Sentence examples for popular citizens from inspiring English sources

Since April 2011, when the social reformer Anna Hazare first sat on a roadside in Delhi to demand powerful anti-corruption legislation, the movement against graft has lost its virtuous halo and evolved from a hugely popular citizens' struggle to a mere right-wing political campaign against the Congress.

Her father was Teackle Wallis Warfield, fifth and youngest son of Henry Mactier Warfield, a flour merchant described as "one of the best known and personally one of the most popular citizens of Baltimore" who ran for mayor in 1875.

Before I knew it, there were several popular citizens running independent campaigns in adjacent districts and the respected editorial voice of the Los Angeles Times has highlighted independent thinking in making state and federal endorsements.

St . Louiswill know how to say farewell to its most popular citizen, ever.

A co-founder of Turkey's popular citizen journalism network, 140journos, he and his friends have been documenting news on Twitter since early 2012.

Dayan Jayatilleka, a former diplomat, political analyst and ally of Mr. Rajapaksa, wrote in a deeply critical essay on Groundviews, a popular citizen journalism Web site, that the arrest of General Fonseka was a "clumsy melodrama" that was "obscuring the clear, conclusive electoral victory handed to Mahinda Rajapaksa by the masses".

Tareen says that she wants to focus on expanding the hyper-local coverage on the news site in the U.S. I can t help but think that AllVoices may be a possible acquisition target for a media company that doesn't have a popular citizen journalism portal.

The law got to parliament thanks to a popular citizen's legislative initiative that attracted 67,500 signatures, in excess of the 50,000 required to get the proposal debated.

4. UN humanitarian practice will need to build popular citizen-based constituencies within each conflict to complement its reliance on formal State power. 5. Clear humanitarian ethics will be an essential mark of credible and effective humanitarian aid.

But that stance is not so popular with citizens.

Nick Turner, a stand-up performer who quit hosting a popular Upright Citizens' show over the issue of free work, said that while many improv artists surely benefited from the exposure, others were afraid to speak up.