Sentences with phrase «about particular issues of»

An amicus brief is a written legal argument filed by someone not directly involved in a case on appeal to help educate the court about particular issues of that case.

Not exact matches

Among the things that prompted the creation of the inquiries were: financial difficulties facing DB pension plans and related concerns about DB funding rules; long simmering and unresolved legal issues, the most prominent of which revolve around the use of surpluses in DB plans; ambiguity about how EPP regulations apply to new hybrid plans; a lack of harmonization among Canadian regulatory laws; and declining coverage by EPPs in general and DB plans in particular.

So if you're a young woman in New Hampshire with a specific kind of personality and a particular set of issues that you care about, our research allows us to connect with that voter in a way that truly resonates with her.»

The issue is about control, in particular who can control the flow of money and how to redistribute to the politically connected interest groups.

To clarify this issue the authors compare the involvements of rescuers with non-rescuers in relation to four situational variables: 1) information about Nazi policy toward Jews and comprehension of need; 2) the particular risks involved in providing help; 3) the material resources at their disposal; and 4) the presence of a precipitating event.

Serious inquiry supports civility in public life, inquisition damages it, and whatever reservations some might have about his positions on particular issues, these essays show Michnik to be very much a mainstay of that civility.

In addition, he wishes to sugge3st the ways to think about the issues, and to sketch a particular theological view as to the nature and functioin of the theological school.

Anyone with their wits about them who reads scripture and prays and is genuinely humble will see that many of the issues which push people into «camps» - especially but not only in the U.S. - are distortions in both directions caused by trying to get a quick fix on a doctrinal or ethical issue, squashing it into the small categories of one particular culture.

In more than 30 years of pastoring and dealing with pastors, I have observed that often when a public figure, secular or religious, shouts out in anger about or against a particular subject, it's usually a sign of the inner turmoil of the person crying out around that very issue.

What is troubling is that all citizens were significantly affected by the news media; that the media are fostering a considerable amount of misperceptions about issues of great public importance; and that these misperceptions tend to follow a particular ideological line — namely, that the war in Iraq was justified.

These studies make it clear that Americans are full of misperceptions about the war and, in particular, about three issues — the link between Iraq and al - Qaeda, the existence of weapons of mass destruction, and the nature of world public opinion.

First of all, the fact that you resort to name calling is very telling about where your heart is with regards to this issue... Secondly I am not referring to one video in particular but the many images and literature that both supported and endorsed those particular attacks...

And yet, when the gifted musician / author Jeremy Begbie reviewed art historian Dan Siedell's book God in the Gallery in the current issue of Image, Begbie appeared - ever so subtly - to take issue that Dan Siedell, in a book about art, limited himself to «one particular current within the Nicene river, the Eastern Orthodox tradition... and the council of Niceae (787 CE), the conference which established the orthodoxy of icons.»

Is it better to try to collect lots of insights about many issues than to get bogged down in particular problems involving particular people?

The objective of this approach is not to present the religious view on a particular subject, but to generate public discussion and debate about significant issues of the day from many different religious perspectives and viewpoints.

The issue here is how to relate particular religious vision about social reality and communal identity in a complimentary and a relational way in the midst of plurality of communities and religions.

The picture that I chose to illustrate this special issue came from a portfolio of photos that I shamelessly tricked Lewis into providing; I chose this particular portrait because it speaks volumes about the man and his work.

Others might have a different take in the sense of holding a particular view about life issues.

Thus while Christians may differ regarding particular candidates and issues, there can be little disagreement among them that information about candidates and issues is of fundamental importance.

In addition, I am deeply concerned about the issues raised by monotheistic theology in general and Christian theology in particular, and I will, therefore, indicate a few of the theological implications of my revisionist form of process philosophy.

The U.S. bishops, in particular, are concerned about the diffusion of the Catholic voice when movements and groups claiming the name «Catholic» issue political statements at odds with the bishops» own positions.

And then comes: the taboo subjects; talking about people as if they are not there (or as if they are an «issue», not a person); assuming everyone (who counts) is of a certain race, ability, class, language, sexuality or gender; various non-biblical behavioural rules; the targeted enforcement of church rules (whether «biblical» or not) on particular groups; and the general reluctance to see things from another's perspective (even if this is a skill that churchgoers use all day, every day, outside thw church).

When we preach to a congregation in a particular community in this country, we are very much aware that members of our congregation are concerned, not only about the issues of the local community, or about those relatives who live with them, but also about loved ones who may be far away.

