Sentences with phrase «of statesmen like»

Osoba reportedly commended Amosun for working towards ending the differences that existed between factions of the party in the state, adding that «it is a sure step to protect and sustain the legacies of statesmen like the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.»

The APC chieftain, who emphasised that conflicts must happen in a political setting, however noted that it is expedient for such to be resolved by progressives, to protect and sustain the legacies of statesmen like the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

Not exact matches

Statesmen like Henry Hyde, Ed Meese, and Ronald Reagan crafted the policy and used the bully pulpit to advance the culture of life.

I'd love to do the easy thing and blame our statesmen and particularly Obama, but the fact of the matter is that there will ALWAYS be people like these willing to fill the role.

The «church - system» looks more like the «filling - station system,» and the clergy in their varieties of responsibility and excellence seem most to resemble democratic political leaders — from town selectmen to governors, from demagogues to statesmen, from ward heelers to national party leaders.

The liberal center is now so permeated by the culture of the left that institutions like the Times and the Washington Post (which recently presented Farrakhan's views in a lengthy and respectful format suited to a world - important statesman) are unable to recognize such enemies of liberal society for what they are.

While I would've considered crossing the party line for a statesman like Richard Lugar, you do not have his thoughtfulness, his honesty, or his dedication to serving his constituency instead of just your personal agenda.

He was belittled in his heyday, then placed on the elder - statesman pedestal as people saw how much worse the daytime talk - show game could get in the hands of people like Geraldo Rivera and Morton Downey Jr..

Then we can accept that anything they ever say about anything is liable to be a pack of lies designed to make them look good, sharp, in the loop, knowledgable, statesman like or something else that they want to be.

Coming out in support of Cameron's position would have won Boris some short - lived praise for statesman - like behaviour and negation of personal ambition but it would have failed to differentiate Brand Boris from its competitors.

ABUJA — Elder statesman and Presidential Liaison Officer in the Second Republic, Dr Tanko Yakassai, has described the anti-corruption efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari administration as a mere propaganda war, lamenting it has unfortunately won over right thinking men like Prof. Wole Soyinka.

You would expect John Major, a former prime minister, to make a statesman - like speech free of propaganda and cheap comments, but in fact it is all cheap comments and propaganda.

Even pundits like Rafael Behr, the political editor of the New Statesman, are unconvinced it will prove that useful.

The SSG, on behalf of the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the Government and people of the State, expressed deepest appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for his statesman - like gesture in the approval of the release of the edifice to the Lagos State Government.

Whether it was the seriousness of the subject, or Cameron's reluctant acceptance that 30 of those who voted against his plans belonged to his party, or just a battle of who could behave like the better statesman, Cameron had been biting his tongue.

Babangida, in a statement signed by his media aide, Malam Mahmud Abdullahi, said «We lost Ekwueme at a time the invaluable role of elder statesmen like him is needed for national cohesion».

Today NPP members are all over the place accusing him of not behaving like an elderly statesman.

But for all the former prime minister's apparent desire to have taken on the retiring SNP leader Alex Salmond's role of holding «Westminster's feet to the fire» over their promises, Brown also showed a statesman - like touch that perhaps the first minister lacks

Before long the Labour Party grandees will soon search for a credible, statesman - like leader whom they believe capable of delivering a victory in the polls.

She appealed to the government to honour statesmen like ex-President J.A Kufuor and other heroes who have fought for the good of this country, while they are still alive.

Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), head of the Senate Democrats» campaign arm, offered kinds words for Hackett today, praising his «statesman - like action,» adding: «This is the kind of unity that the DSCC has encouraged in Democratic campaigns and that will help pave the way for victory in 2006.»

He said that aside working for peace, stability and development of the nation, statesmen like Abubakar do not see themselves as saints while others are devils.

Nowadays and like I said recently in Rivers State, we don't have statesmen; we have men of state.»

There are some, like John Kampfner, the former editor of the New Statesman, who made a public leap to the Liberal Democrats — in a pamphlet for CentreForum titled Lost Labours — long before Clegg turned the election campaign inside out.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Saturday advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo to emulate statesmen like former Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar who works behind the scene diligently for the stability of the country.

He said that aside working for peace, stability and development of the nation, statesmen like Abubakar do not see -LSB-...]

The whole cast of Statesman are grossly underutilized, and much like the villains never have their backstories developed.

Part of me feels like Stark should have taken the place of the absent Nick Fury in this film, more elder statesman than rival leader.

The good news and bad news is the same: Churchill, starring Brian Cox, is a worthy addition to the considerable canon of films about the great statesman (the greatest of the British, many say), but it also doesn't go beyond the best of the many bios that have already hit screens big and small (with stars like Albert Finney, Richard Burton and Brendan Gleeson as the British leader).

«Think of, like «The Color of Money,»» he told the site, before saying that the film marks his move into elder statesmen roles.

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At nearly two and a half hours long, The Golden Circle feels like three Kingsman sequels crammed into one; between Poppy's evil scheme, the introduction of the Statesmen, and the reintroduction of Firth's superspy Hart, the film feels overstuffed.

Like any good spy film, this distillery is actually the location of the U.S. agency known as The Statesman.

Having forgotten his time as a soldier and spy, he has reverted to his childhood dream of studying butterflies, leading the Statesmen to refer to him as «the lepidopterist,» a word that is relished by Tatum's exaggerated drawl, a bit like the actor's bouncing delivery of «Charlotte Motor Speedway» in the recent Logan Lucky.

He deftly pivots between the moments of mourning and the righteous wrath of Quan, following in the footsteps of other action movie elder statesmen like Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson and Liam Neeson.

Enter the Statesmen; they're like the Kingsmen except instead of being granted titles paying homage to King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table, the institution hands out monikers named after different brands of alcohol to tie in with their front as a liquor distillery.

Halle Berry chugged a half pint of Statesman Whisky and now looks like she's feeling the effects of it on stage.

We like to think of Warren Buffett as the wise, elder statesman of the investment profession, but Buffett too was young once and prone to the rash behavior of youth.

The short films will also introduce both foes and friends of the family that we'll get to meet in the game, like Lorenzo de Medici, the Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance period.

Rather than organize the exhibition chronologically — the work ranges from French Romantic Pierre - Jean David d'Angers» dramatic 1837 gilded bronze rendering of the Greek general and statesman Philopoemen to American artist Kiki Smith's 2005 porcelain Alice - in - Wonderland - like «Woman with Arm Raised» — Chiego decided to frame it in themes embodying ways sculptors have dealt with the human form over the past 200 years.

Bearing all this in mind, what should a magazine like the New Statesman do in its coverage of the climate change issue?

Like most statesmen of the time, he put in time as everything from a surveyor to Major General in the Continental Army to member of the New York Colonial Assembly.

Many of us older statesmen in the business would like to hear from you about the current issues with the Competition Bureau.