Sentences with phrase «in garnering support»

Through its position on the Steering Committee of the Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT), NAR has been instrumental in garnering support and signatures for this important letter.

«A valuable guide for leaders who are interested in garnering support and buy - in to implement preschool inclusion.

Given the anti-establishment roots of Edcamp, it's fantastic that they've been so successful in garnering support that even the Department of Education is holding them — while staying true to the model.

«She has done an extraordinary job not just in putting the program together, but in garnering the support of the board,» Kessel said of Altmann in a May 1999 Newsday article.

My experience with the Dalai Lama suggests that he is more than a little amused by such spiritualistic gibberish and sensation — mongering, but he is masterful in garnering support where he can get it.

Not exact matches

Currently, ISIS has 700 to 1,000 fighters in Afghanistan but has not garnered the same level of support as the Taliban.

That was during a follow up to a question of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush about why he's more qualified to lead than the real estate billionaire, who garners as much as 41 percent of Republican voter support in some national polls, which is nearly triple the support for Cruz and four times that for Rubio.

The vast majority of ideas in the playbook — covering areas including taxes, the federal budget, entitlements, infrastructure, immigration, energy, regulation, and education — garnered between 60 % and 80 % support in our polls.

In certain circles, the notion of spreading some sunshine — offering transparency and open access to public records — has garnered major support.

Amidst allegations of abuse and decades of denials, Allen still continues to work in film, tapping big names for starring roles in his movies and still garnering support for fans and audiences.

Anecdotal evidence also paints a rosy picture: Witness the rise of Bulletproof Coffee — that is, butter in your morning java — which has garnered international attention and support from celebrity investors such as Tim Ferriss.

Holding dual roles as CEO and Head of People for a global learning and development company, Insights, I know how important it is to support HR and Talent leaders to garner internal support for the people development initiatives in their own organizations.

According to Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job, «Your ability to articulate your thoughts and ideas will have a direct correlation to how well you garner cooperation and persuade others to support your efforts and projects.»

Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed a similar bill in 2015 that never garnered enough support, while Republican Congressman Tom Garrett introduced his own legislation earlier this year that is also not expected to make it to law.

The legislation is not likely to pass intact in the Senate, where it would need to garner some Democratic support.

Research indicates, for instance, that companies with majority (rather than plurality) voting for directors are more apt to adopt shareholder proposals that garner majority support, and that many chief financial officers are willing to forgo investments in projects expected to be profitable in the longer term in order to meet analysts» quarterly earnings estimates.

Because ICCR members and staff have been filing resolutions for over four decades, we have a great deal of expertise in how to write a strong shareholder proposal that will pass muster at the SEC and how to garner shareholder support at the AGM.

This foundation was set up in September 2012 to garner support for the development of the Bitcoin currency.

And finally, we will argue that sometimes voting support is modest in early years but later garners significant shareholder backing as knowledge about an issue accumulates.»

Policies presently outlined in Section 162 (m) have garnered robust shareholder support in 2017.

A start - up by the name of Intangible Labs is reported to have garnered $ 133m in private investment in support of its plan to create a new cryptocurrency called Basis.

In addition, 24 - hour waiting periods, parental - consent requirements and informed - consent laws all garner support from 60 to 70 percent of Americans.

While the primary purpose of a quinquennial General Conference session is to conduct business, it is also a celebration of Adventism and its progress; a «fair» where church publishers, departments, educational and medical institutions and unofficial «self - supporting ministries» show their wares and garner support; an old - fashioned revival meeting; and a «family gathering» where church employees, in particular, meet former schoolmates and colleagues.

He tirelessly advocates the work of IRRI across the world to foster wider awareness of the issues facing rice farmers and consumers in the developing world and to garner support for rice research.

Lyla Springate and her friends Sreeja Bhowmick and Eva Sarah Patten — who call themselves the Planet Savers — started a petition to garner support for meat free food to be served at their primary school, The Firs, in Sale, Cheshire, on Mondays.

