Sentences with phrase «in times of national crisis»

One of the reassuring images we look to in times of national crisis is the president.

Watching the film, it's hard not to feel a cold chill of recognition, particularly when Miller's interviewees discuss immigration, patriotism and war, and civil liberties versus homeland security in a time of national crisis.

Not exact matches

«A large debt also can compromise a country's national security by constraining military spending in times of international crisis or by limiting its ability to prepare for such a crisis.»

In Old Testament times the problem of subsistence was frequently so difficult and national calamities fell with such repeated dreadfulness that much of the supplication recorded was motived by crisis and was aimed at material recovery.

This is not the first time Icelandic Glacial and Cher have teamed up to be first responders to a national crisis; the two made headlines in January of 2016 for sending water to the people of Flint, Michigan after the poisoning of local water.

As the founding sponsor of the National Diaper Bank Network since 2011, Huggies through its No Baby Unhugged program has provided ongoing support for the organization and has donated more than 200 million diapers and baby wipes, including critical donations during times of crisis, to those in diaper need.

In addition, the crisis came at a time of extreme volatility in global, European and national politics and has arguably contributed to accelerate some trends which were already starting to appear at the beginning of the centurIn addition, the crisis came at a time of extreme volatility in global, European and national politics and has arguably contributed to accelerate some trends which were already starting to appear at the beginning of the centurin global, European and national politics and has arguably contributed to accelerate some trends which were already starting to appear at the beginning of the century.

Their intervention, in 2013, came at a time when both the government and the National Constituent Assembly faced respective crises of confidence.

Health officials say in some Buffalo neighborhoods, 40 percent of kids have been exposed to lead, a rate eight times higher than in Flint, Michigan, a city that faced a water contamination crisis that drew national attention.

Invoking the National Interest is more commonly associated with times of war or major crisis, and the consequent need for the government to rally all the forces and interests within a country behind it: UK Prime Minister Theresa May used it at least twice in her Lancaster House speech of 17 January.

The United States National Guard might even be less demanding as they require one weekend a month and two weeks a year (though they can further mobilize in times of crisis at the state governor's discretion or be federalized and shipped to a battlefield during war time).

He suggests that in times of peace, the state governments will tend to be larger and more powerful, while in times of crisis and war, the national government will expand as needed.

Mr Miliband said that at «a time of acute national crisis» in the wake of last week's Brexit vote, the opposition must be united.

The defection of PDP members, numbering hundreds, was coming at the time when the party had been factionalised in line with crisis rocking the party at the national level and becoming a major boost for the APC in the state.

According to him, «the crisis in Kaduna APC would not have degenerated to the level of a party Secretariat being demolished if the national leadership of the party had acted on time.»

In times of environmental crisis, a blueprint for a federal response, called the National Contingency Plan, entitles the EPA to oversee safety and cleanup efforts — but it does not obligate the EPA to do so.

Her career spans from time as a front line bilingual adolescent crisis counselor, with La Raza Consortium, to spearheading national think tank efforts in education equity and social justice on the boards of Grantmakers for Education, the National Equity Project, and the National Coalition for Community national think tank efforts in education equity and social justice on the boards of Grantmakers for Education, the National Equity Project, and the National Coalition for Community National Equity Project, and the National Coalition for Community National Coalition for Community Schools.

In this exclusive Times Insider conversation, Nikole Hannah - Jones, an award - winning domestic correspondent and the author of the National Magazine Award — winning story «Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City,» is joined by Ritchie Torres, a Bronx City Council member, and two parents whose children attend New York City segregated schools to discuss the crisis in the classroom — and how to make education equitable for alIn this exclusive Times Insider conversation, Nikole Hannah - Jones, an award - winning domestic correspondent and the author of the National Magazine Award — winning story «Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City,» is joined by Ritchie Torres, a Bronx City Council member, and two parents whose children attend New York City segregated schools to discuss the crisis in the classroom — and how to make education equitable for alin a Segregated City,» is joined by Ritchie Torres, a Bronx City Council member, and two parents whose children attend New York City segregated schools to discuss the crisis in the classroom — and how to make education equitable for alin the classroom — and how to make education equitable for all.

The distinguished author of Praying for Sheetrock and two - time National Book award finalist puts a human face on the AIDS crisis in Africa.

Taking as its title a nod to Albert Camus» four - part epistolary essay «Letters to a German Friend,» the work not only extends Zaatari's interest in excavated narratives and the circulation of images in times of war, it also raises crucial questions about national representation and perpetual crisis by reviving Camus's plea: «I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.»

The New York Times said in a story last year that corruption in Brazil was fuelling a serious national «identity crisis... Much of Brazil's recently acquired cachet looks as if it was the product of fraud.»

Keeping a smaller currency constantly pegged to a larger national one, to a regional one or even to a global reserve currency, is a difficult task which many central banks around the world have failed to do in the past in times of crisis.

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for Australia's aid groups, has published a detailed analysis, saying Australia's aid contribution as a share of gross national income in 2017 - 18 will be 0.22 per cent, «once again plunging aid to new all - time low levels of generosity» and failing to match - up to the reality of global challenges, like climate change, food crises and the insecurity faced by displaced people.