Sentences with phrase «speech about our nation»

Trump couldn't resist, in the middle of his very serious speech about our nation and its future, to muse: «I have the best courses in the world.»

Not exact matches

They should pick some lead from western nation about secularism, freedom of speech and liberty and manage their affairs in those terms with believers and nonbelievers equally.

In his most famous speech, delivered 129 years ago yesterday, President Lincoln had absolutely no qualms about labeling America as a «nation under God.»

«I'm passionate about helping women feel great,» said Taylor, 23, at a recent women's networking event in Mooresville, N.C., where her mother, one of Mary Kay's top saleswomen in the nation, gave a speech.

On the contrary, this was the speech of what Cameron is and always has been: a one - nation Conservative who is still seeking, in the words of Matthew d'Ancona's important new book about the coalition, to solve the political theorem that dominates post-Thatcher Britain — that of combining the vigour of market economics with social justice and social responsibility.

The convention was supposed to be about party unity, but by the time Trump finished his speech late Thursday night, the rifts among the GOP's factions had been displayed to the nation.

About 20 minutes into his speech at the progressive Netroots Nation conference in Detroit, Biden was interrupted by demonstrators in the audience who repeatedly chanted «Stop deporting our families.»

Perhaps best known for advocating that the nation guard against the potential influence of the military — industrial complex, a term he is credited with coining, the speech also expressed concerns about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending, the prospect of the domination of science through Federal funding and, conversely, the domination of science - based public policy by what he called a «scientific - technological elite».

Also worth mentioning: There's nary a word in the prepared speech about Aqueduct and the nation's biggest convention center.

No new ideas but a development on his conference speech about «aspiration nation» a year ago.

«As an ardent supporter of reducing gun violence and a strong believer in government's ability to play a role in that mission, however, I'm disappointed that President Obama did not urge us to look at our nation's gun laws, as he did in his speech about the Tucson massacre earlier this month.

During his speech detailing gun violence in the nation, President Obama began to cry while talking about the Sandy Hook massacre.

Some 6,500 people attended Hillary Clinton's UB speech, during which she turned the tables on a heckler to make her point about the need to find common ground to solve the nation's problems.

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 online clashes between some of Sanders's white supporters and black voters came to a head after protesters interrupted the senator's speech at Netroots Nation in July, demanding he speak candidly about police brutality.

WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with WAMC's Jim Levulis about the relationship between President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urging the U.S. government to reject racist speech and ideology, and progress on the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.

He has also advised actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who spoke about climate change during a 2014 speech delivered to the United Nations.

Speaking today at a White House event honoring the nation's top elementary school teachers and scientist - mentors, President Barack Obama gave a stump - like speech about the need «to move from the middle to the top of the pack in science and math education over the next decade.»

«There has never been a more important time for scientists to speak out with a clear message to the public and to our legislators about the value science brings to us as diverse individuals, as a nation, and as a global community,» said Williams in his speech.

Everyone in the house listens to President Jimmy Carter's «crisis of confidence» speech in which he claimed that the «fundamental threat to American democracy» came from a crisis of confidence, reflected in the growing doubt about «the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation.»

For instance, when I first began building my Superhero unit, a unit based on developing everything from origin stories to advocacy speeches presented to a mythical United Nations, I didn't think at all about the Common Core Standards until my checklists and lessons were designed and in front of my face.

If you were not at Quinnipiac University (in Connecticut) tonight to hear Diane Ravitch speak about our continuing battle to beat back the corporate education reform industry and re-take control of our nation's public education system then you not only missed an extraordinary speech, but you also failed to experience the hope that comes with seeing the glimmer of light which serves to push back the shadows associated with these dark times.

Khrushchev mentioned the speech that he was scheduled to deliver at the United Nations in a few days but refused to reveal any details about it.

«Not only do ebooks cost too much, DRM is a disgrace, for a myriad of reasons, and the «text to speech» feature is not something the publishing world should be concerned about,» Konrath wrote to Kindle Nation last week.

Thanks to Kindle Nation citizen Carter A. for this question about the Kindle's text - to - speech feature: Dear Mr. Windwalker, Sometimes it seems to me that my Kindle takes a long time to boot or to start the text to speech feature.

from Politico yesterday... «most interesting thing about President Obama's climate change speech at the United Nations is what he didn't say»

He gave an insightful speech about cryptocurrencies giving power back to the consumer and bolstering financial inclusion in developing nations.