Sentence examples for improper politics from inspiring English sources

The law, the Hatch Act of 1939, was intended to keep improper politics out of the federal workplace.

The House has already voted to hold Ms. Miers and Mr. Bolten in contempt for refusing to testify or to provide documents about the dismissals of the United States attorneys, which critics of the administration have suggested were driven by an improper mix of politics and decisions about who should or should not be prosecuted.

On the contrary, many experts say that while open vote-buying by the Nationalists may be declining, improper links between politics and business and even organized crime have if anything grown more prevalent as Mr. Lee sought to preserve the Nationalist Party's power in local and national elections.

In the debate over President Clinton's decision last month to release 30 million barrels of oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, for example, critics -- led by Gov. George W. Bush of Texas -- derided the move as an improper intrusion of politics into the marketplace.

Steve Coll lets General David Petraeus off too easily on his improper involvement in partisan politics ("The General's Dilemma," September 8th).

Lawrence Korb Senior Fellow Center for American Progress Washington, D.C. Steve Coll lets General David Petraeus off too easily on his improper involvement in partisan politics ("The General's Dilemma," September 8th).

Cheryl Foster Professor of Philosophy University of Rhode Island Kingston, R.I. Steve Coll lets General David Petraeus off too easily on his improper involvement in partisan politics ("The General's Dilemma," September 8th).

"I have been very critical of the whole recognition process, because I think it's much too susceptible to improper influence of money and politics and needs to be more objective and more open and fair," Mr. Blumenthal said.

His hemispheric policies are consistent with this authoritarian approach, and include grossly improper declaratory interventions in the domestic politics of Nicaragua, Bolivia and Peru.

In so doing, she challenges the early nineteenth-century convention that it was improper for women to write about politics, following in the tradition of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Lady Morgan.

"If confirmed, I will not permit partisan politics, personal interests, or any other improper consideration to interfere with this or any other investigation".