Sentences with phrase «do things on behalf»

With this support, Fire TV owners can ask Alexa to do things on their behalf, no Echo device necessary.

When you grant someone or something agency, it is able to do things on your behalf.

James Sandman: Well, Bob I am permitted by law to lobby Congress myself, but I'm not permitted to engage in grassroots lobbying that is to ask other people to do things on behalf of LSC, so I'm not able to respond to that question.

«As much as the governor wants to coercively go after people to get them to do things on his behalf, at the end of the day, he only cares about his donors and himself,» he continued, saying that he will do whatever it takes to win, including «dismantling anti-poverty organizations like he's trying to do.»

Willing to do things on behalf of the Cuomos (he worked for both former Gov. Mario Cuomo as well as his son) that the Cuomos themselves preferred not to do.

But both of them are employing what I'd call «investment marketing»: doing things on behalf of their books that build their capabilities to do more on behalf of subsequent books.

Not exact matches

Carried interest in and of itself is not a bad thing — it incentivizes fund managers to put investors» money to productive use and make sound investment decisions on their behalf (because if the fund doesn't perform well, the manager doesn't receive any carry).

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, and each of them singly, his true and lawful attorneys - in - fact with full power to sign on behalf of such person, in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to this registration statement and any subsequent related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 (b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and generally to do all such things in the name and on behalf of such person, in the capacities indicated below, to enable the Registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming the signature of such person as it may be signed by said attorneys - in - fact, or any of them, on any and all amendments to this registration statement or any such subsequent related registration statement.

There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark: When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule religion and religious believers in the name of atheism, seek to change laws in favor of their atheistic positions, recommend the extermination of religion, and practice falsehoods like Dawkins's in support of atheism, they prove that their atheism drives their behavior and that their premise is false, disingenuous, and (as far as I can tell) useless for anything but giving atheism rhetorical cover from being implicated in atheists» atrocities.

On behalf of all sane atheists, we have better things to do than stage a hostile takeover of your students4jesus club.

I don't thing GOD authorized you to speak on his / her behalf.

When bad things happen in this world, and we wonder what God is doing about them (if anything), Jesus knows what we feel, and He cries out to God on our behalf, «Why have You forsaken Me?»

Tóibín's James is «a reticent man from a Puritan place, ready to do battle on behalf of freedom for his characters, but more skilled at allowing them to renounce what freedom came their way for the sake of other things that are harder to define.»

But you shall go down to your High Priest and shall pray him on our behalf to send me a hundred men skilled in your religion who before these idolators may be able to reprove what they do and may say to them that they know and can do such things but will not, because they are done by diabolical art and through evil spirits, and may so restrain them that they may not have power to do such things in their presence.

«I just had this sense that if I could do anything in the world, I would do this justice lawyering thing where you are an advocate on behalf of people who don't have a voice and who are being abused by others,» he says.

I remember times when someone in the community reached out to help with things like yard work or child care, but it was never done on behalf of the church.

This combination of the old and the new was experienced as a living reality, for God, having graciously acted on behalf of Israel, was now prepared to do a new thing.

Israel did regard herself as the peculiar trustee of a unique faith and conceived the protection of that faith from contamination and the propagation of it to the world as her duty, and so, thinking of her religion as a greenhouse in which to grow priceless things for later transplanting to the larger field of the world, she endured indescribable suffering on behalf of her heritage.

These steps, and countless more specific steps in the life of each and every person, are the sorts of things God has done on our behalf to call each of us to believe in Jesus for eternal life.

Certainly there are many other Christians struggling to make sense of what Scripture says about gender and sexuality and who long to do the right thing on behalf of the LGBT people in the Church and in the world.

I can not change that (God does a host of things on our behalf the moment we believe...).

When it comes to Boulud's attention to the details of his empire, there appears to be no hierarchy of importance: The invite list to the upcoming soft opening in Vegas; the amount of cream in the pâté grand - mère used in a banh mi at the Épicerie; a visit to actor Bryan Cranston lunching at Bar Boulud; a call to a high - profile pediatrician on behalf of two married employees with a constipated infant; what to do with a shipment of fresh herring; the placement of speakers in a corner of the dining room at DBGB; the lighting of a photo shoot for a cookbook he's contributed to — all things big and small are apparently in Boulud's portfolio, and everything receives an equal share of energy and time.

