Sentences with phrase «patronage which»

His abilities were recognized during his lifetime - like Chaucer, Gower enjoyed royal patronage which in itself is indicative of success.
Online dating sites in Victoria Melbourne have an average of 62 female patronage which should be music to the ears for Victorian bachelors.
Because of that policy which is encouraging local production, Nigerians are beginning to patronise locally manufactured products thereby creating jobs instead of the foreign products patronage which takes the jobs away from the economy.
There were also suspicions that Galloway was exploiting the very same networks of kinship patronage which he had campaigned to dismantle in 2012.
The Lib Dem manifesto - writing sausage factory is a curious mix of democracy and patronage which characterises much of the party's internal processes — the mostly - elected, 27 - member Federal Policy Committee, chaired by Clegg's former PPS, Duncan Hames, appointed a 12 - member manifesto working group to be chaired by David Laws, who was nominated by Clegg.

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The destruction of the voting assemblies of the eastern cities, which came about as a consequence of their inclusion in the empire, effectively left competition in the practice of benefactions as the only means by which the civic elites could compete for power in their localities; and success in this was dependent upon attaining the patronage of the man who sat at the top of the social pyramid.
22.25, where the disciples are told not to be like the euergetai of the gentiles but is also implied in the various traditions within the New Testament which call for a mutual ethic amongst the believers which undermines the need for patronage.
Although patronage certainly was not the all - pervasive phenomenon so often assumed by classical and New Testament scholars, and was functionally insignificant for most, it was a prominent component of imperial culture and a means by which the rule of the emperors was conceptualized and sustained.
The latter is especially important because Boiardo» gentleman of Ferrara» was a beneficiary of the Estensi; and because Ariosto» also dependent on that House's patronage» would explicitly transform Ruggiero (Ariosto's spelling) into the Ferraran Aeneas, and Rodomonte into a new Turnus (which gives Rodomonte the privilege of bringing the epic to its sudden conclusion by dying under Ruggiero's blade).
Behind the scenes — making possible the very situations in which conversation about religion can happen — are massive ecclesiastical bureaucracies, hours and hours of administrative labor, vast fund - raising efforts, complex bookkeeping schemes, training programs, and patronage and other distribution agencies, all of which play their part in maintaining religious realities.
English Puritanism developed an anti-absolutist ideology because it found a relatively strong popular base among the laity but was opposed by the state church, which was closely linked to the king who gave it patronage in return for ideological support.
Fulbrook's study illustrates especially well the importance of resources such as political support and economic patronage, both of which may depend less on the nature of the popular audience than on macro-level linkages among institutions.
On the other hand, that which moves them to move, I believe to be love; I do not believe it to be guilt, patronage or sentimentality.
In none of their empire were the Portuguese able to take advantage of the right of patronage as effectively as did the Spaniards in the vast portion of the earth's surface over which their flag flew.
But finally the ministers who, as Lyman Beecher said, were «chosen by the people who have been educated as free men,» and were «dependent on them for patronage and support, «88 achieved such status as their reputation for personal piety, character, and ability made possible in the society in which they lived.
With the enhancement of the dignity of the bishop and the extension of his judicial authority under the patronage of the Empire, the old cathedra upon which the ante-Nicene bishop had sat in his capacity as teacher, was gradually converted into a veritable throne, imitative of that of the emperor.25 It is quite possible that the courtly protocol and the sartorial details of the so - called Donation of Constantine are a reasonably accurate description of the dress, insignia, and prerogatives of the chief bishop of the West in the late imperial period, that even the account of the bestowal of these privileges primarily errs in fictionally ascribing to one emperor what was probably done by several in the course of the fourth and fifth centuries, and that once the fictional monopolization of these prerogatives by one bishop is removed, the Donation is recognized as supplying us with a picture of a late imperial prelate.26
One such establishment is Via Veneto in Santa Monica, which enjoys its fair share of celebrity patronage.
And a new airstrip on which faster, more comfortable planes than DC - 3s can land is certain to step up patronage.
111 § 221 (2008) allows a mother to breastfeed her child in any public place or establishment or place which is open to and accepts or solicits the patronage of the general public and where the mother and her child may otherwise lawfully be present.
The democratic politics of patronage and the social hierarchies on which it rests are not, of course, unalloyed blessings.
This model contrasts with the classic 19th century - style American political machine, which was locally based: each thrived when it could deliver government services and political patronage in exchange for votes in a given city or neighborhood.
This would be 12 days after the election, by which time deals will have been done, manifestos compromised, and patronage promised.»
In 1911, Roosevelt as a newly elected state senator blocked the Tammany Hall - appointee for the U.S. Senate, back when Legislatures had that power, which was ultimately a way of granting patronage posts.
