Sentences with phrase «national aspirations»

The exhibition identifies the football stadium as an arena for the public display of national aspirations and anxieties.

The central symbols through which love of country is expressed should cease to be those of military might and should more and more come to celebrate those distinctive national aspirations and traditions that prefigure the reign of freedom and justice everywhere.

The book gives respectful but brief attention to the central role of Catholicism in the rising and in the larger history of Polish national aspirations.

Harvard academic Lant Pritchett has described the curriculum in many developing countries as «overambitious» and, like us, has concluded that the curriculum «gap» between national aspirations and actual levels of student achievement often represents several years of school.

Using photography, video, painting and installation, the artists referenced the imagery and text of football to explore the cultural environment of the game and identified the football stadium as an arena for the public display of national aspirations and anxieties.

But the big questions heading into Tuesday's gubernatorial election were how large a victory the high - profile Republican with national aspirations would capture against state Sen. Barbara Buono, his little - known Democratic challenger, and how Christie would perform with voters who tend to cast ballots for Democrats.

Rather than merely being the occasion for enforcement of a legal text by interpretation according to standards of law, the Supreme Court's exercise of judicial power to review the constitutionality of government decisions has become an opportunity for exploration of public virtue and national aspirations.

It was a national aspiration and still is, and is glorified as a national characteristic, which it is not from the evidence in plain sight.

It's also the end of Andrew Cuomo's national aspirations.

At about the 2:45 - minute mark, Silver was asked about speculation on Cuomo's national aspirations (actually, the question was about whether President Obama would replace VP Joe Biden with Cuomo, which both the White House and the governor have shot down).

They've warned that Cuomo he indeed has national aspirations and a desire to stand up to the president - elect, the failure to do so will be remembered by the left, (with which the governor has had a shaky relationship for years), come primary time.

Below are the key takeaways from Cuomo's state of the state address, from his often hyper - local initiatives to clear hints at his national aspirations:

This move is really a lot more about Pataki and his national aspirations than it is about Paladino, who is trailing Cuomo by double digits — at least according to the public opinion polls that the candidate rejects.

«I absolutely think he was focusing on his national aspiration,» Kolb said.

Quinnipiac's survey shows Cuomo in a solid position to win re-election, but suggests a potential liability for any national aspirations that the New York governor may have.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Andrew Cuomo watched as a third term dragged down his father Mario, scuttling his national aspirations and ultimately leading to an embarrassing defeat in 1994.

If Cuomo indeed has national aspirations, as is widely believed (more likely at this point to take a position in a Hillary Clinton administration than to run himself), she could ascend to the governor's office before the next election and assume all the benefits of incumbency in advance of 2018.

But the party, which has national aspirations to be a Tea Party for progressives, is at a clear crossroads, whether it wants to acknowledge it or not.

Roger Downs, with the Sierra Club, says he also thinks Cuomo, who is believed to have national aspirations, is facing pressure from the gas and oil industries, to support what Downs says is the «drill baby, drill mantra».

«Ghana beyond Aid» should be a national aspiration as it would mean self sufficiency & prosperity but it is not achievable during the 2 years left of this govts term, it's essentially a medium term goal & therefore the effort to get there should be bipartisan & inclusive

Whether Democrats are willing to accommodate Mayor Bill de Blasio's national aspirations should become clear soon.

The strong performance by Ms. Teachout, a legal scholar of political corruption who had never run for office, was an embarrassing rebuke to Mr. Cuomo, and it could put a dent in any national aspirations he may hold.

Several of them do have national aspirations and I'm concerned if we're going to be leading the discussion, [then] why we are furthering this historical narrative that there are no qualified Latino and black candidates?»

As a science manager, I understood that by leveraging the national aspirations of Singapore we could develop some remarkably novel, comprehensive, and far - reaching scientific programmes.

Mr. Corcoran's founding mission of «encouraging American genius» articulated his national aspirations for the institution, and this guiding principle informed collection and exhibition strategies throughout the museum's 145 - year history.

Shopping at Wal - Mart should not be our national aspiration.

There is a national aspiration for all new buildings to be zero carbon by 2015/16.

Telnikoff argued that the policy of the BBC and other Western broadcasters was confused: the real problem was communist ideology, which he believed to be alien to Russian religious and national aspirations.

equity — particularly in the context of a national aspiration for universality of access to care and services;