Sentences with phrase «years about politicians»

Heads have been complaining for years about politicians overloading them with strategies and initiatives.

Not exact matches

The economy may be on the mend and politicians may be making progress on the fiscal cliff, but small business owners are expressing dire pessimism about the year ahead.

Several Thai politicians who attended the Boao Forum for Asia, a kind of China - centered version of the World Economic Forum in Davos, noted that, in recent years, some of the discussions at Boao had shifted from a kind of general talk of globalization and its impact in Asia to more specific conversations about some of the failings of Western economic models exposed by the global economic crisis, and whether China's type of development might be less prone to such risks.

I will close with this Ted, I remember a Town Hall about 6 years or so ago and a young man stated that those politicians that claim that their military service made them the better choice for office, were basically wrong.

In March, the Pew Forum for Religion and Public Life saw a first in its ten years of polling: the largest group of voters in its survey, 38 %, said that politicians are talking about religion «too much» right now.

I'd like to see politicians say something like: «I don't know the details, but science says it's about 4 billion years old and our children should study and understand science.»

One minute he's a high - profile wine entrepreneur from central casting, referring to himself in the third person — «Wazza» did this, «Mr Randall» did that — first - name - dropping the politicians he's phoned to harangue about industry issues, drawing plans in the air of the six - star accommodation he intends to build on this huge, 167 - year - old property.

Australian politicians who asked to see the text were told if they did, they could not talk about the text for four years.

Bell admits she wasn't coming from an open - minded place when she started writing the screenplay (she chose a contract of seven years is because she heard about German politician Gabriele Pauli's call for a renewable seven - year contract in 2007).

Politicians are nervous to touch on an issue which they often see as being about individual choice rather than a «collective societal responsibility», as Dr Nigel Rollins described breastfeeding in The Lancet report last year.

Joshua Peck, a father to a four - year - old daughter and a U.K. politician, sparked a conversation about gendered toys on Twitter after recently tweeting about a space - themed lunch box by retailer John Lewis that was labeled for «boys.»

«We've heard politicians talk a lot about change the last couple of years.

The Thatcherites, from the intellectuals such as Cowling, Hayek and Scruton to politicians such as Thatcher, Lawson and Tebbit, revolted against what was most significant about the post-war years: the preeminence of politics as a decision - making method for social problems.

Only about 5 % of taxpayers choose the $ 3 check off for public campaign funding (which is about $ 23 million per year because there are about 150 million 1040 tax returns filed each year), but public television, radio, the NEA and the NEH might get closer to the 25 - 27 % percent participation that the check off got when it was started (bringing the take to perhaps $ 115 million a year), because their programming is probably more popular than campaign funding for politicians.

A century after the first women gained the right to vote, we asked some of the current crop of leading politicians to tell us about the female parliamentarian they most admire from the last 100 years...

Politicians have talked about this for years.

Anna Stankiewicz, owner of the New York - based spray tan company Suvara, specializes in house calls, and said she has been hired by several New York City politicians over the years — including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who she said was «cool about it.»

Much has been written over recent years about the rise of political marketing and the increasingly calculated way in which politicians craft messages designed to maximise appeal to voters.

During the recent years I have heard now and then about George Soros being demonized in several public speeches of some politicians from various countries.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Up until about two years ago, when Kim and Terry Pegula bought the Buffalo Bills, many football fans and politicians in Western New York feared someone outside the area would buy the team and move it.

The media - savvy police commissioner about town was at the top of this last year and with good reason: Mr. Bratton is many ways a better politician than the mayor who hired him.

David Cameron said in a speech earlier this year that access to porn was «frankly difficult for politicians to talk about but that I believe we need to address as a matter of urgency» adding that «Government is going to play its part too.»

Memo to the Prime Minister I doubt that you have ever stopped thinking about next year's general election: shrewd politicians know that the... (Comments: 185)

For over 30 years, politicians have been talking about repealing the so - called «Scaffold Law;» -LSB-...]

I spoke to the Senate about it last year, and the Senate feels very strongly that the Constitution is about a citizen Legislature, and not a bunch of full - time, 24 - hour, seven - day - a-week politicians making the laws.

(CNN)- The woman at the center of the Anthony Weiner scandal is a 23 - year - old Indiana native who is passionate about politics, and was a strong supporter of the New York politician even after he resigned from Congress amid similar circumstances two years ago, a friend said Wednesday.

«You're talking about electing a Dominican and maybe kicking out the most powerful African American politician in America in the last 40 years,» said Larry English, 56, the former chair of Community Board 9 and long - time resident of West Harlem who is black and supports Espaillat.

