Sentences with phrase «curry public favor»

The Wine Group has launched the «Better Wines Better World» website in an attempt to curry public favor for technologically advanced, environmentally friendly and economically practical boxed wines.

There was no indication of cynicism, or any suspicion that religion might be used to curry public favor.

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While some economists cheer the corporate moves to keep the economy expanding, and consumers benefiting, others see the corporate givebacks as public - relations maneuvering to curry favor with workers, consumers and the Trump Administration.

Taxpayer advocacy groups say such donations, though not illegal, come with almost no public scrutiny and create relationships that give the appearance that companies are trying to curry favor.

Critics see it as a culture - of - corruption breeder that turns public servants into Pez dispensers and gives the competitive edge to those willing to curry political favor by any means necessary.

At the time, Cuomo was facing sharp criticism for abruptly shutting down his Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, amid accusations that the dismantling of the panel was done to curry favor with then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The Paterson administration's approval to block potentially revealing information from reaching the public eye comes amid mounting speculation that the winning bidder, a conglomerate known as Aqueduct Entertainment Group, had curried political favor in its effort to get the contract.

It's no longer surprising that someone could pander to the public to curry power or that the public would forgo political discussion and dialogue in favor of personalities and catch phrases; these days, it's expected.

New York University education historian Diane Ravitch's blog went so far as to call this series a «suck up» to Trump and DeVos, «public television's effort to curry favor with the Trump administration.»

Rex Tillerson's efforts to paint a picture of moderation amount to nothing more than a ruthless public relations campaign to curry favor in the media.

Meanwhile, Daily Kos uses Luttig's resignation as further rationale for requiring judgeships to be for life, since the expectation that a judge may leave the bench for private practice may lead the public to wonder whether a decision in favor of a potential employer was meant to curry favor in order to secure employment.