director will lead this effort by recruiting, training and supporting democratic women seeking public leadership positions in collaboration with the Director of Endorsements and Candidate Recruitment, the Director of Issues, the Director of Political Engagement and DAWN as well as any other interested Party Directors and clubs.

The current effort succeeded, however, despite the toxic political climate in Washington, D.C., and a government divided between a Democratic - held White House and Republican - held Congress.

The income distribution of any federal income tax cut or refund is an inherently political matter, and the outcome of current efforts in Washington to pass new tax legislation is uncertain.

With regard to the SMA Treatment Acceleration Act, despite our best efforts and the unbelievable show of support by families across the nation, the current political climate in Washington makes it highly unlikely that the bill will pass this year.

The organizers say the current voter registration effort crystallizes what the Black Panther film represents: the strength of black communities and the political and cultural power of art.

Most Democrats, in particular, would be committing political suicide by trying to alter the unions» current role in public education, and they will resist any efforts to do so.

Nor does the current political weight of evangelical Protestantism change the fact that our political and constitutional development has pretty much reduced religion to a private matter, even if there remain energetic efforts to make religious concerns play a larger role in public affairs.

Given the current political climate and the limited discretionary resources available to the Secretary of Education, it is unrealistic to imagine that the DoED would play an active role in state - level school reform efforts.

But there is reason to believe that current efforts will fall short of their desired effects, and that political pressures for more radical change will continue to mount.

Regardless of the current political context, effective teacher performance appraisal systems are a core element in the effort to improve student learning and necessary to inform compensation systems based on teacher performance.

In the past the very notion of a single set of standards has been too hot a political potato for any real discussion, but the current effort appears to enjoy broad support.

Investors who take the time and effort to research the current political climate worldwide and ensure that they are up to date with any developments in the world of business and industry can achieve great success by making the most accurate predictions about the way the money market is likely to fluctuate.

This yearly event brings together activists from all around the states, and focuses on advocacy efforts within the current political environment.

In addition to contributions by the directors of the Museum Ludwig and ARoS — Yilmaz Dziewior and Erlend G. Høyersten — the authors include Tom Holert, distinguished German art historian, taking an in - depth look at Rosenquist's unique spatiality; Stephan Diederich, curator and specialist at Museum Ludwig, giving a review of the themes in the exhibition; Sarah Bancroft, art historian, curator, and Rosenquist expert who co-curated the 2003 Guggenheim Museum Rosenquist retrospective (and current head of the Rosenquist Foundation and the studio) illuminates Rosenquist's seminal source collages; Tino Grass, German designer and researcher, revealing new perspectives on Rosenquist's historic work F - 111; Isabel Gebhardt, Museum Ludwig conservator, outlining the intensive research efforts and conservation work recently undertaken on Horse Blinders; and Tim Griffin, former editor - in - chief of the esteemed American art journal Artforum, discussing the political potential of Pop art as exemplified by a work James Rosenquist created for one of the magazine's issues.

-- Climate impacts: global temperatures, ice cap melting, ocean currents, ENSO, volcanic impacts, tipping points, severe weather events — Environment impacts: ecosystem changes, disease vectors, coastal flooding, marine ecosystem, agricultural system — Government actions: US political views, world - wide political views, carbon tax / cap - and - trade restrictions, state and city efforts — Reducing GHGs: + electric power systems: fossil fuel use, conservation, solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, tidal, other + transportation sector: conservation, mass transit, high speed rail, air travel, auto / truck (mileage issues, PHEVs, EVs, biofuels, hydrogen) + architectural structure design: home / office energy use, home / office conservation, passive solar, other

The political and diplomatic spheres are best suited to debating and resolving such questions, and misrepresenting the current state of climate science does nothing to advance that effort.»

Perhaps Gelbspan has no direct current involvement in global warming political efforts, but regarding the question of where he is these days, the answer seems to indicate that his collective past efforts are worthy of deep professional level investigation in relation to all the current focus on using racketeering laws to persecute skeptic climate scientists and the organizations having any association with them.

It was prompted by a story over at Forbes on efforts by the National Center for Science Education to support educators being pressured by political interests to misrepresent the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change.

Ansel, you've been involved in a couple of efforts recently that have a lot more to do with current events, and how technology should respond to government, and surveillance, and political changes and things like that.

In the current political climate we can all expect an increase in efforts by competent authorities to seize privileged and other materials in the near future.