Sentences with phrase «even as minority»

FCNY continued to play a major development role at Pacific Park even as a minority partner — but the project stalled.

GDC 2014: «Even as a minority in the makeup of the industry, women have played a huge role in gaming», said WIGs head

The bills are passing with votes from Senate Democrats, even as the minority conference's condemns the lack of action on the abortion plank.

Even as the minority party, the Democrats have been delaying a lot of appointments by requiring 30 hours of debate after a cloture vote.

But Survation's numbers puts the Tories a long way from being able to govern even as a minority.

Your refusal to allow me even as Minority Leader to proceed can only be an effort to cripple us».

Not exact matches

That injustice has become even more glaring as legal marijuana spawns an above - board industry that could grow to $ 50 billion within a decade, but which does not appear poised to benefit the very minorities who were so abused by earlier drug laws.

Even in 2017, as women and minorities make significant strides in the industry, managerial ranks remain remarkably homogenous.

Thus the Fed's monetary policy stance continued to reflect a minority of FOMC members» preoccupation with inflation even as financial markets began to crumble.

Even if minority shareholders do not have enough control to influence director elections, the board is still accountable to them, as well as to the controlling family and other stakeholders.

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

It has severely limited affirmative action as a remedy for past discrimination against minorities, even though the post-Civil War Congress that passed the Fourteenth Amendment also enacted race - targeted benefits for black soldiers, schools and relief agencies.

This evening, the US House of Representatives voted unanimously that groups such as ISIS are committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East.

In many respects Bonhoeffer's main contribution in South Africa has been his challenge to those of us there who are socially privileged and academically trained, as he was, and therefore numbered among an elite minority — even if we have sought to be in solidarity with those who struggled for liberation and attempted to identify with the victims of apartheid.

Just a reminder, someday humanity will wipe away ignorance and intolerance like your as we did small pox, we might even invent an inoculation for you, but until then we will just continue to suffer your stupidity and hope that the minority of religious conservatives in this country never get to elect their insane candidates.

Certain factions of Christians in the Roman empire were heavy readers of Matthew, others of John, etc., as well as many others in more minority parts of the empire who held fast to the Gospel of Thomas, even of Mary and Judas!

Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has made a compelling case for the creative and culturally dynamic role that religious minorities can play, even in societies where the majority of people deeply oppose their religious inclinations, as was the case for much of the history of the Jewish people in....

This was why Communists were able to triumph even in countries where they began as a small minority; it was one reason why Communist parties held onto power even in countries where they were widely hated.

A one in ten minority in society and an even smaller minority in the church (for obvious reasons) and an even smaller minority of ministers (as we are generally denied ministry positions) means that straight people will have to come around at some point before things really improve.

Or, instead, can we recognize that a substantial minority in our culture hold views they see as rooted in their scriptures and part of their faith, even though those views may not always be popularly accepted?

Even the Syrian National Coalition, an umbrella group which several western governments have recognised as the legitimate representative body for Syria, includes the Muslim Brotherhood, whose recent treatment of the Christian minority under President Mohamed Morsi in Egypt is hardly encouraging.

And I suppose that you are using the word «comrade» as some sort of reference to Communism, which you associate with every person or idea that does not fit in with your ignorant view of the world, however during the Cold War the minority of the Middle Eastern Muslim cultures that hated the US tended to be even more hostile to the Soviets (who where officially Atheist).

The fact is that, even though every other racial minority is at least split on the issue, as a party the Democrats and their black leaders have adopted an exclusively statist understanding of minority rights.

As to good uses... the majority of history disagrees with your opinion, simply because of percentages.Atheism is by its very definition an extreme minority among peoples.There simply have not been enough of them to be a serious contributing factor to the progress of mankind.Granted even a blind squirrel gets an acorn once in a while.

He still retains a tiny slice of the 17 per cent block of shares still owned by minority shareholders who are mainly Melbourne - based, but O'Hoy missed the cut and thrust of the fast - moving consumer goods industry even though he has a busy portfolio of other roles including as a director of the Melbourne Stars Big Bash cricket team.

I remember a few protests against the prices and even against Wenger, but of course anybody that doesn't like Wenger or our business policy can go to hell as Wenger has give us numerous examples he thinks of such people as a minority, while in fact a lot of people have grown impatient with his incompetence.

Even if a minority of parents actually use them as a sleep space, etc. there is still no way that a government body would hand out an inherently dangerous product for all new citizens over eight decades.

Even that may exaggerate matters as what ComRes don't tell us is by how much that minority of people feel it to be more likely.

