Sentences with phrase «own narrow agenda»

In addition, these low ownership thresholds would make it easier for stockholders with a special interest to use the company's proxy materials to publicize and campaign for their narrow agenda rather than the long - term best interests of all our stockholders.

In the minds of every member of the coalition: big business, evangelicals, libertarians, neo-conservatives, etc. this is there chance to take over and carry through their narrow agenda.

Rebecca Blank and Ron Haskins's volume sets an even narrower agenda.

Moskowitz isn't fighting for her students — she's using them to advance her own narrow agenda.

The direct election of such leaders is almost bound to make that impossible, particularly where they are elected on the basis of some narrow agenda of their own.

«We should never be ashamed of saying we will promote our own national interest, for the British national interest is no narrow agenda,» Mr Hague said, saying it could be used to promote free trade and sound development, push for Middle East peace, prevent conflict in Africa and help ensure international law is upheld.

«NYSAC has its own narrow agenda on this issue to pursue unrestricted unilateral action in this case regardless of who gets hurt.

Bottom line: The Peacemaker is a better, leaner, more muscular film precisely because of its narrow agenda of thrills.

Cooke presents a case that the war on drugs in America is not only a no - win scenario, it is no longer (if it ever was) designed to be won as much as fulfill disturbing, narrow agendas in the public and private sectors.

There is ample room in a multi-cultural society for institutions to promote a narrow agenda.

Not exact matches

As such, the most effective approach to building public support is to craft a trade agenda that aligns with the economic interests of the general public and the long - term economic prosperity of Canada as a whole, rather than focusing on the narrow interests of some business groups.

They have no interest in using politics to impose a narrow religious or moral agenda on others.

First is strong voluntary associations, such as churches and civic groups, that bring people together around broad common agendas rather than narrow special interests.

In addition to expectations about the European label industry after Brexit, other topics featured on this year's «ELF» agenda include diversification of the labels and narrow web industry into short run packaging, intelligent labels and packaging, and a look at the total cost of ownership (TCO) of different label printing technologies.

Topics on this year's agenda include: * The European label industry after Brexit * Diversification of the labels and narrow web industry into short run packaging * Intelligent labels and packaging * Recruitment and retention of talent * The state of affairs in digital label printing (based on FINAT commissioned research) and much more.

Skinner's agenda was to promote a narrow biological, scientific psychology.

That «coalition» approach is underpinned by the 97 - 01 policy agenda of new deal on jobs and windfall tax, minimum wage, devolution and FoI, public services, social chapter and pro-EU, feminisation of the PLP through shortlists, alongside macroecon stability, aversion to tax rises spoke to a party coalition; the post-01 agenda was arguably rather narrower, with new labour seeming to be about a particular method of public service reform.

«Her appointing Government failed in the rigging agenda despite all the attempts by the Commission to narrow the election to a two - party race to facilitate easy rigging for the incumbent.

«It will once again give people the opportunity to reject the Tories» narrow, divisive agenda, as well as reinforcing the democratic mandate which already exists for giving the people of Scotland a choice on their future.

The point she was seeking to convey to the more ideologically zealous among them was that the Conservative Party could only hope to govern again if it remained in touch with mainstream society and was not seen to pursue the exclusive, narrow - minded agenda of a select few.

It's not clear whether the Senate GOP would be able to instill any of the «Trump agenda» at the state Capitol given the narrow divide in the chamber and the likelihood Majority Leader John Flanagan will need to keep the IDC close should a vacancy arise.

Our precious union of nations — four nations that are stronger as one — threatened by those with their narrow, nationalist agendas that seek to drive us apart.

But Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said that Sturgeon's plan showed that she was «prepared to ignore the priorities of the people of Scotland, in pursuit of her own narrow nationalist agenda.»

Next month, the Progressive Agenda will narrow its invitees down to the top five in each party, based on the most recent polls.

Businesses can also utilize DOL professionals to help find a location for a recruitment, set an agenda to ensure the time is used efficiently, advertise and market the event, identify the most qualified applicants to narrow the candidate pool, as well as provide staffing and other support services and more.

It's a shame to be throwing all that work away in pursuit of a narrow ideological agenda.»

A broader agenda for education advocates might be more justifiable if we had actually accomplished our more narrow set of goals.

On the contrary, it ridiculed forty years of serious attempts to place the world on a sustainable development path and tried to change the direction established twenty years ago through Agenda 21; these attempts were made by redefining sustainable development from a narrow green economy perspective, by drowning the calls for equity, and by trying to slaughter the rights to sustainability.

Kant draws a fine line between the concepts of altruism and touches a sensitive nerve, as he evaluates that being altruistic distinguishes a narrow margin between a narcissistic tendencies when it is not supported by a true sense of duty, in fact if unexamined, may even lead to behavioural and attitude patterns closely bordering to neo-colonialism, and actions based on immoral motives; double agenda's that we allow the governments to draw.

While the conversation would be broad, the agenda should be narrow and focus on three immediate needs: 1) radically improving the quality of candidates coming to the field; 2) identifying the specific content of coursework necessary to improve teacher knowledge; and 3) and detailing the practical experiences that new teachers need in order to ensure they are effective in the types of classroom contexts in which they plan to teach.

The only effective education lobbyists would be the well - funded national ones, with their own narrow, intolerant agendas.

What started out as an agenda that was bold and all encompassing has turned into something that too often comes across as narrow, hollow, and hostile to the idea and ideals of public education.

While white, black and Hispanic children all made modest test score gains in DC since 2003, the Rhee agenda has not significantly narrowed achievement gaps between the various demographic groups, nor has it brought disadvantaged DC youth up to the national average scores for peers of their same race and class in other cities.

He is extremely self absorbed and only interested in a narrow - minded agenda.

This is not a monolithic group espousing a narrow political art agenda,» says 18th Street Artistic Director Clayton Campbell.

The narrow scope of the discussion and the contradictions with well established scientifically proven facts allow raising a valid suspicion that some kind of self - serving agenda may be behind the global warming campaign.

Using a narrow definition of climate change to achieve a political agenda means the IPCC ignores most major climate mechanisms, especially outside the terrestrial system.

As soon as one agrees to partake in «joining the chase» one blinds oneself to a much larger overview and agrees to abide by and focus intensely on the narrow set agenda.

But I think you are quite wrong to suggest that either the academies or the many climate scientists whose work underpins their statement are driven by any narrow political agenda.

«When you are pushing a narrow, partisan agenda for constitutional change, planning amendments when you can have the most partisan advantage, you do a lot of damage to the Constitution as a unifying force,» said Super.

Maurice Strong, in Agenda 21, at the 1992 Rio Conference, narrowed the focus to the industrial nations.

If they try to halt EPA rules by inserting riders into must - pass legislation, they risk looking as if they are willing to sacrifice a functioning government for a narrow policy agenda.

It's a very narrow definition of harm, convenient to the industry's agenda of grabbing subsidies for construction projects.

He may have expertise in a narrow topi range, but has clearly fled into the camp of the religious right and the fossil fuel corporate agenda.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is concerned that the agenda or programme of work for this first meeting of the GGE is too narrow in some respects and too broad in others.

Some of this is deliberate, but some of it is a result of inadvertent group think, narrow specialization that distorts perspective, or «publication bias» — the tendency of agenda'd researchers to not present or publish findings that do not promote their agendas.

Miers was not extremist enough for groups that seek to impose a narrow ideological agenda on all of us,» said PPFA Interim President Karen Pearl.

«They've gone above and beyond to help us at this critical moment, when an extreme minority is hijacking the budget process to advance a narrow ideological agenda.»