Sentences with phrase «to be apolitical»

Perhaps, far from being apolitical, demands across the political spectrum to empower the 99 % with real democracy are republican in spirit, as are pragmatic efforts to share control of our wealth and workplaces.

«We think science is apolitical.»

Whereas last year's shortlist were accused of being apolitical in the wake of a snap, post-Brexit election, this year's nominees each handle social inequalities in highly measured and thoughtful ways that are still firmly embedded in current political questions.

Jehovah's Witnesses are one example who are apolitical, but then again, they are a little strange.

Others now try to distance themselves from the system's abuses by claiming their work was apolitical, and argue that they were guided by the need to «pursue excellence».

Twitter's tools are apolitical, and we enforce our rules without political bias.

Moreover, Oakey would have us believe that unions exist in some sort of vacuum, in which negotiating contracts is an apolitical process.

In your mind, if someone is apolitical, are they democrat or republican?

Condemning the brutalities of the Nationalists, Burleigh nonetheless exonerates the great bulk of the Spanish clergy, most of whom were apolitical and who dedicated their lives to the poor.

Is an apolitical person democrat or republican?

At least Colonel Harlan Sanders was apolitical!

Those who claim to be apolitical usually side with and support the forces of status quo.

Sports has never been apolitical, to be sure, and yet we believe that it could be, and moreover that it should be.

In any case what is apolitical Party?

«This is intended to be an apolitical commission that appears to have acted politically by seeking an inappropriate quid pro quo,» Mr. Dadey said.

The installation of the statues was a highly political act, when they were erected, which is my point: Not the installation was apolitical, but it was in the past, that's what I mean by «historical».

The army chief, who was represented by the Chief of Army Standard and Evaluation, Major General Adekunle Shodunke, said: «Commanders, at all levels, must ensure their personnel are apolitical, uphold the tenets of military professionalism and be guided by the provision of the constitution.»

Baba was apolitical and I assure you that we as a family are happy to give our Baba the due he deserved.

Mr. Recchia, a Democrat, was not present at the press conference, and Mr. Cuomo explained the Democrat's absence by claiming the occasion was apolitical.

The Cape Town march was apolitical and strove to showcase the positive things science can bring to South Africa, rather than negative sentiments about the anti-science movement, said its organizer Julie Kohn of Cornell University, a visiting Ph.D. student at the University of Cape Town.

Jaime Winstone plays Sandra, a hot - pants - wearing striker who yearns to be a bikini model, and Andrea Riseborough is the sexually liberated Brenda: I couldn't help remembering her acclaimed performance as the young Margaret Thatcher in the recent BBC Four drama The Long Walk to Finchley, which, in a style similar to this, invites sympathy from audiences of all opinions, on the basis that fighting male chauvinism is an apolitical cause.

But being apolitical takes special political skill.

Standard Life is an apolitical company, but where necessary we will contribute to the process to ensure the interests of all our stakeholders are represented.

For a show that aims to combat a common conception of femininity in the arts, To Be a Lady is apolitical to the point of feeling a bit anemic.

Much of the content on the account was apolitical, evincing positive portrayals of Islam and Muslims and debunking some of the very Islamophobic myths Russia was simultaneously deploying through other accounts.

Or it may have been apolitical hackers testing out a botnet made up of thousands of infected Internet of Things devices, such as security cameras, home wireless routers and smart TVs.

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'» Lewis confounded critical categorization in part because his activism was not immediately evident in his art, although, as Anfam argues, his abstract works were far from being apolitical.

Ideally, science is apolitical and amoral.

That they are not didactic does not mean that these works are apolitical (Mono - ha first emerged amidst Japanese protests against American imperialism, both military and cultural), and this show offers a reminder of the many ways in which art can practice resistance against prevailing systems.

But interim managers are supposed to be apolitical.

Congress and the American people overwhelmingly agreed that federal law enforcement needed to be apolitical and independent.

And even for most who do get engaged, the process itself is apolitical.

More fundamentally, they are objectionable because they assume that the liturgy itself is apolitical and needs to be made political.

All this from a church that claims to be apolitical!

From its beginning, the Good News has been apolitical and non-national.

Most missions, whatever their religious perspective, are apolitical: they are more concerned with individual souls than with the social causes of homelessness.

Even if we say that we are apolitical — that we don't wish to deal with political decisions and that we withdraw from the political arena — we are taking a political decision.

If you ask someone who they voted for and they reply «I'm apolitical», do you automatically assume that they're a democrat or republican?

It prides itself from being apolitical — and there is something to be said about withstanding the political pressures especially in many ill - governed countries — and that allure explains its surprising resilience despite the odious lack of transparency and the general heavy - handedness.

Afropolitan discourse is selective in its politics, rather than being apolitical, as it is often charged.

«He has been apolitical, I would say.