Sentences with phrase «only public pressure»

We should be making life as difficult as possible, and changing the assumption that the only public pressure on immigration is toward spite.

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Resentment is growing not only towards those who ran up the debts — Iceland's bankrupt Kaupthing and Landsbanki, with its Icesave accounts, and heavily geared property owners in the Baltics and central Europe — but also towards the foreign advisers and creditors who put pressure on these governments to sell off the banks and public companies to insiders.

Resentment is growing not only toward those who ran up these debts — Iceland's bankrupt Kaupthing and Landsbanki with its Icesave accounts, and heavily debt - leveraged property owners and privatizers in the Baltics and Central Europe — but also toward the neoliberal foreign advisors and creditors who pressured these governments to sell off the banks and public infrastructure to insiders.

The note, which appeared in Wednesday's Daily Telegraph, says: «The notion that a criminal case could be brought against Lord Carey is so bizarre that we can only surmise that the object of the persistent pressure that brings these public attacks is not only Lord Carey but what he represents of biblically faithful Christianity.»

February 2011 — Although he filled posts in the State Department, for more than two years, Obama did not fill the post of religious freedom ambassador, an official that works against religious persecution across the world; he filled it only after heavy pressure from the public and from Congress.

Before our investigation in Indonesia in 2011, the live export industry said pre-slaughter stunning was an «aspirational» goal only — yet the public pressure that ensued after the exposure of cruelty in that country has resulted in stunning rates rising rapidly.

The incentive to diminish the incidence of breakdowns will come not only from a beleaguered industry pressured by a public increasingly disillusioned about the treatment of horses, but also from racing's other endangered species, the jockeys.

He's not the only manager under public pressure right now though.

This ruling was passed after a pressure group, Occupy Ghana filed a suit against the Auditor General praying the court to compel them not to only report on financial misappropriations by public officials but to take steps to retrieve all state finances that may have gone into wrong hands.

The debate was only triggered because of public pressure, with 135,000 people signing an online petition saying current drug laws are not working.

A Labour administration would focus on three things to help ease pressure on public services and wages including better enforcement of the minimum wage, cracking down on recruitment agencies who only supplied workers from particular countries and looking at areas and types of jobs where there were large numbers of foreign workers.

But he said his group, which has been under intense pressure from progressives to return to the fold since the election of President Trump, is «ready to move forward,» but only if any final agreement is based on a legislative agenda that includes passage of a bill to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.

Under public pressure, Cuomo lifted the 90 - day automatic deletion policy — but only after thousands of messages had already been killed.

Public - sector unions around the nation face growing political pressures not only from Republicans but also from their traditional allies among Democrats, as governors grapple with recession, declining tax revenues and pension funds perilously close to bankruptcy.

The foreign minister Alan Duncan, however, said the government would only pressure the territories to adopt new transparency measures when they became a global standard, and insisted that an EU commitment to introduce public registers did not meet that threshold.

Not only does the public demand great taste that's less filling, Ash explains, «there's [also] this pressure to make a dietary recommendation.»

No «punitive implications» «The U.S. philosophy is that when you do deals that are not legally binding, transparency is the only thing you've got to connect commitments with public and political pressure.

The most beneficial of so - called omega - 3 fatty acids are found only in fish, so growing omega -3-rich transgenic plants instead could increase public consumption while relieving pressure on fisheries, researchers say.

Half heartfelt memoir / half an urgent appeal for the return of civil discourse to the public arena, «Muzzled» persuasively bemoans the pressure placed on pundits nowadays to talk only in sanitized, politically - correct phraseology.

That will in turn put greater pressure on public school systems to clean up their own acts, if only to retain students.

Having two strong systems reduces the pressure to regulate charter schools as though they were the only public schools in the city.

FairTest, in collaboration with independent counselor Elizabeth Stone, generated such strong public pressure that the College Board was forced to withdraw its plan to offer a unique, mid-summer SAT only for students enrolled in a special program at Amherst College which costs $ 4,500.

The promise of a great public education for all children is under pressure not only from out - of - touch legislators, but from economic and societal factors outside school that make it much more difficult to achieve success within the classroom.

It is clear that the only thing that will force lawmakers to move their positions is MORE public pressure and direct contact from voters at home.

But it only closed for two days and managed to get going again in buildings belonging to a nearby school — amid the pressures of public exams.

