Sentences with word «acrimonious»

Conflict within families and the effects of acrimonious divorces on children impacts our entire community.

This was just the opening round of what is likely to be a long series of acrimonious debates over policy at the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, on topics including sexual harassment, affirmative action, instruction of English language learners and school discipline — even on who might head the agency.

So while the Amber Alert is very helpful in certain types of kidnappings, i.e. parental situations in acrimonious divorces, it's not good in cases like Polly's or cases like Elizabeth Smart's or Adam Walsh, or so many of the other iconic cases that we now know about.

But if some of the more acrimonious debates in the cryptocurrency world seem besides the point, Garzik's involvement appears to have left him with inspiration for his latest work.

Poloncarz's unwillingness to support four - year terms for legislators, his deteriorating relationship with Republican Legislature Chairman John Mills, R - Orchard Park, and his increasingly acrimonious relationship with Lorigo brought a halt or slowdown to several proposals he brought to the Legislature in recent months.

David Cameron has called on the coalition to provide a «strong, decisive and united government» in the wake of acrimonious splits over Lords reform, warning that the public will not stand for «division and navel - gazing» at a time of social and economic insecurity.

Yet his tenure ended in acrimonious departure during 2014.

NOW THAT the inquiries are in train, and the dust has settled on one of the most acrimonious disputes in the history of Australian science, people are starting to look at the consequences.

Smith, trained as a lawyer, has fought acrimonious battles with scientists over peer review, climate change, and the role of the federal government in supporting basic research since becoming chairman in January 2013.

And Konami must be aware that the spate of acrimonious exits of star talent and its treatment of ex-Kons are only hurting its credibility among the gaming community.

But — after acrimonious parliamentary debates, Supreme Court challenges and yards of press coverage — everyone has now heard of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

Unlike assets such as finances and some marital property, children can not be split in half, and this can present a problem in more acrimonious divorces.

The changes recognise the real value of mums and dads to their children and would avoid acrimonious disputes between separating parents.»

The accusation is the latest development in an increasingly acrimonious relationship between some residents of the 101 - home Greenbriar Glen subdivision, which is just north of the Glenbriar Park, 21W730 Butterfield Rd., and the Park District, which serves 2,800 homes in unincorporated Butterfield between Glen Ellyn and Lombard.

Mr Laws, a senior Liberal Democrat who was present throughout the discussions, gives the first blow - by - blow insider's account of the high - octane and often acrimonious exchanges between the party leaders and rival negotiating teams.

His theory is that happy divorces are on the rise because unlike in the past when «divorce was so stigmatized that only the most miserable left their marriages, now the «moderately unhappy» are getting out too, which might make for some less acrimonious splits.»

At a particularly acrimonious meeting in Riga in April, he was called a time waster as frustration boiled over.

It failed, during a sometimes acrimonious meeting on Nov. 15, to decide whether legislators should receive a salary increase.

Among them are the dangers of building a media property around a single individual — Grantland was created for and by Bill Simmons, who left ESPN in May after a series of acrimonious public battles.

Contact refusal by children following acrimonious separation: Therapeutic approaches with children and parents.

Lhota was pitted against Catsimatidis, a billionaire who spent heavily in mounting his campaign, leading to an at - times acrimonious primary battle accented by attack ads.

«Accordingly, only in the event that the alternative dispute resolution process is unsuccessful would access to the costly, time - consuming, adversarial and sometimes acrimonious court process be available to litigants,» he said

No fault divorce has been the law for decades and divorce is still as acrimonious as ever.

The political environment has become acrimonious at all levels — global, national, state, local — and affects investment decisions (including business and household location decisions) with issues ranging from the perceived ability of governments to function to taxation to social issues.

At a certain point the disputes became so acrimonious that the Pope had to impose silence on the two schools, forbidding them to speak of each other.

For most people, the thought of a divorce brings to mind two soon - to - be exes battling it out in a very acrimonious situation.

An employee who has been terminated may be required to return to the very same company by an offer of re-employment [2], absent any conduct which shows a substantial change in the terms of employment, provided that the work is not demeaning, the personal relationships are not acrimonious, and that there is no atmosphere of hostility, embarrassment or humiliation.

Some investors worry that a Lopez Obrador victory could lead to a rollback of market - friendly policies or of more acrimonious negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Friends became intellectual foes, dueling icons in one of the world's most acrimonious political debates.

The current controversy underscores the often acrimonious conflict between secular and Ultra Orthodox communities in the Jewish state.

Since Missouri Governor has signed the House Bill 1550, broken families» children will not anymore be traumatized by the tense and often acrimonious process of divorce of separation.

After two acrimonious court cases over alimony, Hilda requested a divorce in 1937 so he could marry Patricia.

This was the culmination of five years of acrimonious litigation over children (now older teens) and money.

West and Zampella speak for the first time since acrimonious departure from Modern Warfare 2 studio earlier this week

He works out of Richmond and has settled multi-million dollar acrimonious cases with ease.

Meanwhile, high conflict divorces or acrimonious custody battles can sometimes lead to parental alienation, which is suffered and endured by some parents whose children have been alienated from them by the other parents.

In March this year, Kojima and Metal Gear publisher Konami had an apparently acrimonious falling - out, prompting dozens of variously speculative reports about the future of the series, based on the most meagre crumbs of information.

Jeffrey Lockhart, too, is driven to the dictionary at a formative age, not by a priest but by his parents» acrimonious marriage and divorce:

And they haven't shown the respect Liverpool showed Southampton in their own acrimonious transfer chase — of Virgil van Dijk.

His time at Dortmund though, came to an end on deadline day of last month's transfer window in a rather acrimonious fashion, with Arsenal landing him in a # 55 million deal.

It would find its place between parties that are genuinely trying to understand and resolve a technical dispute, and would not add value when trying to resolve a highly acrimonious dispute.

We talk about acrimonious divorces a lot on The Social.

Dare had been planning to sell the properties to Bove and his company, Statewide Management Group, but the relationship turned acrimonious.

Conversations about public education — where you send your kid to school, where other parents send their kids, and who gets to decide — have exploded into acrimonious bickering, full of charges and counter-charges.

For example, couples with a history of domestic abuse, couples who have struggled with substance abuse issues, and couples with extremely acrimonious relationships should probably not consider mediation.