Sentences with phrase «political than secretary»

The candidate claimed that by keeping interest rates at the same level, she is «doing political things» and «being more political than Secretary Clinton.»

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While describing it as a political witch - hunt, The state Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, who spoke while briefing journalists in Benin, the state capital, said that the state government's move was a clear sign of political desperation and persecution of the former governor, rather than addressing the numerous challenges facing the state.

Richard T. Kelly's new political thriller The Knives — which follows a fictional Tory home secretary through a blizzard of political and personal traumas — explains this better than anyone in recent times.

If a secretary of a political party submits a list under section 127, he or she must pay to the Electoral Commission, no later than noon on the day before nomination day, a deposit of $ 1,000 (inclusive of goods and services tax).

National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, who was one of the panellists, said rather than problem, increasing number of political parties would increased peoples» participation in democracy.

It's taken longer than he perhaps hoped but yesterday the Shadow Foreign Secretary launched a no holds barred attack on the «decomposing political muckheap» that is Labour's frontbench.

Political parties whose principal candidate received less than 5 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for Michigan Secretary of State at the most recent general election are considered non-major parties and can not nominate their candidates by primary election.

The business secretary should be using all his keynote speeches to promote the competitiveness of British business, rather than dwelling for political reasons on executive pay.»

Better this approach than expending political capital, parliamentary time and vast amounts of public money simply to give the transport secretary a new train set to play with.

You now take a statement by the US Consul General in Lagos and that of US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, more believable than President Jonathan.

Olivier Dubois, secretary - general of the National Order of Medical Doctors in Paris, argues that French people need more treatment for depression and anxiety because of the country's high unemployment, political malaise, urban noise — which makes sleeping difficult — and the fact that the French were slower than other Europeans to move to cities and are still adjusting.

Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said the changes - brought in under Michael Gove when he was education secretary - had been driven by «political imperative», rather than the needs of young people.

Meanwhile McDonnell gave his now - former Secretary of Education, Gerard Robinson, little in the way of political backing or cover to push for any significant reforms; instead of seeking out a strong reformer with national credentials (which he could have actually found living in the state's northern region near Washington, D.C.), McDonnell chose as Robinson's successor, Laura Fornash, who has more experience with higher education than with K - 12.

(Quality Counts 2001, www.edweek.com) «Basically, we haven't made the case to the political folks that they should be spending $ 12 or $ 14 a test for a student, rather than $ 2 or $ 3 a test,» says Marshall S. Smith, a professor of education at Stanford University who was the acting deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education under President Clinton.

Teachers - union members were even more blunt in their opposition: «Let's be very clear and dispel any notion that the school board majority, representing more than $ 15 million in political donations from the charter lobby, is here in the best interest of our public schools,» charged United Teachers Los Angeles secretary Arlene Inouye.

A UN political operative telling us what the IPCC report will look like in 4 years: «Robert Orr, UN under secretary general for planning, said the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on global warming will be much worse than the last one.»