Sentences with phrase «of the opposition of»

Much has been made of the opposition of some German policymakers to QE, and politically its introduction, we think, could depend disproportionately on the course of future German economic data, rather than a more measured assessment of the overall course of the eurozone.

The Beatified Scientist An important part of combating the myth of the opposition of faith and science is a proper historical appreciation of the irreplaceable...

Partly because of the opposition of Communist countries, The United Nations has kept itself at some distance from faith communities, although Religious NGOs have, for many years, made a contribution at certain levels, in particular to specialist agencies.

The printing press, for instance, was not introduced into Turkey for a century and a half after its invention because of the opposition of those who wanted to preserve the fine art of calligraphy and feared that the scribes would lose their jobs.

The Beatified Scientist An important part of combating the myth of the opposition of faith and science is a proper historical appreciation of the irreplaceable contribution of men of faith to the rise of science and its great leaps: scientists who rigorously studied the natural world precisely because it is God's own order given to the world that makes it rational and worthy of investigation.

It is also probable that some of his troubles came because of the opposition of the St. Thomas Christians.

And Iain Duncan Smith has yet to have a book written about him - the only post-war Leader of the Opposition of whom that is the case.

In the face of opposition of activists like myself, the modern - day Labour Representation Committee — focal point of the Labour left — recently defeated an attempt at its Conference to water down its commitment to the Party.

Because some states have decided to ditch the tests aligned with the standards being developed by the PARCC and Smarter Balanced state consortia because of the opposition of Common Core foes to overall implementation as well as because of worries that the exams will not be ready by 2015 - 2016.

But what both sides fail to understand is that desegregation was pursued mostly as a last resort; blacks wouldn't achieve it immediately through the fiscal means (equal funding of schools) simply because of the opposition of Jim Crow segregationist - controlled school boards and legislatures.

Not exact matches

New natural gas pipelines do not face the same kind of opposition as oil pipelines because the product is a gas and, in case of a leak, it escapes into the atmosphere rather than fouling waterways and soil.

But to the apparent surprise of the Trudeau government, and, frankly, to some of us who pay attention to these things, the opposition and the business lobby have decided to take a stand over a business owner's right to squeeze as much as he or she can from the tax system.

«Reports that the Saudi government is planning to dilute its reform plans may be the first sign that the power and influence of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is starting to wane and that broader opposition to reform is building,» Jason Tuvey, Middle East economist for Capital Economics, wrote in a research note.

On Thursday, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman was named chairman — despite the public opposition of Shari Redstone, who happens to be Viacom's vice-chairman and daughter of ailing billionaire and controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone.

The state opposition has accused Premier Colin Barnett of misleading parliament by not releasing hundreds of documents relating to contact with Queensland mining magnate Clive Palmer.

A war erupted inside the Labour Party, the government's official opposition, over leader Corbyn's decision to make the party's parliamentarians vote in favour of May triggering Article 50.

The failure of the green agenda so far has had the unintended consequence of focusing opposition on the pipelines.

Six of the marijuana companies filed documents mentioning Attorney General Sessions specifically, who has been outspoken in his opposition to legalized cannabis.

There is little talk of tax cuts and balanced budgets, items which form the economic lodestar of the Official Opposition; think tanks such as the Fraser Institute, the Macdonald - Laurier Institute, the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council; and almost everyone who writes a column for the Financial Post, including former finance minister Joe Oliver.

Gallup polling on favorable or unfavorable views of both major parties has found neither party has had more support than opposition since at least the 2012 election, the last time that more people approved of the Democratic Party (51 percent) than disapproved of it (43 percent).

Given that the deal also faces strong opposition from hardliners in Iran, its prognosis has only darkened with the appointment of ardent Iran foe John Bolton as national security advisor.

TORONTO, May 2 - Canadian energy producer Crescent Point Energy Corp is poised to win support for its director nominees based on a preliminary counting of votes, shrugging off opposition from activist investor Cation Capital, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

As well as being popular with journalists and members of Russia's political opposition, Telegram has also been used by the Kremlin to communicate with reporters and arrange regular conference calls with President Vladimir Putin's spokesman.

In Europe, economic stagnation and unhappiness at the influx of refugees is fuelling opposition to pan-continental institutions and agreements.

