Sentences with phrase «voice of dissent»

While this has been the standard in most of the country for years, a few voices of dissent have emerged.

I hate to be the only voice of dissent, but I did not feel this helped at all.

From abortion to euthanasia, contraception to marriage, in vitro fertilization to embryo experimentation, and more, Catholicism has remained the most powerful institutional voice of dissent in the West.

There were a few lone voices of dissent over the competition, which critics have called the hunger games, after the popular movie about a fight to the death competition among young people in a futuristic dystopia.

Lev Grossman, TIME book critic and novelist himself, is among the few voices of dissent with an interesting piece on why he thinks the board was right not to award a prize.

Don't listen to irrelevant voices of dissent.

Mainline church members are here shown the wrestling their pastors undergo in seminary with both the tradition of the church and those key voices of dissent within the tradition.

«People want to see her occupy the left flank and be there as a substantive voice of dissent when de Blasio drifts toward the center.»

«The science just hasn't been done,» says Charles Benbrook, an agricultural policy expert at Washington State University and a leading voice of dissent.

Henry Fonda as Juror # 8 initially provides the sole voice of dissent, and remains the conscience of these men — he forces them to confront their beliefs, through cajoling, deal - making and outright intimidation.

One of the persons raising the first voice of dissent is Nakia (Nyong» o), who believes it is her mission to help the needy, having seen what they suffer.

But this latest GFIE report at the very least adds another considerable voice of dissent to the growing number of media pundits and advocacy groups now demanding an overhaul of Canada's mutual fund industry.

Good round up Jane, food for thought, and there's always useful stuff learnt at TBU of course, but I'm going to be a (slight) voice of dissent on this one, sorry!

Its imminent withdrawal leaves the European Union grappling with voices of dissent from member states such as Poland.

A new study in Global Environmental Change suggests that the loudest voices of dissent can affect the way researchers who have separately and repeatedly confirmed the reality of global climate change then talk about their own research.

The first step has been made towards rebalancing our democracy: An unambiguous voice of dissent has been registered.

«It is profoundly depressing, after 26 years full - time in a field I love, to be a constant voice of dissent.

Madison, WI About Blog The Progressive presents voices of dissent and voices that are under - represented in the mainstream with a goal of championing grassroots progressive politics, civil liberties, human rights, economic justice, a healthy environment, and a reinvigorated democracy.

The lone voice of dissent is that of Evangelical political scientist Mark Amstutz, who, while praising the bishops for their concentration on Christian responses to poverty, is critical of their proposed means to end it.

I feel like I'm going to be the only voice of dissent, but I think this is a terrible dress for work — short, sleeveless, low back, and bright red.

By midday, Mr. Frazier was joined by a handful of other executives as a voice of dissent in the business community, which has particular sway of the president, himself a businessman.

but within these groups there are voices of dissent that are critical of this intolerance.

I'm going to be the voice of dissent here.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), responsible for administering the school lunch program does actively track demographics of children participating in the NSLP, but with such disparity between the voices of dissent and primary program participants, more needs to be done to better understand the socioeconomic factors connected to schools leaving the program.

Commissioner Diane Burman, a Republican, is often a voice of dissent, raising questions and concerns about policy decisions backed by the Cuomo administration; the other remaining commissioner is Gregg Sayre, a Democrat.

For any idea that comes along, we need voices of approval, voices of dissent, and voices of reason.

The case, if successful, will strengthen the voices of dissenting teachers while leaving the voices of other workers intact.

These voices of dissent are directly responsible for the current attempt to readjust the Common Core standards and testing practices.

Despite having two allies — University of Puget Sound Campus Bookstore and JJ Books — listed on their Testimonials page, the voices of dissent keep multiplying and their word choice is seasoned with moody temper.

Moreover, he is to be commended for outlining so clearly and so passionately his reasons for blowing the whistle and for becoming a voice of dissent.

For a region so choked by drought that they've had to take measures to limit their own water usage, you might expect some folks to pooh - pooh at the plan to pour so much water into the ground for the sake of a tree — but voices of dissent have been few and far between.

Though the voices of dissent in China are creative at using the Internet to communicate, they are a small band, and they must keep recreating themselves.

At the same time, voices of dissent are often being silenced.