Sentences with phrase «leading critic of»

He was a leading critic of the embattled Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which was recently rejected by the European Parliament.

Vitter, a leading critic of the EPA's machinations — often justified using what he calls «secret science» — said the latest scandal was typical of the agency and its operations.

, a leading critic of Bush's Iraq policy.»

I bill myself as the world's leading critic of this investing strategy.

Bruce Baker, an education policy researcher at Rutgers University, has been a leading critic of the differing populations in charters and traditional schools.

The Union of Concerned Scientists, a leading critic of the industry, also applauded the pick.

In the past year, Marlow has been a leading critic of several decisions made by Gigi Li.

Although Shehu did not mention any name, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been a leading critic of the Muhammadu Buhari administration over alleged non-performance.

Mr Reed - a leading critic of Jeremy Corbyn - stunned Westminster this afternoon by announcing he was resigning from his Copeland seat to take up a job in the nuclear industry.

Quinn scored one early victory, however, when the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, led by Stuart Appelbaum, who is gay and a leading critic of Bloomberg, embraced her candidacy at the end of January.

Council members and advocacy groups are fighting for deeper levels of affordable housing in the plan and de Blasio received a victory over the weekend when a leading critic of the proposals, Real Affordability for All, agreed to endorse the plan in exchange for a study to determine ways to make the proposals more affordable.

Today «it's the right - wing reformers who are lowering standards,» says Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education and leading critic of the corporate education - reform movement, noting that Tony Bennett's final act after losing his re-election bid, last November, as Indiana superintendent of public instruction — he was recently appointed education commissioner in Florida — was to weaken the state's requirements for new teachers.

Forest City Ratner commissioned a study from the leading critic of stadium deals, Andrew Zimbalist — and, surprise, this time Zimbalist liked what he saw.

Sir Malcolm has a great brain and he promises to be loyal but I expect him to become a leading critic of Team Cameron's policies on Iraq etc..

And now Mr. Giuliani has emerged as a leading critic of Mr. de Blasio, blaming the mayor, like Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch and Sergeants Benevolent Association President Edward Mullins, for igniting the cop - hating atmosphere that led Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, to ambush and kill Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos in Bedford - Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on December 20.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has emerged as a leading critic of local economic development practices.

DeFrancisco, an attorney, was first elected to the Senate in 1992 and has emerged as a leading critic of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's record on taxes, spending and economic development.

Chuka Umunna, Labour Mp for Streatham and a leading critic of Brexit, is presenting the result as a rejection of hard Brexit.

A leading critic of the Articles of Confederation, the feckless league under which Americans were governed for much of the 1780s, Madison was among the first to contemplate a more far - reaching union, one that would attend more energetically to national needs while offering a measure of security to those who had suffered at the hands of local majorities.

Mr. Rafizi, a member of the People's Justice Party, has been a leading critic of Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is accused of receiving $ 1 billion from 1 Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB, a government investment fund that Mr. Najib established and oversaw.

In the next issue of Premier Christianity magazine, Justin Brierley will be launching a new series, Faith Explored, in which we hear more of the chief objections to the faith from the leading critics of Christianity.

Leading critics of NHS reform are being silenced in a bid to kill off dissent, according to figures in the health service.

Gov. Cuomo, one of the leading critics of the new federal law, did not address the situation in his budget.

Gersteman, 41, who lives in the Financial District, was one of the leading critics of OWS, frequently encouraging the board to take a more aggressive stance.

Albany, NY — Alan Chartock welcomes Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedisco, one of the leading critics of Governor Spitzer's driver's license plan for illegal immigrants.

McCarter, who also serves as a trustee of the University of Chicago, has emerged as one of the leading critics of the intelligent design movement and an outspoken proponent of teaching modern evolutionary theory to all students.

John Simpson of the Foundation For Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which has been one of the leading critics of the agency, said the cancer had been a factor.

The same issues were raised by two leading critics of the 1960s, Pauline Kael and Andrew Sarris.

As a CNN commentator and member of a new generation of civil rights leaders, Perry has also emerged as one of the leading critics of status - quo defenders.

Leading the way in new wind projects are Republican strongholds Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, home to some of the leading critics of climate science and renewable energy incentives in Congress.

The leading critics of fracking, Robert Howarth and his team at Cornell have used a 20 - year time - frame.

Not exact matches

His comments about «the rubbing through the thighs» and «how much pressure is there» when some women wear Lululemon pants led critics to accuse Wilson of shaming women's bodies.

But this has also led to critics accusing it of being a «cult» or oppressive to its employees.

Desmarais» strong political views led critics to accuse him of persuading his friend, Nicolas Sarkozy, to adopt a pro-Canada foreign policy, when the French president professed his love for Canada during a recent visit to Quebec.

That led critics to complain about a hidden end game, noting TARP appeared to be more about financing a massive expansion of government control over the economy than saving U.S. capitalism.

Despite the critics, though, HuffPo has gone on to become one of the leading news sites today.

Critics of the bond buying programs, known as quantitative easing or QE, warned that it would lead to runaway inflation.

The largest privately owned PR agency in the world, Edelman is currently representing Saudi Arabia as it manages crises over the impending crucifixion and beheading of a young political critic, and civilian deaths in the Saudi - led military intervention in Yemen.

The Trump administration is holding talks on providing nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia — a move that critics say could upend decades of U.S. policy and lead to an arms race in the Middle East.

Some critics of the CVS - Aetna merger fear that it could lead to higher costs and reduced choices for consumers.

And that's led to criticism from a consortium of critics which includes consumer advocacy groups and notorious drug price - hiker Martin Shkreli himself.

Romney was a prominent Trump critic in the months leading up to last fall's election, and many of his Republican allies were prominent voices in the «Never Trump» movement.

Critics of the German - led austerity policies have called for boycotts of German products and have suggested that Ms. Merkel and Mr. Schäuble had unjustifiably humiliated Greece and its prime minister, Alexis Tsipras.

Besides hunting down would - be terrorists, the new laws could be used to stifle dissent, remove due process and lead to the creation of a secret police force, critics say.

Bitfinex, which is officially incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, has been fined by regulators in the United States and cut off by U.S. banks, and it has lost millions of dollars of customer money in two separate hacks, leading critics to question whether it even has the money it claims to hold.

When critics like Brian Riedl, the campaign economist for the presidential campaigns of Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio, fret that offering everyone a good job will lead to «pressure to introduce a higher wage or certain benefits that the private sector doesn't offer,» proponents say: Yeah, it will; that's exactly the point.

Mr. Singer was among the leading Republican critics of Mr. Trump during the Republican presidential primary race.

Their appearance is a clear sign of Kazakhstani discontent with the Eurasian Economic Union, a Russia - led trade group that was supposed to promote mutual growth but which critics say has so far only inflicted economic pain on Astana.

Efforts to require a nationwide registry have also faced resistance over concerns about potential threats to Second Amendment rights — a central repository of data could eventually lead to firearms being confiscated by the government, critics have said.

Critics of the Fed's easy - money policies say they had diminishing impact over time and subjected the nation to side effects that could lead to serious problems in the future.