Sentences with phrase «say about the minority»

In terms of what I can say about the minority of journalists and so - called specialists, I am concentrating solely on my statistics this season.»

Not exact matches

The president, who has repeatedly said he wants to accomplish the difficult feat of winning Democratic votes, joked about the minority party's support to Sen. Ron Wyden, D - Ore., the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee.

The cartoon crisis «made some journalists more thoughtful about how they represent minority groups», she said.

«What strikes me about the Bush economic strategy at this point is that it comes straight from Jack Kemp's philosophy about empowerment and minority entrepreneurship and developing inner cities,» says Bill Whalen, a research fellow of politics at the Hoover Institution.

Kalin says many of the complaints about low - cost competition come from a minority of very vocal Etsy sellers, which is undoubtedly true.

«Given some of his past statements and his staunch opposition to immigration reform, I am very concerned about what he would do with the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice and want to hear what he has to say,» incoming Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said in a statement.

«I understand why job seekers that are minority or female would want to do that; it makes perfect sense based on what we know about the hiring process,» says Steve McDonald, an associate professor of sociology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

Merkel, 63, said she was sceptical about ruling in a minority government, telling ARD television: «My point of view is that new elections would be the better path.»

The relative lack of minority employees at Twitter was particularly galling, say Luckie and Miley, because the platform had become such an important tool for the global black community, through a vibrant and dedicated subset of users known as Black Twitter — who speak to one another about the reality of blackness in America and who often contribute original reporting, spreading news through ad hoc hashtag communities like #BlackLivesMatter.

«We will fight to defend them because they are about the health and economic security of America's working families, and we will not use Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security as an ATM machine for the Republicans to give tax breaks to their wealthy friends and corporate America,» House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said at her year - end press conference, signaling that Democrats would not support cuts to Social Security and other entitlements.

«A minority of investors I speak to give two hoots about Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan,» says Jefferies analyst Martin Deboo in London, referring to Polman's signature blueprint for Unilever, dubbed USLP.

«If they know they're going to have to bid like everybody else, it's going to make their bidding more difficult, but it opens up bidding for nonminority businesses — not certified minority businesses — because they don't have to worry about putting in the lowest bid and still getting whacked down,» Barton said.

Last May, Ancestry.com said in a statement that U.S. private equity fund Silver Lake and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Ltd had acquired minority stakes in a deal valuing Ancestry.com at about $ 2.6 billion.

Cadillac has always appealed to older buyers, but it needs to think about winning buyers from emerging markets, ethnic minorities and young people to stay relevant, Edwards said.

All I see is Muslims who say that they are being sterotyped, but I do nt see those same people complaining about sterotypes actually telling the «minority» they are wrong for being violent.

You would think it would be a hard sell given the fact that the real estate mogul and reality star has boasted about his extramarital affairs, profited off casinos and strip clubs, said he doesn't need to ask God for forgiveness, called for targeting innocent civilians in war, mocked a reporter with a disability, threatened the religious liberty of minority groups in the U.S., and gained wide support among white nationalists for consistently lying about and demeaning blacks, Mexican immigrants, Muslims, and Syrian refugees.

what's funny is that if these things were said about any other minority, something would have been done about it.

Bufkin portrayed the move to deny the black couple a chance to marry in the church as the work of a small minority whom he called «radicals» and who he said made mostly anonymous calls to their pastor to complain about the black couple's wedding.

Minority Christians and white evangelical Christians «have a very personal view of God, a God that is very active in their daily lives and very concerned about the things that matter to them,» Jones said.

CNN Polling Director Keating Holland had this to say about the findings: «Only a minority of the rank - and - file members of both [Republicans and Democrats] take an extreme position on the issue, with just 31 % of Republicans calling for a complete ban on abortion and just 32 % of Democrats saying that abortion should be legal in all circumstances»...

It was a Christianity of mercy and philanthropy, which won the allegiance of the underprivileged and suppressed, that is to say, the mass of the population, more so than the Pauline theology that ultimately flowed into Neoplatonic philosophical theology of the educated minority (with literacy standing at about 15 percent).

If you're thinking about the related article about the pastor that officiated his son's marriage, you say he served an oppressed minority.

She said: «As we set about helping the Iraqi people recover from the occupation and the destruction, it needs to be clear from the absolute outset that religious minorities are going to be protected.

He raised concerns about the GOP candidate's remarks on women, immigrants, and minorities, and went on to say that «there is too much at stake before us» to abstain from voting altogether.

It was an exercise in delusion, if not hypocrisy, because all that we said about equality, life, liberty, public happiness, freedom, the right of assembly, participation, and the other noble principles applied in fact only to the white man, not to the majority of persons in this country, who at that time were red, or to a sizable minority who were black and in chains.

