Sentence examples for representative akin from inspiring English sources

"I think he has not mouthed the words of Representative Akin," she said, referring to Mr. Ryan, "but I think philosophically they're on the same page".

Rather, it is the Senate race in Missouri that has received the bulk of political attention, even before Representative Akin — a Republican seeking to unseat the Democratic senator, Claire McCaskill — made his comments on rape and abortion.

"I talk about one word, one sentence, one day out of place, and, all of a sudden, the entire establishment turns on you," Representative Akin complained to the conservative radio talk-show host Dana Loesch on Tuesday as he spurned pleas from Mitt Romney and other G.O.P. big shots to abort his bid.

Are Representative Akin and Dr. Wilke right?

"Although Representative Akin has apologized, I believe he should take time with his family to consider whether this statement will prevent him from effectively representing our party in this critical election," McConnell said.

As the futurist Alvin Toffler once put it, drawing a comparison from the shift in modern manufacturing, mass party representative democracy is akin to the "batch processing" of the one-size-fits-all industrial era.

She fended off Republican challenge in North Dakota and led the attack on Missouri representative Todd "legitimate rape" Akin.

While the term was eventually dropped from the legislation, Mr. Akin, and Representative Paul Ryan, were among the co-sponsors of the original bill.

Another Georgia congressman, Paul Broun,  introduced the so-called personhood legislation in the House — backed by Akin and Representative Paul Ryan — that would have given a fertilized egg the same constitutional protections as a fully developed human being.

In an election rife with false equivalences, it is useful to remember that heedlessly comparing unwrinkled authoritarianism to imperfect representative rule is a perversion akin to Trump's own manipulation of facts and exploitation of fear.

For example, the single high dose of 4.2 g of test material in the Ruby et al. study [55] is not representative of normal children exposure, but more akin to soil geophagia, a form of pica ingestion [52].