«In particular, the ACCC is inviting feedback from consumers, businesses, and other stakeholders about the issues and topics the ACCC can provide guidance on to assist them understand how the amended misuse of market power prohibition, and the prohibition on anti-competitive concerted practices are likely to operate and how we'll approach those provisions,» Sims said.

Up until the grocery inquiry we had not heard many complaints about these, but the grocery inquiry has prompted industry participants to complain, and the ACCC will be closely considering all issues on particular leases under Part IV of the Trade Practices Act»

In particular, the ACCC is inviting feedback from consumers, businesses and other stakeholders about the issues and topics the ACCC can provide guidance on to assist them understand how the proposed s. 46 will operate and how the ACCC will approach potential breaches of the provision.

6.58 The committee recommends that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) review its approach to publicly releasing information about its investigations, with a view to providing greater general information about its current enforcement activities and relevant issues of particular public concern.

much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..

and when they call us from the hospital to set up their postpartum care I have 2 main things I warn them about (based on hundreds of clients struggling with these particular issues).

I think that there are plenty of parents who have the same sort of issues about nudity in front of their children, bathing with their children, kissing on the lips, rubbing or stroking backs and feet, playful nibbling of ears or anything else that might carry a sexual connotation to a particular person, however idiosyncratic.

Instead, realize that just because they are upset about a particular issue, and that does not mean that you are a «bad parent,» and — in many cases — having an... MORE argument about it will not bring them any closer to seeing your point of view.

The 617 participants completed an evaluation form and were unanimous in their agreement about the benefits of the forum, in particular the opportunity to discuss issues of importance to them with others in a similar situation.

I loved the description of all the many skills involved in eating and the reasons one should be mindful of all the sensory issues while thinking about the best approach for one particular child.

If you're really worried about your babies having super potential for anaphylactic issues, you might want to consider seeing an allergist and doing some allergy testing to give yourself some peace of mind knowing that they don't have allergies to those particular foods.

I know that even if she and I might differ on this particular issue, we both care deeply about the well - being and safe feeding of children.

All the real action was taking place in the secretive corridors of Westminster, and especially in Gordon Brown's office, where rebel Labour MPs were being ushered to receive promises about their particular issues.

The recommendations made on each of the specified issues offer the prospect of bringing about real and radical change within the fundamental rights provisions in particular.

Many of these rules come about via statute while others emerge from the courts in the resolution of common law issues, in particular issues of tort.

Organizations write appeals based on particular issues all the time (I cranked one out on Thursday), but they generally talk about something the group WORKs on (i.e., «please donate $ 5 to help us fight global communist infiltration of our drinking water»).

Every element of the campaign's online presence should link to a recruitment form, and when possible individual «landing pages» should be tied to the source: for instance, a Google Ad about a candidate's policy on taxes should link to a page that both talks about the topic and that invites readers to join the campaign based on that particular issue.

Sunder, One of the problems with the internet debates, especially those around controversial or hotly contested issues, is that the parties very often do not actually appear to engage with each other at all - they merely stand on their own ground shouting to the world about their particular take on a point and fail to actually listen to what others are saying... the classic examples of this is the «debate» about the promotion of women in the European elections and the «debate» about grammar schools - both on Conservative Home.

From the Lib Dem point of view, though, the real barriers to reform on this particular issue are about Labour and the Tories united together.

People are most likely seeking your campaign out for information about a particular issue and / or a way to take action in favor of or against a position on an issue.

A few weeks ago a charity came to the House of Commons to have a coffee with my MP and lobby about a particular issue.

Aliyu said: «Most of the issues that you see us (governors) taking positions on, which many people (elites in particular) are not happy about, were issues that needed to be corrected.

But progressive voters seem to care less today about the strength of their party, or even about a particular checklist of issues, than about their confidence in a candidate's sincerity — as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a career independent, proved with his electrifying and magnetic charge at the Democratic nomination last year.

«Out of all the candidates we have endorsed, one particular candidate stands out that has continuous contact with us and come to us to see how we felt about issues — Jimmy Bruno,» said Heidcamp.

Occasionally where we have concerns about a particular type of agency operation, we might go in as part of our routine audits of state agencies, and take a look at this issue.

«The larger issue is her relationship with the far - left Soros wing of the Democratic Party and what that says about her as a candidate, on Israel in particular.

Savino said again he had no recollection of talking to Mangano about the loan, and he emphatically denied that Mangano would have pressured him to take a particular position on the issue.