Sentences with phrase «of other agenda»

He insisted for months that he would veto lines that were gerrymandered, but in the end let stand the products of legislative electioneering in exchange for a slew of other agenda items and a constitutional amendment that somewhat wrested the redistricting pen from legislators» hands.

Not exact matches

If you don't take the time to think about where you want to be, the circumstances of life and other people's agendas will determine that for you.

The nomination of Garrett, who voted against reauthorizations of the bank in both 2012 and 2015, incensed many business interests, even those who agreed with other elements of the Trump agenda.

«And for something to come out that has no agenda other than to be happy and full of love is kind of weird.»

The two conservative senators this week expressed deep concern that MacManus was too close to Clinton during her tenure, doesn't share Trump's «America First» agenda and other conservative foreign - policy goals, and, as one of Clinton's closest advisers, was deeply involved in the State Department's initial response to the Benghazi attack.

The documentary accuses the CIA, which had been heavily criticized for its use of waterboarding and other forms of torture in its treatment of Al Qaeda suspects, of using Bigelow to push its own agenda — to show that torture yielded actionable intelligence, that waterboarding got a suspect to give up information that led the CIA to the most wanted terrorist on earth.

Negotiations look set to be fraught, as Republicans and Democrats alike will attempt to resolve a series of legislative issues by attaching other agenda items to the must - pass bill.

Others, however, dispute the effectiveness of that strategy or note that there are limits to China's willingness to cooperate with the United States» agenda.

The best CEO candidates will only want to join if they believe that the board is truly independent, without any agenda other than the long - term success of the business.

On the other hand, the consequences of the agenda of nationalist parties could transcend the borders of a country and generate friction both with neighbors and with the EU bureaucracy.

Or will they attract a wide range of copycats from other sectors who will apply a separate agenda and a different set of criteria to private - equity deals?

While parts of Trump's agenda could benefit Under Armour, other policies from his platform could outweigh the positives.

This vampire's talent is getting others off track, getting you to set aside your carefully organized list of priorities in favor of his — and, more often than not, his agenda will be of minimal importance.

And now that the time for revisionist history has arrived, and strategists no longer have to serve a political agenda and scare investors and traders into voting with their wallets, the research reports calling for precisely the outcome that we expected are coming in fast and furious, starting with none other than Goldman, whose chief strategist David Kostin issued a note overnight in which he says that «the equity market response to the election result will be limited» and adds that «our year - end 2016 price target for the S&P 500 remains 2100, roughly 2 % below the current level of 2140.»

Meeting in private with no written notes and no pre-negotiated official statements or agenda other than a pre-determined mutual commitment to improve the Sino - Indian bilateral relationship, this lakeside walk epitomizes the spirit of an «informal» Sunnylands - style summit - intimacy and interactivity.

December 2002 (769 kb PDF file): Research summaries on IMF conditionality and country ownership of reforms and on public policies and the Millennium Development Goals; country / area study: Hong Kong SAR; summaries of conferences on challenges to central banking from globalized financial systems and on globalization in historical perspective; agenda of Third Annual IMF Research Conference; summary of September 2002 World Economic Outlook; visiting scholars at the IMF; contents of latest issue of IMF Staff Papers, other IMF research publications.

Regular weekly meetings with standing agendas, for instance, give team members the chance to raise issues before they can fester, and to stay up to date on each other's plans so there are no surprises when, say, a certain promotion might be boosting sales — and the quantity of work on the warehouse floor.

It's because as Brendon Burchard, personal development expert and author of The Charge says, «The inbox is nothing but a convenient organizing system for other people's agendas.»

While May has been effective in attacking Harper on a number of fronts, she still insists on breaking a principle she held to for many years: that the Green Party should not be trying to elect members but should be forcing other parties to adopt a green agenda.

In the intended - to - be-secret «internal agenda document» were plans for detailed discussions about economic, energy, security, military and other forms of integration.

on his ability to push through other items on his agenda, such as tax reform, infrastructure spending and deregulation — the promise of which has helped propel stocks upward since his election.

His deregulation economic agenda will affect every other aspect of Canadian life: self - regulation in food safety; self - regulation in airline safety; «harmonising» regulation with the deregulated U.S. on pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables; abandoning separate Canadian testing of new drugs and much more.

Of the Board's 15 nominees, 14 directors, or 93 %, are independent directors, and the Board has an actively involved and independent Lead Director who works closely with the Chairman and CEO and, among other things, approves Board meeting agendas and schedules.

