Sentences with phrase «more vocal group»

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Nooyi was more vocal than many CEOs in calling out the racists at a rally in Charlottesville, where a participant rammed a group of counter-demonstrators with his car, killing one and injuring 19.

Harold Feld, a senior vice president at Public Knowledge, a nonprofit group that supports net neutrality, said the biggest tech companies were less vocal because they are facing more regulatory battles than in past years.

Unfortunately, the only way to try to change it is by being a bit more vocal as a group.

it is no different when you are a pastor... there are those who like you and those who don't like you so much... usually one group is much more vocal than the other...

When these more vocal, boisterous Christian groups begin spending more time feeding the humble and the weak, and less time condemning everyone who doesn't agree with their own particular brand of Christianity, they will start getting more respect.

Individuals and interest groups are more vocal than in the recent past and these actors are demanding that the Chinese government represent their concerns in their dealings abroad.

Some groups including VOCAL - NY and mayoral and candidate and activist Bob Gangi, however, are treating the development with a bit more caution.

«We've got more freshman and sophomore members who are a very vocal group,» Gottfried said.

«The sooner New York allows safer consumption spaces, the more lives we'll save,» said Shantae Owens of the group VOCAL - NY.

Mark - Viverito is a vocal supporter of López Rivera, despite his former leadership role in the FALN — a Puerto Rican terrorist group that took responsibility for more than 100 bombings in the 1970s and»80s that killed five people in New York City.

And in larger groups where up to three males are trying to impregnate the females — as opposed to «haremlike» groups where one male has all the gals to himself — «investing in sperm competition would be more cost - effective than investing in energetic vocal displays.»

His group of heavy - electricity users — including producers of steel and aluminum — was one of the more vocal against the Obama regulation.

In Rakhine state, sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims (who have been discriminated against since the inception of Myanmar as a country and prohibited from freedom of movement, access to formal employment, and having more than two children), rights groups have made vocal accusations against the government for failing to intervene, and sometimes participating, in human rights atrocities committed against the Rohingya, including the burning down of houses and destruction of property, torture, and mass violence and killings (Human Rights Watch 2013).

The board's action, taken at the N.A.E.Y.C.»S annual conference here, followed three days of discussions and demonstrations led by the campaign's organizers, a small but vocal group that has been urging the organization to make a more aggressive stand on the salary issue.

They may need to ensure that the more vocal stakeholder groups are balanced against other stakeholder interests so that no one group becomes too dominant (i.e. guarding against «pushy parent» syndrome).

The teacher provides feedback on helping the groups interact well, which helps the more vocal students to step back and let the other students participate more.

A few days before Senator Schneider's anti — Common Core bill passed, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce (which had spent more than $ 100,000 in ads opposing the bill) lashed out in frustration at the outsized effect Heather and Erin had had on the legislature: «Two moms from Indianapolis, a handful of their friends and a couple dozen small but vocal Tea Party groups.

Moreover, although the group's leaders have called for regulations to encourage more integrated charters, vocal critics of charters will certainly use the conclusions drawn from the CRP differently.

Since the news of mid-year cuts last fall, many other teachers, students groups, school leaders, parents, and community members have been vocal in demanding no more cuts to school sites.

A small vocal and radical few determine policy for the larger group who are either ignorant of their actions, apathetic about politics, or they are intimidated by the more vociferous members.

Gardner joined other parents and a vocal group of educators before the Wisconsin Assembly Education Committee in January to speak out against AB1, a bill proposed by state lawmakers that would give significantly more funding to charter schools and green light voucher expansion.

This can be subtle, but if there is a group of birds together, the ones standing straighter and more upright are most likely males, especially if they're also more vocal.

Animal - rights groups will be better organized and even more vocal than they are today, and the industry will have to devise a strategic plan for dealing with the continuing challenges that these groups will mount.

The Guerrilla Girls, an anonymous art collective of women who wear gorilla masks when they appear in public, were some of the more vocal critics of Mr. Andre and the peer group that defended him (and, often, bought, sold and supported his work).

It can also help to reveal the roles toward which individuals gravitate — such as the vocal leaders of the group, those more comfortable with following directions, those that worry or those that may have overly unrealistic expectations.

When in this grouping, the Home Mini stood out as the star of the highs, pushing the vocals through extra hard when the larger Home was more focused on the mids.

Fathers» rights groups are better organized and more vocal than they used to be, and more people are listening to them.

The main results can be summarized as follows: (1) Synchrony during early mother - child interactions has neurophysiological correlates [85] as evidenced though the study of vagal tone [78], cortisol levels [80], and skin conductance [79]; (2) Synchrony impacts infant's cognitive processing [64], school adjustment [86], learning of word - object relations [87], naming of object wholes more than object parts [88]; and IQ [67], [89]; (3) Synchrony is correlated with and / or predicts better adaptation overall (e.g., the capacity for empathy in adolescence [89]; symbolic play and internal state speech [77]; the relation between mind - related comments and attachment security [90], [91]; and mutual initiation and mutual compliance [74], [92]-RRB-; (3) Lack of synchrony is related to at risk individuals and / or temperamental difficulties such as home observation in identifying problem dyads [93], as well as mother - reported internalizing behaviors [94]; (4) Synchrony has been observable within several behavioral or sensorial modalities: smile strength and eye constriction [52]; tonal and temporal analysis of vocal interactions [95](although, the association between vocal interactions and synchrony differs between immigrant (lower synchrony) and non-immigrant groups [84]-RRB-; mutual gaze [96]; and coordinated movements [37]; (5) Each partner (including the infant) appears to play a role in restoring synchrony during interactions: children have coping behaviors for repairing interactive mismatches [97]; and infants are able to communicate intent and to respond to the intent expressed by the mother at the age of 2 months [98].