Sentences with phrase «of political talks»

«I was in that atmosphere where there was a lot of political talk,» Lipset recalled, «but you never heard of Democrats or Republicans; the question was communists, socialists, Trotskyists, or anarchists.

There's been a lot of political talk of «draining the swamp,» but environmentally speaking, that's a very bad idea.

I always try to keep The Fashionista Momma a happy place free of political talk and battles because I truly believe that all people are free.

After more than an hour of political talk, Liz invited the family into the kitchen for some sweet ice tea, red rice, and collard greens.

Some observers link it to the paranoid fantasy called the New World Order, a staple of political talk radio (and a hobgoblin I more»

Much of the political talk was focused on how to effect change in the decades - long stalemate over proposals to tighten gun laws and in a burning desire to elect candidates who won't kowtow to the gun - rights lobby.

Not exact matches

But TED's brand also relies on the millions of people who watch the talks for free online, so associating with a particular political identity could be damaging.

As the U.K. comes closer to the start of the process to leave the European Union, U.K. businesses are ignoring the political talk, the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce warned.

Republicans and Democrats began this year with ambitious talk of reaching a bipartisan agreement on tax reform, but it has now become clear to most that it will require the investment of more time and political capital than President Obama has remaining.

You don't just need to be a master in your field, you need to be a well - rounded genius capable of talking about any subject whether it is financial, political or sports related.

In presenting the photographs, Jones said Syrian President Bashar Assad's government «has sunk to a new level of depravity» with the support of Russia and Iran and called on the two countries to use their influence with Syria to establish a credible cease - fire and begin political talks.

The leader of Germany's socialist party is under heavy pressure to fix the country's political stalemate — despite the experienced lawmaker not being involved in recent coalition talks.

He said he would be inviting «leading conservatives» and people from all across the political spectrum to talk with him and share their points of view about the issues raised by the Gizmodo story.

He was talking about the things about the US political system that worried him - mostly the level of animus in the US Congress and it's inability to make compromises leading to incrementalism.

Patrick has considerable political skills and was once talked up as a potential inheritor of President Obama's mantle.

Advances in AI have led to researchers creating realistic audio and videos of political figures that are designed to look, and talk like real - life counterparts.

Adweek applauded Duracell's «Island Without Power» ad talking about Puerto Rico's struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, saying,» «Island Without Power» is an example of a brand doing activism right in the wake of political upheaval and natural disaster in a year when many brands got it very wrong.»

Titled «Talking Points Embassy of U.S. in Colombia as Political Post for Ambassadorship,» the memo advised Trump not to choose a career diplomat to lead the embassy in Bogota.

In a heated interview on «Fox News Sunday,» the attorney, Jay Sekulow, insisted — as he did on the other Sunday political talk shows — that the president was not under criminal investigation, despite reporting from The Washington Post and the president's own tweet that suggested he was a target of the probe.

«When you talk about this sort of natural business relationship, beyond the political relationship of the two largest democracies in the world, I think that is an important relationship to maintain especially when you look at what is going on in the world today in many of the other markets and in many of the upcoming powers,» he said.

John Woods of Credit Suisse says South Korean firms could benefit and warrant a repricing if talks with North Korea manage to reach a political agreement on peace terms.

At a town - hall - style even in London on Saturday, President Obama talked about the role of activism in the political process.

When International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland walked out of Canada - EU trade deal talks on October 21, it was more than mere political posturing.

But for commentators on all sides of the political divide in Britain, Macron spells bad news for Prime Minister Theresa May as she embarks on Brexit talks after her own expected re-election in June.

Given the approach American political leadership has taken to the aftermath of the devastation in Puerto Rico, Musk provided a rare a glimmer of hope when he talked about rebuilding the destroyed electrical grid using solar power — though some have argued that his comments in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria may serve as a distraction from the enormous challenges the island faces.

The political news and commentary site Talking Points Memo is another example of a similar approach.

But with so many interests — and political careers — at stake, the risk that talks could fall through at any point remains a serious risk,» he warned, adding that such a scenario would have an impact of a 1.5 percent contraction on the U.K.'s long - term growth trend.