A Morrow Sodali survey finds that 68 percent of institutional investor respondents cite as highly important «the quality and completeness of [a company's] disclosures on business strategy and issues of material importance» when making voting decisions on director elections and other agenda items.

Peter Currie, as our current Lead Independent Director, is empowered to, among other things, preside over meetings of our independent directors, approve information to be sent to our board of directors if requested to do so by our board of directors, approve proposed meeting agendas and schedules and call meetings of our board of directors or independent directors.

I'm particularly against agendas of this sort which focus on promoting tax evasion, anarchy, or other anti-government activities.

It's viewed better as a group of people, group of members who come together with a common goal and agenda, and a common sort of direction for how they want to help Bitcoin grow, help promote Bitcoin, in the face of challenges and push - backs from governments and other aspects of society.

The President of Treasury Board, Tony Clement, had made his government's anti-union agenda personal, refusing any consultation and referring to me and to other duly elected union leaders as «union bosses,» demonstrating nothing but contempt for us and for those whom we represent.

The Trump administration is a leaky, chaotic, dangerous place, where staffers operate under constant threat from Trump and each other, and in which the president is so uncertain of his own opinions and agenda that more staff energy goes into persuading him of what he believes than carrying out what he wants.

You can use any online calendar (like Google Calendar, Trello or others), a spreadsheet, or even a physical agenda where you can have control of future dates.

This included circumscribing commitments covering cultural products, which was achieved through an exchange of side letters with the other parties, and reflecting elements of the progressive trade agenda of the Liberal Trudeau government, including through the change in the name of the agreement, a side letter eliciting strengthened labour commitments by Vietnam, and side letters acknowledging traditional knowledge.

Other agenda's such as cross currency rate manipulation, supporting domestic export industries, etc. are high on the list of priorities for foreign holders of US bonds.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

I'm so sick of the Pierce Morgans with their own agenda attacking one side or the other.

Social engineering was the preoccupation of the Nazis, and this holds true for every other genocidal agenda.

When we give in to this need for self exaltation, and organize others around our cause, then we recognize it as the warped type of social engineering you describe, where the goal is uniformity, not unity — promoting our own agenda, rather than participating in God's mission.

my money won't go to supporting hate - filled, fundamentalist agenda that denies the rights of others.

Ben Rogers, East Asia Team Leader at advocacy charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide, told Premier: «The Islamic Defenders Front, they for years have been pushing this agenda, trying to shut down churches, attack the Ahmadiyya community - who're a sect of Islam that other Muslims disagree with - and also often raided nightclubs and bars and want Sharia law to be established.

This list is not exhaustive, but it need not be so; more important than any one of the specific items above is the general principle that crafting a reasonable agenda for dialogue requires a commitment to allowing the other party to define itself on its own terms.

The religious right, in trying to enact legislation that curtails the rights of others, ARE «forcing their agenda» on the rest of society.

if not, i pray for you and i will set up missionaries all across the globe to make sure that the rest of the lost souls also find Santa Clause within them... let's first begin with donations; only from your heart and soul, and because of your kindness... no other agenda... Santa Clause loves you my dear... he has touched my heart so I know he exists... and I want you to believe in Santa Clause as well so you don't have to burn in hell... i want to save your soul my child... come pray with me...

With a handful of other states adopting their own anti-abortion measures earlier this year, Perkins says his conservative Christian agenda «has been accelerated forward» in recent months.

Seems to me from a few of these posts that some Atheists want to push their agenda on everyone else just like other organized religions.

But if you insist on your point of view I would expect that you could be one of those intended with such operations agenda to bring religions to fighting each other in this same method world wide reducing God believers on the globe..?

Obama has become too enamored of himself being Presdient and using that to advance his personal agenda over the will of others.

After all, these are people who I walked alongside as we talked of love and forgiveness and reconciliation... But what kind of reconciliation is it to choose one side because they are more beneficial to you, having the skills you need to promote your own agenda, while leaving the person on the other side lying in the dirt?

And anyone who tells them that they won't listen or shouldn't say their say, I suspect of an agenda other than the safety and healing of those who are hurting.

While it is linked to the representative Jewish organizations of most countries, in practice, as in any other independent body, its leaders set their own agendas.

Perhaps, all the hullaballoo around the idea of church is created because words have been mistranslated or replaced with others to promote an agenda.

More and more, society mistrusts leaders whose chief interests are their own agendas and authority; more and more, people are looking for leaders whose first interest is the good of others.