Sentences with phrase «own political allegiances»

«Coffee has no political allegiance, but Starbucks under Schultz's leadership has been unwavering in its support of liberal causes to the detriment of its brand and shareholder value,» Danhof, who is a shareholder, said in a statement prior to the meeting.

An inauguration, by contrast, is indelibly a political event for securing the orderly transfer of power and the political allegiance of a people.

Although a Guelph by family ties, early disposition, and Florentine political allegiances, Dante in this treatise turns in the direction of empire.

It is doubtful whether these remarks of Eliade should be taken as his political allegiance to Marxism.

It has its centre in the Temple at Jerusalem with a small amount of contiguous territory, but the writ of its ecclesiastical government runs through hundreds of Jewish colonies, spread over the whole civilized world, and owing political allegiance to various secular states.

Also, Noll tells a story of political allegiances to empire and then to nation that replaces a Protestant commitment to biblical Christendom.

Pundits (IMO one of the most worthless forms of life on earth regardless of their political allegiances) like Megyn do more to defile God everyday with their divisive propaganda than the most militant atheist.

But the contrast between Miss Faludi's mocking and uncomprehending treatment of the Promise Keepers» search for meaning and her sympathetic depiction of a male porn actor's struggle to stay afloat financially indicates both her unacknowledged political allegiances and her moral numbness.

But there's another crime in the film, committed out of political allegiance.

Thus a young instructor applying for a job in an elite university is well advised to hide «unsound» views such as political allegiance to the right wing of the Republican party (perhaps even to the left wing), opposition to abortion or to other causes of the feminist movement, or a strong commitment to the virtues of the corporation.

Such was the strength of their conviction on this issue that it strongly influenced their political allegiances.

I feel a distant sense of kinship with Mexicans but no political allegiance to the regime in Mexico City.

As in the Dreyfus case in France, an entire political allegiance can be deduced from which of the two sides one decides to believe.»

His argument is that left - leaning Scottish voters who moved away from the slums of Glasgow to the new towns of Scotland dropped their political allegiance in the process.

Similarly, well - known personalities have done the same: the list is long and includes German philosopher Jürgen Habermas and even some of his competitors in the race for the position of European Commission President despite their different political allegiances, notably Alexis Tsipras and Martin Schulz.

Do the people want a parliament that reflects the political allegiance of the country, or one that has very immediate constituency links with legitimate winners in each area?

A compilation of survey results since the 1950s by religious think tank Theos found broad trends in religious people's political allegiances.

You can only listen to a politician extolling the virtues of a political allegiance with Cheryl Cole for so long.

«The book offers readers of every political allegiance non-partisan ways to pull together in response to the greatest crisis in a generation and prevent disaster,» stated publisher the Bodley Head earlier this year.

There is an overwhelming mass of noise from certain quarters easily betraying their political allegiance as they invoke the name of the Supreme Deity (God) and their local «gods» (conceived and characterized in diverse senses and guises) to sustain the NPP's Akufo - Addo that he is divinely destined to defeat President Mahama at Election 2016.

Meantime, The Mirror will remain firmly faithful to Labour through thick and thin, whilst The Sun, Mail and Express are more promiscuous in their political allegiance.

We all have specific political views, but most of us have broader political allegiances.

Mr. Obanikoro's defection at his Lagos Island constituency ended months of speculations about the status of his political allegiance.

This is best achieved by bringing together experienced politicians put forward by their parties with politically independent but experienced individuals to work together to form a judgment on all matters brought to them by the lower chamber, without undue pressures of formal party political allegiance.

The online application form simply asked a few fairly obvious questions, including political allegiance and party membership.

Alcantara said in an email that she does not believe that her party, the IDC, has any strict political allegiance.

Espaillat's campaign is announcing a series of policy papers in an attempt to separate itself in a race that has focused on political allegiances, polls, and fundraising.

«We don't get into the political allegiances,» Schaefer said, even while conceding the IDC's «caucusing with the Republicans was not conducive to getting the bills through.»

As a member of the narrow Democratic majority, Mr. Monserrate used the threat that he would switch political allegiances to gain considerable leverage within his party.

