Sentences with phrase «public attention turned»

Public attention turned away from fighting dogs and they began to see them as working class companions.

Cases of Ebola in Liberia subsided before testing could start, and public attention turned to Zika, he said.

Will media and public attention turn to Spitzer's past personal behavior with renewed energy?

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It's Facebook's turn this week, leaders think, and next week it could be us — but there's precious little we can do in a crisis except to keep our heads down and wait until public attention moves on to someone else.

From the first magazine published in 1741, to the first billboards in the late 1800s, the art of getting the public's attention and turning it into sales has gone through a dramatic evolution over the past few hundred years.

«During the latter stage of the bull market culminating in 1929, the public acquired a completely different attitude towards the investment merits of common stocks... Why did the investing public turn its attention from dividends, from asset values, and from average earnings to transfer it almost exclusively to the earnings trend, i.e. to the changes in earnings expected in the future?

But each crash has brought in a cavalcade of media attention, which in turn has brought in new interest from the public and, as a result, fresh record highs in the ensuing recoveries.

Now sovereign wealth funds are turning their attention to public and private - sector financial - data companies.

In a SLAPP lawsuit, even if the moral position is successfully defended in public and in court, the adverse media attention can turn a legal victory into a public relations defeat.

«Whoso turns his attention to the bitter strifes of these days and seeks a reason for the troubles that vex public and private life must come to the conclusion that a fruitful cause of the evils which now afflict, as well as those which threaten, us lies in this: that false conclusions concerning divine and human things, which originated in the schoolsof philosophy, have now crept into all the orders of the State, and have been accepted by the common consent of the masses.»

Baird's contemporary advocate of «an earnest ministry» noted that the Sunday School, the cheap tract, and the religious periodical had become «competitors» with the pulpit «for the public mind,» and concluded that the ministers would have to turn on more heat.112 Charles G. Finney, always more blunt in saying what many of his Congregational and Presbyterian brethren really thought, openly advocated the creation of excitement in order to attract the attention of the unconverted — a view with which, as we have noted, Horace Bushnell was inclined to agree.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

With public money largely out of tonight's college basketball market, sharp bettors have turned their attention to the NBA.

For me, my thoughts turn quickly into action, so I've learned to pay attention to what I tell myself during tense parenting moments, especially when I'm in public.

Sometimes, a teen's desire to turn every minor issue into a major public crisis may stem from a desire to get attention.

In the second part of the CIOB's discussion on Building Information Modelling (BIM), hosted by Eddie Tuttle, public affairs & policy manager, attention turns to the future and what's next for BIM.

New Public Employees Federation President Wayne Spence has turned his attention to securing a new contract.

No longer content with deriding «illegal» migrants, or «swarms» of refugees seeking protection, the government has turned its attention to the hitherto unnoticed peril of migrants with jobs and visas who come here to work, pay taxes, create jobs, and support our ageing population and underfunded public services.

The pollsters have turned their attention to the likely ramifications should the public decide to adopt such a system for general elections.

During the current global financial crisis, and through the Occupy movement, public attention has increasingly turned to the top 1 per cent who now own approximately one fifth of all personal wealth in the UK.

She claims that recent environmental disasters and the debate over fracking are beginning to turn public attention back on to the issue.

Miner, who is prevented by term limits from seeking reelection, has been getting a lot of attention in recent months since she refused to rule out a potential campaign against her fellow Democrat and onetime - ally - turned - public - rival, Cuomo.

The governor is now attempting to turn the public's attention back to the leadership in the State Senate, which is controlled by Republicans in an alliance with the four - member Independent Democratic Conference (in an arrangement that Cuomo had tacitly blessed even as other Democrats cried foul).

David Maraniss, whose biography of Bill Clinton, First in His Class (1995) has been much praised, now turns his attention to the young Barack Obama and the contrasts between the public and private man.

«If the government is to hold a genuinely extensive public debate on our future NSS before political attention turns to the next general election, it needs to get on with it,» it warned.

«If anything, the appetite may grow as the public's attention inevitably turns to either plea bargains or trials that occur later this year.»

