Sentences with phrase «political office as»

Her father Mohamed trained as a physician in Scotland, but filled with hope created by post-colonial possibilities, he returned to Africa with his new family, working at first in a clinic, then holding political office as minister of finance.

Not only does Eldridge now occupy the same office space on Kingston's Wall Street as previously occupied by Congressman Maurice Hinchey and before that by Congressman Matt McHugh, but he's planning on running for the same political office as well.

Gee, I miss the good old days when Nelson Rockefeller was Governor, and considered political office as a responsibility of his social standing — not as a stepping stone to something else.

When you are preparing to run for a political office as huge as the governors seat, you rise up prepared to answer hardball Q&A.

Just ask any Republican candidate about the separation of church and state... or try to run for a political office as an atheist.

The question really comes down to how much attention should be given to new technologies when a candidate is running for a political office as important as POTUS.

Not exact matches

And he or she must be supported by a senior political leader who serves as a public sector catalyst to build coalitions of governments, workers and training and research institutions and help to pitch investment proposals to head office decision - makers.

Committee leadership provides a political and policymaking megaphone, as well as a farm team for higher office.

«The announcement that Jamie Dimon was potentially staying for five additional years as CEO should end speculation that he may leave for political office or political appointments in the near term,» wrote Keefe Bruyette and Woods analysts on Monday.

Five years after staring into a political and personal abyss, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is out to prove that the man who threw in the towel after barely a year in office has what it takes to survive as a long - term leader.

Known as the first openly transgender black woman to be elected to political office in the United States, Jenkins made history this year when she was elected to the Minneapolis City Council.

Women's suffrage — or the political fight to enfranchise women — is widely considered to have begun with the Seneca Fall convention, as chronicled by this U.S. House's Office of the Historian.

Zuckerberg carefully negotiated a clause that would allow him to take a leave from Facebook to serve in public office or government, so presumably he has some sort of political beliefs — if not outright political ambition — as well as some core ideas about what's good for society and what's not.

But as soon as I got to college, I realized I had very important dreams and ambitions and I turned down a marriage proposal to a man who has his own successful law firm and is running for political office.

Netanyahu's office has repeatedly denied wrongdoing over the investigations, portraying the accusations as a witch hunt against him and his family by a hostile media opposed to his hard - line political views.

(Incidentally, the UK's data protection watchdog is conducting just such an audit of Cambridge Analytica right now, after obtaining a warrant to enter its London offices last month — as part of an ongoing, year - long investigation into social media data being used for political ad targeting.)

Last month the UK's data protection agency obtained a warrant to enter and search the offices of Cambridge Analytica — as part of an ongoing investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes which it kicked off in May 2017.

Of course, there could be other factors such as Trump's first 100 days in office and the political situation which have an effect, but for the most part investing in the US dollar in 2017 appears to be a good idea for many forex traders.

Former caretaker prime minister Panagiotis Pikramenos, his voice at times breaking as he addressed the lawmakers, noted he had only been in office for 35 days at a time of political and economic turmoil in Greece.

The specialist in political predictions announced that bankruptcy proceedings will begin in the U.S., as well as insolvency proceedings in the U.K, where the firm has an office and where its parent company The SCL Group is based.

As a former public office holder, he is forbidden by law from lobbying the federal government for a period of five years as of the date of his political retirement in 201As a former public office holder, he is forbidden by law from lobbying the federal government for a period of five years as of the date of his political retirement in 201as of the date of his political retirement in 2016.

Clark was a former Liberal, having worked as a staffer at the Legislature during Laurence Decore «s time as party leader (Clark's father, Gilbert Clark, was 823 votes away from ending Ralph Klein «s political career when the former mayor first ran for provincial office in Calgary - Elbow in 1989).

As Wired reported, Facebook conducted an internal investigation of bias and even invited conservative political figures to their Menlo Park, California, offices for a meeting in 2016.

Back in the United States, an abstention of direct investment in the flexible office industry from a global real estate leader such as Blackstone coincides with a lack of of confidence for the country's political and economic future.

They key is to create the political incentives for Republican office holders and candidates who want to position themselves as conservatives to adopt Yuval Levin - style immigration reform.

The expenditures upon which we seek a report are those that Congress has said to not warrant a deduction as an ordinary and necessary business expense, namely, lobbying, participation in the political system by supporting or opposing candidates for office, and trying to influence the general public or segment thereof as to elections, legislative matters or referenda.

