Sentence examples for progressive faction from inspiring English sources

Since November's election, the "progressive" faction on San Francisco's school board has been in the majority.

4 Concern in Turkey As Turkey's economy stumbles, some fear that the government's progressive faction will face a much harder task in its push for integration with the West.

Improvements in test results, in her eyes, are merely evidence that Edison concentrates on teaching children to pass the test, rather than adapting tuition to the different needs of different children.Ms Wynns and her allies in the progressive faction intend to cancel Edison's charter.

The conservative Cannon worked to keep the redoubtable progressive faction of the GOP off of important committees.

In the early years of Ranavalona's reign, Andriamihaja was the leader of her court's progressive faction, who favored maintaining the relations with Europe initiated under Radama.

The Pennsylvania branch of the Working Families Party, a labor union-backed progressive faction, was among those groups to endorse Krasner early.

BEN RATLIFF CHRIS MORRISSEY "North Hero" (Sunnyside) One of the small untruths in circulation in the current jazz scene is the notion of an irreparable fault line between conservative and progressive factions, one side holding fast to definitions and the other doing its best to ignore them.

July 9, 1858 Boonesboro, Iowa June 6, 1922 Seattle, Washington Richard A. Ballinger, in full Richard Achilles Ballinger (born July 9, 1858, Boonesboro, Iowa, U.S. died June 6 , 1922 Seattle, Washington) U.S. secretary of the interior (1909 11) whose land-use policy contributed to the rift between the conservative and progressive factions in the Republican Party.

Prior to Queen Ranavalona's death, the conservative and progressive factions within the Merina court waged a tactical power struggle to secure a successor favorable to their own political agenda.

In the state Capitol, Brown has cultivated the perception that he's the saucer that cools the otherwise liberal cup of hot Democratic politics, often clashing with the most progressive factions of his party.

The exchange was representative of the broader conflict going on between the moderate and progressive factions of the political left in the US a divide that, whether or not the Democrats win in November, will likely determine the future of the party for years to come.