Sentences with phrase «vocal support for»

Even with the White House's vocal support for all things fossil fuels, clean energy is powering more and more of the US economy every year.

Baba said the vocal support for releasing Tales of Heart R and Tales of Innocence R in Western territories were the result of Bandai Namco promoting the RPG series more actively in North America and Europe.

That's based in large part on loyal, vocal support for her from the families of her student body, which is overwhelmingly poor, black and Latino — groups among whom opposition to Trump in the election was particularly strong.

Despite his vocal support for the union during an unprecedented speech at its annual conference in March, the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn did not visit teachers on picket lines today, and Angela Rayner, the new shadow education secretary and a former trade union official, stopped short of backing the strike.

Given our rapid responses to administration policies that affected science and scientists, our vocal support for positive legislative initiatives, and our coordination and engagement with an excited and interested scientific community, we believe we'll look back at 2017 as a year of awakening for the science advocacy community.

• A siting commission appointed by Cuomo and headed by Mayor Byron W. Brown rejected Higgins» vocal support for a new Amtrak station at Central Terminal and instead opted for a downtown location on Exchange Street.

Liberal advocates remain restless over Cuomo's support for tax policies they believe leans too heavily toward the wealthy and corporate interests and are taken aback by his vocal support for charter schools.

Our team lacks pace all round, and despite the vocal support for our manager shown at the London Stadium last week, I haven't yet worked out our strategy in breaking down opposition defences.

I just feel like there's enougj vocal support for him on here that he should've ended up hire even if the vast majority don't like him.

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She answers reader - submitted running questions (for example: «How to Bounce Back from a Bad Race like a Badass»), shares her thoughts via journal entries and poems, and is a vocal advocate for clean competition, supporting women in sport, and maternal health around the world.

, who has refused to support Trump and has emerged as perhaps the most vocal advocate for a third - party candidate.

IBM has been vocal about its support for and faith in blockchain technology in recent months.

While I commend Beck for advocating charity (even if he does it mostly to make political points), if people like Beck and Santorum are such devout, outspoken Christians, why were they not vocal in support of the long - standing Vatican and Christian position that the War in Iraq violated Christian Just War Criteria from the beginning, and vociferously denounce the draft - dodging, war profiteers and religious hypocrites who started it?

Religious thinkers, I believe, need to be more vocal in their support of those who affirm the need for political and economic life to be based on moral principles.

Television is a capital - intensive industry and regardless of how much charisma or vocal support one may have, if one does not have the money to produce a program and pay for its syndication one does not succeed in television.

While I commend Beck for advocating charity (even if he does it mosty to make political points), if people like Beck and Santorum are such devout, outspoken Christians, why were they not vocal in support of the long - standing Vatican and Chrisitan position that the War in Iraq violated Christian Just War Criteria from the beginning, and vociferously denounce the draft - dodging, war profiteers and religious hypocrites who started it?

Best way to protest is to withdraw vocal support and stay totally silent for 90 minutes.

To be fair to Arsenal I thought we started the game pretty well against a very pumped up Crystal Palace roared on by a vocal home support, as well as being in good recent form and fighting for survival.

I'm sure there will be a vocal minority that does not want the fee, but there is plenty of support to get it done and most students don't think critically about the current costs of attending school, especially when those who use student loans to pay for college won't see the actual cost until after they graduate.

The Argentina fans are famous for their vocal and passionate support, and it has certainly left Herrera very impressed.

PHOTO: One of the more vocal members of @andreabarzagli2's fan club shows his support for our defender.

Some sections of support have been vocal in lambasting Bruce for using a thirty - six - year - old so heavily, so first of all, we must debunk the myth that Terry's injury is due to having played so much football.

But now many powerful forces are aligned against school food reform: the processed food industry, which has a huge financial stake in the program and powerful lobbyists on Capitol Hill; the need of school districts to make their meal programs break even; First Lady Michelle Obama's vocal support of school food reform, which has politicized the issue for some conservatives hoping to score political points; and conservatives» general distrust of «big government.»

Once again we have a study that supports homebirth for low risk women and yet there are still people who are vocal that homebirth is dangerous for all.

«It slices the vocal cords,» complained Jeffrey Henson, who ran the Facebook page, calling for a boycott of Target over its $ 150,000 donation to a group supporting a candidate some view as hostile to the gay community, Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer.

Senior Lib Dem figures like Nick Clegg and Simon Hughes have been vocal in their support for the ban, saying that prisoners can have up to 12 books in their cell at one time.