NO, I wasn't there so the only «facts» I know are what is written in this article but as a rule - of - thumb discussions regarding political views, religion, etc are best left out of the office.

Meanwhile on a senisble note, I look forwrd to the day, as happened with the founding fathers, that you can run for a political office without believing in myths.

To many he is known as one of the most courageous opponents of the bloody war in Indo - China, to others he is known as a leader in the civil - rights movement, yet to others he is known as a popular writer and speaker, and to yet others he is an enterprising young politician who will someday hold political office.

While running for office, Trump either scrambled political categories (on issues such as health care), or took on the bipartisan consensus (on issues such as trade).

As Wolterstorff recognizes, «the fact that Jesus never ran for political office does not become an objection to running for political office, any more than the fact that he never heard a piano concerto becomes an objection to listening to piano concertos.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

So, President Obama's increase in giving coincident with his running for higher office is to be spun as a crass political move, but Santorum's failure to increase his giving while he runs for higher office is be lauded, because when caught he expresses that he needs to «do better», and thus «takes it seriously».

We can expect of our elected officials (and ourselves) integrity — the idea that we can act as honorably in the locker room as we would from the stage of the political rally or the seat in the Oval Office — without requiring perfection.

Currently, IRS laws prohibits political campaign activity by charities and churches by defining a 501 (c)(3) organization as one «which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.»

This, however, is entirely wrongheaded, as Richard John Neuhaus and others have pointed out, since the office of bishop is a sacred trust and obligation — not merely a political position of leadership.

Working out of his small, cluttered office at Adrian University, where he teaches political science, the seemingly indefatigable Khan stepped into the role of public intellectual for the U.S. Muslim community after 9/11 with incisive articles such as «Memo to Mr. Bin Laden: Go to Hell,» which was picked up by more than a dozen news agencies around the world.

There should be no religious test required as a qualification to any political office in the United States.

As a very young man of thirty - three years, having already served in various political offices, Gregory was offered and accepted the highest civil office in the city of Rome — that of prefect.

As we rest secure in the sight of a new President, elevated to that office by unusual circumstances, yet acting with full authority and confidence, we are obliged to recognize exactly how our surviving insecurity and doubts arose, what made us see how fragile are the ligaments of political trust, how easily abused the tissues of our confidence.

Any faith he has will no doubt be used primarily as political leverage in his main goal, higher political office and greater personal power.

Amnesia — Do you understand all that Obama has done while in office as well as you appear to know all that Mitt has done in his professional and political career thus far?

As players sign with agents and the political cycle begins behind the scenes and in NBA front offices, expect speculation and scuttle to ramp up with the draft coming up on two months out.

As Kelly spoke via Skype about the political future of South Korea, the door to his home office swung open, and a small girl in a bright yellow shirt and pink glasses sauntered into the room, clearly very pleased with herself for having gotten access to dad's office while he was doing something important.

However, at the meeting Tuesday some noted that while they supported term limits for political office, they did not support them for non-partisan offices such as the park district board.

As an average person, I WOULD NOT want you to stand or sit anywhere near me in places including, but not limited to, a PTA meeting, a children's soccer game, a restaurant, an office cubicle, an amusement park, a bus, an airplane, a political rally, and pretty much all other public spaces, because your attitude and UNNECESSARY USE OF CAPS LOCK totally suck.

Political scientists have noted that many third parties that had strong political support but not enough to elect many official to office have often found planks of their party platforms migrate to the platforms of major parties later on as the major parties seek to do so to co-opt support from third party voters andPolitical scientists have noted that many third parties that had strong political support but not enough to elect many official to office have often found planks of their party platforms migrate to the platforms of major parties later on as the major parties seek to do so to co-opt support from third party voters andpolitical support but not enough to elect many official to office have often found planks of their party platforms migrate to the platforms of major parties later on as the major parties seek to do so to co-opt support from third party voters and backers.

In a small political party that is unlikely to elect anyone to office, or is likely to elect only a handful of officials, the drafting of the party platform is often seen as the primary mission of the party since it articulates the ideas that are associated with the party and provides a marketing document for the party and for its ideas.

As a foreign office minister Waldegrave, although innocent of any wrong doing apart from minor negligence, was the political fall guy for Sir Richard Scott and the opposition and media.

«Any time (former Senate Majority Leader) Joe Bruno was criticized, our members postage or printing allotment would be shut off; they denied us access to government websites (serviced by the same firm handling the Republicans» political websites); Senate Republicans even went so far as to force several of our members to operate without district office space for months at a time.»