Sentences with phrase «political point in»

There is a political point in all of this too, illustrated by the position of the Mirkwood elves.

But the film deserves credit for not taking the Hollywood route at the ending; it may not be making any kind of profound political point in this decision, but it is the right way of doing it.

He also denied that the effort was designed to score some sort of political point in his election.

It's the first time he's stopped Brown making a political point in PMQs, I think.

... some Catholic liberals who saw John Paul II as overly conservative have suggested that his cause is being fast - tracked in order to score political points in internal Catholic debates.

«We were trying to make some serious political points in a slightly edgy and unconventional way, but I was always very clear there was never any intention to cause offence and if anybody was offended by any of it, then I'm sorry,» said Simon in 2006.

«Unfortunately, many of our elected officials seem intent on proposing legislation as a form of protest, or to win political points in a game of partisan ping pong, rather than listening to their constituents and coming up with ideas that would help to solve real problems for the people they serve,» he said.

With Donald Trump increasingly looking like the candidate for the Republican party, Assemblyman Francisco Moya said that the push by the Senate GOP was an effort to «score political points in an election year.»

«Unfortunately, many of our elected officials seem intent on proposing legislation as a form of protest, or to win political points in a game of partisan ping pong, rather than listening to their constituents and coming up with ideas that would help to solve real problems for the people they serve,» Khojasteh said.

Not exact matches

He points to high levels of global debt, low liquidity in markets, political events affecting trade and structural imbalances in some emerging economies.

A number of people pointed out in response to Telnaes» tweet that most newspapers leave President Barack Obama's daughters out of their political criticism and editorial cartoons, even though they regularly appear with the president at political events.

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«We are at a point where [Trump] has a real shot at the presidency, despite having blown up a political party, undermined confidence in our electoral system, declared open season on journalists, and unleashed a river of racism and misogyny.

Nor, in light of the polling on this point, does it appear that they have any political incentive to do so.»

The French ideas about turning the euro zone into a virtual federal state, with its own finance minister, budget, and executive and legislative authorities will probably be among the key talking points in a reform program that is supposed to lead to a tightly integrated economic and political union.

«We have now reached a point where European integration, in order to survive, needs a bold leap of political imagination,» ECB president Mario Draghi said on May 24.

As political risk analyst Ian Bremmer points out, those beliefs are vital to keeping America's distinct place in the world.

According to Freeman, one AFC GM believes there are three things going on with Kaepernick: teams aren't interested in his skillset, while others disagree with his social and political views, the latter points blending into a common theme.

The new plant — in a state Trump won by 28 points in 2016 — could be a political boost to the Republican president, who has urged automakers to build plants in the United States and add jobs.

For anyone who wants to be in charge of people in business (or in the political spectrum), when you dictate you point fingers, you command, and you ignore feedback.

What is now pointed at political issues can be easily directed at a competitor in business.

In the case of people using Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel as a means of voicing political outrage, users are finding creative ways to illustrate an important point.

Point Bridge Capital, a financial firm in Fort Worth, Texas combed through election filings to identify 150 corporations whose employees, management and political action committees have donated the most money to Republican candidates for office and any party - affiliated federal committees or groups.

Titled «Talking Points Embassy of U.S. in Colombia as Political Post for Ambassadorship,» the memo advised Trump not to choose a career diplomat to lead the embassy in Bogota.

When I was a senior in college I attended an inspiring conference at West Point called the Student Conference on U.S. Affairs, which paired political science majors with cadets in the hopes of building future civilian - military relationships.

The starting point for civic engagement in the existing political process is to support voting across the world.

While their first meeting at the Florida resort was hailed as a «high point» in relations between the two leaders, this summit promises to be more challenging as the two men struggle with heavy political baggage on both sides.

Perhaps it's not quite the Austerity Games yet, but we are already at the point when very few countries in which the leadership is accountable to its populace will take on the financial and political risk of staging the Olympics.

