Sentences with phrase «keep focused on this issue»

«But we also have to keep the focus on the issues as opposed to the symbol.

Before publishing the op - ed, multiple sources said, the governor gave members of the IDC - GOP alliance a heads up about it and reminded them to «keep the focus on the issues.»

«I think it's the right symbol, but I think we also have to keep focus on the issue as opposed to the symbol,» Cuomo said.

I work across party lines and keep my focus on the issue at hand and the citizens that I represent.

Major structural challenges remain that require the administration to keep focused on this issue.

The group's members wear gorilla masks during public appearances to protect their anonymity, and to keep the focus on the issues, not their identities.

Our anonymity keeps the focus on the issues, and away from who we might be: we could be anyone and we are everywhere.

You will have much more credibility if you keep your focus on these issues instead of throwing up the same old straw - man all the time.

But in compiling our annual list of Texas» top legal news stories we kept the focus on issues directly related to state - based businesses or stories originating in the Lone Star state.

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To solve these issues, they developed WebGreek.com, a platform focused on creating a private online space that was community - driven and kept track of everything going on with their friends.

Hollywood veterans also told Deadline that Fox Searchlight needs to keep the conversation around the movie focused more on the issue of race at a time when racial tensions in America have been on the rise.

Or if you open up Facebook and see one of your friends in a crisis, that becomes your focus and potentially keeps you from concentrating on your own issues or concerns.

This is why it is futile to keep talking to you; you seem more focused on scoring points in your mind than actually talking about issues anybody else raised in a constructive manner.

Let's keep faith in churches and let politicans focus on secular issues, shall we?

As such, I think for strategic and clarity purposes we ought to keep the scope of those issues which are «pro-life» more narrowly focused on bioethical concerns, while coming up with other ways of describing our positions elsewhere.

To speak instead of this or that «pluralism» raising issues for theological schooling at least has the advantage of tending in current usage to keep the focus of analysis and critique on what is concretely actual.

To keep from worrying children or scaring them about big societal issues, Norman - Scott suggests focusing on helping and protecting to empower kids and teach them about their community.

I'm doing my best to keep my own issues out of mealtimes, but when they combine with the mom - voice («I KNOW you're hungry and if you would just FOCUS instead of smearing that in your hair or chewing on your high chair WECOULDALLBEHAVINGABETTERTIMEHERE»), I'm struggling to keep mealtimes fun, lighthearted, and issue - free.

But you don't always need that; when I delved into my family of origin issues in the weeklong intensive that the Hoffman Process offered (which luminaries such as Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Loggins, Roseanne Cash and others have felt helpful), I was able to focus on the broader issues that were keeping me from having the relationship I wanted.

As some of our readers know by now, IMANI is, in keeping with past tradition, strongly focused exactly on this issue: filtering out partisan and self - serving opinions and claims from solid facts in the promises and policy proposals being made by politicians in the lead up to the 2016 elections.

In keeping with the objective of creating an institution worthy of the patronage of clients and the trust of regulators and governments, the three day forum focused on the critical issues and drivers for success across the continent.

«He's actually even drilling down further and bringing more issues to the forefront on behalf of women's issues,» she said, «and so if he keeps delivering the way he's delivering and he keeps the focus on making women's lives better, I honestly don't see why we wouldn't want to endorse him.»

«I want to keep focused on what my organization stands for in trying to have issues that make the government smaller.»

Scott Reif, a spokesman for the Senate Republicans, said in a statement that the GOP is «confident» that they are «going to keep and grow» their majority, and said Senate Republicans are focused on key issues like taxes and school quality.

He added in what appeared to be a veiled dig at prior AGs, «I think it's critically important that the next attorney general focus on fighting crime and keep running the government and the other issues to the other elected officials.»

Labor unions» totals were generally not added together if the locals have a distinct identity in Albany and hire different lobbyists — for example, 1199SEIU and SEIU32BJ were kept separate — but were aggregated in cases where different locals generally focus on the same issues, as is the case with the Carpenters.

But rather than pointing to state issues — like abortion rights or campaign finance — that Democrats typically highlight when arguing why Republican control of the chamber is bad, the governor kept his focus on the GOP in Washington.

Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif said, «We are confident we're going to keep and grow our majority because Senate Republicans are focused on the issues that hardworking Long Island families are focused on — taxes, schools and quality of life.»

«As mayor I will stand up to focus the Metropolitan Police on this issue and will fight to keep you, your family and your homes secure.

Iowa Democrats should make sure the public knows that while they were focusing on more important issues, Republicans kept trying to waste time on a marriage vote.

«He's trying to keep his nose to the grindstone and focus on state issues.

On Twitter, she said: «I thought best to keep away this week - press should be focusing on the important issues.&raquOn Twitter, she said: «I thought best to keep away this week - press should be focusing on the important issues.&raquon the important issues.»

The commercial focuses on that decision, as well as his work on the so - called zombie property issue in Western New York and his current battle to keep the state from relocating the children's psychiatric center.

Going into the hearing, most people suspected Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia would keep the attorneys narrowly focused on the issue at hand — whether Paladino violated board rules for executive session.

In addition to the local momentum gained by Mr. Cuomo's backing, elected officials said they believed the increased focus on the plight of fast food workers — who President Barack Obama name - checked in a Labor Day speech — will keep the issue at the fore.

If Labour escalates its anti-immigration rhetoric, it will keep the focus of debate on an issue its opponents will always be trusted to crack down on harder.

A coral reef ecologist by training, she keeps one foot wet in the field, while the other roams the worlds of creative storytelling and problem - solving, with a focus on ocean conservation and climate change issues.

Through it all, week after week, the unflappable Extavour kept the conferees focused on the central issue: Precisely what physical mechanisms originally drove single cells to unite for mutual benefit?

Another thought: sometimes it is helpful to keep in mind that Dr. Greger's videos are often focusing on a single issue — say antioxidants or whatever — and the statements in that video need to be understood within that focus.

The constant focus on minutiae over bigger issues keeps the talk from being the most satisfying, but it's the type of thing that will give you plenty of tidbits with which to wow a first - time viewer, like the fact that uncredited Jerry Zucker (Airplane!

Fixed an issue where certain players who tried to enter Sunfall with a mount without the appropriate disguise would get kicked from the mount while the camera kept its focus on the mount.

When doing this use age appropriate language and focus on the expected behaviour and be sure to keep the focus on the behaviour under issue that day.

By keeping the focus on the student's actions within their environment, it prevents observers from making the assumption that innate issues are to blame.

With so many issues demanding its attention, a school board can find it difficult to keep its focus on raising student achievement.

Kelle Stewart, an elementary school teacher from Tennessee, said the heavy focus on tenure keeps the education debate from focusing on real issues that significantly affect public schools.

Be willing to try new things, persevere through issues that come up, and keep focusing on a goal of using technology in a way that increases student understanding of the material.»

PASBO's focus is on educating its members through professional development opportunities as well as keeping them informed on the latest legislative issues affecting school business through workshops, the annual conference, specialty conferences and publications.

The paper focuses on issues that have kept graduation rates for students of color between the upper 60s to low 70s percentage points, compared to rates for white students above 80 %.

The film shows how these leaders keep their focus on improving teaching and learning amid the competing demands of managing their staffs, as well as the social and emotional issues surrounding their students and communities.

These discussions generally benefit from a moderator, someone not on the planning team, who helps focus the discussion on important issues and keeps the conversation grounded in data.