Even if this latest peace deal between Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and IDC Leader Jeff Klein holds when lawmakers return to Albany after the Easter / Passover break next week, and even if the Democrats win both the April 24 special elections (the Westchester County race is really the deciding factor there, since the Bronx seat seems a safe bet), the Republicans will still have control of the chamber as long as Felder, a conservative Democrat, continues to caucus with tEven if this latest peace deal between Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and IDC Leader Jeff Klein holds when lawmakers return to Albany after the Easter / Passover break next week, and even if the Democrats win both the April 24 special elections (the Westchester County race is really the deciding factor there, since the Bronx seat seems a safe bet), the Republicans will still have control of the chamber as long as Felder, a conservative Democrat, continues to caucus with teven if the Democrats win both the April 24 special elections (the Westchester County race is really the deciding factor there, since the Bronx seat seems a safe bet), the Republicans will still have control of the chamber as long as Felder, a conservative Democrat, continues to caucus with them.

«The Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara as well as the Deputy Speaker, Yussuf Lasun; the Minority Leader, Leo Ogor; and the Chief Whip, Hassan Ado are not immune from investigation under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, even though the Hon. Speaker Hon. Yakubu Dogara has been talking tough saying that the EFCC can not investigate him.»

Political sources told The Post has Wright had even drafted a letter calling for Camara's resignation as chairman of the minority caucus.

As a result, even though the SNP government is now a minority one once more, it is the Greens — who have one more Holyrood seat than the Liberal Democrats — who nowadays find themselves the pivotal players in the Edinburgh chamber.

I've been in many interviews where it became quite obvious representing myself as someone potentially valuable to a prospective business, and selling my approach toward producing revenue seemed secondary as there is always a legitimacy process in which as a minority your qualifications are questioned even though its right on the resume.

Freeman, who works professionally as an attorney, will look to maintain a dwindling Republican minority on the county Board of Legislators, which pivoted even further toward complete Democratic control in November.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is reinstalling fellow California Democrat George Miller as co-chairman of the Steering and Policy Committee, a Democratic leadership aide confirmed to CQ Roll Call on Monday evening.

Gillibrand has been mentioned as a potential presidential or vice presidential contender, and insiders say she would be unlikely to even consider a gubernatorial run even if she's relegated to the minority next month.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Monday expressed confidence that a Democrat could win the heavily Republican 52nd Senate District, even as she acknowledged the special election would be a tough one to win.

Sen. Charles Schumer, as the Senate minority leader, will play a role in the inauguration even though he is Trump's chief Democratic nemesis on Capitol Hill.

So as a Minority we are mindful and concerned about his early announcement and how that can affect the international financial market and even the Ghanaian economy as they continue to issue bonds.

But at the moment, it looks like former Assemblyman Frank Seddio has amassed sufficient support to take control of the party organization, even as a number of minority members are pushing for Assemblyman Karim Camara, whose candidacy is complicated by the fact that he's neither a district leader nor an executive committee member.

«Even if the stars had aligned in such a way as to make a minority Conservative government a real possibility, the choice David Cameron made to enter a coalition would still have been the right one, both for the country and for the Conservative Party.»

«It is very interesting to me that everything that was great about the bill was introduced but everything that protects minority and black voters was left totally as if this never even happened,» Walker said.

Even as he hailed the ethics deal, Senate Minority Leader John Sampson couldn't say what the holdup is in releasing an internal report on the AEG mess.

Teachout says she's focused on listening to NY - 19 voters and accepting small - dollar donations, even as she will benefit from a fundraiser headlined by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, opening herself up to criticism from the NRCC due to Hoyer's fondness for PAC cash.

Following the major trend of Texas's 2011 redistricting cycle, Democrats immediately railed against the Republican plan for not giving enough representation to minorities, even going as far as calling the map illegal.

Recall Lai Muhammed enjoyed the «bow and go» priviledge even as the Senate Minority leader, Godswill Akpabio asked the Senate President not to allow him to stay long as he may put up a certain propaganda before he leaves the chamber.

Then, too, the IDC's demise still leaves Democrats in the minority as long as Simcha Felder caucuses with the Republicans, even if the Dems win both special elections on April 24.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) described the House bill as a «wolf in sheep's clothing,» and said the Senate version «has even sharper teeth than the House bill.»

I read in an article last month he thinks that Welfare recipients (code word for minorities, even though just as many Whites are receive assistance these days because of the dismal economy) should be held in Empty correctional facilites until they get the proper job training and Hygene skills.

Though he later apologized, the Minority in Parliament and even other government officials demanded his resignation, describing his statements as distasteful.