Sentences with phrase «about controversial areas»

Priests and others are reluctant to talk about controversial areas of morality, especially the «pelvic issues», with the result that the main influence on Catholic thinking on those issues comes from the surrounding culture.

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«We make a big deal about the controversial nature of our business and market around it,» explains Biderman, pointing out that the thousands of user profiles on Avid's various international sites represent, in the aggregate, a vast sociological study of human infidelity, an area that has traditionally attracted little in the way of sociological scrutiny.

If the government really cared about safeguarding against its use of these powers, it could put down a super-affirmative procedure for the most controversial areas.

«We concluded with a conversation about how the acknowledgment of those living with special needs across the world is growing and it is one of the areas that in the United Nations and, from his perspective, in the Arab world has transcended some of their other political difficulties and some of the other controversial topics that obviously and rightfully consume their attention,» Molinaro said.

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The March 14 to 15 trip to the Miami area was for lawmakers to learn about Florida's Tax Credit Scholarships Program, a controversial initiative that gives dollar - for - dollar state tax credits to encourage companies to donate scholarship money for low - income children attending private schools, according to Darrell Allison, the director and chief lobbyist for Parents for Educational Freedom (PEFNC).

That is, bias (a highly controversial issue covered in the research literature and also on this blog; see recent posts about bias here, here, and here), does also appear to exist in this state and particularly at the school - level for (1) subject areas less traditionally tested and, hence, not often consecutively tested (e.g., from one consecutive grade level to the next), and given (2) the state is combining growth measures with proficiency (i.e., «snapshot») measures to evaluate schools, the latter being significantly negatively correlated with the populations of the students in the schools being evaluated.

COQUITLAM, B.C. — Cardboard moving boxes are piled about the living room of an otherwise half - packed house nestled on a tree - lined residential street in a quiet Vancouver - area suburb — a scene frozen in time that the home's owners blame on British Columbia's controversial new tax on foreign buyers.

Prevention In our discussions about Lyme disease, there have been multiple potentially controversial or confusing areas.

In our discussions about Lyme disease, there have been multiple potentially controversial or confusing areas.

And it's famous for two reasons: its rock climbing routes, and one of its residents has particularly controversial ideas about stone circles in the area.

Radical, controversial and admired at the same time: Marina Abramovic is one of the most talked about international artists - above all in the area of her groundbreaking performances, with which she repeatedly explores her own physical and psychological limits.

2.10.2 Intellectual freedom includes: (a) the rights of all Staff to express opinions about the operation of the University and higher education policy more generally; (b) the rights of Staff to pursue critical open enquiry and to discuss freely, teach, assess, develop curricula, publish and research within the limits of their professional competence and professional standards; (c) the right to participate in public debates and express opinions about issues and ideas related to their discipline area; (d) the right of all Staff to participate in professional and representative bodies and to engage in community service without fear of harassment, intimidation or unfair treatment; and (e) the right to express unpopular or controversial views, although this does not mean the right to vilify, harass or intimidate.

In the article «What to Do About an Employee's Controversial, Extreme Political Views,» Brad Landin, president and chief compliance officer at Employment Screening Resources ® (ESR)-- a global employment background screening firm located in the San Francisco, California - area — was asked how employers should handle employees with unpopular or extreme political views.

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This is one of those highly controversial areas of family law and a huge amount of time is spent arguing about it.