I must make clear, though, that this is no time to declare victory or let up on the pressure; the budget that passed is a brutal one for public education in NY, different from Cuomo's original proposals in only minor and cosmetic ways, though the Times and our the deeply compromised UFT leadership suggest otherwise.

The 2.6 percent of you who decided to take advantage of Riverside's public transportation system are feeling some relief when it's time to hit the road, but many of you have not only have the pressure of braving the freeway traffic but your Riverside insurance quotes might make you squeal.

Until Puppies and Babies and their sister store, Pets of Bel Air stop selling live animals, the activists claim they will continue their siege in the hopes that this chain will succumb to public pressure to go humane and only adopt out animals from shelters with the help of local rescue organizations.

If the population is left unchecked, it will only lead to more and more cats living in unmanaged colonies, a decrease in public tolerance of homeless cats, and increased pressure on the environment, animal control agencies and our society as a whole.

Only extreme public pressure will move government in a constructive direction.

Whatever you think of this particular effort, it has become ever clearer that climate information not only «wants» to be free, but will be — whether through pressure for further transparency and objectivity on the part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or the liberation / hacking / theft / disclosure of climate documents produced with government money, whether they raise questions about the motives of some scientists or reveal attempts by political operatives to raise public doubt about climate findings.

The duplicity and hypocrisy of environmental pressure groups seem to be matched only by their consummate skill at manipulating public opinion, amassing political power, securing taxpayer - funded government grants, and persuading people to send them money and invest in «ethical» stock funds.

Under these conditions, in regions, states, and cities it will not only be easier to gain public support from across the political and cultural spectrum, but it will also give members of Congress and future presidents, if they can be pressured into returning to the business of governing, more options by which to reach agreement on actions that address climate change.27

Victories were seen on four continents: in Bolivia a draconian response to protestors embarrassed the government, causing them to drop plans to build a road through Tipnis, an indigenous Amazonian reserve; in Myanmar, a nation not known for bowing to public demands, large protests pushed the government to cancel a massive Chinese hydroelectric project; in Borneo a three - year struggle to stop the construction of a coal plant on the coast of the Coral Triangle ended in victory for activists; in Britain plans to privatize forests created such a public outcry that the government not only pulled back but also apologized; and in the U.S. civil disobedience and massive marches pressured the Obama Administration to delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring tar sands from Canada to a global market.

Not only did Wagner feel pressured into resigning as the editor of the journal, but he found it necessary to issue a groveling public apology to TRENBERTH of all people, who had nothing to do with the journal, the reviews, etc..

A passive response that calls to the integrity of the media can only lead to a worsened understanding among the public and so a weakened pressure on politicians...» Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place».

ISDS is not only an unwelcome tool that allows multinational corporations to put pressure on public interest decision - making, it is also incompatible with EU law.

The trial showed that there never was any evidence in support of the charge, so the only possible basis for bringing it was bowing to public pressure.

Fortunately, after a group of law professors focused attention and public pressure on this particular law firm's policy, on March 25, 2018, the firm decided to drop the NDA and mandatory arbitration requirement not only for summer associates, but also for all associates and staff.

There has been heightened public scrutiny on courts to deal with criminal cases at risk of being tossed since the Jordan ruling, and that pressure only increased last November when a Superior Court judge in Ottawa stayed a first - degree murder charge against ex-soldier Adam Picard, after it took four years to get his case to trial.

The 2.6 percent of you who decided to take advantage of Riverside's public transportation system are feeling some relief when it's time to hit the road, but many of you have not only have the pressure of braving the freeway traffic but your Riverside insurance quotes might make you squeal.

Many critics of the bank pointed out that Wells Fargo only moved to launch an internal review after the scheme became a public relations disaster, and that laying the blame only on front line workers who were under tremendous pressure to sell would do little to prevent future scams.

The event offered free screenings to the public such as blood pressure readings, blood sugar checks, body fat analyses, hands only CPR, posture screening, balance testing, pulmonary function...

The event offered free screenings to the public such as blood pressure readings, blood sugar checks, body fat analyses, hands only CPR, posture screening, balance testing, pulmonary function tests, and vision screenings.

Hey Patrick - this is purely opinion but I would wager that the HB2 will be at a minimum altered due to pressure not only from the public but other states & federal government and business executives.