Sentences with phrase «with bigger agendas»

GRAIN is a small group with a big agenda, and we appreciate any support or participation you can provide.

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SETTING THE AGENDA: THE CONVERGENCE OF BIG DATA AND BIOLOGY With co-chairs Dr. David B. Agus of USC and Clifton Leaf of Fortune — Report by Erika Fry — Video: Disruption Isn't Coming Fast Enough to Health Care

Despite the explosion of cryptocurrencies, including many with clear social impact agendas, big challenges remain in the process of making them part of mainstream society and to the successful implementation of their social objectives.

I very much agree with what you say, but be cautious that in your very proper rejection of having «big plans» and «agendas» and «how - to promotions» that you not go diving off the opposite edge.

This is why the church flirts with danger when it tries to look successful, present a public image and further it's noble agendas and become really big.

Moreover, this «big tent» approach to uniting parents could backfire with black and evangelical Christians, for whom agreement with the NPA's larger pro-parenting agenda may not make up for this equivocation on homo - sexual parenting.

The Portugal international is making a huge demand to his club, with plenty of big names on his agenda as he looks to force them to improve their squad.

Malcom seemingly remains on Arsenal's agenda, however, with the Metro reporting that Arsene Wenger is a big fan of the Brazilian and that Bayern declaring they're not in for him is likely to have the club on alert.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Any opponents of the 4th place mantra are described as a tiny minority with private agendas and big egos.

The Argentine is a top performer in La Liga and could make a great upgrade for United in defence, with other big names such as Mats Hummels of Borussia Dortmund also on Louis van Gaal's agenda.

But there are still a handful of cracking top - flight ties on the agenda, with big implications at both ends of the table.

David Cameron pressed ahead with his «big society» agenda today with a # 600 million fund for charities and community groups, despite claims it was failing to resonate with the public.

«This platform will have a policy unit which will draw on the best ideas and practical solutions, building partnerships with other organisations, in the public policy and private spheres, so that those in the frontline of politics have a bigger and better policy agenda to reflect upon; and a networking capability to join like - minded people up.

A party pursuing an agenda of increased tax and redistribution, regulation and nationalisation is never going to have a cosy relationship with media barons and big business in general (though it's worth noting that the corporate lobbyists who stayed away from last year's conference came flooding back this time) but it can reach people in other ways.

While NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was at a Texas music festival peddling his national agenda, Cuomo was quick to jump in on some Big Apple issues that critics say the mayor has sorely neglected — agreeing to meet with public - housing tenants over their heat, mold and lead - paint woes.

No wonder 80 per cent of councils are not getting to grips with the big society agenda.

«He has laid out a bold agenda to reform and I am proud to stand with him and this diverse group of leaders to bring New Yorkers together — regardless of their party affiliation — under this big tent and behind this agenda for reform.»

The NCAFC campaign, which is organising the march, said on its website: «With enough of a presence on November 9th, we can force education back onto the agenda this autumn, in the midst of the biggest social movement Britain has seen in decades, and force a U-turn from the government.»

With just one week left in the New York State legislative session, press outlets are predicting that few big - ticket issues, such as public campaign financing, the women's equality agenda, medical marijuana or the Dream Act, will be resolved.

David Cameron has once again tried to reinvigorate his «big society» agenda, with a speech arguing it can serve as the driving force of the centre - right.

Part of making politics more sophisticated is admitting that when your party is in power as a junior partner in a coalition government, that it may have to support things that as a party it doesn't corporately agree with to gain influence on less palatable elements of the bigger partner's agenda and to implement at least part of its own.

It certainly will make for some awkward moments between Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg, who endorsed Cuomo last week, saying he «has the guts to take on entrenched interests and the skill to work in partnership with the Legislature to get big things done,» and attacked Schneiderman on the radio Friday for pushing a «social agenda.»

If it can be shown that they are the biggest obstacles to meaningful campaign finance reform — will Cantor finally criticize Klein, Savino, Smith and their alliance with Dean Skelos, arguably the biggest opponent to the WFP agenda on the State level?

The phenomenon starts during our political campaigns when people and powerful organizations with their own agendas and resources, skew voting.They secretly or openly give big donations and other supports to the political parties with the expectation that, their political cronies will offer them juicy contracts etc when they win political power.With this support, our parties buy votes instead of winning them.

«It is a very important committee because the administration itself is committed to ensuring that we are able to deal with not only with question of corruption which is a big item on our agenda but also other economic crimes, terrorism which has assumed different shapes and proportions of late,» he said.

