Sentences with phrase «defection as»

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Describing those distorting his statements and peddling rumour of his defection as mischief - makers and agents of dark and evil forces, the governor vowed that he would never dump the PDP for the APC under any guise.

The state party Chairman, Jibrin Imam, described the defection as the best thing to happen to the state and the party, adding that «this development will further strengthen the party.»

WASHINGTON — Veteran Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel suffered another high - profile defection as former city Comptroller Bill Thompson threw his support Wednesday to Rangel's Democratic rival, Adriano Espaillat.

To the cheers Tuesday night of hundreds of party faithful, Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer lambasted County Executive Steve Levy's defection as «a punch in the gut» and vowed to «kick his butt» both this year and next.

Not exact matches

What - if plan: This is a contingency plan — in case your worst case scenario happens, such as market share loss, heavy price competition or defection of a key member of your team.

In the end, plummeting fundraising returns, bad polling numbers, MLA defections, and a caucus and party on the verge of revolt forced Ms. Redford to step down as Premier of Alberta and Leader of the PC Party on March 23, 2014.

A single man's moral defection, as in Achan's case, or a single family's refusal to follow the leader, as in Korah's jealousy of Moses, (Numbers 16:1 ff.)

The quarrels and the defections of first generation disciples, the sins of disciples in our own generation, and the defects and delinquencies of the race at large are grave indeed but not so grave as to engulf us all.

Another important sign is that church membership has been holding steady and that middle - class defections have not been as numerous as some had predicted.

It has almost been as if we humans, with our limitations and in our finitude, not to mention our obvious and tragic defection from right alignment with the divine intention for the world and for us, were to insist that until and unless we are given what we regard as due recognition and the security of our own survival in an individualistic sense, we shall refuse to take our place and play our part in the creative advance of the universe.

They are surrogates, which is a way of saying that they are agencies by which God works; they are not substitutes, although much of the time, in our foolishness and defection, we regard them as such — and in so regarding them bring about a state of affairs which is disproportionate and destructive.

When Paul Lehmann in an often quoted sentence said that «God's purpose for human life is to make it and keep it human» he was putting the point in an admirable fashion — which helps to make contemporary people grasp both their high dignity as humans and their defection from that possibility.

It is this, the loneliness of uncertain faith, which is the principal reason for the wholesale defections, even as the same uncertainty kills vocations before they spring, or murders them in the seminary itself.

Interestingly enough, social issues such as abortion and gay rights were not central to Mainline defections from Bush in 1992.

Finally, to trigger that protective tribalist reflex that Carroll saw as a bulwark against defection, the church must make its members aware of secularism's intolerance of belief.

Debate, polarization, defection, daring bold action, and mistakes marked the life of the organized church; but through it all the church once again laid claim to the entire world as its legitimate domain.

In spite of our inadequacy, as well as our repeated defection, there is still hope for us.

To prevent such defections from his own hard - won orthodoxy, the Liberator Devil models himself as the cool hipster ironically detached from whoever and whatever threatens the individual's solitary integrity with sentimental interdictions.

Hebrew language and literature, Jewish history, modern Jewish theology and philosophy, even undue absorption in the study of the biblical text — all are proscribed as evidence of defection from Torah - true Judaism.

Any defection from high sacramentalism is gleefully identified as matter - hating, body - denying, salvation - by - cognition, capital G, gnosticism.

Unfortunately, similar notions have gained a foothold among priests themselves, leading to a wholly unprecedented defection from the priesthood of possibly as many as 100,000 men since the second Vatican Council.

As Ed Stetzer has often pointed out, the primary defections among formerly churched people who would now call themselves «nones» have come from the squishy middle of nominal mainline and Catholic background people.

Such behavior at least prior to the year 1000 was looked upon as a defection from the Christian ideal.

The big four are all scheduled to return (though obviously NFL defection is possible) and whoever emerges as primary backups (and goodness knows there are plenty of candidates) will be back, too.