In their chart, SocGen lumped together broader political risk, pointing to the numerous upcoming European elections, potential spillover from policy uncertainty in the EU, and «significant uncertainty» regarding future US policIn their chart, SocGen lumped together broader political risk, pointing to the numerous upcoming European elections, potential spillover from policy uncertainty in the EU, and «significant uncertainty» regarding future US policin the EU, and «significant uncertainty» regarding future US policy.

In other tweets, Pwn All The Things also pointed to a smoking gun to show a series of hacks targeting U.S. political figures was carried out by the same group, dispelling the suggestion that the DNC hacks could have been carried out by a 14 - year - old or any other single individual.

As Michael Calderone at Huffington Post has pointed out, however, Labott has expressed political opinions before on Twitter, including one case in which she said that President Obama was «whining about criticism» at the G - 20 summit meeting.

Many people point to the National Flood Insurance Program, which was created to boost financial resilience in flood zones, but has been criticized from just about every political and technical vantage point as too often working to subsidize, instead of mitigate, vulnerability.

As political theorist Jacob Levy points out in a blog entry, the anti-gay-marriage camp has historically been not just aggressive in defence of its take on religious freedom, but viciously and hatefully so.)

Thiel has pointed out, reasonably enough, that America's political system is stuck in a long period of gridlock and the current generation of young Americans faces dimmer financial prospects than their parents did.

Germany held regional elections in three states this week and for political analysts the major talking point was the success of the far - right, anti-immigration party the Alternative for Germany, known as the AfD.

But as Jason Fried points out in his column this month (page 104), it's not always possible to keep business out of the political crossfire these days.

Titled «Talking Point Embassy of U.S. in Colombia as Political Post for Ambassadorship,» the memo says the ambassadorship is «no ordinary post, but one with a major U.S. national security interest.»

But from the vantage point of Thiel's philosopher - capitalist persona, there isn't much of substance in Trumpism to praise: His political agenda is mostly a posture, an attitude of defiance.

You start to build up those data points and you can very accurately say «Well, I don't know this person's party political affiliation, but I do know they have a Barber and a Land Rover and a dog and they like shooting and work in merchant banking, therefore, they're likely to be a Tory.

In a series of pointed questions, Cruz asked Zuckerberg if he had tracked the political affiliations of his employees.

«Convergence and harmonization means... Canada bending its regulations or simply adopting U.S. federal regulations, and I ask the question: at what point does the narrowing of policy room to manoeuvre fundamentally compromise democratic accountability in our political system?»

Cavanaugh pointed to both Brexit and the 2016 presidential election as political events that had investors worried, but which failed to result in a sustained dip in the market.

Harris pointed to the fact that the latest NFIB small business survey showed a spike in concern about political uncertainty.

The U.S. Senate recently passed a resolution condemning the prosecution and continuing incarceration of former prime minister Yuliya Tymoshenko and her political allies.8 Various European leaders, including OSCE Parliamentary Assembly members, have made a special point of visiting Tymoshenko in prison and lobbying for her release.9 Her incarceration has become one of the main obstacles in Ukraine's relations with the EU, stalling Ukraine's hitherto successful bid for a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with Brussels.

«Any action at this point instead of just complete stagnancy and blaming the other side of the political aisle would be a step in the right direction,» he added.

Exuberance in markets, surging debt in China and political flash points — from Brexit to North Korea — are all risks.

To do this they engage in political lobbying, mainly by pointing to the social importance of encouraging new construction to provide for the economy's growing residential and commercial occupancy needs.

«We'd prefer to just be helping people get from point A to point B, but when the company starts to succeed, in a city, or in a country, or around the world, you start to get brought into more and more of these political debates.»

The only thing the 2011 budget will likely be remembered for is that it may trigger an excuse to call an election, because of a 1.5 percentage point reduction in the corporate tax rate; a trivial economic reason, but, for some, an important political reason.

They point to an article that you wrote in March, I think, of 2012 in Policy Options, where you basically said, dirty oil, the tar sands it's called, dirty oil and the future of our country, where you argue that the development of the, as you use the word, tar sands, it's become a political term, by the way, as you know, is basically not necessarily good for the country, in fact it takes jobs away in the manufacturing sector of Ontario.