Sentences with phrase «other than political»

The change of focus from consideration of the legal framework of native title to consideration of the economic and social development outcomes that may be generated through the native title system is a natural progression in our work for reasons other than political utility.

They told the justices that the Duff letter «stains the Gold Seal Interpretation with possible judicial misconduct» and the case «can not be regarded as anything other than political expediency and not a judicially reached determination.»

It does seem logical, however, that some means other than political infighting in Congress be established allocation of regional priorities.

I have been waiting for a decade for anybody to explain to me why IPCC «illustrative scenarios» can be considered as being anything other than political propoganda generated by pseudoscientific trash.

Well, I do get it, I just don't know how useful it will be other than political fodder.

Other than political considerations, what changed?

What are our interactions with teenagers, for instance, other than a political process where arrogance is severely punished?

There's no practical reason, other than political posturing, that we should still be debating the details and not putting them into practice.

She's tweeted less than 20 times in 2018 and almost never uses her platform for anything other than political statements and the occasional loving message to husband Barack Obama.

Section 221 reads, «No association, other than a political party, shall canvass for votes for any candidate at any election or contribute to the funds of any political party or to the election expenses of any candidate at an election».

Few other than political wonks and the media pay much attention to the annual pronouncements on the state of county, town and city affairs.

Why should people other than political scientists become or be allowed to be politicians?

The move is expected to have little practical effect other than the political theater and also attempt to get Senate Republicans formally on the record when it comes to supporting their leader as he faces federal corruption charges.

The actor is best known for things other than his political advocacy, but he is no stranger in progressive Democratic circles.

The awards which went to individuals were voted for by a secret ballot of members of the Commons and the Lords, other than the political impact award, which was done by a public vote online.

«But New York's citizens will be left to ask, «Other than political patronage and personal enrichment, just what does the Independence Party stand for?»

Clinton will likely win the nomination, Bernie will grudgingly endorse her, and few people other than political technology nerds will give it much thought.

I tend to agree with that (rare enough given most of your posts, lol), but it is all of a type with the dysfunctional nature of NuLabour, the lack of anyone other than political pygmies and deeply unpleasant illiberal control freaks to repalce him, and the flawed character of the man himself.

With the 2013 City Council races already heating up, many are wondering who will get the coveted County Endorsement and it just so happens that none other than political boss Rep. Joe Crowley will be the surprise guest at the fundraiser.

It is something other than political orders or ecclesiastical institutions.

The US is not at war in anything other than political sloganry.

This, in our view, is a particularly dim - witted view of art, a view that denies art is about anything other than its political and social effect.

His policy makes no sense other than the political game.

Plenty of caveats apply; Uber's dip and Lyft's bump might have been due to factors other than political protests.

But factors other than political ones were at play as well, including a big (5 percent) drop in shares of defense behemoth United Technologies after it announced plans to buy another company for what some analysts deemed an exorbitant price.

party despite having served as minister of the economy in the socialist government between 2014 and 2016, made headlines for reasons other than his political acumen.

Not exact matches

Trump even pulled more coverage in the European media segment than any other political leader overseas.

He says variation in political opinion is generally more accepted in Silicon Valley than it might be in other economic sectors, and that many in the tech world «are going to shrug their shoulders and say, «that's who he is.»»

Along with Harris, the two pitched the idea of a standalone political news and commentary site to the Washington Post in 2006 but were ultimately disillusioned with the response, so they took the idea to Allbritton — and eventually hired more than a few senior reporters and editors away from both the Washington Post and other newspapers.

About 42 % of the poll's respondents said they were more concerned about this topic than any other in the political landscape.

More than that, a non-provocative political discourse is vital to carry messages effectively to other cultures; Trump's childish use of capital letters and exclamation marks («SAD!»)

The industry has stepped up its political contributions, snatched up some of Washington's finest consultants and lobbyists and just launched the first tech super PAC — or political action committee — led by none other than that hoodie - wearing, 28 - year old social media whiz Mark Zuckerberg.

Other political money flows through trade associations in the U.S. such as the American Chamber of Commerce, which has already spent more than $ 21 million in campaign advertising this year, including $ 1.5 million on ads accusing Democratic Senator Mark Udall of driving up energy costs, largely in response to his refusal to support Republican demands for immediate approval of the Keystone pipeline.

While NationBuilder and Rally remain bipartisan, Bloomberg reports that federal candidates and other political advocates have spent more than $ 46 million this election cycle on party - specific tech sites, including the Republican - leaning Targeted Victory and the Democratic - leaning Blue State Digital and Bully Pulpit Interactive.

The three defense companies have also donated more money in the 2018 election cycle than any other company in the industry, according to a new analysis from the Center for Responsible Politics, which draws on the Federal Election Commission's latest political - candidate - contribution report.

Clinton's apparent popularity likely stems from her developing connections in the tech sector over a longer period of time than other Oval Office contenders, according to Mark Schmitt, director of the political reform program at independent think tank New America Foundation.

The drugmaker's political action committee spent $ 405,000 on federal campaign donations and other political outlays last year, more than in 2016 — an election year — and nearly double its allocation for 2015, data compiled by Kaiser Health News show.

Others spend big bucks to pull off elaborate multi-day affairs, such as the planned three - day New York celebration for 83 - year old billionaire investor George Soros starting Friday that will be attended by more than 500 guests, including hedge fund titans and prominent political leaders.

The lack of strategy between other GOP contenders has been seen as fostering a political environment that's allowed Trump to secure more delegates than he would otherwise.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

«For more than four years, the government of Ecuador has offered to cooperate in facilitating the questioning of Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, as well as proposing other political and legal measures, in order to reach a satisfactory solution for all parties involved in the legal case against Julian Assange, to end the unnecessary delays in the process and to ensure full and effective legal protection, Ecuador said in a statement, Press Association reported.

Some of the others: lack of political will, and the system's focus on treatment, rather than prevention.

And now that the time for revisionist history has arrived, and strategists no longer have to serve a political agenda and scare investors and traders into voting with their wallets, the research reports calling for precisely the outcome that we expected are coming in fast and furious, starting with none other than Goldman, whose chief strategist David Kostin issued a note overnight in which he says that «the equity market response to the election result will be limited» and adds that «our year - end 2016 price target for the S&P 500 remains 2100, roughly 2 % below the current level of 2140.»

This would show that the Conservative government could be trusted to manage the fiscal affairs of the government better than any other political party.

Given recent economic developments (which suggest there will be no surplus this year) and global uncertainties, together with a commitment by all three major political parties to balanced budgets and no tax increases (other than the NDP), it would be fiscally imprudent for any political party to make new major election «promises» in the coming months without indicating how they would be financed.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Not because the BC Liberals won — political opponents have to accept that some times the other team had a superior campaign than your own, more ideas, a more effective leader or just did a better job.

In the contract, Kogan's psychological profiling methods are described as «less costly, more detailed, and more quickly collected» than other individual profiling methods, such as «standard political polling or phone samples».

Jughead Trudope and the fed libtards, not that they're any less / more obedient to the multinational corporate czars than other political puppets infesting these institutions, wasted no time whipping Catherine McKenna into action right from the get go.

The cuts in the GST / HST were done solely for political reasons, and in no way helped Canada weather the global economic downturn better than most other countries, as alleged by Mr. Boessenkool.