Sentences with phrase «of a political battle»

Instead, these students are caught in the middle of a political battle.

These rules, like all other rules in public education, are products of political battles fought and settled over the course of more than a century.

They have in many aspects been unfairly caught in the middle of a political battle.

Hansen and Schneider each provide a troubling inside view of the political battle over climate change in their respective books, Storms of My Grandchildren and Science as a Contact Sport.

«1900» (Olive)-- Gerard Depardieu and Robert De Niro play childhood friends — a peasant and the scion of a vast country estate, respectively — who become bitter enemies on opposite side of the political battle in Bernardo Bertolucci's sprawling epic.

HOUSTON - The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance has been at the center of a political battle for close to two years and it appears that Houston voters could make it the law of the city.

Not only has Dickson knocked off the heavyweights of the 12 - meter game — Conner, Kolius, Tom Blackaller of USA, Harold Cudmore of White Crusader, and Rod Davis of Eagle — he and his syndicate have held their own in the first of the political battles ashore.

Still, his uneasy history with gay leaders reflects some of the baggage that Mr. Cuomo carries from decades of political battle, even as he seeks to re-introduce himself to the electorate.

«Senior figures believe the rejection of that action was not just the by - product of a political battle between Labour and the government, but revealed deeper - seated long - term trends in British society.»

«We all say things we may regret in the heat of political battle,» said Barry Hobbins, Maine's Senate minority leader and a convention delegate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ban on state - funded travel to North Carolina has taken a toll on a wide range of people here in New York, some of whom are scratching their heads over how they wound up in the midst of a political battle.

After six weeks of political battle over mayoral control of New York City schools, including press conferences, dueling statements, four - hour hearings and much behind - the - scenes chatter, Mayor Bill de Blasio ended up almost exactly where he started at the beginning of the process.

RHINEBECK >> School district trustees are bracing for a return to an era when Albany lawmakers held education aid hostage as part of political battles that left local budgets with great uncertainty.

Said Paterson: «Government has been inoperable because of a political battle.

«It's going to be bloody,» says Neal Lane of the political battle that is now set to unfold on Capitol Hill.

The school has had friction with Success for years and was at the center of a political battle with Mayor Bill de Blasio over school space for charter students in 2014.

In an interview in La Jolla, Dr. Keeling's widow, Louise, said that if her husband had lived to see the hardening of the political battle lines over climate change, he would have been dismayed.

I, too, am tiring of political battles and would like to learn more about Climate Science.

Never again wanting to be at the losing side of a political battle they created the movie industry's lobbying arm, MPAA.

He impersonates a dead nobleman to make good his escape, and finds himself stuck in the middle of a political battle over the throne.

But he has a longer record of being on the right side of political battles, which is why many on Capitol Hill are so fiercely behind him.

I thought «Wow, someone has finally described some of the political battles underlying the current reform wars.»