Sentences with phrase «political standing»

We've got a few more years of this yet before any decisions get made, though, so expect plenty more political stand - offs to come.

In many of our communities, it was not an intellectual or elaborate political stand that earned the votes.

Mr. Cuomo's last challenger, Zephyr Teachout, never penetrated Mr. Cuomo's political standing in minority communities.

Churches should be more cautious than individuals or groups of Christians in taking political stands.

«Our work shows that U.S. consumers, regardless of political standing, age, or gender, want to use more renewable energy and less fossil fuels,» Horne said.

Maxida Märak is proud to be Sami and has made strong political stands against discrimination.

and combine your psychological profile and political stand with Facebook's ad platform to be able to find a person on Facebook and specifically target advertisement to the believed preferences.

While Assembly North and Assembly South do not have the same political standing as their institutional cousins, they will make a significant contribution to debates on the design of citizens» assemblies.

He also urged elected officials to stand up on the issue, saying the passage of the SAFE Act hurt his own political standing.

Rejection of a Vice President Bawumia as the party's presidential candidate is not only highly unlikely on account of his incomparably strong political standing, but, more importantly, such an unlikely result, were it to happen, would deal a mortal blow to the NPP's ability to escape its Akan - exclusive tag and damage the party electorally.

Liberation doesn't just make her another Assassin character, but instead attempts to incorporate all aspects of her socio - political standing into the gameplay.

In the end, people who make wild political stands based on their absolutist beliefs are all dangerous.

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.

Meanwhile, there are reports of uneasy calm at the Ridge and Adjiriganor residences of the former first family whose shifty political stands are said to have sharply divided their household, resulting in the dismissal of some workers including security details at their residence and offices.

Long also blasted the measure as a «political charade» that only boosts Cuomo's political standing by being the first state in the nation to pass gun control legislation, even before the federal government and Obama administration can do something on the issue.

The news channel's reporter posed as a representative of a wealthy Sri Lankan family looking to gain political standing.

Instead of approving same - sex marriage — an emotionally charged political stand — they have parceled out marriage piece by piece.

Aregbesola also urged the politicians to take note the crucial roles of these consultants and how they will shape there political stand.

We heard from Gloria de Piero who toured the country as a newly elected MP asking this very question although she is one of the most likeable politicians you could meet; Alistair Beaton a leading satirist who wrote the Trial of Tony Blair; successful political stand up Matt Forde and Professor Steven Fielding of the University of Nottingham who has carried out extensive research about how politicians have been depicted in fiction over the last 30 years.

But the letter is sign that Cuomo knows that previous votes have cost other state legislators political standing.

CTA has become a horrible monster of a union, bullying people and taking extreme political stands.

In cases where the attacker's domestic and international political standing wouldn't take much of a hit from being blamed, it makes sense for the victim to refrain from making a public accusation even in the face of criticism for inaction, the team reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Even though the central protagonist is Israeli, The Honourable Woman does not take a biassed political stand.

(1) Churches should be more cautious than individuals or groups of Christians in taking political stands.

«Rowland Winn was looking to enhance the family status and his own political standing, and climb the echelons of aristocracy,» says McCormack.

Liberation doesn't just make her another Assassin character, but instead attempts to incorporate all aspects of her socio - political standing into the gameplay.

«It is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time,» the pope said, warning that the church's moral foundations will fall «like a house of cards» unless it strikes a «new balance» between preaching the gospel and taking political stands on divisive issues.

«We would never take a political stand in that way.»

Her father had hoped she could use her business acumen and political standing to clamp down on theft from the state oil company as it struggled to adjust to the sharp fall of oil prices over the previous year.

Similarly, danwei were work units whose members were apportioned public goods and were ranked based on their «good» or «bad» political standing.

-- Justin Trudeau might consider being more like Donald Trump if he wants to maintain his political standing in 2018 and beyond.

I have family who would rather right off family members due to a political stand regarding moral social issues than to think for just a moment that the Christian God I believe in is similar to the Jesus depicted in the New Testament.

Take note: «Therefore Jesus, knowing they were about to come and seize him to make him king (a political stand), withdrew again into the mountain all alone» (John 6:15).

Privately owned companies can any political standing they want.

It's not the fact that Chick - fil - a is a Christian business that people are outraged about, it's the fact that they as a company (the CEO speaks for the company) they took a political stand against gay marriage.

Once in the European Parliament, the vast majority become members of different coalitions visible on the map (left) which reflect their political standings.

The August war in Caucasus and ethnic tensions in Ukraine have demonstrated that any security competition between Euro - Atlantic structures and Russia in the post-Soviet space is likely to sooner or later usher in political stand - off and military conflict.

I have not and will never attack other people's personality because of their political stands.

Johnson has used his political standing to escalate his row with the government over its aviation strategy, warning that further inaction could lead to «economic catastrophe».

«That this is the handiwork of evil people and their cowardly sponsors aimed at soiling the reputation of Atiku Abubakar and his political standing;

The female aide said she believes the audio recordings were leaked to damage McLaughlin's political standing.

But political observers say that there's more to McCray's input in official city business than meets the eye — that it is a bid to elevate her political standing for a possible run for office herself.

Though both their administrations are under investigation, the spate of bad headlines thus far seems to have taken a more serious toll on de Blasio's political standing than that of Cuomo, according to a recent Siena poll.

Reacting to the issue, the acting General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu accused Johnson Aseidu Nketia for taking political stands and tasked state institutions to conduct the investigations in a manner that will instill confidence in Ghanaians.

This morning, Boris Johnson and Chris Grayling either lied about what had happened or demonstrated that they were profoundly ignorant of the political stand - off they were commenting on.

By failing to exercise restraint in responding to the Indian tests, Pakistan lost a truly priceless opportunity to strengthen its own security, to improve its political standing in the eyes of the world and although Pakistan was not the first to test, two wrongs don't make a right.