Sentences with phrase «vigorous campaigns»

Grassroots organizations like ACORN, which have supported charter schools — even started their own — have led vigorous campaigns against Edison Schools» involvement in troubled public systems like those of Philadelphia, New York, and San Francisco.

Essex County candidates Brian Barrett and Luke Hudak, running for County Judge and County Clerk, respectively, expect to conduct vigorous campaigns this fall.

In fact, it seems, Cardinal Sodano has been orchestrating a vigorous campaign of support for his remaining in office until his 80th birthday, November 23, 2007.

They started a vigorous campaign, using revival techniques to convert the nation to total abstinence by choice and through law.

Claypool, seeking elective office for the first time, has waged a vigorous campaign focusing on taxes, which he has vowed to cut.

They believe their flagbearer is not prosecuting a vigorous campaign expected of him and that he has also failed to keep the party together.

Taking all these factors together - regional variations, over-statement of the Labour vote and more vigorous campaigning in target seats - and we would expect a modest Conservative majority of 30 to 50.

«That is unacceptable, and that's why we will support a vigorous campaign to replace Chris Collins in 2018 with someone who will actually represent New York's 27th District,» the chairs said.

David Cameron lacked judgment in holding the referendum, but also to blame for the result was the lack of Labour leadership in promoting a vigorous campaign to expose the distortions and lies the Tories were using to blame Europe for the policies they had instigated, which had damaged schools, hospitals, social services and housing needs.

I therefore announce that as of June 20, 2013, the last day of thesession, I resign my position.I expect to run a vigorous campaign on the issues facing the citizens of mycommunity and hope to continue to serve them as a member of the City Council.

He explained that, the state would have to pay the transportation of all 275 Members of Parliament whom hitherto were vigorous campaigning in their constituencies ahead of the December 7 polls.

Following her vigorous campaigning against payday loans companies and an impressive performance in the deputy leadership election last year, Stella Creasy is seen by many Labour moderates as one of their brightest stars.

The man who has been calling on delegates within the ruling party to maintain him as the chairman of the party said on Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen, Friday, that he arrived at that figure after a vigorous campaign.

«We're looking forward to a vigorous campaign season with spirited debate on the issues with all candidates,» Rigby said.

«I congratulate Carl Paladino for running a strong, vigorous campaign to win the Republican nomination for Governor.

Senator Savino welcomes the challenge and looks forward to a vigorous campaign.»

The strategic plans adapted for the vigorous campaign by the National and Regional campaign teams to market the Party's enviable manifesto to Ghanaians was a clear manifestation that the New Patriotic Party was adequately prepared to win power to better develop Ghana.

Given the fact it's one of only three seats held by Democrats that the GOP has a realistic chance of picking up in the immediate future, they would almost certainly mount a vigorous campaign in a special election that would likely be decided by atypical turnout patterns.

Faced with a robust opponent, and unused to vigorous campaigning, they could be vulnerable.

Distinguish members of the press; we further wish to thank the President elect Nana Akuffo Addo and Dr. Bawumiah and the National and Regional campaign teams for the vigorous campaign they undertook at all levels to win power for our great party.

The President of Tamale Technical University branch of TEIN, Abdul Fatau Issah assured of embarking on a vigorous campaign to retain President Mahama in government for another four years.

The Chief of Staff had visited the Upper West, Brong Ahafo, Volta, Eastern and the Ashanti regions respectively, with a vigorous campaign to get his boss the President John Dramani Mahama reelected on the December 7 polls.

Congress calls on the TUC to mount a vigorous campaign against the Coalition Government's relentless attacks on equalities by:

The Convention People's Party's (CPP) Presidential Candidate, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, is on a five - day vigorous campaign tour of the Northern Region.

She has already prepared the ground with her vigorous campaigning and her «Greenprint for the Valleys», a serious attempt to move towards a «green economy» in Wales.

It is on record that, Gov. Ugwuanyi, at the pre-election stage, led the PDP to prosecute an intensive, sustained and vigorous campaign in the 17 councils, traversing all the nooks and crannies of the state, canvassing for votes.

«I expect to run a vigorous campaign on the issues facing the citizens of my community,» Lopez said in a statement «and hope to continue to serve them in the City Council.»

«I also congratulate Governor Oshiomhole who has, in the last seven and a half years, diligently served the people of Edo State and has led a vigorous campaign to sustain the APC legacy in Edo State.

