Sentences with phrase «political opportunity she has been given»

Now that she's won statewide election by a 26 - point margin, and has no credible challengers on the horizon for next year, when she'll run for a full term, it's becoming clearer what she intends to do with the remarkable political opportunity she has been given.

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«Before school nutrition I didn't consider myself very political; I wasn't one of those guys who wrote letters, or had meetings with a representative, but being in school nutrition gives you a unique opportunity to shape your business by talking with those individuals who make those decisions.

This action is necessary to give our union the opportunity to re-evaluate our political relationships and make judgments about the criteria we use in determining who has earned and deserves our support.

Some critics are, however, of the opinion that Mark has exhausted his political time in the senate and should give a younger person the opportunity to try.

Ed Miliband doesn't need to set out concrete policies — it would be good if the Labour movement is given a real opportunity now to help draw up that political alternative, but the party desperately needs a narrative and to be seen identifying with working and middle class voters who now find themselves at the sharp end.

While these questions were meant to give Ai the opportunity to elucidate his intentions as an artist and an activist, he often skirted around the issues and reverted to crowd - pleasing one - liners such as: «When there's no freedom of speech, there is no freedom,» «I have no political party; I consider myself an individual,» and «Let them react to me, I don't react to them.»

>> But I also think there are some people, not all of them, but some who if given an opportunity to do so would skew data in favor of their political beliefs.

I understand the need to make adjustments, But I also think there are some people, not all of them, but some who if given an opportunity to do so would skew data in favor of their political beliefs.

Meanwhile, as I pointed out elsewhere on this thread, given that Germany has shut down its nuclear power - by political agreement the 20 - 25 % shortfall to be replaced by renewables - Greenpeace and the Greens have the perfect opportunity to show us doubters how that transition will play out in the real world.

It's strange, not only because the evidence suggests this would be sensible, but it also seems a missed political opportunity, given that the Shorten Opposition has been positioning itself as the champion of «a fair go».