Admittedly, Neymar's defection to Paris doesn't have quite the same resonance as Figo's move (or betrayal, or treachery).

As seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo, difficulties providing soldiers with adequate resources may result in deteriorating discipline, corruption, defection, and human rights abuses.

With Wollaston known as one of the Tory party's more moderate and telegenic figures, the «defection» is being seen as a significant boost for the Remain campaign.

Did Ambassador Tae have a sudden change of heart, or, as seems increasingly likely, was his defection a long - term objective?

He is almost as old as I am, lost three councillors in Eastleigh the other day via defections, Eastleigh is a pretty marginal seat.

The government is struggling to craft a motion that satisfies Liberal Democrat MPs — who in many cases owe their seats to anti-Iraq-war defections from Labour in 2005 — as well as little England Tory backbenchers who, nudged by Ukip's anti-intervention stance yesterday, fear that Nigel Farage speaks for their voters better than Cameron does.

Foot was more concerned with defections to the SDP during his brief tenure as leader.

But given where this conference started, with a defection and a scandal, David Cameron must be delighted at the way it has ended: A conference speech which is being described all over the airwaves, and back in Birmingham, as the best of his career.

Nigel Farage has described the defection of Conservative candidate Mike Whitehead to Ukip as «another hammer blow to Tory pretensions in the north of England».

Whitehead, who announced his defection to Nigel Farage's party today, admitted he had already been removed as candidate for Hull West and Hessle but questioned the Tories» reasons for doing so.

Graziano, whom I identified as a «left conservative» earlier this season, was never a Democratic loyalist, so his defection is less of a betrayal than some have suggested, but this also means that his endorsement will not necessarily draw a lot of Democratic votes.

Dabiri - Erewa who expressed her disgust over the gale of defections, described it as shameful, calling the defectors «political prostitutes.»

I would still expect their support to be squeezed as we get closer to the election, as the race focuses more upon the binary choice between a Conservative and Labour led government but events, such as further defections now a by - election is no longer unavoidable, could easily push that off course.

Faso's hair - splitting statement comes as Trump faces a mass defection by Republican office holders and candidates after an 11 - year - old video depicting him bragging about sexually assaulting women surfaced last week.

Reports of Conservative voters jumping ship to join UKIP, follow previous defections including Winston Churchill, elected as a Conservative MP defecting to the Liberal Party and back again, plus the SDP in 1981 mainly formed from the Labour ranks.

That defection was also seen as a major blow for the Lib Dems - not least because Mr Karim was their only Asian parliamentarian.

The former envoy, who promised that he will clinch the party's ticket in spite of Governor Ayodele Fayose's adoption of his deputy, Prof Kola Olusola, as preferred candidate, added that Atiku's defection will impact on the PDP positively.

Nigel Farage told Conservative MPs unhappy with David Cameron they were «in the wrong party» as he was asked about rumours of defections to UKIP.

First of all, the Hispanic members of the conference can — and has, back in the amigo days — act as a powerful swing bloc, although that's been diminished somewhat thanks to the defection of the four independent conference members.

As a result of the defection, the Welsh Conservatives became the largest opposition group.

An Abuja - based political analyst, Mr Ephraim Audu, says defection from one political party to another is permissible in a democracy as it helps it...

The Tories deliberately bigged up the UKIP threat to Labour in advance of the by - election because it was a win - win for them: either it would increase defections from Labour to UKIP, or (as happened) UKIP would disappoint.

Although Conference Leader John Sampson appears secure in his leadership role, the voluntary (perhaps pre-push) departure of his No. 2, Sen. Jeff Klein, over the weekend provides the opportunity for some retooling as the Democrats prepare for two years (barring any unforeseen deaths or defections) of laying the groundwork to try to re-take the majority in 2012.

Tory Eurosceptics say they will push for exit after general election as Ukip tries to build on Douglas Carswell's defection

On the defection of a PDP Senator to APC, he said that the senator decided to move to a stable party as his former party was divided and lacked leadership in the state and at the federal level.