Sentences with phrase «more liberal terms»

Or, backlist titles could be licensed with more liberal terms to a library in a specific market where there is a large local interest, while those same titles are licensed under more restrictive terms in other areas.

Not content to stand in a man's shadow, the new generations of Ukrainian and Russian women are secretly allowing their sexuality to come forth in the hopes that one day their countries will come to more liberal terms about sex and the woman's role.

Not exact matches

More recently, Harper has tried to stake out the middle ground in the health care debate, advancing a policy that not only mimics the Liberals» stance, but goes beyond the governing party's plans in terms of expanding the publicly funded system.

If one is even a moderately fiscally conservative Ontario voter, the prospect of spending billions more in an already heavily indebted province, or rewarding the long - governing Liberals with another term is untenable.

«As the leader of the Liberal Party noted, it was in fact this party, this government, that established the parliamentary budget office,» the Prime Minister congratulated himself, «so this government is more than familiar with its intention in terms of the mandate it set up.»

The narrow Blaine Amendments bar state money for any sectarian institution — «sectarian» being an old theologically - liberal term of derision for the Catholic Church and, more generally, for a church that acts on its own.

I recall one of my colleagues in our liberal seminary storming out of chapel because the guest preacher used the term «Kingdom» too many times instead of «kindom,» «realm of God,» «ground of our being» or some other more progressive / liberal designation.

I guess I feel the same way about a liberal agenda that say that to get out of debt we have to spend more, or that my tax dollars have to pay for something I think is morally wrong (Obamacare sets up a fund to pay for late term abortions) or a government that confiscates kids lunches, or tells me how much soda I can drink, or uses my tax money to choose winners and losers (mostly losers but Obma doners) in energy production that produces no energy yet we are sitting on more coal and oil than any other nation on the planet.

I for one agree more with conservative fiscal policies because I believe in the long run they will bring about less poverty, while liberal fiscal policies only provide very short term help and ultimately cause more poverty in the long run (maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right).

The usual assertions are (1) that this kind of religion is today on the defensive; (2) that the defensive posture is occasioned by the flourishing of «conservative churches» (although the alleged liberal enervation is also seen in more autonomous terms); (3) that the growth in religious conservatism and conservative churches is itself the result of widespread reaction against «secular humanist» values and against those who hold such values; (4) that our society as a whole has been experiencing a breakdown in moral consensus, a loss of moral coherence somehow connected with a decline in oldline Protestant dominance; and (5) that some or all of these happenings have been quite sudden, so that the early 1960s can be taken as a kind of benchmark — as a time before the fall.

While sectarian accurately describes «relations between religious groups» and implies «an intolerance of opposing views,» there are two more common terms which are never used in our PC liberal media.

In conversations with liberal friends and family, when they have spoken of pre-sixties morality in terms of patriarchal suppression, cheering its eclipse by new, more flexible mores, I find the best response is not to defend the past but to question the present.

One thing to note is also that Scotland as a whole is far more liberal and left - wing (both socio - economically and in terms of global issues) than England is, especially under the leadership of David Cameron.

In the end it comes down to a difference between a liberal perspective which wants to empower without being too judgmental about specific goods, and a more traditional social democratic approach which thinks in terms of access to specific «merit goods».

Although he may have solved a short term problem, the only long term thing Cameron might have achieved is making a Labour - Liberal Democrat coalition even more likely in the event of another hung parliament.

At the 2010 election Liberal Democrat MPs, members and voters were all more social liberal than economic liberal (using both terms in their traditional British not American sense) i.e. left rather than right of Liberal Democrat MPs, members and voters were all more social liberal than economic liberal (using both terms in their traditional British not American sense) i.e. left rather than right of liberal than economic liberal (using both terms in their traditional British not American sense) i.e. left rather than right of liberal (using both terms in their traditional British not American sense) i.e. left rather than right of centre.

If we proceed on those terms... David can listen rather more to Conservative MPs, who represent the real people of this country, and give rather less regard to the Liberal Democrat intellectual urban elite, with their student politics idea of reforming the constitution and taking forward green policies.

This includes fixed terms for five years (when average time between elections has been four); the vote to dissolve parliament before calling a general election requiring 55 per cent support in the House of Commons (meaning the Liberal Democrats can not withdraw their support from the Tories and cause a general election as the Lib - Dems, Labour and other parties altogether hold less than 55 per cent of the seats); and stuffing the House of Lords with many more Conservatives and Liberals to weaken opposition there.

Applying a more sophisticated seats projection methodology, which we term ANS (Adjusted National Swing), which allows for the differential impact of swing on different seats, the Political Forecasting Unit projects the following scenario if the election were held today: Conservatives: 258 seats Labour: 253 seats Liberal Democrat: 104 seats Others: 35 seats

In the first two years of his term, his priority items have included fiscally conservative measures favored by Republicans, as well as more liberal items like same sex marriage, which was approved mostly by Democratic senators, with the help of just four GOP votes.

The Haggertys are much more digestible in terms of personality then their minion, Colonel Sanders who calls the shots and tends to send a chill down the spine of any self - respecting liberal.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

A secondary meaning for the term liberal conservatism that has developed in Europe is a combination of more modern conservative (less traditionalist) views with those of social liberalism.