11:22 - Just over half an hour until the last prime minister's questions of the year begins, but neither journalists nor politicians get very sentimental about these things.

Politicians need to explain what exactly is going to be different about politics, parties and voting that is going to persuade 16 and 17 year olds to engage and participate when their 18 and 19 year old brothers and sisters don't.

People talk about term limits and whether they should limit politicians to 6, 8, 10, 12 years, etc in office.

Mike, you are probably correct about Skelos and the rest of the Repubs trying to make political hay on this, but Medicaid Fraud has been a problem in this State for 50 years and all the politicians have ever done is to throw money at it, shuffle agencies, people and responsibility around like a 3 - card Monty con near Penn Station and continue to screw the taxpayers with the most expensive boondoggle in the country.

There is a deep - rooted distrust of President Buhari, a northerner, in an impoverished region where people are cynical about politicians after years of broken promises.

The Times» one - billion - word weekend profile about Andrew Cuomo's growth as a politician can be boiled down to the difference between two publications he produced throughout his 30 - odd - year career as a politician.

Mr. Carvin said the Debt Clock, which increases by about $ 4 billion per day, «crystallizes» how reckless career Washington politicians, like 24 - year - incumbent Nita Lowey (D - WFP), have been to this country — and just how sorely new and fiscally responsible leaders are needed.

«Zephyr Teachout's support for a politician she labeled as «corrupt» as recently as last year should raise concerns about her commitment to objectivity and following the evidence where it leads.

* Something that certain unnamed economists and politicians have chortled about over the last 30 years, saying something along the lines of «Hehehe they can't afford to offload our debt so why care?»

Given the tumultuous year that Albany has on the demerits front, with two well - known politicians in danger of landing behind bars, it was inevitable that Cuomo was going to say something about ethics, too — especially since Preet Bharara said he couldn't prove that the governor did anything illegal with the Moreland Commission.

Labour politicians have spent much of the past 15 years complaining about the media's interest in gossip and tittle - tattle.

In the weeks after politicians in Albany quickly passed the new gun control measures, fears in the plant's nearly 200 - year - old hometown of Ilion rose about the company closing or relocating.

Since losing his bid for the GOP nomination last year, Mike Huckabee hasn't been shy about criticizing some of the politicians he might face in a 2012 Republican primary battle — but Mitt Romney has remained his favorite target.

We talked to 30 women politicians in New York at all levels of government about what the political climate looks like in 2016, the year the United States might elect its first - ever woman president.

In the true essence of Albany, politicians in this nearly 400 - year - old city bargained and bickered over a host of seemingly unconnected issues as gay couples and other states watched closely for indications about which way the national debate is evolving over using the word «marriage» to describe the union between people of the same sex.

In front of a room of about 60 GOP supporters and politicians Friday, DeFrancisco said he would rather have a candidate who is sometimes offensive than someone who will continue the policies of the last eight years.

Days after Singh testified on his City Hall dealings in a corruption trial against two Long Island politicians, Singh told jurors Monday if he lies about anything, his cooperation deal «is ripped up and I'm back to square one» for his litany of crimes carrying between 30 years and life.

Although Cuomo, a former prosecutor himself, is notoriously careful about internal communications — reportedly using untraceable Blackberry PIN messages — no politician, let alone one up for re-election this year and with major ambitions beyond 2014, wants any internal deliberations open to this kind of review.

The National Republican Congressional Committee's ad, titled «Different,» labels Maffei, D - Syracuse, a «Washington politician» and hits the Democratic incumbent for a story that was published three years ago about $ 200,000 bonuses he paid to his staff at the end of his first term in Congress.

During a six - month stretch in which a top executive has reportedly become a cooperating witness for a federal investigation of a top Albany politician, the real estate developer donated only about 6 percent of the money it gave to political committees during comparable cycles in recent years.

Updated, 7:25 p.m. Gov. Eliot Spitzer was deeply involved in his administration's effort last year to discredit the state's top Republican politician, Joseph L. Bruno, and may have been «not truthful» when he was interviewed by investigators about the matter, according to a highly critical report released this afternoon by the Albany district attorney, P. David Soares.

Ex-PDP governors, lawmakers and top politicians who defected from the party in 2015 to the APC have given their new party and President Muhammadu Buhari a 7 - day ultimatum to address their grievances or forget about next year's election for which the had declared for a 2nd term.

«While that's down about 15 points from earlier this year, most likely due to Connecticut's budget problems, it's still a number any incumbent politician would be happy to have.»