Sentences with phrase «very public stand»

Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken a very public stand against an FBI request and court order to create a backdoor into the Apple operating system.

Not exact matches

Denton's optimism about this recent investment stands in direct opposition to his previous, and very public, aversion to taking on outside money.

While we don't know exactly when the company will become public and what price the shares will be when it begins trading, we know some of the founders and earliest investors stand to get very rich.

But just as Harper is de-emphasizing some of his past comments, the Liberals are also de-emphasizing their stand on private care within the public system, as we saw recently when Health Minister Pierre Pettigrew did a very public about - face on this very question.

British imperialists knew very well that «administrative massacres» could keep India in bondage, but they also knew that public opinion at home would not stand for such measures.

Voices are raised, feelings are hurt, and there you stand, witnessing a very public showdown that you wish was taking place behind closed doors.

While it may make sense to take a stand against the bigotry by having an imam speak as one among many faiths, we know very well that the public will make fools of themselves and expose the ignorant nature of the other side of the coin.

• Firstly, there were some very deliberate and public comments by Ivan Gazidis which were intended to leave the Club's supporters with an impression that Red & White is in some bitter stand - off with the Board over its desire for a Board seat and that our involvement on the Club's Board might cause conflict and «destabilize» the Club; and

And so with a group it like singlizes everything about this breastfeeding movement and you know people being happy and proud and empowered and support each other, taking a stand and sort of taking it to the streets you know I mean this is where I get a little very passionate about breastfeeding in public because of the overall societal changes and impact it makes.

«People will take a very dim of an opposition party which stands in the way of an inquiry because they don't want their dirty washing done in public,» the PM shouts.

Furthermore, the British public have a very strong sense of fair play and standing up for those that can not stand up for themselves.

«This case stands for a very simple but important principle, which is that you can not use your campaign account as a slush fund to avoid public scrutiny,» said Schneiderman, D - New York.

When I studied aspects of US politics at BA level (admittedly quite briefly and a while ago) I recalled very weak structures for substantive participation outside of campaign times, particularly for those not wishing to stand for public office.

The trouble started when Astorino stood on the Capitol steps last Monday and unveiled the very first comprehensive public policy proposal of his campaign to oust Andrew Cuomo.

«I've been very clear on where I stand with Indian Point, as have several other elected leaders, including Governor Cuomo, but now it's time to hear from the public.

Unfortunately freedom of speech is contingent to how much money you have given that the media is itself a business that has to make profits as well, so a «lobbyist» like this comes to this program without any ethics, without any remorse but with a lot of money as well to openly acknowledge that: yes, we put money in this governor's elections, we are expecting he pay us back and will stand on our side of the equation, and yes, we have collected (very fast) the private necessary money to run a public relations campaign (of lies if necessary) to guarantee that our privileges are well kept; and he finds a free stand to speak out freely and without appropriate response As far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issue.

Schneiderman said the Maziarz case stood «for a very simple but important principle, which is that you can not use your campaign account as a slush fund to avoid public scrutiny.

This case stands for a very simple but important principle, which is that you can not use your campaign account as a slush fund to avoid public scrutiny.

«For the first time, people wanted to throw the supreme law of the land — the constitution — aside because of some parochial interest... She's one of the most vilified public officers ever seen in this country in recent times, but I doff my hat for her that she stood very tall in all this and did her work effectively.

The very public move by the former President appeared to wrap a bow around long - standing ties between the new mayor and both Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Dokpesi, who is currently standing trial on six count charge of fraud and violations of Public Procurement Act, was however handed very stringent bail condition.

In a joint Christmas Eve statement, the former New York governor and the woman who very generously stood next to him as he resigned over a prostitution scandal confirmed what everyone already knew: «We regret that our marital relationship has come to an end and we have agreed not to make any other public statement on this subject.»

He said, «I stand this morning with a very heavy heart to ask my colleagues that I need the nod of the senate to inform the senate about a satanic collabo between the NNPC and NPDC; there is a case of unlawful misappropriation and criminal withholding of public revenue by NNPC and NPDC from 2013 to date to of about $ 4 billion.

«We have a lot of very high profile, capable people who can stand in for the first minister in terms of being the public face of the party, going on television and pushing our arguments,» she added.

There was a very special standing ovation and as it's the first ever public screening those moments were always emotional.»

«Excerpted from the Introduction (pages 1 - 6) As the United States stands poised to make history with the impending presidential election, it takes considerable courage for a very public black intellectual like Dr. Cornel West to refrain from jumping headlong onto the Obama bandwagon.

