Sentences with phrase «fiercest critics in»

He said he doesn't think the governor's vetoes were targeted him as one of the governor's fiercest critics in the Senate.

What do you get when you put some of the Canadian Oil Sands fiercest critics in the same room with its most vocal supporters?

Not exact matches

While he has focused on topics close to his heart, such as disability rights, motivated by the lack of representation for those like his daughter who have Downs Syndrome, he has also long been a fierce critic of corruption, especially in connection to the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil.

The fierce critic of Dr. Bawumia said, it should not be surprising if he keeps slamming Dr. Bawumia who failed to provide concrete evidence over his bloated register allegations in the 2016 electioneering year.

For more than two hours today, New York Police Department commissioner Bill Bratton met in a small room off the City Council chambers with some of his fiercest critics to discuss a wide array of public safety issues.

In recent years she has been a fierce defender of the former mayor's legacy and a vocal critic of the Noble administration.

John Bercow tried to silence Labour MP Chris Bryant before David Cameron asked for help in keeping one of his fiercest critics quiet.

Obama on Sunday took on one of his fiercest congressional critics in California at a fundraiser for Democrats that included Democrat Doug Applegate, who's mounting a stronger - than - expected challenge to Rep. Darrell Issa.

Scott Stringer, a fierce critic of Mayor Bloomberg on issues like the NYPD's stop - and - frisk tactics, joined the administration's side in the battle over plans to expand taxi service.

While he is a fierce critic of Iran, many conservatives in his central and southern Brooklyn district have excoriated anyone who dares to back the deal, including Mr. Nadler, a proud pro-Israel Democrat.

Mr Woodcock is one of the Labour leader's fiercest critics - frequently speaking out against him in Parliament.

Mark - Viverito, a left - leaning Democrat who was a fierce critic of police prior to becoming speaker, argued the increase in headcount was necessary to keep New Yorkers safe and often said an increase in headcount and improved community relations were not «mutually exclusive.»

But, in relation to his Daily Mail interview (see 9.33 am), for once even his fiercest critics over Brexit are saying that, on the core point, he is telling the truth.

His father, Ralph, a Polish Jew who fled the Nazi invasion of Belgium in 1940, was one of the leading Marxist theorists of his generation - and a fierce critic of the Labour Party.

In the ad, the former city comptroller takes on opponent Bill de Blasio, who has been a fierce critic of stop - and - frisk, for what Thompson called misleading claims.

The possibility that Mark - Viverito's candidacy could be derailed because she is too progressive alarms Allen Roskoff, president of the LGBT Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club and a fierce critic of Quinn in her years as speaker.

That promise is why Bucshon, normally a fierce critic of the administration's social and economic policies, joined Mike Pence, the state's Republican governor, on an airport tarmac in southern Indiana to greet the president when he flew in to tout the new DOD - backed center on integrated photonics.

One of the fiercest critics of the restructuring, ironically, is the co-author of a report that Green says recommended the change in the first place.

Bernard Rentier, rector of the University of Liège in Belgium and a fierce critic of existing rankings, says he is pleased with the first results of U-Multirank and that the system's indicators are «relevant and enlightening» to compare his university's performance with others.

Cast as Diana Guzman, the fierce and vibrant protagonist of Kusama's story of a high school girl who takes up boxing, Rodriguez went on to earn almost universal acclaim for her powerful portrayal, winning the admiration of audiences and critics from Sundance to Toronto.Of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent, Rodriguez was born in Bell County, TX, on July 12, 1978.

If she's the fierce and eager critic, Soderbergh is keen to place her in a final shot reminiscent of Rushmore, bursting with little instances of victory and community that beckon her to relax and take a vacation.

