Sentences with phrase «political stepping stone»

I think this whole problem is a political stepping stone for Ms.Aitkens.

The Republican candidate for state attorney general says the man who holds the office now, and those who served before him, have treated it has a political stepping stone.

There might just be something poetic to this situation, though: a campaign that seems to be calling out for an independent voice, on the grounds of a mission against Trump and the system rather than the usual political stepping stone, contrasted with the disgust at Schneiderman's behavior.

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These two institutions — and the significant shared sovereignty they imply - are seen as stepping stones toward an original political union of confederated nation states.

Also, the lack of party affiliation in school board races prevents women from using it as a stepping - stone, said Zoe Oxley, a professor of political science at Union College.

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.

The need for a truly independent bipartisan prosecutor in these political cases appears obvious and one may wish to consider restructuring the tenure of U.S. attorneys the way we do for federal judges so the role is not viewed as a stepping stone to another political office.

The Euro is the key stepping stone on the road to political union.

While co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Ruby Sparks, Little Miss Sunshine) wring tension and suspense from the same - day build - up to the match, the match itself — captured by grainy, fuzzy TV cameras with the occasional, ground - level insert — and the immediate aftermath (symbolic and figurative, more than real or long - lasting), it's in the months - long lead - up to the match, following Billie Jean King (Emma Stone, never better) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) where Battle of the Sexes steps up its game to offer a sympathetic, insightful, poignant, behind - the - scenes look at the private lives of the public personas who stepped onto the tennis court of the Houston Astrodome on September 20th, 1973, as Americans on both sides of the political divide watched in rapt attention.

Instead of pushing political boundaries a number of titles stood idly by, acting as little more than safely laid stepping - stones for television celebrities to cross over into feature film.

Danielle Monroe is determined to use her new job in DC as a stepping - stone to a high - powered political career.

Whilst there was significant objection during the passage of the Bill through Parliament that the promise that civil partnerships would not serve as a «stepping - stone» to marriage had been broken, the move received support across the political parties.