Though partly overshadowed by the very public departure of original director Edgar Wright, Ant - Man stands apart from the rest of the Marvel pack simply by being small.

Caputo - Pearl sees this as a threat to UTLA's very existence, which makes it strange when his two national affiliates may both end up supporting Clinton, who once said, «I stand behind the charter school / public school movement, because parents do deserve greater choice within the public school system to meet the unique needs of their children.»

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Seven years after Paul Vallas and the «education reformers» successfully destroyed the public education system in New Orleans and replaced it with charter schools, the average score for the standardized test known as ACT stands at 16.8, placing it among the very lowest cities in the nation.

Here's a scene you don't see very often: a line of an inner city public school students standing outside of a classroom eagerly waiting for their teacher to let them in and begin class.

As it stands, Samsung is taking a very public backlash (and by public, we mean by people who intensely follow cellphone blogs) but are forging ahead with the launch of an updated variant of the original Vibrant.

It's definitely very high - risk, but if you can pick successful startups before their valuation shoots up, get some equity, help them succeed, and they eventually go public or get acquired, you can stand to bring in some big returns.

We are very reluctant to overturn long standing public health principles that are established based on demonstrated science and facts.

Playa Delfines also stands out from the others since it's one of the very few to offer free public parking, it has a beautiful «Cancun» sign at the front and there are some Mayan ruins nearby.

This week leaves us with very little time: Roberta and Jerry do a rare public joint interview, professional newscasters perform a Liz Magic Laser piece, and artists do stand - up.

The opponents of regulation want the very word «environmentalist» and the things it stands for to have a negative connotation in the public mind.

It's not all «a qualified guess to satisfy public demand», but, like the mythically endangered polar bear, it stands on very thin ice.

Picking up on Pete's point in # 123 that he is troubled by not knowing exactly what climate scientists are trying to tell us about where we currently stand in regard to tipping points and todays ABC article on the acceleration of climate change which includes the comment: «But many experts confide privately what they aren't yet ready to announce publicly: Change is accelerating at a dramatic rate» (URL below) I would find it very helpful if someone from Real Climate could tell us the summary message you want to get across to the public regarding tipping points — is it the «alternative version» I set out in # 75 above or is it a modified version of this, if so it would be great if you could post the modified version up here — I would love to hear it.

Thirdly, he then during question period a few days later repeated his messaging in a very public forum and again stood by his argument that few women and minorities are applying for positions on the bench so that's why the government isn't appointing them.

In the meantime, I'll be leaving my city to avoid what looks like could be a very ugly stand - off between police and protesters who will not know about new police powers and the new ability to detain people summarily in what, until very recently, was the most public of public places.

As noted by the Ontario Court of Appeal in M.E.H. v. Williams (2012 ONCA 35), purely personal interests can not justify non-publication or sealing orders: ``... the personal concerns of a litigant, including concerns about the very real emotional distress and embarrassment that can be occasioned to litigants when justice is done in public, will not, standing alone, satisfy the necessity branch of the test».

The result will very likely serve as a model to the world of another way in which open access to research and scholarship can stand as one of the public goods of the digital era.

Very, very briefly, ABS leads to (1) an anti-competitive consolidation in the legal marketplace, (2) an additional layer of remote and dictatorial profit - takers who will militate against lowered costs to the public and who will be largely uninterested in our ethical niceties, and (3) over time an inexorable decline in our hard - won independence, ethics and standing in the public's mVery, very briefly, ABS leads to (1) an anti-competitive consolidation in the legal marketplace, (2) an additional layer of remote and dictatorial profit - takers who will militate against lowered costs to the public and who will be largely uninterested in our ethical niceties, and (3) over time an inexorable decline in our hard - won independence, ethics and standing in the public's mvery briefly, ABS leads to (1) an anti-competitive consolidation in the legal marketplace, (2) an additional layer of remote and dictatorial profit - takers who will militate against lowered costs to the public and who will be largely uninterested in our ethical niceties, and (3) over time an inexorable decline in our hard - won independence, ethics and standing in the public's mind.

He openly accepts that Scott v Scott «was addressing a very important principle, that justice should be administered in public» but «nothing in that case is authority for the power of a court to abrogate a long - standing common law right directly bearing on the ability of a criminal defendant to defend himself».

(«The publicderives tremendous benefit from HDL, and authors stand to gain very little if the public is deprived of this resource.»)

At the very least I for one can start this discussion in my own circles and stand up for myself while having to work within this archaic model, which by its very nature, puts profits first the public second.

Perhaps you have no idea how much money we dish out everyday, every month & every year just to maintain our business and put ourselves in very good standing with CREA, OREA, etc. and most importantly, the public.