Sentences with phrase «role holding power»

14:01 - Bryant getting a bit too Braveheart for my liking, waxing lyrical about parliament's role holding power to account.

Not exact matches

In his role with ACU, Flynn flew to Egypt to convince officials there to hold off on a Russian offer (this one unrelated to ACU) to build nuclear power plants.

Prior to her roles at Pfizer, she held various leadership positions at Texas Instruments, GSE Systems, Warner Lambert and as a co-owner of women - run RMR Associates, a consulting company where she advised major organizations such as Warner Lambert and Illinois Power.

Before this, Libby was General Manager of External Relations at Atlas Iron, and held senior roles at CITIC Pacific Mining, Alcoa Australia, the Western Power Corporation and Telstra.

Gaining and holding power has always been bound up with manipulation of impressions and images, and this has become even more evidently true now that the media have such a prominent role in driving politics.

It was as though its leadership had recognized that the institution itself had no power, but that individual Christians who still held membership in the body could be quite influential in their decision - making roles in secular society.

While the media mirror what is in our humanity, they are in a quite distinctive position of power within the society and while they should not be blamed for the whole picture, they can rightly be held to account for the important role they play within the whole.

As part of its Grocery Manufacturers Power America tour, GMA will continue to hold similar events at member companies across the nation to highlight the unique role grocery manufacturing plays in driving the U.S. economy and supporting good - paying jobs for American workers.

In the conversations, he bragged about the power and influence he holds over Italian soccer's governing body and trumped - up his role in securing a recent television contract for the league.

FC's role is not to «power forward» — it is almost the exact opposite, to hold and screen with discipline.

Added some power to the holding role, and has a good eye for a pass.

Setting out his plans for a British Constitutional Convention, Mr Clegg said: «It would examine the role and powers of parliament and ministers; the way in which parliament is elected and held to account; the relationships between the nations of the United Kingdom; the concentration of power in Whitehall; and the need to strengthen basic individual rights and liberties against the abuse of state power.»

Even as independent investigator Bart Schwartz's presence is held up as a measure of confidence in the Cuomo administration and the state's vast economic development apparatus, several questions remain about Schwartz's role and power.

The mainstream media is a pillar of a functioning democracy, and one of its roles therefore, is to hold power accountable.

Any doubt of a significant power shift on the Buffalo School Board disappeared with Friday's appointment of the group's new leadership.Barbara Seals Nevergold will serve as president, a role she held before the outgoing majority took control in 2014.

The Committee concludes that the Strathclyde Review does not provide a «sufficient basis for changing how Parliament holds the Executive to account»; that «both Houses of Parliament... need to play an active role in considering how powers should be delegated appropriately in primary legislation, how those powers should be exercised by Government and the way in which both Houses scrutinise and approve delegated legislation»; and that «[t] he use and scrutiny of delegated legislation is at the heart of the delicate balance of power between Parliament and the Executive».

«The leaders of the House of Representatives will do well to focus on their primary constitutional duty of making laws for the peace, order and good government, and performing oversight role on spending of public funds rather than engaging in inherently execution functions of designing and executing projects This will enhance the operation of the sacred principle of separations of powers and the ability of the House to properly hold the executive to account for spending of public funds.»

He was a shadow Labour spokesman throughout the 1980s before serving as Home Secretary, from 1997, in Tony Blair's first term as PM, becoming Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 and then holding a series of other front bench roles until Labour lost power in 2010.

Doing so would upend the states» traditional role as the main regulator of oil and gas on privately held land, and perhaps choke off the gas needed to clean up dirty power plants.

She also has held senior project managerial positions on an oil refinery project in Thailand, a coal seam gas to liquid natural gas plant in Queensland, Australia, and roles in construction field engineering on a variety of nuclear power projects.

It examines the role of stakeholders within a business and how a firm can use stakeholder mapping methods to identify the different levels of power and interest held by particular stakeholder groups in relation to specific business decisions.

In its submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Statement, the LGA has called on the Government to take advantage of councils» unique position in the community and give them a clear and strategic role in overseeing local schools systems, accompanied by appropriate resources, powers and flexibilities, so that they can support local school improvement and hold schools to account for education standards.

Now finally, the crucible moment of students taking up the power that is theirs as students, mixed with a shift in institutional values to, actually and properly, serve all students has landed us in a place where the diversity and inclusion officer role can exist; exist as one to support the institution's desire to do better, and hold the institution accountable at the same time.

«In our submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Statement, we have called on the Government to take advantage of councils» unique position in the community and give them a clear and strategic role in overseeing local schools systems, accompanied by appropriate resources, powers and flexibilities, so that they can support local school improvement and hold schools to account for education standards.

Building Political Power Elections; Parent / Community Engagement; Holding Elected Officials Accountable; Leadership Development; Renewal Advocacy; Your Role in Sacramento: Working with State Agencies and Public Officials; Preparing for CCSA Advocacy Day

Also, let's remember that no matter what role we hold within education, we DO have power, and that power derives from empowering one another.

She has held curatorial and programming roles at The Power Plant, Toronto, the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Georgia, and the ICA, London, and has been a commissioning editor at Routledge.

The Greens are the best shot, but under current conditions they can't hope to do much better than their current role of supporting a minority government and / or holding the balance of power in the Senate.

In light of the urgency of tackling climate change and nuclear power's essential role in limiting temperature rises, the four scientists will therefore challenge environmental leaders who still hold anti-nuclear positions to instead support development and deployment of safe and environmentally - friendly nuclear power.

He has previously held roles as senior vice president of PG&E Energy Services, president of Cleantech America (a solar power plant development company) and COO of Texaco Ovonics Hydrogen Solutions (which launched the first hydrogen - fueled Prius).

But there is much value in considering the role of food in PCE along with energy PCE because food is both the original source of pre-industrial power and it holds high priority in a «hierarchy of needs» sense.

The activists demonstrated the role that Pepco Holdings plays in the destruction of mountains and valleys in Appalachia by enacting a fight between coal and a coal - burning power plant and wind energy, with the mountains and the planet representing the stakes in the fight.

In allowing the appeal in Canada (Governor General in Council) v. Mikisew Cree First Nation, [2017] 3 FCR 298, 2016 FCA 311, the Federal Court of Appeal held that while federal ministers have executive powers in their responsibilities for their departments pursuant to statues, those statutes do not refer to the ministers» roles as policy - makers or to the development of legislation for introduction in Parliament.

SB 440 Amends or repeals approximately 70 statutes related to Judicial Branch operations including matters such as the appointment, compensation, duties, and qualifications of Judicial Branch personnel; the treatment of records, papers, and documents held by the Judicial Branch; the powers, duties, and selection of judges and justices; the delegation of certain roles and activities within the Judicial Branch; and budgeting procedures for district courts.

They hold great power, and the selection of the same should depend on the job role, the skills of the candidate as well as his / her experience.

Passionate about the power of inclusive community conversations and global health equity, Nahkita also holds the roles of Community Lead at Global Ideas, and f21Ex Lead at festival21.

«If you don't like it, then take it to court» is a dare that can be thrown out cavalierly, because the parenting coordinator role permits these court appointees to hold over the head of objecting parties the power — baselessly presumed to be executed in good faith — to obtain the ear of the judge first, and to poison the well.