Sentences with phrase «take political sides»

It also doesn't take political sides but simply presents the human being and conflicting forces coming at him during an incredibly difficult period in his life and career.

Probably to keep the door open for a later visit, Graham publicly said he did not wish to take political sides and get involved in «local problems.»

We aren't taking any political sides on this matter and are just treating it as we do any other asset that is in high demand by our users.»

Not exact matches

Had Trump taken the measures suggested repeatedly by ethics experts on both sides of the political aisle, he would by now have put his assets in what's called a blind trust, which would entail turning over his empire to a third party with whom he will have no contact, who would sell off the properties and reinvest the resulting money in other assets without providing the president any information about the sales or the purchases.

After years of the kind of debilitating economic and political warfare it took to remain on top, Carnegie was finally done fighting, finally free to pursue his charitable endeavors on the other side of perpetual strife.

Political affiliation emerges as another key driver of opinion, with past Conservative Party of Canada voters overwhelmingly taking Alberta's side.

As more business leaders take a stand on fraught political issues, some find they pay a price by angering consumers on the other side.

Given the nation's divisions, it's risky for heads of companies to even appear to take sides in political or policy - related matters, marketing experts say.

That includes taking real responsibility for the politicized bullying by his bureaucrats and admitting that he himself had gone way beyond the bounds of our constitutional system by creating the perception that it was somehow being «on the dark side» or outside the law to be his political opponent.

Some in the blogosphere ¯ including many who were so critical of Duke's handling of the «rape» ¯ are falling into the temptation to take sides too early and use this incident for political advantage.

What will it mean for both sides in this debate — at least as it takes place among believers, in and for the church — to move beyond political ideologies and culture wars and stand together under God's word of law and gospel?

Take a moment today and consider how you can help someone affected, regardless of on what side of the political line they stand.

Its too expedient and convenient to make God take sides in political debates.

Without taking sides on the political issues, there's still a significant question to be asked.

We took a crew to the Holy Land in October (my second journey there in nine months), where we again met with political and church leaders on both sides of the wall, taped countless hours of interviews, shot a ton of video and prepped for one of the most robust and, dare I say, important cover stories we've ever published.

I don't think of Alise's belief as denial so much as a difference of opinion, akin to taking opposite sides on a political issue.

A major shouting match, as we know, has also developed between religious liberals and religious conservatives, the two sides taking widely differing positions not only on theological orientations but also on social and political issues, and holding strongly negative views toward the other.

Although Lincoln is often praised for this remark by those who oppose the mixing of religion and politics, it contains three of the most controversial ideas in American politics: that it is legitimate to invoke the name of God within the realm of political discourse; that God's existence isn't merely symbolic, but that he is always right; and that since God takes sides on certain issues, some people will be divinely justified while others will stand in opposition not only to their political opponents but to the very Creator and Sustainer of the Universe.

And when this limit, which is God's honor, is reached by man, there is a twofold temptation, either on the one side to pass the limit, to take up God's cause, to try to avenge God's honor oneself, to use political means in the service of the living God in order to do this, or on the other side to remain within the limit but to continue political action as though it did not exist, in other words, to separate the two kingdoms, to argue that while God's honor is there at the limit of politics, and I can do nothing about it, nevertheless in my own sphere I can still act like a shrewd and effective man, pursuing politics to save what can be saved by human means.

Many liberation theologians, agreeing to this point with political theologians, conclude that the church must take sides in political struggles.

Bodies is unquestionably about scientia ¯ it doesn't fiddle with what humanity means and it doesn't take life (leaving Chinese political prisoners to the side).

The news comes as QPR continue negotiations with Mark Hughes about succeeding Neil Warnock as manager, with the hope that a new boss can reignite the fortunes of Taarabt, who has been on the fringes this term, having fired the R's to promotion from the Championship the season before.A deal with French money bags Paris Saint - Germain looked like going through in the summer, but Taarabt later blamed political differences for the transfer ultimately collapsing, leaving him frustrated at having to stay in England.The mercurial Moroccan has interest from a host of top European clubs, but his conduct in the last few months, including walking out of QPR's 1 - 0 win over Chelsea at half - time and consistently admitting he wants to leave, have left many questioning his attitude and professionalism.However, Qatari side Al - Sadd have not been put off, and made their move for Taarabt last week, only to pull out of a deal after being told it would take a whopping # 15 million to convince them to sell.That sort of figure also rules out Newcastle and Aston Villa as potential destinations, with the thought now that QPR will hang on to Taarabt until at least the summer, where they hope Taarabt could spark a bidding war, after being rejuvenated under a new manager and firing the club to Premier League safety.

