Sentences with phrase «only by advocates»

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For his part, Gingrich slammed the concept of «self - deportation» — which Romney advocated during Monday's debate in Tampa — as «fantasy,» only to be criticized by Romney surrogates for having once touted the very same idea himself.

Sir Richard Branson may be the highest - profile advocate of unlimited vacation days, but he's far from the only entrepreneur entranced by the idea.

Jarrett Walker, a prominent public transit advocate and consultant, entered the fray by describing Musk's disdain for public transit as «a luxury (or pathology) that only the rich can afford,» and accusing him, in essence, of attempting to impose his phobia of strangers on everyone.

Soon, President McKinley and the ruling Republican party changed their tune and advocated for Puerto Rico to remain a colony, with only token representation in Congress and governed by different tax laws than the mainland.

Only about 11 percent of eligible borrowers filled out complaints, a low response rate both consumer advocates and the Government Accountability Office attributed to borrower confusion and poor outreach by regulators and the banks.

Advocates and lawmakers say they are singling out Facebook because of its size, rivaled outside China only by Alphabet Inc's Google, and because they allege Zuckerberg was not forthcoming about the extent and reasons for the tracking.

After Fowler's post, Uber investors and longtime diversity advocates Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein wrote an open letter on Medium, noting that «Uber has been here many times before, responding to public exposure of bad behavior by holding an all - hands meeting, apologizing and vowing to change, only to quickly return to aggressive business as usual.»

By connecting with customers and building a trusting relationship, not only does ListenTrust protect your brand, we turn your customers into brand advocates and your customer service calls into more revenue generating opportunities.

Religious believers are likely to get further in discourse with the current generation of secular academics by 1) continually demonstrating, as Posner himself seems to intuit, that only a moral theory founded on God can actually «work,» in the sense of bridging the gap between «is» and «ought»; and 2) demonstrating the inherent self «contradictions of the moral theories advocated by the «secular liberals.»

But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be, as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria

can only occur where there exists some institutional umbrella that can protect human rights advocates and offer both political and material support for human rights activities: a church...; a press sufficiently independent so that it can report information the government would prefer not be made public and that can offer a forum for some opponents of the government; professional associations, academic and intellectual centers which are financially solvent and not directly controlled by military or government officials.

For example, the idea that the brain is a complex non-linear dynamic system is mentioned only fleetingly - leaving me with the feeling that we had missed an opportunity for a useful discussion (such as perhaps making a connection with the ideas advocated by Polkinghorne regarding the possibility of chaotic systems «amplifying» quantum level uncertainties up to the macro-level).

And, the ONLY thing «crystal clear» about David French's article is that he obviously hasn't discerned the difference between the old covenant and the new covenant — the one where all sins are forgiven by our advocate, Jesus Christ, who paid the price for all sins.

But it may seem that I have made the case too easy, that I guaranteed a pre-established harmony, by giving a too - limited definition of «empirical» and / or «rational,» thereby only advocating that theology be partially empirical and / or partially rational.

Undoubtedly the Churches are still making stupid mistakes in order to defend their own way of life and their own freedom by means that seem to deny their respect for the freedom of others, or which give the impression that we advocate freedom only where we do not have the power to keep it for ourselves.

Since any change to that status can only be brought by state legislation, the task of church becomes more of a conscience raiser and an advocate for change of state policy based on its own faith perspective.

The book is a truly chilling read, not only because of its crass advocacy for killing the defenseless, but also because of the ways in which it mirrors many concepts propounded by bioethicists and euthanasia advocates today.

A religion of pleasure, no matter what the intentions of its advocates, can only inhibit the efforts that are required by this moral demand.

Not only is it fornication, but it perverts the design of God for man, and the LGBTs and their advocates are doing their best to advance acceptance of this perversion, up to and including the distortion of what a family is supposed to be, by God's design.

Justin says that, too often, outspoken Christians on the traditional side give the impression that the Bible supports hostility toward LGBT people, while pro-gay advocates reinforce this assumption by arguing that the only way to treat LGBT people with respect is to throw out the Bible altogether.

Overseen by an Advisory Board of top executives, Women of the Vine & Spirits is the only trade organization to advance and support the careers of women in the alcohol beverage industry while collectively advocating for the industry at large to support gender - diverse teams and talent development.

«Of all the SDGs, Target 12.3 is the only one to my knowledge that is being advocated by a coalition like Champions 12.3 with leaders from every sector mobilizing action to achieve success.

Can she and the homebirth advocates of the Big Push for Midwives truly be so ignorant as to think they can take credit for preventing complications simply by caring for only uncomplicated patients?

I'm a big advocate in making baby food, not only because of the health benefits with less preservatives, but also because you save tons of money by doing so.

While at the offices of Senator Markey and Senator Warren I was not only moved by how engaged their staffers were in hearing from ONE advocates (of which there are 40,000 in Massachusetts — FIST BUMP!)

To use an extremely rare event such as an orgasm during childbirth to advocate for natural birth seems sensationalistic and will only repel some who might otherwise be swayed by a rational scientific / cultural argument.

