Sentences with phrase «long as our political leaders»

It seems that as long as our political leaders peddle a false vision of public education, one disconnected from the needs of students, we must look to our judicial system to safeguard children's rights.

Not exact matches

The Italian crisis — the country's powerful political leader, the comedian Beppe Grillo, would probably call it «commedia dell «arte» — offers plenty of interesting trading opportunities as long as you don't fall for the incongruous idea that this is the end of the euro area.

Five years after staring into a political and personal abyss, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is out to prove that the man who threw in the towel after barely a year in office has what it takes to survive as a long - term leader.

Overseas, Lee was largely seen as a statesman — foreign political and business leaders have long praised him: «legendary» (Barack Obama); «brilliant» (Rupert Murdoch); «never wrong» (Margaret Thatcher), to cite a few of countless such tributes.

In South India, where I teach as often as possible, the racks at the front of the bookstores are no longer filled, as they were a scant decade ago, with volumes dedicated to the preservation of village life, or to the intellectual, cultural or social history of South Asia, or to the writings of spiritual and political leaders calling the people to overcome imperialism and colonialism.

As things turned out, that consensus held just long enough to ensure that, deepened intellectually and reinforced politically by conservative and neoconservative thinkers and political leaders in the 1970s and 1980s, freedom's cause won out over Marxist - Leninist totalitarianism.

Still, Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos earlier this month at the state Republican convention said he was open to a compromise on publicly financed political campaigns as long as it did not use direct taxpayer dollars, otherwise known as «off - budget funds.»

The long delay in getting Trump's nominee for agriculture secretary, former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue (R), confirmed means that Sam Clovis, who was a Trump campaign adviser, and transition team leader Brian Klippenstein continue to serve as the agency's top political appointees.

Johnson has been shortlisted for The Long and Winding Road, the third volume of his multi-award winning autobiography which covers his early political skirmishes as a trade union leader.

Gianaris, the leader of the Democrats» political and fundraising operation, wouldn't say however whether Skelos could play a role in next year's legislative races, or if he believes the Long Island district Skelos represents is now competitive as he fights federal corruption charges.

She has a long history as a borough district leader of rubber - stamping his candidate nominations and political appointments.

The trouble for Cuomo, according to McMahon, is that the «scam» of the government helping low - income workers was long championed by his father, as well as a generation of Democratic and Republican political leaders.

The primary task of the next Labour leader has to be to develop a political economy that addresses the fundamental inequalities and inequities that have blighted British society for so long - and which will only worsen as the Con - Lib coalition's doctrinaire spending cuts begin to bite.

Richard Attenborough's polished, thoroughly safe — and, consequently, Oscar - garlanded — veneration of the great political and spiritual Indian leader has no room for contradiction, so here Gandhi (Ben Kingsley in his first major role) is first seen at his assassination and subsequent funeral; the film may rewind to his earlier days, but it continues as one long embalming procedure.

As a respected community leader with long - standing associations and respect, political confidence increased delivering the support needed to institute many of the transformations at the municipal shelter.

«Traditionally, in highly regulated industries such as pet, leaders within the industry have gotten together and decided that political advocacy and involvement is the key to the long - term success of the industry,» Canning adds.

Portraiture as an artistic genre has a long - standing lineage with memorializing civic and political leaders, communicating narrative through the likeness of a person and adding to that likeness a symbolic stamp of status.

Women are no longer subjected to political violence but represented as the country's decision makers — revolutionary leaders and holy saints — all in control of their own symbolic power.

We also must be careful not to give it too much credit either, as most of the world's political leaders were laggards on the issue of climate change long before Climategate arose.

A climate researcher for decades, he had long been in the midst of political and scientific debates over global warming, tirelessly urging political leaders and the public to take action now to avoid disasters such as rising sea levels in the future.

But there was incredible political momentum coming out of the climate summit in New York where about 60 national leaders endorsed the need for a long - term goal as part of the Paris agreement and that number is continuing to grow.

Regardless of the desire of industry leaders to speed the regulatory process along, it will probably be a long uphill political battle to create legislation that actually makes sense and thus actually benefits the bitcoin ecosystem as a whole.

Early childhood education has long been on the back burner of economic priorities, but the proposed legislation, combined with the shifting national dialogue is showing that political leaders across the aisle are quickly viewing early learning as one of our nation's most promising tools for economic growth,» said Kris Perry, head of the national First Five Years Fund.