With the repatriation of all its citizens now impossible — particularly the most vocal opposition activists who left Rwanda in the post-1998 period and were thus unaffected (in theory) by the Clause's implementation — the Rwandan government shifted its approach to generously support a range of other initiatives and durable solutions in refugee - hosting states, for example the provision of passports to Rwandan refugees abroad from visiting delegations.

Shortly before 23:00 BST Mr Davidson received vocal criticism after pointing out that the SNP's proposals were not always accepted — as was the case with his support for the «yes» campaign in the defeated alternative vote referendum.

Among the vocal critics of congestion pricing is Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has said he has yet to see an equitable proposal for outer - bough drivers and is trying to gain state support for his own plan to fund the MTA subway system.

Romney on the other hand has been very vocal on the fact that he does not support ENDA or the repeal of DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) for that matter and has kowtowed to many anti-gay religious extremist groups.

The vocal minority who wanted Scotland to leave remained stuck at under one in five, and support for the UK grew.

Third, there exists across - the - board consensus among mainstream and regional political parties for intensifying dialogue with India, a course supported by public opinion and increasingly vocal peace lobbies in both countries.

That ever - shrinking but always vocal constituency within the Labour party that is impressed by such a show of fundraising largesse would be well advised to stop for a moment, consider what tactics brought a dip in our membership, a loss of intellectual dexterity in power, & loss of trust & support among the wider public, & to not be jellylegged by the implied promises of favour from vested interests that such large donations are supposed to signify.

The rally was organized by the Professional Staff Congress, the union representing CUNY faculty and staff, with support from the Strong Economy for All Coalition, VOCAL New York, FPI, New York Communities for Change, and Assembly member Yuh - Line Niou.

• What I find most striking is the way the three «establishment» candidates and their vocal supporters — from Alan Johnson to Tony Blair to Betty Boothroyd — are happy to call those party members and supporters who are minded to support Jeremy Corbyn extremists, mad, destructive, stupid and ill - intentioned, but show no sign of any introspection as to why this surge in support for Mr Corbyn has come about.

With several meetings held, Tinubu's most vocal critics such as Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Sir Olanihun Ajayi, among others, began to drum up support for him publicly.

He did hear some vocal support from Democratic Legislator Peter Savage, who like Republican lawmakers called for more information to be made available but also had good words for Siragusa.

She said she was bullied for not «kissing the ring» of party boss Rep. Joe Crowley — who has been vocal in his support for Moya — and said it's a «grave and horrific injustice - not only to my candidacy, but the civic process.»

Organizations represented at the rally included Amida Care, which brought a large team of members and staff to show support for increased funding, Housing Works, Harlem United, VOCAL - NY, Iris House, the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NBLCA), the Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA), ACT UP, ACRIA, Callen Lorde, Bailey House, the Legal Action Center, and many others.

Mahoney, who has been vocal about her support for the merger, said the proposal has «impressive data.»

Getting state support to fix aging infrastructure, is something she, other municipalities and a statewide coalition have been vocal about for months.

Pedro Espada, who returned to Team Democrat today, has in the past been vocal about his support for David Paterson's marriage - equality bill.

The increase in Cuomo's numbers — and the drop in support for Trump — come amid a series of stumbles for the new president during his first month in office and the Democratic governor's vocal opposition to a temporary ban on immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries and refugees.

Cuomo has been vocal in his support for immigrants and the Jewish community in New York after a spate of anti-Semitic incidents around the country and in New York.

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Two vocal Senate skeptics — Sens. John McCaind and Lindsey Graham — threw their support behind Rex Tillerson yesterday, clearing a path for his confirmation as secretary of state.

«Throughout the campaign I was also very vocal about my support for restrictions on lobbying activity, or bidding on state contracts, reform to restrictions on outside income, and term limits for our bodies» leaders, which is what we had voted on in our rules, that was the first thing that we did - eight years that we wanted for committee chairs and for leadership,» Serino says.

A vocal supporter of Israel, Mr. Jeffries has attracted significant funding from national Jewish donors over the years, though his support for the Iran deal could be an obstacle in the future.

While Cuomo came out in vocal support last year and attempted to insert money into the state budget for a preparatory committee, the issue was not included in his 2017 State of the State policy book nor his executive budget proposal.

In December, Trump tweeted support for DeSantis, who had been a staunch supporter of Trump and particularly vocal against special counsel Robert Mueller in his probe on Russian influence on the 2016 election.