Facing opposition from internet pioneers, online companies, members of Congress and the vast majority of Americans — all of whom are worried about broadband providers offering cut - down packages of services rather than the full internet — he released a jokey video scoffing at their dire predictions.

The latest poll also shows that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is out of line with the rest of his party in his staunch opposition to marijuana.

On Wednesday, after Leslie Moonves took over as chairman of CBS (CBS)-- the other media conglomerate that Sumner Redstone controls — there was speculation that Dauman might not be named chairman of Viacom, in part because Shari Redstone made her opposition to him abundantly clear.

Early in the Trump administration, Spicer and Trump spoke openly about possibly moving the press briefings out of the White House to another location, an idea that senior adviser and former Breitbart News chairman Steve Bannon — who has referred to the media as «the opposition party» — later took credit for.

He continued later: «If their priority is attacking the moderate opposition that might be future members of an inclusive Syrian government, Russia is not going to get the support of us or a range of other members of the coalition.»

With Erdogan cracking down on thousands of people in the judiciary, education, military, and civil service after last weekend's failed coup, a lawmaker from the main opposition party warned that the state of emergency created «a way of ruling that paves the way for abuse».

-- Brian Jean, leader of the Alberta Opposition Wildrose party.

Outraged by the scandal, former leader Mahathir Mohammad came out of political retirement and the opposition has united behind him in the national elections.

Though the 36 - year - old now sits in opposition as MP for Calgary Nose Hill, she's still making an impact, not least through her frequent and often combative use of Twitter.

Its representatives are supported by even more industry and conservative funding of elections, or face opposition from others if they don't comply.

Though early drafts of the Senate bill called for the Fed to adopt rules - based monetary policy, this ended up being stripped from the final proposal due to Democratic opposition - largely because much of the Hill focus has been on the Taylor rule, which many Fed advocates fear is too restricting.

Trump voiced his opposition to the AT&T - Time Warner deal while campaigning for the White House, calling the deal «too much concentration of power» between Time Warner's media assets (which also include HBO and Warner Bros. movie studios) and AT&T's huge wireless and broadband distribution network.

For example, drone strikes are similar to Special Forces in their direct targeting ability in remote locations, but are less likely to create domestic opposition to the use of force because they don't put U.S. lives directly at risk.

Opinion: The opposition leader has broken publicly with many of his colleagues to question the ongoing sustainability of the Royalties for Regions program.

Eggman attributes the majority of this opposition to discomfort with the program's funding source.

Some opposition lawmakers oppose the deal, saying Murdoch, the owner of The Times and The Sun newspapers, would wield too much power if he had full control of a pay - TV group present in more than 12 million British and Irish homes.

Conservative Senators Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah joined with already - declared holdouts Rand Paul of Kentucky and moderate GOP - er Susan Collins of Maine to state their opposition in separate statements Monday.

WA Labor is operating a cash - for - access Leaders» Forum — which charges wealthy company bosses about $ 25,000 a year for private meetings with the Premier and his ministers and is a carbon copy of a secretive Liberal Party fundraising venture slammed by Mark McGowan when he was in Opposition.

But his name has also been sullied lately: The NDP Opposition accused the B.C. government of selling land in Coquitlam to Khosrowshahi's Wesbild Holdings for well below its assessed value.

«I suspect Weidmann's vocal opposition to most of the ECB decisions in recent years has generated too much opposition in too many other member states for him to get the nod,» he said.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

If they don't want to force a firm to shut down, the vocal opposition of smaller LPs doesn't count for a lot.

While approval is not a given since the ruling coalition government led by Abe's LDP does not have a majority in the upper house of parliament, most analysts do not foresee any problems given signs this week that main opposition parties will not block the nominations.

China's Foreign Ministry has expressed what it called «grave concern and opposition» to North Korea's latest missile launch in an unusual rebuke of its neighbor and ally.

Questions about where Mr. Low and the prime minister's stepson — a movie producer behind films including «The Wolf of Wall Street» — obtained money for the United States properties have helped fuel political unrest in Malaysia, where several political leaders in the opposition and in Mr. Najib's own party have called for the prime minister to step down.

This will be all over the news channels, imagine the negative publicity,» Nathalie Kosciusko - Morizet, head of the conservative opposition in Paris, told Europe 1 radio.