One of the senators who is believed to be considering breaking ranks with the Senate Democratic conference, Thomas K. Duane of Manhattan, would not say where he planned to cast his political allegiance.

The paper concludes with a warning that, in light of this new way of modern war, the term «Europe» could cease to be relevant to international security unless a common European identity and political allegiance is properly established.

Speaking about the study, Romain Bertrand, the UK Country Manager for eHarmony, said: «While eHarmony has no political allegiances whatsoever, we do keenly observe social trends across the board.

«Similarly, the country is now facing up to a somewhat unexpected election result and while research indicates that — theoretically at least — politics are not a desirable date topic, in practice we know that eHarmony members often end up exchanging lively views about their political allegiances.»

With a studded cast just short of the entire screen actor's guild (including Gary Oldman as Oswald), and a style that straddles the unexpectedly thin line between pseudo-documentary and political cabaret, it's easy to trace where Oliver Stone's political allegiances lie: back, and to the left.

Nearly a million educators, of all political allegiances, have spoken out against the DeVos nomination by making calls and writing letters to their Senators.

The position, identity, and dislocations of the three painters in the exhibition, their political allegiances, intellectual influences, levels of reception and inscription in art histories, as well as their formal choices will be discussed by curators Cosmin Costinas and Inti Guerrero, M + Ink Art curator Lesley Ma, and independent curator and art historian David Teh.

The position, identity, and dislocations of the three painters in the exhibition, their political allegiances, intellectual influences, levels of reception and inscription in art histories, as well as their formal choices will be discussed by curators Cosmin Costinas and Inti Guerrero, independent curator and art historian David Teh and moderated by M + Ink Art curator Lesley Ma.

The President of the Council cavorting with young women, the allegations of shady connections, slippery financial arrangements, dubious political allegiances, and all - round dodgy dealings are as nothing when compared to this monstrous act of national betrayal.

If it is, then you have to explain why science done by lefties is hopelessly compromised by their political allegiance, but why the science done by righties is not thus compromised.

Whether cultural institutions should consider the personal and political allegiances of their contributors remains thorny territory, particularly since nonprofit organizations can rarely afford to turn away generous donors like the Mercer family.

No matter what your political allegiance, challenging the status quo appears to tap into the current zeitgeist, and the corporate world hasn't been immune to this movement either, with established norms being challenged by developments in technology, as well as shifting social attitudes and expectations.

Whether the maintenance of this loophole is deemed to be the result of bureaucratic incompetence, political in - fighting or a «commons conspiracy» probably depends upon your politics: However, the consequence of this regulatory gap is plain to see regardless of political allegiances: for while the consumer is protected against the misleading claims of toothpaste and other product advertisers, the voter remains exposed to the unchecked claims of all political parties.

I fear that the oath of political allegiance that the new justices will carry to the Court of Appeal will also have a detrimental and chilling effect on our democratic values.

Indigenous societies are typically characterized by an intense «localism», in which social, economic and political allegiances are constructed around locally based and small - scale forms and institutions, rather than in larger all - encompassing institutions based on larger socio - political units.

Not exact matches

The prime proponents of ID are the fine folk at the Discovery Inst / itute who openly admit that they purpose is NOT to teach what they think is true, but rather to use ID as a «wedge to defeat scientific materialism and its destructive moral, cultural and political legacies» and to separate science from it's allegiance to «atheistic naturalism».

We want churches that emphasize an allegiance to the kingdom of God over an allegiance to a single political party or a single nation.

Similarly, a black theology of liberation or a feminist theology of liberation may, like the university theology its proponents criticize, be little more than ideological expressions of autonomous political movements that owe no fundamental allegiance to the Christian vision.

First, because most people do not live their everyday lives in a manner dominated by political ideologies or allegiances.

This is a brilliant idea that encourages churches across the country to hold communion services on the evening of November 6 so that Christians of all political affiliations and denominations can «share this sacred act of communion together, reaffirming our allegiance to Christ.»

How such theory is formulated is important to Christians, but this essay is focused on economic theory and the consequences of our having transferred our allegiance from political theory to economic theory.