Sentences with phrase «galvanized by»

The latest blind men / elephant evaluations were galvanized by a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which reported that approximately 2/3 of small business employers will pay more for health care insurance to cover their employees, and only 1/3 will pay less.

Engaged youth today are galvanized by questions of climate change.

But these need to be galvanized by governments using legal and regulatory reform.

«Quality of Life,» Josh Kline's second solo exhibition, feels like a culmination of sorts, certainly in regards to the resurgence of posthumanism in contemporary art — in the context of his work, bodies that have surpassed the human condition and its inherent weaknesses — the discussion of which Kline has galvanized by his corporeal artwork and unflagging curatorial endeavors.

His artistic practice was galvanized by the Watts Rebellion, a moment when he understood with stark clarity how his personal and professional goals as an artist diverged from his sense of responsibility to the African American community of his adopted city.

Facilitated by the fluid dissemination of knowledge and international inspiration once galvanized by Louis Sullivan's quest for a new architectural language, Rakowitz claims a modernist lineage of ornamentation to evoke parallel narratives of activist preservation in both Istanbul and Chicago.

Nairy Baghramian's practice is galvanized by a determination to bridge formal concerns with investigations of content.

Much like Faulkner's mythical Mississippi - inspired county, Yoknapatawpha, Ashcom has constructed a place galvanized by the past — its resoluteness, and its refusal to be tied down or easily consumed.

Galvanized by the international student protest movement of the late 1960s, Farocki developed an experimental documentary style integrating his own material with footage appropriated from a range of sources, including mass media, surveillance, and political propaganda.

In this work, Lockett's use of swirling paint and embedded objects conveys the powerful atmosphere of the civil rights marches, which were galvanized by the fight for equality but also often marred by bigotry and hate.

Some artists, galvanized by the spirit of the civil rights movement, created images of solidarity, strength, and resistance, or paid homage to legendary African American figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Angela Davis, musician John Coltrane, and sports hero Jack Johnson; while others focused primarily on color, form, and concept.

It conjures up a much, much smaller art world than today's, when artists were galvanized by the antiwar movement, and abstraction, in one form or another, was still the lingua franca of painting.

Galvanized by the events of May 1968, a period marked by civil unrest and protests in France, Raysse returned to Paris to join the student - led demonstrations.

Katherine Sophie Dreier is better remembered today as a propagandist for modernism, and a patron, co-conspirator, and possible intimate partner of Marcel Duchamp's; she was, however, a life - long painter whose pre-Armory experiences took her to Europe, where she was galvanized by the work of Vincent Van Gogh.

Some artists, galvanized by the spirit of the civil rights movement, created images that spoke of solidarity, strength, and resistance, while others focused primarily on color, form, and concept.

Her arguments were challenged by other veterinary professionals whose belief in the duty to vaccinate was galvanized by episodes such as the deadly parvo virus epidemic in the late 1970s that killed thousands of dogs and was only halted by mass administration of the parvo vaccine.

After a generally rough and tumble 2013, gold bugs must be galvanized by the price action on Wednesday.

Frustrated by what they say is an unacceptable response by Amazon and galvanized by the retail giant's push for Kindle ebooks adoption by schools, NFB officials will protest outside Amazon's Seattle headquarters on December 12 at 11:00 am.

Galvanized by the Nook's success, Lynch set his sights on the tablet market and Apple's iPad.

The outpouring of speech and action by young people galvanized by the Parkland massacre is heartening, but the attacks on them by the alt right are widespread and ugly.

Little by little, Patrick grows into a confident, expressive writer and a dedicated reader galvanized by the works of Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, Marilynne Robinson, W. S. Merwin, and others.

Despite the election setback, exit polls indicated 51 percent of voters favor public sector unions, and state union members appear to have been galvanized by the fight, Bronfenbrenner said.

Attendees at the event were galvanized by Jitu's energy and have requested that he return to Milwaukee for a holiday events for parents on December 19.

A powerful new film, «Bully,» will be widely released at the end of March, and many Americans in recent years have been galvanized by a blizzard of tragic bullying stories.