I will simply say, on behalf of many other Arsenal fans, that it is STILL madness to keep doing the same thing over and over again, and expect different results.

Whether you're planning one yourself, interested on behalf of a friend or family member, or merely curious about why anyone would do such a thing, this 3 - hour seminar is for you!

There seems to be a lot of judgment, on behalf of judgy parents and police / child protective services, of children who are doing things independently of a supervising adult.

The state Legislature is doing the right thing by holding these hearings to get to the bottom of what happened, but also to let residents know that their government is functioning on their behalf.

«I don't believe that anyone should be stymied in their efforts to do good things on behalf of their family.»

«We voted in the same way as we did for the Social Services Bill, and rather than blindly letting things pass, we will continue to be a strong opposition, fighting on behalf of our constituents.»

Only 30 percent of voters believed she would be able to working with members of both parties on behalf of the Hudson Valley, while 43 percent said Maloney is able to cross party lines to get things done.

Flanagan said he has spoken to Bloomberg, who was expected in Albany today to lobby on behalf of this bill, on several occasions, but insisted he's doing this only because he thinks it's the right thing to do.

It shows stupidity on behalf of whoever is supposed to manage those things for Bildt, but it has nothing to do with the Queen.

Sears also spoke on behalf of Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan: «She's very committed to keeping this stuff off the streets of Albany and understands the importance of working together in law enforcement to make sure that these things do not hit our streets.»

«While I could not pass up the unique opportunity to lead a non-profit organization that does so many wonderful things for our city and aligns so fully with my beliefs, I will miss working on behalf of my constituents and with many people I have come to love and respect.»

While independent expenditure committees can not contribute directly to a candidate, they can spend on things like mailers and advertisements on behalf of a candidate who has not authorized the committee to do so.

While I admire his stance on our behalf for fiscal responsibility against the state legislature, some one needs to hold his hand to prevent him from doing stupid things to himself.

EW:... In a coalition you have to compromise and most people I've talked to say given the financial mess that we've got ourselves to try and deal with it's about time parties co-operated and they looked to try and get things done on behalf of the country rather than for party political advantage.

«We don't just listen to «it's always been that way» - we really think about how we can do things better on behalf of our constituents, and we tackle and look to tackle the tough problems.»

A paper on the findings showed, among other things, that the restrictive policies regulating gun shows in California resulted in fewer illegal «straw» purchases — in which someone buys a gun on behalf of a person legally barred from doing so — than in other states.

About the only thing to be said on the film's behalf is that it does have the courage of its own mistakes.

They're not wedded to conventional ways of doing things; they're looking for opportunities to solve big and important problems on behalf of kids.»

«Both programs are producing amazing leaders who are doing great things on behalf of children throughout the country,» he says.

So, they sought for things to work better for their children, but they didn't necessary feel that they had the agency to bring about change on behalf of... So, I think a really important message was that many parents believe that they were at the mercy of the system, they were at the mercy of teachers and, although they were expressing a confidence of teachers to work on behalf of their children, they felt quite powerless to be able to do that.

If you know the contact information for any members of ConnCAN's Advisory Board, send it along and I'll ask them on behalf of all of us who care about our schools and our state's children, are they going to do the right thing and resign from ConnCAN's Advisory Board.

Two months ago Flanagan told the Daily News that «there is a crying need on behalf of parents to make sure their kids get a good education» but «one of the things that the city has continued to do is basically flout the law and make sure that charter schools have unbelievable difficulties trying to secure space.»

Read more about all of the charter schools doing great things on behalf of students.

It's not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it's the most patriotic thing we can do.

Sandra sagely said, «Things will really change in the next decade, some of what we'll do is still buy books on behalf of the community.

This is the kind of thing you should be doing through book clubs, through encouraging your friends and your friend to take your book out there and advocate for it, but this is not something that you can do on your own unless you have a huge consumer base built up or a bunch of affiliates that are willing to work on behalf of your product (that is your books and your career).

We are waging this effort because (a) we feel a sense of responsibility to do so on behalf of all stockholders given our unique position as the largest stockholder and (b) we believe it is the right thing to do, especially in the context of the current economic environment caused, in part, by similar self - serving managements and Boards.

One thing Troy was careful to note was that 4 Pillars does not file for bankruptcy (or consumer proposals) on clients» behalf, since only Licensed Insolvency Trustees (LIT) can do that, per Canada's Bankruptcy Insolvency Act.