Sentences with phrase «term political purposes»
It is a way of reducing the risks that monetary policy might be misused for short - term political purposes.
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Conservatives accused Labour of inconsistency in being unwilling to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and in their manifesto promised a referendum lock on any future transfers of competencies, so that politicians would not be able to waver for short - term, political purposes.
The purpose of terrorism is to exploit the media in order to achieve maximum attainable publicity as an amplifying force multiplier in order to influence the targeted audience (s) in order to reach short - and midterm political goals and / or desired long - term end states.»
But the conversion of the excellent report of the Sole Judgment Debt Commissioner into a political White Paper for electioneering purposes to be published under the supervision of the office of the Attorney - General demonstrates how low we have come in this country in terms of the only constitutionally established office within the executive branch which by hallowed tradition and practice is to defend and uphold the liberty of every individual and the rule of law in its quasi-judicial decision making process.
«A. For the purposes of the present Convention, the term «refugee» shall apply to any person who: (2) As a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951 and owing to well - founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.
In real terms, these rules which exist in virtually every jurisdiction, include laws and regulations which forbid the unauthorized use of state resources for political purposes, contributions from dubious sources, violation of campaign funding limits as prescribed by enabling laws, the use of money to influence voters and election outcomes, non-disclosure of campaign spending, abuse of media, broadcasting and political advertising rules, and rules on declaration of assets, academic qualifications, health and other disclosures and internal party guidelines and rules.
Our political and governmental institutions are not representative — either in terms of ethnicity, religion, socio - economic grouping, or, crucially for our purposes here, gender.
Aleksandr Kogan, a Russian - American academic working with Cambridge Analytica, allegedly violated Facebook's terms of use by saying the data would be used for academic purposes, not political purposes.
«We need,» Watson notes, «to build a party that sets out a sense of long - term national purpose and mobilises broad political support».
The term «Federal share» means 80 per centum, except that it shall mean 90 per centum for the purposes of part C of title I of this ACT and as specifically set forth in section 301 (b)(3): Provided, That with respect to * payments pursuant to part B of title I of this ACT to any State which are used * to meet the costs of construction of those REHABILITATION facilities identified in section 103 (b)(2) in such State, the Federal share shall be the percentages determined in accordance with the provisions of section 301 (b)(3) applicable with respect to that State and that, for the purpose of determining the non - Federal share with respect to any State, expenditures by a political subdivision thereof or by a local agency shall, subject to such limitations and conditions as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe, be regarded as expenditures by such State.
For purposes of this chapter, the term «employee» includes an officer, employee, or elected official of the United States, a State, or any political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing.
A portion of the archive is included in the exhibition with a purpose of confronting audiences with the human costs of public policies, connecting domestic and foreign policies and policing, and challenging viewers to reevaluate the abstractions of political rhetoric in individual terms.
They will be wondering why public opinion on a important scientific issue was manipulated for political and short term economic purposes.
The Taskforce is comprised of eminent scientists, business leaders, policy advisers and political leaders drawn from around the world.5 Its purpose is to recommend to all governments a framework for managing climate change responses that is truly global, provides long - term direction, and is genuinely responsive to the scale of the problem.
For purposes of this section, the term «cap and trade program» means a system of greenhouse gas regulation under which a State or political subdivision issues a limited number of tradable instruments in the nature of emission allowances and requires that sources within its jurisdiction surrender such tradeable instruments for each unit of greenhouse gases emitted during a compliance period.
White House and Climate Change Science Program officials have never offered an honest public explanation of why the terms of that dismissal would have legally required (as distinct from an unofficial, secret political agreement) that the White House and the federal agencies suppress a taxpayer - funded, scientifically based assessment sponsored by the federal global change research program, even for purposes of using it as a scientific document or in program planning for research and future assessments.
He is using the term «null hypothesis» in its political context, shifting the burden of proof for policy purposes, but hoping to give his politics a scientific gloss with the term.
Article 1 (A)(2) states «For the purposes of the present Convention, the term «refugee» shall apply to any person who:... (2)... owing to a well - founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of protection of that country.»
(4) the term «false identification document» means a document of a type intended or commonly accepted for the purposes of identification of individuals that --(A) is not issued by or under the authority of a governmental entity or was issued under the authority of a governmental entity but was subsequently altered for purposes of deceit; and (B) appears to be issued by or under the authority of the United States Government, a State, a political subdivision of a State, a sponsoring entity of an event designated by the President as a special event of national significance, a foreign government, a political subdivision of a foreign government, or an international governmental or quasi-governmental organization;
What is surprising is that an academic researcher could so flagrantly violate the spirit and the terms of the data - sharing policies Facebook has in place by taking that data and giving it to a firm that was never authorized to have it in the first place for the purposes of political targeting.