But many reforms to the board, which is made up of patronage appointments by political party bosses in each county, will be beyond the reach of Mr. de Blasio, who said he believed legislative action was needed.
«The clause is the turn of the screw by the coalition into our democratic system of government, which, at its essence, is about the individuality and votes of conscience of MPs, irrespective of the Whips and the patronage system.
The state shut down the New York City OTB in 2010 after the public corporation — which operated about 50 storefront gambling dens and served as a patronage mill for crooked political hacks — went bankrupt.»
In the 1920s David Lloyd George was involved in a barely concealed «cash for patronage» scandal managed by Maundy Gregory, which resulted in the 1925 Act which barred this (purchase of peerages had not previously been illegal).
The coming elections in 2016 and 2017 present the very real danger of irrelevance and ultimately extinction for the party, especially if the SNP can gain local government fiefdoms like Glasgow, which act as centres for political patronage.
More importantly, every government body that requires bipartisan appointments — boards of elections, and the like — will become joint Democrat - Conservative operations, which would shift a considerable amount of power, perks and patronage.
DeFrancisco, the Senate's Finance Committee chairman, compared the situation to scenes from the movie «Lincoln» in which the president is depicted buying votes in exchange for patronage jobs.
Many analysts pin the blame for Cameron's struggles on George Osborne's patronage system, which makes career progression reliant on the goodwill of the chancellor rather than the recognition of the whips office.
«Ed Miliband, like his brother, has succeeded in converting his patronage - momentum into real political capital which should have made him an evens bet to be the next leader.
State law requires the governor to turn over evidence to law enforcement, and Astorino pointed to published reports in which sources said the panel was examining pay - to - play and patronage scams.
The payment issue has been a nagging yet sensitive one for SUNY Poly and the governor's office, which have become embroiled in an investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara into potential political patronage involving Cuomo's economic development projects across upstate.
Not the party, mind you, but the democrats in the Senate — which means our taxes are paying for this tidy little package of patronage.
He would also make major reforms to the county's Board of Elections, which is currently run by a Democrat and Republican commissioner, each with their own staff of largely political patronage employees.
For a time, DeLay was the Republicans» chief vote counter and patronage dispenser, and he earned his nickname, «The Hammer,» for the dictatorial style with which he commanded House Republicans - and tormented President Bill Clinton and Democrats.
Whips report to the prime minister on any possible backbench revolts and the general opinion of MPs within the party, and upon the exercise of the patronage, which is used to motivate and reward loyalty.
That is, unlike the Republican county machines, which have traditionally been able to leverage patronage into electoral muscle, the Tea Party groups depend entirely on volunteers.
In his third term, Koch's popularity was shaken after a series of corruption scandals, touched off by Donald Manes's suicide and the PVB scandal, which revealed that he had acceded to the requests of political allies (most notably Queens Borough President Manes, Bronx Democratic Party official Stanley Friedman and Brooklyn Democratic Party chairman Meade Esposito) to stack city agencies with patronage appointments.
thus this practice will end up costing the taxpayer much more money in the long run, while perpetuating the handing out of jobs through the political patronage system, rather than a more fair civil service testing system which assures better qualified people being placed in the positions.
In the 2013 election his Democratic opponent won a primary election for the minority Working Families Party only to find that Ballard's patronage employee, Frank Sparaco, then employed as Ballards's «Constituent Services Representative, working in conjunction with numerous favored highway employees had rounded up a bunch of absentee ballots over 90 % of which when opened contained votes for Ballard and reversed the result of the vote at the ballot on election day.
In the absence of anything which can be called an «investigatory press» in Rockland County, elected officials must know that their behavior is being publicly scrutinized by the social media and that past behaviors which resulted in Rockland County becoming bloated with over 100 patronage appointments and millions of dollars in ballooning property taxes, bonded debt, and deficit spending MUST stop.
The Water Authority has long held the reputation of being a haven for political patronage, with a patronage jobs determined largely by which party controls the County Legislature.
His book is an attempt to explain how a hybrid of science and religious fundamentalism could have received the patronage of President Zia of Pakistan, and to suggest a course for the future which might prevent his fellow Muslims consigning themselves to a scientific ghetto.
They didn't have jobs; what they had was patronage, with which somebody bought their abilities and assured them the opportunity to do the work they wanted to do.
The conference has always been organized under the patronage of the figure of the prime minister, which «remains the same regardless of the person who temporarily occupies this position.»
And, almost two centuries earlier, in his first annual address to Congress, George Washington wrote, «[t] here is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of Science and Literature.
Your patronage helps keep a locally beloved salon, which is maybe family - owned for generations or founded by an independent entrepreneur bringing more talent into the area, in business.
For example, Haight - Ashbury has a more diverse patronage than Marina / Cow Hollow, which Frommer's says is more for polo - shirt - wearing college graduates.
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