This will be a full - on, vigorous campaign.»

«I intend to conduct a vigorous campaign that will allow a full debate on the future of our city and state.»

«I expect to run a vigorous campaign on the issues facing the citizens of my community and hope to continue to serve them as a member of the City Council,» Lopez said.

A poll in late March found that 68 % of likely voters supported the measure, but that was before tobacco companies and other opponents mounted a vigorous campaign against it.

Our item on Australia's vigorous campaign against drunk driving (12 march) prompted a reader who wishes to remain anonymous to recall his experience in a certain Middle Eastern country in the 1980s.

Despite a vigorous campaign by the studio, it failed to pick up any Oscar heat.

As Congress works to revise the NCLB law, the 3.2 million - member union and its California affiliate are mounting a vigorous campaign against the law and the most prominent proposal for reauthorizing it.

Not surprisingly, the teachers unions mounted a vigorous campaign against the bill.

«This year's school board elections have involved vigorous campaigning and far more money than usual — and, unlike recent election years, all four races were contested.

It is crucial to understand that this new School Board that will be seated in 2017 will be the School Board voting on our full contract and health benefits — when all indications are that key figures in the senior management of the District will be advocating that LAUSD wage a vigorous campaign to cut our benefits.

Lately, our organization has been engaged in a spirited debate with former Texas Workforce Commission Chairman Tom Pauken, who has been conducting a vigorous campaign against what he perceives as an onerous high stakes assessment system in public education and in the service of the promotion of a less rigorous vocational pathway to high school graduation.

«I hope that WFP mounts a vigorous campaign, especially on the issue of education, pointing out that the Cuomo administration has tolerated highly inequitable funding, limited the ability of districts to tax themselves to meet their needs, and shown preference for charter schools — which enroll 3 % of the state's children — over public schools.

With Bollywoodesque «How To guides on investing in mutual funds», the AMFI's drive to increase investments in Indian mutual funds is a determined and vigorous campaign, which makes complete sense because AMFI is an association of SEBI - recognized Mutual Fund Houses, and it works in their interest to have more Indians invest in mutual funds.

Following vigorous campaigning by PETA, the Army ended cruel and outdated monthly training exercises at Aberdeen Proving Ground in which monkeys were poisoned with a drug overdose.

In the late 1990's, Wallace and other activists led a resistance movement against a vigorous campaign by business interests to curtail the national Resource Management Act, a piece of legislation that provided important protection for natural resources.

Not exact matches

Toward the goal of clean capital markets, in 2004 Byrne began a vigorous citizen - journalist campaign focusing on regulatory capture, hedge fund mischief, settlement system failures, systemic risk, and the possibility of economic warfare against the US by organized crime and foreign governments.

These are the ideas which were first brought forward in biology by thinkers such as Needham and Woodger (with myself acquiescing on the side - lines) under the name «Organizing Relations,» and by Bertalanffy, who conducted a vigorous propaganda campaign on their behalf, under the name of «Systems Theory, and finally by Norbert Wiener, with equal fervour, as «Cybernetics.»

The hosts have been formidable at home all season, the sort of side who always give travelling opponents a vigorous encounter in Lancashire, and so the Spurs chief desperately needs to see some character, some fighting spirit from his team much like when his side went to places like Stoke and Fulham earlier in the season and grounded out priceless away wins, as this morale - battering sequence of results is threatening to ruin what had been, up until the end of 2010, a fantastic campaign which promised endless possibilities.

Price's conclusion is telling: «Lengthy and vigorous popular press campaigns demanded economic protectionism in the 1920s and a referendum on Europe in the 1990s and 2000s.

I do not envisage the conversation as an anodyne exercise in collective self - congratulation, but as a UK - wide equivalent and successor to the astonishingly profound and vigorous national conversation that took place during the Scottish referendum campaign in September 2014 — and, for that matter, to the searching, decades - long nineteenth - century conversation about the «Condition of England Question'that I describe in chapter two.

«This partnership with House Majority PAC will ensure that the work being done by SEIU member volunteers at the doors, on the phones and in the neighborhoods is backed up by a vigorous paid media campaign.

Ed Santos has done a respectable job raising campaign money, and with matching funds he should have the resources to conduct a vigorous operation, despite CM Mark - Viverito's union - stuffed war chest.