Sentences with phrase «life than the president»

«Often, your local City Councilmember will have more of an impact on your daily life than the president does.»

In fact, when asked by ABC anchorman Peter Jennings which one living person he would most like to meet, former president Bill Clinton told a prime - time television audience that it was President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, «Because he has abolished school fees,» which «would affect more lives than any president had done or would ever do by the end of this year.»

Not exact matches

New products can earn about half their sales and profits far earlier in the product life cycle than many business owners realize, according to Robyn Sachs, president of RMR & Associates, an advertising, marketing and public relations firm based in Rockville, Maryland.

The Russian president's connection to Spain dates back to the 1990s, when he allegedly took no fewer than 37 secret boat rides to meet with several well - known Russian mafia leaders living in southern Spain — all while he was the head of the FSB (the successor to the KGB).

And the public was ready to pounce: Just 24 hours after Fowler published her post, the Twitter hashtag #DeleteUber had generated almost 5 million more impressions than it did during the weekend of January 27, when masses of people started using it to protest the company's response to a New York taxi strike and CEO Travis Kalanick's (soon to be short - lived) participation in President Donald Trump's tech advisory committee.

The data shows that if a young person is unemployed for more than a year it affects their trajectory over their whole life course, says Judith Rodin, Rockefeller Foundation president, discussing the foundation's initiative on developing youth employment.

Or as Paul Shapiro, vice president of policy at the Humane Society of the United States and author of the forthcoming book Clean Meat, sums up: «It's possible that folks in this field might end up doing more good for animals than what I've done with my life.»

«Probably half the time [in] my adult life, I've had a president other than the one I voted for,» he said.

Joel Baker, president and CEO of MSA Research Inc., which closely monitors the property, life and health insurance industries, has estimated the additional GST bill for 2012 alone could be up to $ 200 million, or more than $ 1 billion in total once retroactivity to November 2005 is counted.

He's written six best - selling books, coached everyone from former President Bill Clinton and Oprah to Serena Williams and Aerosmith, acted as a founder or partner in more than 30 companies (with combined annual sales of $ 5 billion), and presented to more than four million live seminar attendees.

On each poll, participants indicated whether they approved or disapproved of the job performance of President Barack Obama, their state governor, senators, representative and their mayor, if they lived in a city with more than about 10,000 residents.

It did have a short - lived benefit in January when more than 200,000 people deleted their Uber accounts, because many unfairly accused the company of attempting to profit off the backs of taxi drivers protesting President Donald Trump's travel ban.

Second, seek legislation requiring that if a federally insured financial institution is required to pay fines to or settlements with any regulatory agency aggregating more than $ 2.5 billion in any two year period based on conduct that, if established, would constitute a crime under any law, then the CEO, President, and all Board members must step down, disgorge all of the bank's stock they own, and they are disqualified from holding any office at any federally - insured institution for the rest of their lives.

Since the yield for most CDs remain lower than inflation, which is at 2.1 %, they are not an attractive option for investors, said Conor Delaney, co-founder and president at Good Life Advisor Systems, a Wyomissing, Penn. company which provides turnkey solutions to independent financial advisers.

They would rather be under a party and president that promotes hate than to se gay people happy because they can get married... GET A LIFE....

So, why is this piece of op - ed higher up on the home page than the new Egyptian president urging unity in a country on the verge of civil war, and the story of the brave park ranger who gave his life for another on Mount Rainier?

(WWM) Less than a week after Niger's president marched alongside dozens of world leaders in Paris following the Charlie Hebdo shooting, Muslim protests in Niger have claimed the lives of 10 people and destroyed more than 70 Christian churches in the desert nation's two largest cities.

So far, Obama has commuted more sentences than the past nine presidents combined with 562 — 197 of those were life sentences.

What makes you think that a monk who wrote the bible 1000 years ago (when most people were illiterate) knows anything more about a man named Jesus who lived 2000 years than we do today, when we all can't even agree on where President Obama came from today?

Programs like universal health care and a guaranteed living wage are so within reach that, if they were implemented in the way Miller suggests, «government would he smaller than it was when Ronald Reagan was president.»

In general, Democratic voters seem less concerned with a candidate's faith life, though more who believed Clinton was religious were likely to think she would also be a good president (69 %) than those who didn't believe she was religious but would make a good leader (54 %).

Given the endless cycle of sin and guilt that we have to live with, sometimes it feels like it's easier for a Catholic to get elected president than it is to get into heaven.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

On the other hand, more than three out of four evangelicals (76 %) say they «believe all lives matter,» a reaction to BLM which has been used by some, including President Obama, to voice support for law enforcement.

«Over the past decade, more of those admitted to the US have been Christians than those of any other faith background, so the dramatic reduction in refugee arrivals this year means far fewer persecuted Christians will have the opportunity to rebuild their lives in safety in the US,» World Relief president Scott Arbeiter said last summer.