Let no one be in any doubt: the responsibility for the breakdown of Germany's coalition talks lies with Angela Merkel, and her failure has brought the end of her political career much closer.

While that may play well to some of the more extreme members of the Republican party in the primaries, political experts don't see such talk surviving in a general election campaign.

Catalonia has talked of separation from Spain since the founding of Estat Català — a political movement which began in 1922 - and throughout the 36 - year dictatorship of Franco, however, the resurgence of the pro-secession movement over the past few years is due primarily to Spain's economic woes, a 2010 constitutional court decision to lessen Catalonia's sovereignty, and a distrust of Madrid or the centralized Spanish government.

In just three years, his 5 - Star Movement, heavily backed by a frustrated generation of young Italians increasingly shut out from permanent full - time jobs, has grown from a marginal group to one of the most talked about political forces in Europe.

«This is a chance for the Democrats to talk in tough terms about safety and security and also to link that to the gun issue,» said Robert Spitzer, political science professor at State University of New York at Cortland.

We talk about the importance of diversity, but if diversity means having the same political views as the CEO, we're doomed to a very un-diverse business.

Germany held regional elections in three states this week and for political analysts the major talking point was the success of the far - right, anti-immigration party the Alternative for Germany, known as the AfD.

Titled «Talking Point Embassy of U.S. in Colombia as Political Post for Ambassadorship,» the memo says the ambassadorship is «no ordinary post, but one with a major U.S. national security interest.»

On today's episode, I talk to Tom Webster, Vice President of Strategy and Marketing for Edison Research, the organization behind exit polling for national elections in the U.S.. For more than two decades, Tom has conducted political polling for some of the most contentious elections in U.S. history, as well as market research for some of the top companies across the nation.

Meanwhile there has been a lot of talk that President Obama is reviewing plans to retaliate against Russia's supposed attacks, efforts that were made against the heart of the President's own political party.

Alison and I talk about the difference between an adversarial response and an empathetic one; how to develop the self - awareness needed to respond more empathetically in high - stress situations; and how the current political climate underscores the lack of empathy in most discussions today.

Greece's political leaders, more accustomed to screaming abuse at each other in parliament, issued an unprecedented joint statement after a day of talks at the president's office backing efforts to reach a deal with creditors.

Supporters of the president spent Sunday on political talk shows disputing the idea, put forth in a new book, that Trump is not mentally fit for office.

He talks to Greg about austerity in Ireland, how US economic policy has affected Ireland, Europe and the rest of the world as well as how the various political parties in Ireland have mishandled the economic crisis.

What people are talking about today: The outcry over Facebook, political data firm Cambridge Analytica and their handling of user data isn't going away, and there's a steady stream of developments keeping it in the news.

Rudy Giuliani, recently hired to lawyer for President Donald Trump, appeared on Sean Hannity's Old - Timey Propaganda Hour last night and promptly talked his client into a fresh morass of legal and political jeopardy.

That's why the collective attention of the federal political parties is increasingly turning to setting the stage for the October 2019 campaign — including talk of updating Canada's election laws.

The less - justified reason is that it became a very convenient political target for the larger international climate activism movement at a time of despair coming out of the [2009] Copenhagen climate talks, that Kyoto was dead and there might not be a successor.

Meanwhile Nix himself was suspended as CEO by CA last month, following a Channel 4 News investigation broadcast video footage of Nix talking to an undercover reporter and appearing to suggest the firm uses a range of dubious tactics, including front companies and subcontractors to secretly engage in political campaigns.

Talk of the housing market, housing affordability, credit availability — really anything having to do with most Americans» single largest investment — has been conspicuously absent from the political conversation in this election cycle.

To be clear, we're not talking about the good kind of resistance, the political kind.

Rome - Italy is facing a third month of political paralysis after talks between the centre - left and the Five Star Movement over a coalition government failed to get off the ground Thursday.

This Friday I will be joining colleagues in international affairs, journalism, public policy and political science to talk about «Academics in the Media Landscape: The Role of Scholar - Columnist - Bloggers».