Isaiah Berlin has this to say about the Romantics: «You would have found that they believed that minorities were more holy than majorities, that failure was nobler than success, which had something shoddy and something vulgar about it.»

He said: «But I think I can say this, when we heard with my collaborators about the killings of the religious minorities, the problem at that moment in Kurdistan was that they could not receive so many people.

Some other news about young people: 57 percent said that the primary reason they helped others was that it «makes them feel good personally»; 19 percent would not fight for their country under any circumstances, 24 percent were uncertain and 60 percent would not be willing to volunteer one year to serve their country; 17 percent could think of no famous person or celebrity they admired (only 1 percent admired Mother Teresa, and Donald Trump received a similar vote — indicating that religious and business leaders are among the least admired adults); 65 percent would cheat on a major exam in school, while 36 percent would lie to protect a friend who vandalized; 53 percent claimed that growing up for them is harder than it was for their parents (minority young people were more likely to say it was easier).

So as a Christian, I'm now a «hated minority» because people have stopped putting up with Christians saying offensive things about other people?

If you can objectively read what happened to him, and then say that what Kaepernick, Malcolm Jenkins and others are saying about the need to address policing issues in minority communities is a joke, then our country is truly fucked.

«We feel good about the people we have on offense, and if we can get a little better on defense, we'll be competitive,» says Jones, who is of the minority opinion that a team with an exceptional offense can overcome the handicap of a mediocre defense.

Watford Supporters» Trust has said it is not against the offer, but has expressed concern about minority shareholders losing money if the deal goes ahead.

For the record, I didn't say anything about minorities, nor should that be implied.

Minority students make up about 16.5 percent of Stevenson's population, Galloway said.

But at the same time, what I say at the end of the book is the programs I talk about are really small and represent just a small minority of the kinds of experiences kids — and especially low - income kids — are having in American schools today.

I'm well aware that my point of view is in the minority and not the politically - correct thing to say these days, but I know there are other women who feel this same way about pregnancy weight gain / loss... you've emailed me for goodness sakes!

While many mothers who formula feed their babies often say they've been shamed by breastfeeding mothers (which isn't a very kind move, people: knock it off) breastfeeding mothers are in the minority and many of us make up for our smaller numbers by being super-vocal and passionate about our right to nurse and the benefits of breastfeeding.

You should think about who's hearing what you're saying and consider the democratic impact — be aware of how political debate risks undermining certain groups, such as minorities or women, and of the risk of silencing or objectifying other voices.

«As we keep it about the issues and as long as we keep moving New York state in the right direction, the best way is to be engaged, not sitting in a minority on the sidelines with 31 Democrats,» he said, adding, «The reason why we started at four and we're now eight — we must be doing something right — is because it's all about the issues.»

«Mindful» that as a minority government «alliances» would be necessary to pass the next Budget, she said the time was right to «open a discussion about how responsible and progressive use of our tax powers could help build the kind of country we want to be».

Here's the issue: the entire four - day message of the Convention was not about expanding Trump's base of support among minorities or women (the 2016 GOP platform says nothing about providing «equal pay for equal work»; it was not about proposing substantive solutions to problems facing the nation; it was not even about making amends with traditional conservatives and moderate Republicans to achieve party unity (the Republican governor of Ohio, John Kasich, the Bush family, and all former Republican nominees for president, except one, did not attend).

«Cuomo, DiNapoli & Duffy — it sounds like a Long Island law firm,» said a minority political operative, citing concerns about the Democrats» all - white ticket.

«The reality is nobody really thought we'd be talking about these issues because of the person who is now holding the office,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins at a news conference this week pushing a bill that would require the release of Trump's state tax returns.

Among those unhappy with the way things went down was Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who said in a statement issued at about 1:30 a.m. that the extraordinary session had been «nothing to celebrate.»

Senate Republicans aren't sounding terribly worried about holding Volker's seat, and my source said Minority Leader Dean Skelos didn't try to convince him to stick around, despite the fact that the GOP is engaged in a last - ditch attempt to win back the majority.

In the face of a string of Tory reversals, all down to his opposition, Labour MPs from across the party — from Blairites to the soft left — have been won over by his leadership skills, despite the minority of plotters and the «mainstream media» who rudely reprinted all the things he's said over the years about the IRA, Hamas, Kosovo, Iran, Israel, etc..

When asked about U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announcing support for decriminalizing marijuana on 4/20, a day associated with the drug, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said he remains unconvinced about legalizing marijuana in the city but that he'd make his mind up by year's end.

«During Father Conroy's entire service, I've never received a complaint from our members about him pastoring to the needs of the House,» House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said.

«I think first and foremost there was too much talk about Washington, and there should be more of a focus on New York State,» said Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who is the only Republican so far to declare that he will challenge Cuomo for the governorship later this year.

A second source familiar with the process said that the list was intended to spur a dialogue with New York's senators — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — about a compromise package of nominees.