Cuomo family intimates predicted over the weekend that Andrew — who reveled in his father's praise when he won adoption of a gay - marriage law — will even more aggressively pursue a liberal agenda in his second term.

Andrew Marr, the former political editor of the BBC, is on record arguing that the BBC has a liberal bias, but this is more in terms of social and cultural issues than political ones.

A sympathetic Liberal Democrat Party, ten more seats or so, and you're home and dry in Number 10 - with a fine chance of countering the short - term Cameron centre - right coalition with a long - term centre left realignment: the realisation of Roy Jenkins» grand scheme.

That is more likely to happen if long - term infrastructure investment in social housing — that will also help control the welfare budget — starts now in the way the Liberal Democrats have articulated before and which our amendment restates.

[40] However, the Tories were re-elected and Labour suffered its worst postwar general election result, only narrowly bettering the SDP - Liberal Alliance in terms of votes, though winning considerably more seats.

Speaking in defence of the proposals, the Lib Dem Treasury spokesperson in the Lords, Baroness Kramer, said there was «a long - standing Liberal Democrat commitment to trying to shift away from income taxes» and moving towards wealth taxes, which she said were more effective in terms of collecting money.

For more than two decades, he served in the Assembly, a firebrand liberal who wrote a remarkable 108 laws, followed by two terms as New York City's comptroller and one term — so far — as state comptroller.

When Benn retired in 2001 to spend more time in politics it was gained by the Liberal Democrats and held by Paul Holmes for two terms until his defeat in 2010.

What's more, your date's ideological views could affect your long - term compatibility, especially for hard core liberals like me.

The movie makes liberal use of official White House footage and photographs of the President from the time of the May 2011 strikes that, perhaps more than anything else, defined the first term of his presidency.

Yet this traditional viewpoint is delivered with a liberal coating likely to persuade its audience that a experience makes a male more manly (and hence more attractive), and playing the field is just part of determining if one has truly found his «soul mate» — a term used frequently in this script.

According to the analysis, while the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats are all proposing to spend more on 16 to 18 education over the course of the next parliament, only Labour's spending plans will result in a real - terms increase (8 per cent in real terms).

Signs of such deterioration abound, as conservatives push to loosen the grip of governments and unions so as to maximize the freedom of families and schools to chart their own course, and as liberals redefine education reform into a «social justice» crusade, construe today's problems in race and gender terms, and press government to do more to advance and protect selected subgroups — a trend that's been welcomed and in fact quickened by the Obama administration's eagerness to nationalize these endeavors and institute federal regulations that further them.

Liberal Democrat education spokesman John Pugh urged the government to protect the school budget in real terms, adding that he was concerned that the announcement did not rule more out cuts to school budgets «which are already overstretched».

The think tank says that although the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats are all proposing to spend more on 16 to 18 education over the course of the next parliament, only Labour's spending plans will result in a real - terms increase.

Expect to see iTunes U adding a content licensing repository at some point in the future with educational terms more liberal than today's contracts offer.

Per the AAFCO, «Natural is a liberal term that includes more ingredients than it excludes — most pet food ingredients are derived from «plant, animal or mined sources.

This finding is compatible with the observation that conservative think tanks use the term «global warming» more often than «climate change,» whereas liberal think tanks use «climate change» more often than «global warming.»

Although the reason for this disparity is unclear, one speculation is that the sample of respondents in the current study was more heterogenous in terms of political views than the sample in Study 1, perhaps incorporating a greater proportion of political conservatives who are known to be less likely to accept that human GHG emissions are causing anthropogenic global warming than political liberals or moderates [38]--[42].

Across election cycles and legislative battles, as one side gains a perceived advantage; the other side predictably attempts to catch up in terms of spending and polarizing rhetoric.21 In the months leading up to the 2014 midterm elections, liberals led by Steyer have given more to Super Pacs than conservatives, a reversal from the 2012 election cycle.22

While Lord Carnwath in Marks and Spencer considered that Lord Hoffmann's approach had not diluted the requirements for an implied term, Lord Neuberger's concern that Belize Telecom could be interpreted in that way was well - founded: as Lord Neuberger pointed out, both academic lawyers and judges had treated Belize Telecom as changing the law; and the tenant in Marks and Spencer contended that it had led to a more liberal approach.

One of the more pronounced companies to have made an impact on the life insurance market in the past few years, Banner has great term options, but few know how good of a fit they are for seniors with their universal products and more liberal underwriting style.

Their health underwriting tends to be more liberal as compared to other long term care insurance companies.

Although 5 Star Term to 100 Life insurance is a bit more expensive than traditional fully underwritten life insurance because of its more liberal underwriting requirements, it still offers an affordable option for many.

People with liberal arts degrees end up in technical fields; people with technical degrees end up in sales or marketing: success over the long term is more important than what you studied and where.

If you have problems post-divorce with your liberal visitation terms, you may be powerless to enforce a more reasonable routine unless you file a motion with the court to modify your decree.

I am more liberal in this area and will work with long term tenants.