Sentences with phrase «most powerful supporters»

Galileo had alienated one of his biggest and most powerful supporters, the Pope, and was called to Rome to defend his ideas and writings.

Clinton has refused to open her fundraisers to journalists, reversing nearly a decade of greater transparency in presidential campaigns and leaving the public guessing at what she's saying to some of her most powerful supporters.

That two of the most prominent Catholic institutions would lay prostrate before the nation's most powerful supporter of abortion and infanticide indicates just how far the Roman Catholic Church has declined, and answers the question why so many have left the church and moved on to the Orthodox, Fundamentalists, and related denominations.

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The prospect of an indefinite tenure worries both detractors and supporters of President Xi Jinping, the man poised to become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

Facebook is a powerful tool to keep the campaign in front of its most committed supporters, catching their eyes day - to - day with fresh content and fresh discussion, something that works best if you're willing to go back - and - forth with people.

While the verdict was certainly disappointing for Raila Odinga and his supporters, the decision to contest the election through the Courts and — most crucially of all — accept its verdict, is a powerful vote of confidence in Kenya's reformed judiciary.

The Campaign Finance Board has been looking into possible violations by Mayor de Blasio's 2013 campaign committee for coordinating operations with powerful Local 1199 SEIU — his most important supporter.

«There were a few advocates who fought tirelessly for universal pre-k, spending most of this year passing out flyers, making phone calls, attending press conferences, talking to our friends and converting friends and supporters — demonstrating the sort of grassroots activism that proves too powerful for politicians to ignore.

For two years, Eva S. Moskowitz positioned herself as one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's most persistent foils: With a powerful signature issue — school choice — and a fearsome network of political supporters, Ms. Moskowitz was widely perceived as one of Mr. de Blasio's most dangerous potential obstacles to re-election.

9) One of the first roadblocks Ms. Perry and her investigators encountered came when they sought to subpoena the Real Estate Board of New York, a powerful trade group whose members have been among Mr. Cuomo's most generous supporters.

Since then, the powerful group has been one of Clinton's most vocal supporters.

Supporters of more aggressive teacher evaluations — which include a number of well - heeled business executives from Silicon Valley — have fought to a standstill over the issue with the California Teachers Association, one of the most powerful labor groups in the state.

Even if they disagree with the general assessment of the danger that vouchers pose to private schools, school choice supporters need the most powerful coalition they can muster to pass and defend school choice legislation.

Thanks to you and our nearly one million supporters, we have won some incredible victories that show the power of people can overcome even the most powerful corporations.