Sara Gideon

While I was serving on my town council, I was also volunteering in schools in my community helping to serve free breakfast. I quickly noticed that the same students were coming every day, and they were coming not because they had left the house too quickly and forgotten to eat, but often because there was no food at home.

American Politician

Paul Martin

I got a call from a group saying they'd like to have a roundtable with the reserve next door, and would I help to set it up. I said, 'Sure, what's the name of the chief?' I asked, 'Do you know any members of the band council?' They didn't.

Canadian Politician

Hilary Benn

The truth is that it was local councils who asked for the power and the freedom to try different ways of encouraging residents to reduce the amount they throw way away, and it was Labour that gave them these powers.

British Politician

Russell M. Nelson

My dear sisters, whatever your calling, whatever your circumstances, we need your impressions, your insights, and your inspiration. We need you to speak up and speak out in ward and stake councils.

American Clergyman

Dylan Taylor

I have the privilege of being the vice chair of the World Economic Forum's real estate council. In that role, I review a lot of economic data and original research from around the world.

American Businessman

Chanakya

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Indian Politician

Gavin Esler

I spent the first three years of my life with my parents, grandmother and two aunties in a tiny council house in Glasgow.

Scottish Journalist

Steve Chabot

There is insufficient support for the police and safety and law enforcement, in general, in the city council.

Yair Lapid

The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council.

Israeli Politician

Mason Cooley

In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.

American Writer

Often refers to the governing body of a city, town, or district.

Local Government

Council members are usually elected by the public.

Elected Officials

A council often has the authority to make and enforce decisions.

Decision-making

Stresses the council's role in providing guidance rather than commanding power.

Advisory Role

Council members typically have special knowledge or expertise.

Expertise

Councils can indirectly influence decisions through their advice.

Influence

This council is specifically related to church or religious organization matters.

Religious Context

A religious council may debate and decide on matters of doctrine and practice.

Doctrine Discussion

Comprised of religious leaders, such as bishops or clerics.

Leadership Assembly

 read the transcripts of the conversation I was appalled but the ability to freely converse in racist terminology suggests a level of tolerance for that kind of discussion that that is unacceptable by any standard of decency well first of all this is a department that this council has supported over and over

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 Furthermore, the statue was so detailed and lifelike, down to the bulging veins in David's arm and the determination on his face, that it seemed a shame to hide it so far from the viewer. A council of politicians and artists convened to decide on a new location for the statue.

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 with this challenge as I begin a project I asked myself how do I help this story tell itself and each project presents new question for example this is a project for a project I worked on for the council on foreign relations and media storm the question was how do you

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 get myself a replacement yeah well we'll wish you all the best with your search i think my search fellas i'm just leaving here on your heat ah you can't do that we man i'm a living creature with feelings of rights rights right i'm away doing the council about this

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 This secret telephone line helped the rebels stay one step ahead of their pursuers. In addition to reporting news, the radio broadcast educational programs in areas under guerrilla control. Here, farmers organized democratic councils to govern themselves,

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 And it's within these tribes that all of our work gets done. But not just work. It's within these tribes that societies get built, that important things happen. And so as we surveyed the, if you will, representatives from various tribal councils that met,

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 towards a economic recovery that's that's going to be very important for us just to understand the swing of what happened to us just when covet hit we were preparing to send our budget to the council to our council for approval and we had

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 You too can pave the way. You too can realize your dreams, and then your job is to reach back and to help someone just like you do the same thing. History proves that it doesn't matter whether you come from a council estate

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 or some funky economic equation where rich kids continue to benefit from state aid, while poor kids are continuously having food and resources taken from their mouths. Governors, senators, mayors, city council members --

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 or uttering a council of hatred or inveighing against homosexuality or something of that sort. Often people don't really want to be compassionate. I sometimes see