Sentences with phrase «tide of public opinion by»

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.

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In the immediate aftermath of the «war to end all wars,» Wilsonian idealism was displaced by the «normalcy» of Warren G. Harding and the rise of a strong isolationist current in American politics» a tide of public opinion so formidable that even as strong and crafty a president as Franklin Delano Roosevelt was compelled to tack carefully across it, even as he prepared the United States for its inevitable entry into World War II.

For example, the Vietnamese War was the first to be a livingroom, TV affair, and it is not too much to believe that the tide of public opinion finally turned against the whole enterprise in large part because of TV viewers sickened by the continuous sequence of gruesome spectacles on the nightly news.

The tide is turning and depending on the questions and how they're asked, most public opinion surveys indicate that the consensus of the majority of the population is that LGBTQs should be viewed and treated equally by the our laws.

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.

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.

While in 1962 the larger public might be characterized as indifferent or mildly impressed with the engineering feat of a pumped - storage hydroelectric plant, by the late 1960s, the tide of opinion had begun to turn and a new conventional wisdom began to emerge.

He's no more than a flip - flopper on this issue, washed about by the tides of public opinion and opportunities for political gain, like undermining Turnbull's leadership.

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.