Sentences with phrase «tide of public opinion»

It's certainly an arguable case, but it is not as though he is swimming against the great tide of public opinion by saying Churchill did great things against the Nazis.

In one masterfully conceived shot, Leigh evocatively situates us within the milieu of a Turner canvas, while almost subliminally shading in one of the film's foremost themes: the once celebrated painter's progressive sidelining by the tumultuous forces of 19th - century history as well as the fickle tide of public opinion.

«Worse still is an American exchange student, Tracy, with a crush on Atari, and who leads a singlehanded campaign to turn the tide of public opinion against Mayor Kobayashi, thus reifying old stereotypes about Japanese passivity,» MacFarlane writes.

Fortune: Do you worry that with the legal scrutiny and all the press, the tide of public opinion may be turning negative?

The tide of public opinion has shifted since the height of the international war on drugs, but strict laws are still on the books at the United Nations.

Then in September 2015, graphic pictures of dead toddler Alan Kurdi washed up on a beach in Turkey seemed to turn the tide of public opinion.

Already the tide of public opinion is turning in favor of same-se.x marriage.

In a political system in which candidates are largely responsible for funding and organising their own re-election campaigns, it is dangerous for parliamentarians to stand against the tide of public opinion.

What's more, the tide of public opinion seems to be turning against government austerity.

The tide of public opinion is turning dramatically against them.

It's not just Iain Duncan Smith who is opposing George Osborne - the tide of public opinion seems to be turning against government austerity.

Vitamin D seems to be getting some positive publicity lately, but the tide of public opinion is yet to shift on the importance of sunlight in this equation.

Worse still is an American exchange student, Tracy (Greta Gerwig), with a crush on Atari, and who leads a singlehanded campaign to turn the tide of public opinion against Mayor Kobayashi, thus reifying old stereotypes about Japanese passivity.

By simultaneously using litigation to challenge the laws and practices preventing students from obtaining a quality education, while influencing the tide of public opinion through a media and organizing campaign, Students Matter creates both the opportunity and the demand for meaningful and sustainable policy transformation.

Meanwhile, the tide of public opinion on school consolidation may be turning.

It's education policy poll season, revealing the tide of public opinion on national and state K - 12 issues and raising questions about how policymakers will respond.

This is a bald statement of ignorance and self - justification that did nothing to turn the tide of public opinion, which eventually convinced the Guggenheim to pull the plug.

And then there are their champions, who are struggling to change the tide of public opinion.

Industry's PR strategy is not aimed at reversing the tide of public opinion, which may not in any case be impossible.

As the tide of public opinion turns against disposable plastic bottles, there needs to be some serious innovation if the industry hopes to saves face.

«Now we've proven that there is genuine performance potential in electric motorcycles, we expect to begin turning the tide of public opinion.»

It certainly seems that he has an ideal window by which to do so: After the wave of extreme weather events last year, the tide of public opinion is again turning towards accepting climate change — and towards being open to have a conversation about solutions.