In this corner, Mickey Rourke: winner of countless critics awards for his performance in The Wrestler, who has apparently pissed off more people than Perez Hilton, who called Perez Hilton a faggot and no one gave a shit, whose Hollywood story mirrors that of his character, who won the Golden Globe and the BAFTA and who doesn't have an Oscar to his name and may never be nominated for another one again, whose fans are fierce but respectful of the other guy's possIn this corner, Mickey Rourke: winner of countless critics awards for his performance in The Wrestler, who has apparently pissed off more people than Perez Hilton, who called Perez Hilton a faggot and no one gave a shit, whose Hollywood story mirrors that of his character, who won the Golden Globe and the BAFTA and who doesn't have an Oscar to his name and may never be nominated for another one again, whose fans are fierce but respectful of the other guy's possin The Wrestler, who has apparently pissed off more people than Perez Hilton, who called Perez Hilton a faggot and no one gave a shit, whose Hollywood story mirrors that of his character, who won the Golden Globe and the BAFTA and who doesn't have an Oscar to his name and may never be nominated for another one again, whose fans are fierce but respectful of the other guy's posse.

And in this corner, Sean Penn: winner of countless critics awards for his performance in Milk, who has ostensibly pissed off more people than Fidel Castro, who said that Fidel Castro was good for Cuba and no one gave a shit, who has come a long way from being married to Madonna and being scared of the dick to swapping saliva with James Franco the same year Prop 8 passed in Oscar's home state of California, who won the SAG and the BFCA, whose fans are fierce but respectful of the other guy's posse.

«Many excellent teachers will get poor ratings, and many mediocre teachers (who are good at drilling) will get high scores,» Diane Ravitch, a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education and fierce critic of tying teacher pay to student test scores, wrote in an email to The Miami Herald.

We have also heard from Barbara Madeloni, newly elected president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), a warrior against the corporatization of public education and a fierce critic of Common Core, cite that what is needed in public education today is a new vision «that must replace the dehumanizing data - driven madness that is choking the life from our schools.»

Cities from Boston to Los Angeles are locked in fierce fights over charter schools, which critics say siphon off money and the most engaged families from local districts, while skimming the best students and steering away the most challenging — not always with better results.

She had endorsed mayoral control of New York City schools before Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg obtained it in 2002, but by 2004 she had emerged as a fierce critic.

Using language that evoked some of his fiercest critics, Mr. Duncan wrote in a blog post, «I believe testing issues today are sucking the oxygen out of the room in a lot of schools,» and he added that teachers needed time to adapt to new standards and tests that emphasize more than simply filling in bubbled answers to multiple - choice questions.

In fact Faber said of Dickens: «Every critic creates their own Dickens — fearless reformer, craven reactionary, anarchic force of nature, cosy sentimentalist, fierce intellect, self - educated bore, social realist, grand tragedian, slapstick comedian, etc..

Its founder Tom Bradley counts himself among the fierce critics of the industry and constantly points out the shortcomings of the business through his blog posts and columns in the Globe and Mail.

Though Tuttle's work is now canonical, it was met with fierce criticism early in his career: the artist's 1975 solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art was received terribly by many prominent critics, most famously by Hilton Kramer of the New York Times, and curator Marcia Tucker — who went on to found the New Museum of Contemporary Art later that year — was fired from the museum, allegedly because of the controversy surrounding the show.

In response, art critic Lilly Wei has described Witek's use of the color black as ``... ascetic and alluring, flawless and flawed, fierce and demure.»

When the shortlist was announced in June 1997, some critics asserted that the all female line up was an act of overt political correctness in response to the 1996 all - male shortlist, which provoked fierce criticism.

Working between her studios in Suffolk and London Hambling tells me that she likes being in two places, «it allows for pauses away from paintings», although she admits to being her own fiercest critic «I did destroy a lot of work but this lot got past in my quality control».

In a move that saw it expand beyond its original focus on the Canadian energy sector it became a fierce critic of Canadian foreign development policy.

She's a fierce critic about the presence of phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), and lead in consumer goods.

Aside from more fossil fuels to burn, critics of Arctic drilling say any spill would be practically impossible to clean given the harsh conditions and complete lack - of - infrastructure; oil companies would face freezing temperatures, moving ice, fierce storms, in addition to the fact that any spill would likely have to be abandoned during the long dark Arctic winter.

Fierce opposition is growing over the proposed Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River in Laos, with critics warning that it will have devastating impacts on freshwater biodiversity.