Going to play at a public park or walking to school by themselves at age 6, which may be what some parents want to encourage their kids but not something advocated by all parents, is by no means the only way you can teach kids to be more independent.

Marion Mills Miller in 1910 advocated that «no other milk, however skillfully modulated, no «infant's food,» however scientifically prepared,» could fully replace mother's milk.28 But these experts often qualified their breastfeeding endorsements by explaining that they only applied if a woman's breast milk supply was adequate.

Please stop advocating «your gut» as the best judge of anything and trying covertly to diminish the meaning of this new data by innocently pretending that you only want women to have choices and make the best decision for them.

Notably, unlike Virginia's law, the policy expressly empowers game officials to remove athletes from play if they are suspected of having suffered a concussion (a power that I have been advocating for many years game officials be given, and a power conferred on game officials by laws at the state level in only Arizona, Iowa, and Ohio), and requires that coaches who disregard the safety and well being of a youth sports participant as it related to concussions be subject to indefinite suspension (only Pennsylvania and Connecticut have laws which penalize coaches for violating their statutes)

Not only did he used to be a Conservative party member, he's advocated many policies that are considered a bit extreme even by many current members of that party.

Concerns about the growing influence of Europe were reinforced this week as the 17 eurozone countries appeared to favour closer fiscal integration - an approach advocated by chancellor George Osborne as the only logical way of maintaining the euro.

Mayor Bill de Blasio dashed the hopes of transit advocates by suggesting on Thursday that he opposes creating 24/7 bus - only lanes on 14th Street in Manhattan during next year's L - train shutdown — a proposal that many believe is essential to lessening the impact of the transit crisis.

The governor and IDC Leader Jeff Klein have been pushing hard for a more robust public system since the passage of the one - year, state comptroller - only program that was included in the 2014 - 125 budget and quickly panned by reform advocates.

In recent weeks, the public advocate has surged to the front of the Democratic pack by presenting himself the only true progressive alternative to the Bloomberg years.

Former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson, the only announced Democratic candidate for mayor, was joined on the panel by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, current comptroller John Liu and public advocate Bill de Blasio.

In November 1994 Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, with Major's approval and supported by Malcolm Rifkind, had advocated a referendum on joining the euro or on the upcoming 1996 Intergovernmental Conference, but Heseltine and Clarke were opposed (only these five senior ministers appear to have been involved) and the proposal was shelved for the time being.

Indeed, Silver's ability to manage the various interests and conflicts while also proving to be an effective advocate in the budget talks within the conference helped him stay speaker for 21 years, felled only by a corruption scandal.

There's only one obvious problem: Openly advocating for a pay raise in an election year is political suicide, representing a no - win scenario for lawmakers who want the pay bump, but are constrained by the politics.

There are only three citywide positions in New York and, as several white candidates are jockeying for the mayoralty and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer runs unopposed for comptroller, the public advocate's office is viewed by some Democrats as an opportunity to have demographic diversity on their ticket.

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE The Plan to End AIDS continues to confront money problems as Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget for the state's 2017 fiscal year will spend only $ 40 million on the plan, an amount that is well below the more than $ 100 million that advocates had hoped the state would spend in the current -LSB-...]

BY PAUL SCHINDLER When the 25 - year - old Empire State Pride Agenda, in late 2015, abruptly announced it was closing up shop — with only a vague pledge, that it never fulfilled, to keep its political action committee functioning — activists, advocates, and service providers in the LGBTQ community across New York were at a stunned loss as to what would come next.

Hein would be a much more viable congressional candidate if he could settle his differences with the Catskill Mountain Railroad in a manner perceived as being fair by rail supporters, not just trail - only advocates.

While only one of the three men at the panel discussion, former Comptroller Bill Thompson, has formally declared his candidacy in the race to take over from Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2014, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio were in full campaign mode Wednesday morning, selling their visions of the «Future of New York City» at a panel hosted by the law firm Stroock.

They reject the more moderate approach advocated by Blue Dogs, saying that compromise policies only end up alienating the party's base.

Quinn and Weiner, who recent polls have separated by only five points with Quinn leading, were joined by Sal Albanese, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, Rev. Erick Salgado and Bill Thompson at the Brookyln's Manhattan Beach Jewish Center in a debate hosted by the Jewish Press.

While there are roughly 670,000 businesses owned by women citywide, only 1.48 percent of federal contract dollars goes to those firms, according to a recent study by Women Impacting Public Policy, an organization which advocates on behalf of women?

We also advocate for improved infrastructure for women who desire to work within the framework of a standard career trajectory, but we are concerned by the underlying assumption that this is the only path to parity.

It's not just extending lives that I'm advocating; it's the elimination of the almost incalculable amount of suffering — experienced not only by the elderly themselves, of course, but by their loved ones and caregivers — that aging currently visits upon us.

The pigs that ate the venison containing lead fragments reached a lead level of 3.8 micrograms per deciliter after only two days — more than three times higher than the highest level in the control group of pigs, according to the study, which was sponsored by The Peregrine Fund, a group that advocates for the removal of lead shot to protect condors.