It started with a medium - term perspective; allowed business to set the agenda; and its members are both high - level and diverse, including business secretary Vince Cable, senior leaders from big companies in the sector, and representatives from research councils, trade unions and finance companies.

The move would significantly diminish local council's power over the town centre but it would chime with the coalition's «big society» agenda.

Scrambling to recover from her big loss in New Hampshire, Clinton repeatedly challenged Sanders» trillion - dollar policy plans, and portrayed him as a big talker who needed to «level» with voters about the difficulty of accomplishing his agenda.

He made peace with his biggest nemesis in the labor movement, the teachers unions, by denouncing much of the state education agenda he had pushed in his first term.

In interviews with the BBC, Bubb has been stressing that he supports the big society agenda.

But de Blasio has kept his popularity, especially with voters of color, and used his platform at the helm of America's biggest city to declare war on Trump's agenda.

NYSUT is big enough so that its active «no» vote on Cuomo would make it difficult for him to hit the threshold necessary to get the AFL endorsement, especially if the public employee unions, which are not pleased with the AG's proposed wage freeze and other parts of his «New NY Agenda» plan, also decided to oppose him.

The committee plans to spend the remainder of its cash to help promote agenda items on which its members agree with the governor, and that will not include the rent laws, thanks to the participation of REBNY and big real estate developers.

The second publication of the government's progress reports - an innovation devised by David Cameron to make government more efficient and transport - shows its business, environment and «big society» projects to be running months behind schedule only six months after their timetables were originally published... The Cabinet Office was the department whose agenda had slipped the most with 17 rearranged targets.

The election debates gave the Liberal Democrats by - election status, and disrupted an already disjointed Tory campaign The Conservatives stopped losing on the economy but they didn't develop a strong or consistent economic message The Big Society agenda is an exciting governing philosophy but it should never have been put at the heart of the Tory election campaign No party ran a campaign responsive to the seismic impact of the expenses scandal - and to the prevailing mood of disillusion with Westminster politics

In some cases he's taken steps to move them backward,» said Mr. Lander when asked whether he was satisfied with Mr. Cuomo's approach to the big - ticket items in Mr. de Blasio's liberal agenda.

Another source familiar with the meeting said de Blasio «went through a list of big - ticket agenda items and said look, I can't do anything without the Democratic majority and real unity in the State Senate.»

Seconds after stepping into the steaming rain forest of French Guiana, he announces his agenda: «Let's divide and search for holes with big, hairy legs.»

Even though Majumdar will be overseeing a much bigger agenda as energy under secretary, he will need to spend much of his time guiding ARPA - E, a 2 - year - old agency with a strong reputation that nonetheless faces tough times.

We are having a big outdoor Mexican food feast with the whole fam this weekend — fingers crossed for good weather - and then chill - axing is definitely on the agenda for the rest of the weekend!

I am currently drinking a big cup of coffee and starting off my Wednesday morning with a smile; it's beautiful outside, birds are chirping and I am finalizing today's agenda and to do list.

«This 3 - day event features: An agenda crafted by the Affiliate Summit Advisory Board made up of the biggest stakeholders in the affiliate marketing industry — packed with engaging presentations and...

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Her Big Plan involves creating a worldwide problem, then offering a solution to said worldwide problem in exchange for the legitimization of her global business enterprises, but she doesn't count on a duplicitous American president (Bruce Greenwood) with a not - so - hidden draconian agenda of his own.

Gerwig envisions a program in which locals apprentice with seasoned crew members (if only such an agenda were in place when Memoirs of a Geisha and The Assassination of Richard Nixon were filming in the area), citing how the cult fantasy show Xena: Warrior Princess laid the groundwork in New Zealand for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, some of the biggest productions in motion picture history.

The same can not be said of Walter Ferris (John Michael Higgins), an anally retentive inspector with an apparent agenda to close the zoo before its big opening day for any miniscule infraction he can find.

And for shopping, there's «Big Spender,» with Kiana Ledé (formerly the child star Kiana Brown) as a gold digger flaunting «Bling on my agenda / Last time I paid I just can't remember.»

Many of you said Teacher helps you on a really practical level, «[I take the articles] to professional discussions with a focus on reflective practice, to feed into professional learning communities, influence strategic planning agendas and to focus on the bigger picture through strategic steps towards improvement.»

So, with the quality agenda at the forefront of the minds of leaders and managers across the spectrum the big question is: how do you know how good you are?