Sentences with phrase «shown by political leaders»

Frustrated by continually escalating threats to the environment and by the deafness shown by political leaders, Josh (Jesse Eisenberg, «Now You See Me») an organic farmer who lives in an agricultural cooperative in Oregon, Dena (Dakota Fanning, «The Last of Robin Hood») a young college dropout with considerable family wealth, and Harmon (Peter Sarsgaard, «Green Lantern»), an ex-Marine with expert knowledge of explosives, decide to blow up a hydroelectric dam as a protest against the desecration of the environment.

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By passing the ordinance, the civic, business, and political leaders show how much they have «grown» in the interim, but there is a problem with the people.

I know of no survey, though admittedly there could have been some in the past 60 years, which showed that the mass of laypeople felt represented by the leaders who took political stands at convention, or in task forces or commissions.

Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) said the political maneuvering shows «total disrespect for our judicial system by nominating this criminal to a Supreme Court judgeship.»

Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr Show about the Scottish referendum result, the Labour leader said there was a «real danger that the political class is learning the wrong lessons» from the campaign by focusing on constitutional issues.

Breaking news story reported first in the Rockland County Times on January 5, 2012 BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The same position that only two years ago County Legislator and Minority Leader Frank Sparaco referred to in a series of Rockland County Times articles as being a no - show job paid off as political patronage to former Chair -LSB-...]

Emails show Robert Nichols, Republican - turned - Democrat Assemblyman John Ceretto's top political aide, wanted none of the $ 1.6 million in tax dollars Ceretto was allocated last year by legislative leaders went to the town of Wheatfield, all of whose elected members are Republicans, because Town Supervisor Robert Cliffe allegedly gave Nichols and Ceretto the cold shoulder at a public picnic.

After a day - long conference in London on how to move forward the political process in Libya, other developments included: An admission the Coalition did not yet fully know who made up the opposition, which came after Nato said American intelligence had shown «flickers» of al Qaeda among the rebels; A suggestion the Coalition would be prepared to see Colonel Gaddafi go into exile if a country was willing to take him; A claim by the Italians that several nations were working on a deal involving a ceasefire, exile for Gaddafi and a talks framework between Libya's tribal leaders and opposition figures; Nick Clegg warning about the «danger of overreaching» during a speech in Mexico, but stressing liberal interventionism must be upheld.

The level of public concern about this global issue is mostly influenced by the mobilization efforts of political leaders and advocacy groups, new research shows.

Directed and adapted by Armando Iannucci, who created the TV show «Veep,» «The Death of Stalin» is a dark political satire and an odd slice of history set around the political positioning put in motion by the death of the Soviet leader in 1953.

The works in this show differ from other photographs of the political leader because, firstly, they were taken by a female photographer.

The exhibition provides the kind of evidence students need to join the debate about their future — it is an invitation to students and their tutors to articulate the kind of world they want to live in and through Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS) by bringing them together to show political and business leaders support to take the difficult long - term decisions that underpin security for all.

It shows that the split is widening, and is being driven by a more polarized political debate amongst political leaders, which has pulled the public along in its divisive wake.