McDonnell is also turning his attention to the prospect of parliamentary battles this autumn, pledging to make life difficult for the Conservatives in the Commons after winning a «majoritarian position» on issues such as scrapping the public sector pay cap.

I can see a couple of possible explanations — it could just be that the public aren't paying attention, there is so little happening in politics and they are so turned off that they aren't noticing this stuff.

We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.

The strategy not only turned attention to his policy plans, but helped Liu stand out from the crowded pack of presumptive Democratic contenders, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former Comptroller Bill Thompson.

As environmental groups turned their attention to Zinke, many described the 55 - year - old House Natural Resource Committee member's record on public lands and conservation as a mixed bag.

Frustrated by this apparent lack of impact, she is turning her attention to a different tactic for bending that epidemic curve downward: reducing stigma through expanding public discourse about STIs.

States including Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and California have banned soda from school vending machines and cafeterias in recent years, and public officials are now turning their attention to sports drinks and other sugary beverages.

Vera Farmiga first broke into Hollywood during the late»90s, but it probably wasn't until her acclaimed turn in The Departed that she truly caught the public's attention.

Pussy Riot quickly drew public attention after a show on the Lobnoye Mesto in the Red Square, where they accused the authorities of sexism, singing the song «Putin Turned Chicken.»

Taking a step back, the Academy's preferences and public interest has been diverging since the 1970s as audiences turn their attention more and more to blockbusters and franchises, while the star - driven adult - skewing drama remains a favorite of the awards ceremony.

As the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top competition focuses new attention on what it takes to turn around failing public schools, New Orleans is proving that the job can be done.

Phil Gurbada's 110 - mile trek last week didn't earn him a meeting with Gov. Jesse Ventura, but plenty of other people turned out to support his effort to draw attention to the financial plight of Minnesota's public schools.

First, people have learned so much about what to do and what not to do to implement the kind of middle grades school reforms talked about in the original Turning Points that we felt compelled to bring those lessons to broad public attention.

He first gained wide attention for turning around a traditional public school called P.S. 67, later renamed Mohegan, which was a disaster when he arrived in 1988.

Boards of higher education in three states have turned their attention in the past month to the problem of declining minority enrollments in public colleges and universities.

For 140 days, beginning on January 10th, our attention will turn towards Austin where our state's lawmakers will deliberate various issues with significant implications for public -LSB-...]

However, as the need grew for legal defense of emerging school choice programs, Bolick turned his attention to it and co-founded the libertarian, public interest law firm Institute for Justice in 1991 with seed money from David and Charles Koch.

The National Alliance For Public Charter Schools Blog By Angel Gonzalez When public conversation turns to charter schools, much of the attention is focused on urban stuPublic Charter Schools Blog By Angel Gonzalez When public conversation turns to charter schools, much of the attention is focused on urban stupublic conversation turns to charter schools, much of the attention is focused on urban students.

When public conversation turns to charter schools, much of the attention is focused on urban students.

As thought leaders debated the future of American public education during the Department of Education's «Education Drive America» 2012 Bus Tour this week, and with more news that the nation's students are falling behind, attention is once again turning to the next great hope in education reform: the Common Core State Standards.

Lender, who led the Courant's investigation of «Dr.» Michael Sharpe, the disgraced former head of the Jumoke / FUSE charter school chain, turned his attention to the highly touted education reform export who the Malloy administration was bringing in to join Special Master Steven Adamowski to «turnaround» New London public schools.

«It would be great if all the politically energized public school supporters turn their attention to things that are less visible but higher impact — like how the federal government will permit states to implement accountability under the new ESSA law.

Tuck, who has a Harvard MBA, has a strong background in educational reform, gaining national attention for turning around 18 high - poverty, low - performing charter schools in Los Angeles, before then - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who's a candidate for governor, recruited him to improve schools within the conventional public school system.

As more and more facts come out about Michael Sharpe, the CEO of the Jumoke / FUSE Charter School Management company, parents, public school advocates and the taxpayers of Bridgeport and Connecticut are turning their attention to the decision by Paul Vallas and former Bridgeport Board of Education, Chairman Kenneth Moales, Jr. to hand over Bridgeport's Dunbar School, its students, staff, parents and millions of dollars in public funds to the disgraced charter school fraud.