Sentences with phrase «views of a small minority»

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Absent such a standard, the shareholder proposal rule becomes nothing less than a species of private eminent domain by which the federal government allows a small minority to appropriate someone else's property — the company is a legal person, after all, and it is the company's proxy statement at issue — for use as a soap - box to disseminate their views.

There, it is true that the arbitrage gains arising from free trade between economic zones of vastly different living standards without trade balance equilibrium and being captured by a small minority are correctly viewed as un-earned gains and giving rise to social tensions which could easily degenerate into political tensions.

So, basically, the vast majority of evidence suggests that you can't use this «loophole» for 2017; however, there is a small minority view / some small amount of belief that this treatment would work for 2017 taxes and it is worth noting that I'm unaware of any court cases directly testing this approach.

Only a small minority (5 %) of the national academy of sciences believes in a personal prayer answering god — the «Born Again» Christian world view is an antiquated backward way of thinking that only serves to hold back the progress of this country and the world.

How is it that with the exception of a small minority of atheists the world continues to function under the world view that there is a greater purpose and we are not simply a cosmic accident.

Radical Protestants of varied views grew, although still small minorities.

The answer is for the left to win arguments with real people and stop is time honoured Fabian strategy of, manipulating the system to vastly exaggerate the power held by a small minority whilst simultaneously complaining about their inability to concentrate even more power with Left Liberal courtiers via PR What the left hate and what they can not admit is that their leaders despise the views of many of their voters, perhaps a majority.

«I may be in a small minority, but I am one of those people who do not become infected by the view that we must have a democratic House of Lords.

Of course, that is not a platform for majority government, but amplifying and defending the views of a sizeable minority is a legitimate goal for a small partOf course, that is not a platform for majority government, but amplifying and defending the views of a sizeable minority is a legitimate goal for a small partof a sizeable minority is a legitimate goal for a small party.

His views were echoed by Nick Brook, deputy general secretary of the NAHT heads» union, who said: «While it may benefit a small minority, it will not close the gap between rich and poor pupils and if anything will increase the divide.»

A small minority of investors, mostly among value investors — a group to which I belong, take a completely opposite view and believe that it is -LSB-...]

A small minority of investors, mostly among value investors — a group to which I belong, take a completely opposite view and believe that it is the probability of permanent capital loss, not volatility that constitutes risk.

So they trot out this small minority of people to present their contrarian views.

Perhaps the simplest argument that shows that Powell is wrong is that surveys conducted in the past ten years consistently show a stubborn, small minority of scientists who dismiss the mainstream expert view on AGW.

Only a small minority of qualified scientists doubts the view that human causes are playing a significant role in recent average global temperature increases.

Of course, it isn't possible to keep everyone happy, so what happens when small but vocal minorities start complaining that they have been shut out of the process, their views marginalised and the «establishment» is somehow persecuting theOf course, it isn't possible to keep everyone happy, so what happens when small but vocal minorities start complaining that they have been shut out of the process, their views marginalised and the «establishment» is somehow persecuting theof the process, their views marginalised and the «establishment» is somehow persecuting them?

With temperatures rising and ice caps melting — and that small minority in control of both Congress and the White House — there seems no project more urgent than persuading climate deniers to reconsider their views.

Only a small minority of extreme cranks, or people who are in the pay of those who stand to benefit from continued pollution of our atmosphere with greenhouse gases, stand opposed to that view.

Right at the start of its reply brief, Samsung points to the «contrary [to Apple's position] view of nine high - technology companies, thirty - seven intellectual property professors, three groups representing minority and rural communities, two public interest organizations, a high - tech industry organization, and a small company that have filed amicus briefs in support of the petition.»