Sentences with phrase «president broke with past»
When the peat fires, almost all of which are intentionally set to clear forests for palm oil plantations, began this year, the president broke with past leadership, expressed his dismay and threatened to sanction palm oil company PT Tempirai Palm Resources after he paid a surprise visit to its land concession in South Sumatra where fires are raging (ClimateWire, Sept. 14).
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Nineteen past SNA presidents took the extraordinary step in May of breaking with the association's leadership by writing their own open letter to Congress urging it to stay the course on healthier school food.
Last May, nineteen past SNA presidents took the extraordinary step of breaking with the current SNA board by writing their own open letter to Congress urging it to stay the course on healthier school food.
Rivas, along with 18 other past SNA presidents, broke ranks with the SNA by sending a letter to Congress in support of maintaining those standards, and she continues to be a passionate advocate for healthier school food.
-LSB-...] background helps explain why 19 past SNA presidents recently took the highly unusual step of publicly breaking with their own organization to urge Congress not to roll - back healthier school food standards.
-LSB-...] for comment on the fact that 19 past SNA presidents have taken the rather extraordinary step of publicly breaking rank with the organization by urging Congress to reject the waiver amendment.
It was not the first time a French president has promised to break with past French politics on the continent.