Sentences with phrase «political leaders stand»

It's vital that political leaders stand behind changes that will prepare our young people for success in the real world — changes that educators have worked so hard to get underway.

The international stage has helped this year's local business and political leaders stand out from the pack — including our Person of the Year, Richard Goyder.

Not exact matches

As more business leaders take a stand on fraught political issues, some find they pay a price by angering consumers on the other side.

This article provides a summary of the 2004 Alberta General Election, including information on pre-election standing and polls, key issues in the election, leaders and platforms of the major political parties, and the election's final results.

Looking back at the visit, it stands in stark contrast to Modi's recent meetings with leaders of the United States, Germany and France, where we saw both political focus and media attention on climate change and clean energy.

Hall said political leaders have been «in terror of the gun lobby,» but now they need to know that faith communities such as his are willing to stand behind efforts to push for gun control.

«Now the task is for religious leaders to stand up in their own communities and, in particular, press their own political representatives to put narrow political interests aside and take a moral stand for necessary reform.»

I wish we could stand up against corrupt political leaders instead of making the gay the object of our debates.

I found the speech to be very moving.I also liked what the president said about Billy Graham.There was a time when this country seemed more at peace within.Billy Graham seemed to command respect from most quarters, and he had the role of a patriarchal leader, in his own way.I'm sure he has political views, but I have never heard him say things that are polarizing, unlike too many ministers today.This country needs another Billy Graham, who will stand for the gospel, and his convictions; but who doesn't major in alienating others.

We need political leaders who are willing to stand up and say they believe in science.

I know of no survey, though admittedly there could have been some in the past 60 years, which showed that the mass of laypeople felt represented by the leaders who took political stands at convention, or in task forces or commissions.

Wow, talk about a piece designed to bring a tear to the eyes of conservatives yearning for a return to the storied days of yore, when leaders were leaders and Republicans stood for all that was right in the world... or so it seems through the rose - colored glasses of GOP political memory.

While in Beijing, Dr Mahamudu will meet Chinese leaders including Mr Yu Zhengsheng, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese Political Consultative Conference.

Over the next months, the former speaker of the state Assembly, former leader of the state Senate, the former president of the State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging from bribery to extortion to fraud to illegal campaign contributions to rigged bids.

Wow, talk about a piece designed to bring a tear to the eye of a conservative yearning to return to the storied days of yore, when leaders were leaders and Republicans stood for all that was right in the world... or so it would seem through the rose - colored glasses of GOP political memory.

With his father, Basil — another Harlem political legend — standing nearby, Paterson said he understood why voters were upset with their elected leaders.

Given his attempts to cast Democrats into a more fiscally conservative reform - focused - despite - presiding - over-scandal «New Democratic» party, it made political sense that Cuomo stood with Independence Party leaders before the Democratic convention began last month in Westchester County.

According to him, royal fathers stand the better position of selecting credible leaders for political offices unlike the electorates.

Distinguished Traditional leaders and all gathered here today; Ghana needs us to stand up for what is right, just and positive for our growth and development.The socio - political development of Ghana is dependent on our consistency in defending the ideals of truth, integrity, probity and accountability.

By dint of his own natural propensity as a political leader, he weathered the storm to outshine all those who stood against him, including the already - established Dr. J.B. Danquah and the entire UGCC or the later United Party elements.

More than half the money given to candidates in last month's special election to replace former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was transferred by political party committees, a long - standing practice that is under new scrutiny.

Ghana prides itself in the peaceful co-existence of persons of diverse, ethnic, religious and political persuasions and we can not allow that reputation to be compromised.Distinguished Traditional leaders and all gathered here today; Ghana needs us to stand up for what is right, just and positive for our growth and development.

Political systems where a potential leader for life voluntarily stands down (eg Mandela in South Africa and Washington in the USA) seem to have a better track record of success and tyranny avoidance than those where the leaders stay on exploiting their popularity.

Former Gov. David Paterson sounded a sympathetic note while standing in for WOR's John Gambling this morning during an interview of his old political advserary, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, on the topic of redistricting reform.

We need leaders who will stand up to political heads and special interest groups.

But there were glimmers of very effective political attacks there and by the time the dust had settled, the Labour leader stood in the better position.

The political arm of the League of Conservation Voters endorsed Clinton, calling her «the most effective leader to stand up to Big Polluters and push forward an aggressive plan to tackle climate change and get it done.»

It is far too easy for Labour supporters to rant on about the plots of the Tory press; we should stand back and soberly reflect that — at this time — so many see May as more effective political leader than Corbyn.

We stand here today to tell you that we will be doing this to shield us and our leaders from our political foes.»

My party leaders, standing before you is Peter (The Rock) Ayodele Fayose, the man already destined by God to take Nigeria out of the present political and economic stagnations.

Leader of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari, not to stand for re-election next year.

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The leader of the country's biggest trade union said «powerful interests» were behind the «attempted political lynching» as he confirmed Unite «would stand by Jeremy».

He said that at different times in the history of the country, different political leaders had been confronted with different challenges, and were able to stand against them.

The film focuses on a specific point in Kelly's career, «Grace Kelly, age 33 and having given up her acting career to focus on being a full time princess, uses her political maneuvering behind the scenes to save Monaco while French Leader Charles de Gaulle and Monaco's Prince Rainier III are at odds over the principality's standing as a tax haven.»

Local charter school leaders were supportive, but their naiveté about the political process stood in sharp contrast to the strategic organizing in the labor community.

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Colorado's 20 - year record of steady (if slow) improvement may be dashed in coming weeks if political leaders do not stand up for accountability.

Some moved further than others either because the lure of the Race to the Top money trumped the unions» opposition, or because political leaders and educators were able to persuade union leaders to get on the train instead of standing in front of it.

As a respected community leader with long - standing associations and respect, political confidence increased delivering the support needed to institute many of the transformations at the municipal shelter.

Portraiture as an artistic genre has a long - standing lineage with memorializing civic and political leaders, communicating narrative through the likeness of a person and adding to that likeness a symbolic stamp of status.

The question still stands and all political and business leaders need to find an adequate answer.

Many of the companies that were targeted for harm by the Obama administration likewise stood with us and these political leaders against federal government distortions in energy markets.

But I think if you were to go by the stand of political leaders all over the world, I think the evidence is very clear, and more than that, I think if you ask the scientific community where barring a small minority is involved, we have absolutely no reason to feel that there isn't solid support for the scientific assessment that we have carried out.

Next, we turn to the reaction by the man who committed political suicide by taking a stand on 42 days and who has now been overlooked again by David Cameron... the best leader of the Conservatives that never was... David Davies...

Standing before political and business leaders in New York last fall, Alexander Nix promised a revolution.

Wu, who is currently a member of National People's Congress Standing Committee and a vice-chairperson of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee, made her remarks as keynote speaker at the Sanya International Financial Forum, a mainstream event featuring political and business leaders.