Glanbia had agreed in April to sell its Irish dairy business to its majority shareholder Glanbia Co-operative Society for about $ 343m but the proposals narrowly failed to garner enough support from the membership.

I have been supporting Arsenal since the early 80's, but I think it grew as a brand and garnered more support just before and during the Invincibles era, a time in which Arsenal were regarded one of the best clubs in the world.

Carolina has garnered a similar level of public support in Las Vegas, receiving 79 % of tickets and 68 % of total dollars wagered at the William Hill sportsbook.

Community support, from schools, churches and mothers groups helped this Wake Forest mom garner the $ 100,000 grand prize in IKEA's contest to help people improve the life of others.

By getting other stakeholders on board, Whiting was able to garner the support he needed to create a receptive environment for breakfast - in - the - classroom to take hold.

TLT: As you probably know, two food bloggers are asking Kraft to drop two petroleum - based yellow food dyes from its mac - n - cheese product and they've garnered 280K petition signatures in support of their effort.

At a time where I breastfeed my son, I take solace in knowing there are other mothers who may be far from me, but also believe that feeding the baby in that way is a wonderful thing and I can garner support from that and my husband.

That's one reason that, in many states, the pro-midwife coalition has easily garnered bipartisan support.

The finding is significant, because Paul's online support — as gauged by blog mentions, friends on social - networking sites such as MySpace and popularity in online polls — has garnered him wide mainstream print and television coverage, despite his relatively poor performance in offline polling.

Maloney despite his claims has done NOTHING to reach out and garner local grass roots support from the towns and committees in the district.

In the run up to the 1997 general election, Labour made courting the City and garnering public support from it an absolute priority.

In such circumstances, it was perhaps unsurprising that the British and US governments felt they needed the impetus of the WMD «evidence» to garner public support.

She is expected to garner the support of the Working Families Party in an open Democratic primary.

An opinion poll released in January showed the race tightening with Museveni garnering 51 % support with Besigye at 32 % and Mbabazi at 12 %.

The complaint said Kaloyeros, who made $ 500,000 in extra compensation beyond his $ 800,000 salary, retained Howe and cooperated in the scheme «to maintain his leadership position and substantial salary... and garner support from the office of the Governor for projects important to him.»

Democratic insiders say Nixon's chances are still slim, but especially so if she doesn't make inroads with crucial black voters, a bloc from which Cuomo has enjoyed healthy support in recent years and with whom progressives like Bernie Sanders failed to garner support with their more class - focused economic populist messages.

In incorporating all of Mott Haven and part of the East Bronx up to Highbridge, the CM looks to garner support among her base, but bears the risk of having to appeal to tens of thousands of new district residents who have not yet succumbed to her electoral charms.

(Remember that the Conservatives had their convention before the GOP in hopes of helping Lazio block Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy from garnering sufficient support to get on the ballot — a gambit that ultimately worked).

Rational Realists like Morgenthau did make some concessions on the role of emotions in international politics, but these were mostly seen in the context of garnering support for foreign policy.

The Graham - Cassidy bill as it is known in the Senate was yanked without a vote on Tuesday after it failed to garner the needed support among Republican lawmakers.

«I want to congratulate Dave Calone on a spirited race, and I share in the respect and support he garnered in the district, as demonstrated by the very close margin and the strength of his candidacy,» Throne - Holst said in a statement Friday afternoon.

He barely registers in polling on who voters support, garnering 1 % on good days, yet has extremely high negative ratings.

In a twitter post, Clinton thanks «activist b --- es supporting b --- es» — a move that seemed to garner mixed reviews on social media

One proposal that has taken a hit in popularity, however, is the governor's push to sue the federal government over the December federal tax reform law, which garners 49 percent support, down from 58 percent in January.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Tuesday acknowledged that Cuomo's new bill was substantially different than the proposal that has garnered support in his chamber.