Sentences with phrase «political allegiance»

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

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

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.

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.

As a result, Cuomo's appointee will call the shots without any outside oversight from medical experts unencumbered by political allegiance.

Griffin switched political allegiances several times during his 16 years as Mayor, generally hewing to socially conservative platforms.

This seems to betray your own political allegiances, even if you claim you don't have one.

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

Yet if these can help foster churches whose first political allegiance is to Christ's peaceable kingdom, something important — and genuinely political — will have taken place.

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.

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.

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

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.

The Labour peer's daughter squirms frustratedly under the scorn of her father's chauffeur - valet, who, in turn, has scruples about her family's true political allegiance.

Countless family ties and the country's longest suspension bridge straddle the entryway to New York harbor, but political allegiances don't.

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

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.

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.

And that's because we have common sense and people power as core values, while the other parties still cling on to old - fashioned political allegiances.»

«Don't forget the problem of retribution,» he said, referencing recent stories about Quinn's alleged use of member item funds to command political allegiance, adding, «The problem of retribution alone makes the case clearly for why we need to end this practice.»

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.

However, given historical political allegiances and a strong dose of rationalization, our political leaders are having a difficult time seeing the challenged statutes for what they are.

And if the officials» existing political allegiances are any indication, the Compton Unified School District might find a way around converting McKinley Elementary into a charter school by the February deadline set in the interim «emergency» regulations.

While stranded, the Cold War political allegiances of the multi-national crews were dissolved and gave way to a form of communal survival and the establishment of a new social system.

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.

Unlike the U.S. judiciary, Canadian courts have, for the most part, avoided the taint of partisan political allegiances that erodes confidence in the judicial process.

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.

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.

«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.

Next, our «Mob the Mic» campaign signed up thousands of concerned No Tankers supporters of all political allegiances to participate in public hearings on the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal.

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

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

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.

It's that they find religious conviction no different than political allegiance and consumer taste.

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.

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.

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.

All of us know, no matter our political allegiance, that the time has come to clean up lower Manhattan politics.

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.

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

His political allegiance to the NDC has caused some members of the general public and NPP loyalists to question his appointment.

«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.»