Sentences with phrase «small cadres»

Online organizing is usually incremental, like field organizing in general, since it typically starts with small cadres of activists and builds out into the larger community from there.

But for a small cadre of entrepreneurs, weather events such as Sandy present unique — and occasionally uncomfortable - to - talk - about — opportunities for new streams of revenue.

NEW YORK, Nov 12 (Reuters)- A small cadre of employees at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International were deeply involved in directing the daily operations of a specialty pharmacy that has drawn scrutiny for its billing practices, according to four former employees at the pharmacy and company documents reviewed by Reuters.

During an appearance late Saturday at a strip club in Greenville, S.C., Daniels did not discuss the Trump - related stories that had drawn a small cadre of reporters to that venue, only hinting at the news.

The sources said Pruitt's decision to put Greenwalt in charge of his international travel, which came just months into his tenure at EPA, fit a pattern of Pruitt assigning the most sensitive responsibilities to his small cadre of aides who had previously worked with him in Oklahoma before he became EPA administrator — aides who sources said were more likely to acquiesce to his demands, even as other EPA staffers objected to Pruitt's spending and travel decisions.

Our story on a small cadre of authors challenging the existence of Jesus Christ drew almost 5,000 comments on Easter Sunday, with some upset that we did the story, others objecting to its publication on Easter, and plenty of others defending the article and the run date and debating the merits and implications of the debate.

Dohen was one of a small cadre of exceptional laywomen who helped to transform the consciousness of American Catholics during the decade prior to Vatican II.

In the midst of booths selling everything from schmaltzy Christian greeting cards to tacky Christian pillows to memberships in Christian health resorts to healing handkerchiefs — and even some books — was a small cadre of scholars huddled in a back room with newspaper reporters, trying to discuss serious questions about Jesus.

A small cadre of lawyers are using NYC's age and architectural quirkiness as the foundation for a flood of lawsuits citing violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Asked in a text message by BuzzFeed News if the rumors were true — that she made her intentions known to a small cadre of supporters — James texted back, «No comment.»

Otsego County government managers and leaders gave a small cadre of state lawmakers an earful on how their legislation and directives are impacting New York's rural regions.

Those are good enemies to have, but one result of Paterson's calamitous time in office is that he has become more isolated, trusting an ever - smaller cadre of aides even as he's desperately in need of allies.

Back on Sept. 13, Shayne Gallo stood grimly in his spartan Broadway headquarters surrounded by a small cadre of Working

She credited a small cadre of friends and supporters, mostly from Saugerties, «who believed in me, who stood by me.

Employees with base salaries of $ 200,000 «remained fairly constant and represent a small cadre of qualified and experienced professionals that Nassau County depends on for delivery of county services.»

Despite such glowing testimonials, some researchers worry about the potential for serious psychic damage if these compounds are used by hundreds of therapists on thousands of patients, instead of by a small cadre of dedicated scientists testing carefully screened volunteers in tightly controlled situations.

Olson and a small cadre of other amateur nuclear engineers have found a simpler way.

It's an issue that's much more widespread than educating a small cadre of mental health care professionals.

In the last few years, Sweeney, a professor of physiology and medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and a small cadre of other researchers have learned how to create genes that repair weak, deteriorating, or damaged muscles, bones, tendons, and cartilage in a relatively short period of time.

However, what Voss fails to account for is the small cadre of people to whom we are that important.

Understanding these pocket rain forests and how they sustain themselves in the middle of a rugged desert has become the life's work of a small cadre of scientists who are only now beginning to fully appreciate Fray Jorge's third and deepest surprise: The trees that grow here do more than just drink the fog.

That prospect excites a small cadre of researchers, perhaps none more so than Kleban, who has made it his mission to try to find the traces of an ancient cosmic collision.

Wilkinson and a small cadre of scientists are studying whether traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by battlefield explosions can damage soldiers» pituitary glands in ways that cause lasting health problems.

Yet the main story concerns a small cadre of South Korean spies.

