Sentence examples for opportunity bill from inspiring English sources

I take strong exception to Thomas L. Friedman's March 7 column attacking those who have raised questions about the African growth and opportunity bill.

Re "Africa: Aid or Harm?" (column, March 28), by Thomas L. Friedman: While offering meager trade benefits, the African growth and opportunity bill imposes harmful policy requirements on African countries.

The company's website promises access to casting calls and audition opportunities, billing itself as the "world's largest talent resource".

That would serve up good opportunities for bill collectors like Portfolio Recovery Associates.

That was mostly theatre born of the Republican Party's need — and the opportunity that the bill presented — to find a voice in opposition.

The trouble, of course, comes from finicky, impatient fans: What would have happened if, say, the New England Patriots' supporters had the opportunity to can Bill Belichick after his first season as the team's coach, when the Pats went 5-11?

I wrote recently in support of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, a bill designed to provide sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access to the U.S. for their textile and apparel exports.

"I have also put a request to the chief government whip asking for the opportunity for the bill to be introduced in the main chamber, due to the significance of the legislation," Entsch said.

Beyond the photo ops, a tangible result was the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, a bill to encourage expanded trade between the U.S. and Africa.

"We have an opportunity with (the bill) to bring science into the issue; instead of management by crisis, we can develop a sustainable approach," he says.

The president missed his opportunity, before this bill became law, to resettle some of the remaining Uighurs in the United States.