As a communication tactic, calling the other side «extremists» and «radicals,» or painting every political or legislative campaign as a struggle to «take our country back» simply works.

The Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University believes that is high time that the discussion needs to take place in public, with all sides represented.

Decisions were taken through Committees representing all political sides in the Council — so it would be rather like the Select Committees in Parliament actually running their respective departments of state.

«On this and so many other issues, Ms. Gillibrand tries to play the political chameleon by taking all sides of an issue, but that's something voters can spot right away.

While New Labour took a much weaker line on reforming the economy, on the side of political reform, New Labour of course adopted and delivered on a number of the pluralists» commitments.

While the White House considers sending American special forces soldiers to Iraq, political forces are beginning to take sides.

For years the operating assumption in Albany political circles on both sides of the aisle was that eventually, one day, Democrats would take control of the State Senate, thus completing the extermination of the Republican Party in New York State.

The majority of the public, from all sides of the political spectrum, simply want a pragmatic solution that brings down their bills, whatever form that takes.

On the other side of the political spectrum, Iain Dale travelled up to Cambridge to interview Simon Heffer, the Daily Telegraph columnist who is taking a sabbatical (while continuing to write for the paper) at his old university.

The De Blasio camp was surprised when the Times took Cuomo's side on dropping the tax increase, urging the mayor to «accept the offer and declare political victory» just two days after the paper had emphatically endorsed the educational goals of mayor's pre-k push.

Form an interest group which uses peaceful protesting and information campaigns to call attention to certain issues and force political parties to take a side.

McElroy possesses a charm that allows him to take aim at certain political groups and individuals while the audience remains on side.

The state and federal probe involving the Grassroots political club took a step further Wednesday, when the president of the East Side organization was subpoenaed.

UKIP has been making in - roads into Conservative votes, and some on both sides are talking of electoral pacts to stop the political left taking advantage of a split right - of - centre vote.

UKIP has been making in - roads into the Conservative vote, and some on both sides are talking of electoral pacts to stop the political left taking advantage of a split right - of - centre vote.

The state and federal probe involving the Grassroots political club took a step further when the president of the East Side organization was subpoenaed.

On the one hand, it is possible to see the comic side in the Manifesto pilfering phenomenon and agree with the «great minds think alike» wisecrack, but, on the other hand, it is a dangerous practice for our country for political parties simply to take on concepts and programmes they do not believe in, nor have thought through.

He was careful not to choose sides in the struggle for power, going so far as to insist that his request is not political in nature, but borne of a desire to see government function when he takes office.

He famously refused to take a side publicly, although word leaked out from within that he was inclined to allow fracking if certain political resistance could be overcome.

«The reasons other people that made the decisions, they took a look at the different ethnic groups that they thought for their petty political ambitions in the long run Rangel wouldn't be around and that they wanted to be on the side they thought the population would be going in,» he added.

In response, Holdren said, scientists are already an interest group, one that happens to be devoted to its interest in scientific inquiry; science is already politicized because federal funding decisions governing research programs take place in a political arena in which Congress, the executive branch and stakeholders from all sides play leading roles; and, finally, scientists are most worried about the results of their work being lost, not their jobs.

There's obviously a lot to be said about the country's political climate these days and DatePerfect isn't here to take sides.

In depicting the exploits of the bandit and the diligence of his military pursuers, director Germi is careful not to take sides, mirroring the political confusion rampant in Italy at the time of the story.

It succeeds in humanizing the world's biggest political football without taking sides.

The political indifferences amongst the collective split them down the middle, and though predictably War Machine (Don Cheadle) and Vision (Paul Bettany) side with the former, and Falcon (Anthony Mackie) the latter, it's surprising to see Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) also take the side of Tony Stark.

On the television side, Netflix's political drama «House of Cards» led nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, taking three nods for best actor (Kevin Spacey), best actress (Robin Wright) and best cast performance in a drama series.

Despite the heated political themes, Citizen Ruth appears to spoof both sides of the issue sufficiently, and with such fervor, that I had no idea which side it wanted to take except to make the point of how much of a spectacle has become of such a serious issue.

The same path could have been taken with public school employees without the political distortions that public employee unions introduce by virtue of having their interests represented on both sides of the bargaining table.