I'm sure there's a small cadre of super-hardcore math majors into intricate medieval costume drama and puzzling out the mysteries of Generation of Chaos, but I'm not one of them.Rating: 0.5 out of 10

The network aims to help a small cadre of teachers help each other successfully integrate select PL components in their own classrooms with the goal of amplifying those teachers» learning schoolwide and, ultimately, citywide.

Building and supporting a stellar education workforce can not happen by chance, by staying the course, or by entrusting a small cadre of «stars» to make all the difference.

The initiative famously launched by 22 - year - old Wendy Kopp and a small cadre of allies in 1990 has brought thousands of talented young people into teaching.

These changes did more than increase the demand for a small cadre of scientists and engineers; they increased the demand for skilled and educated labor among the mass of workers.

WILL President and General Counsel, Rick Esenberg, writes at The Federalist: Intolerance towards conservative speakers on college campuses often follows the same story line: A small cadre of -LSB-...]

When private management or a small cadre of advocates are left in charge, the school becomes fundamentally less democratic.

For a country trying desperately to make the most of a small cadre of great teachers thirty or so years ago, it is hard to think of a strategy with more leverage than apprenticeship to quickly expand the number of great teachers.

In Maryland, the small cadre of reformers there (including the Old Line State branch of 50 CAN and the Center for Education Reform) are looking to rewrite the state's charter school law, which favors districts at children's expense.

Thompson, 70, is among a small cadre of retired educators who returned to Jackson classrooms for the 2017 - 18 school year to teach science, math and English, the courses for which the school district has the direst need.

Under Ryan Kirkwood's leadership, UMI Performance has grown from a small cadre of employees to a staff of 30 dedicated professionals building high - quality suspension components for musclecars and other high - performance applications.

The group continues to rely heavily on volunteers, but a small cadre of paid staff has enabled it to help more animals in new ways.

Try to go at times when the park is less crowded, and you may be able to build up a small cadre of like - minded dog owners so that you all can coordinate your visits.

Dominated by a small cadre of the white and wealthy, our cultural institutions are diluting their authority through their ongoing absorption of investment criteria rather than historical and aesthetic concerns for art.

We are convinced that ExxonMobil's longstanding support of a small cadre of global climate change skeptics, and those skeptics access to and influence on government policymakers, have made it increasingly difficult for the United States to demonstrate the moral clarity it needs across all facets of its diplomacy.

To date, however, no developing countries have published reference levels — largely because few people outside a very small cadre of scientists, negotiators, and project developers understand the Guidance.

That's kind of unavoidable, because in any field there aren't that many «experts» to whom to send papers, so they will often be reviewed by a small cadre of scientists who know each other.

The «International Climate Conferences» provide a platform and meeting space for the small cadre of professional climate science deniers that have derailed meaningful solutions to the threats of global warming in the U.S.

The «International Climate Conferences» as Heartland calls them, provide a platform and meeting space for the small cadre of professional climate science deniers that have derailed meaningful solutions to the threats of global warming in the U.S.

Great harm has already been done to the scientific enterprise in the AGW debate, largely by a small cadre of horribly misguided scientists.

You don't find it extrordinary that 97 % of the experts in a large and varied field of science and virtually every national academy in the world have been taken in, knowingly or unknowingly, by a small cadre of self promoting scientific dictators in the IPCC?

The requirement that the IPCC treat the scientific literature means that the small cadre of bad - guys that Dr. Curry might or might not identify were unable to exclude papers from discussion.

So the idea that a small cadre of insiders to drove the conclusions against the wishes of 75 % of newcomers seems quite unlikely.

It is the highly politicized IPCC process, which has corrupted a small cadre of scientists, who have used this corrupt process to gain positions of influence and who misuse their positions of expertise to protect the IPCC against criticism.

It didn't take that many people to make it happen, either, since a very small cadre of suspects were in charge of the management of the surface weather data, namely, Professors Jones, Mann and Dr Hansen.

I figured here was a part of aviation that was cool, was still pretty much unexploited, and was made up of such a small cadre of people that just about any contributions I could make would have some significance.