Everyone here — students, teachers, parents, and administrators — is galvanized by one goal: Every single student will go to college, succeed there, and come back to break her family's and community's cycle of poverty.

Not everything works (a running gag where Bobby's beverage bottles keep on breaking before he can drink is especially lame), but for the most part this section of the film is a demented hoot, galvanized by some great character work by the supporting players.

And he says he too felt galvanized by Bathurst's vision, freed from the constraints of period - perfect accents, costumes, and soundtrack cues.

We knew Jason a little bit from «Saturday Night Live» and having the experience in «Horrible Bosses» of being really interested and galvanized by his performance.»

Before the show I spoke at length with Michael Arndt once again, who'll be taking some time to work on original projects in the near future, galvanized by his Pixar experience but happy to move to the next stage.

Galvanized by those findings, Merrikh continued to tease apart the mechanics of DNA replication in Grossman's lab.

SAN FRANCISCO — Astronomers are galvanized by a new image of what may be a curtain of lava spewing above a volcano on Jupiter's moon Io.

«We're creating a matching service for scientists, galvanized by their professional organizations, and teachers, who are saying, «I need two biologists, for 3 weeks, to help me build a greenhouse.»

Galvanized by public concern, the Territory of Hawaii organized a breeding effort in the 1930s to save what would later become the state bird.

Found and Lost Galvanized by the discovery of Malin 1, astronomers pored over the previous decades» photographic plates for hints of unnoticed, low - surface - brightness galaxies.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- City lawmakers reached a deal Tuesday to install an inspector general to monitor the New York Police Department, a plan galvanized by outrage over its extensive use of the tactic known as stop and frisk and its widespread spying on Muslims.

He has a loyal base in the city's Asian - American community — which has probably been galvanized by the perception he is being singled out — and according to sources, he has been a reliable fund - raiser for the party.

As New York's Democratic political class mostly enabled or ignored the IDC's alliance with conservative Republicans in the senate, activists galvanized by Trump's terrifying rise to power turned their eyes to their own backyard, where they found many things that didn't quite smell right.

HARTFORD — Connecticut's largest business advocacy group, galvanized by the last year's battle over higher taxes, is spending money for the first time in election - year legislative races to try to force state government to change course.

But his record is now coming under increasing scrutiny from Democrats and left - of - center groups galvanized by the Trump presidency.

But Democrats say that in a low - turnout special election with progressives and union members galvanized by opposition to Trump, they had hope.

In recent years, the fight against ocean plastic pollution has gone from a preoccupation of marine scientists to a movement embraced by everyone from schoolchildren to Queen Elizabeth II, galvanized by images of trash - strewn seas and sea turtles choking on plastic straws and other consumer castaways.

This model invites students to see the New Testament as the product of a profoundly human process of experience and interpretation, by which people of another age and place, galvanized by a radical religious experience, sought to understand both that experience and themselves in the light of the symbols made available to them by their culture.

Prominent activists, galvanized by the NDP's tanker opposition, threw their support behind Adrian Dix.

But he seems to have been galvanized by the pressure.

The idea was that employees of Zappos — a place that famously offers job candidates a $ 2,000 buyout to not take the gig as a way of ensuring everyone really wants to be there — would be galvanized by Hsieh's throw down.

Galvanized by the late - 2013 release of her self - titled fifth studio LP, the fastest - selling album ever to hit Apple's iTunes, Queen Bey reached new heights in 2014.

Not exact matches

It's the biggest health reform legislation passed by Congress since Obamacare and has galvanized a similarly motley crew of industries and lobbying outfits — including big pharma (the legislation's most ardent proponent), patient advocacy groups, mental health organizations, and medical researchers — who fought for its passage over the last three years.

When Philando Castile was shot by police during a routine roadside stop in Minneapolis, and his death was filmed by his girlfriend Lavish Reynolds as her daughter sat in the back seat, the footage helped galvanize protests about police violence against blacks in the U.S.

In addition to spreading fake news, Russian Facebook accounts went one step further by organizing events, rallies, and protests, some of which galvanized dozens of people.

Another is the ability to organize and galvanize donors by creating networks and spurring new or more coordinated giving.