«More important than whether pastors can speak politics is whether everyone can live their convictions in [the] public square,» tweeted John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview.

EMB vice president Sieta van Keimpema warned that forced cuts to farm businesses were usually made at the cost of animal welfare and farmers and their family's living and working conditions: «Major distortions in competition on the dairy market have, for many years, led to prices that are significantly lower than inherent production costs,» she said.

Odgers — who had a fight - to - goal ratio of 15 to 1 in the 1998 - 99 regular season, who had seven fewer shots during this postseason than Detroit Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman had goals — last scored so long ago that Monica Lewinsky was still doing her bit to bring down a president instead of simply doing bits on Saturday Night Live.

Hoeness, the larger - than - life club president, goes on trial in 2014 for tax evasion and the media is currently awash with stories of the «Bayern mole» — the insider who leaked Guardiola's line - up and tactical plans to Bild newspaper on the eve of November's top - of - the - table trip to Dortmund.

Michele Champagne, president of the Quebec Alliance of Practicing Midwives, said: «Midwives are not endangering the lives of women and children any more than doctors are, and to suggest otherwise is a lie.»

In a country with myriad development challenges, where more than 60 percent live on less than $ 1 per day, a Nigerian Senator cumulatively earns 8 times as much as an American Senator and at least 3 times more than the President of the United States.

Nelson Mandela the first Black to be elected South African President, was once in jail with a life sentence for the charge of «treason», imposed by a Nazi - like White minority ruling - National party Regime that ruled South Africa for more than 70 years, and he went on to become the President of a fully integrated South Africa.

Did anyone, living or dead, contribute more to crippling that party than the former president?

Sending a message to the offending country would probably be more important than the captured President's life regardless of who the President is.

New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association President Rick Violette Jr. said Jerkens, nicknamed «The Chief,» was «larger than life» and called it «a sad day for racing» -

«Our city's annual loss of $ 307 million to preventable subway delays is a critical derailment of the economic lives of many businesses and New Yorkers, particularly those from economically challenged communities who feel any hit to their wallet harder than those with access to alternate commuting options,» said Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who requested the study.

Frankly, this is a practical decision as I would rather have any living former president take over (assuming they are in good health and not suffering from dementia) in that situation than the Secretary of the Interior.

«I actually think it will be even worse than what happened to Bill Clinton because of the animosity they already feel for President Obama,» says Lanny Davis, a deputy White House counsel who lived through Clinton's trials.

Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, has said the lives of cows are more important than that of human beings under the President Muhammadu Buhari - led Federal...

Jack Ahern, President of the New York City Central Labor Council said, «Congressman Rangel has been a fierce champion for all working people his entire life, and we need him and his leadership now more than ever to fight for our fair share and rights in Washington.

«There is more to life than cheap underwear,» said Bruce Perth, president of UFCW Local 1500, as he stood in front of the crowd, which chanted «No Walmart!»

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following on the passing of the Honorable Helen Marshall, former President of the Borough of Queens: Helen Marshall was a larger - than - life figure in the civic life of Queens and the State of New York.

Sometimes it's more a technicality than a matter of political relevance, like for the President of the United States, sometimes it's an important aspect of political life, as in the case of parliamentary republics.

Reacting to his charge, the stakeholders expressed appreciation to the Special Adviser for taking the time out to share vital information on what Ekiti state can benefit from the President Muhammadu Buhari - led administration and his promise of support to chase out the PDP - led administration in the state that is making the lives of the people difficult and which obviously has made Ekiti worse than it was when they took over in 2014.

He also labelled the current government as a «super-incompetent» regime under which Ghanaians, according to him, are experiencing a level of hard times worse than the living conditions the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had claimed existed when he was in charge as President between 2012 and 2016.

Clinton hasn't held a proper press conference with political reporters in more than 260 days, but appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live for the third time since she became a 2016 candidate for president.

The New York Times has noted that the later volumes of Caro's biography of LBJ have taken more years to write than it took the former president to live them.

«Tony will make a great NYSAC president, and he is more than up for the challenges facing county leaders, who are the front lines of serving New Yorkers, and strengthening the quality of life in our communities,» said Immediate Past President Mark Alger, Steuben Countypresident, and he is more than up for the challenges facing county leaders, who are the front lines of serving New Yorkers, and strengthening the quality of life in our communities,» said Immediate Past President Mark Alger, Steuben CountyPresident Mark Alger, Steuben County Manager.

A former president and CEO of Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress and the Orange County Partnership, respectively, DiTullo has a substantial background in economic development including his most recent position, managing director of the Orange County Business Accelerator where he established a high - tech incubator and attracted more than 22 early stage innovators focused in such industries as the life sciences, bio-medical and web - based software development, to name a few.

PBA president James Carver said he believes the two - week extension of the list gives the impacted job candidates «time to get their lives in order,» rather than potentially being hired without the ability to transition properly from prior jobs.