Sentences with phrase «became controversial»

The OnePlus 3T quickly became a controversial release for OnePlus — while the company has managed to make a great smartphone even better, many wish they knew ahead of time that the best was yet to come, especially those who bought the OnePlus 3 very recently.

While such deposits have been taking place for decades, the issue only became controversial after Ontario moved from its old paper - based registry to an electronic system run by a private company on behalf of the province.

His political ambition was non-existent and so his awkward constitutional position as husband of the reigning sovereign never became a controversial issue.

Earlier this month, the Toronto District School Board was in hot water after its plan to help Somali - Canadian youth better succeed in school became controversial.

QUIC / LAW — the acronym for Queen's University Institute for Computing and Law — showed some early signs of success, but the issue of continued university funding soon became controversial.

When the Keystone pipeline first became controversial, in 2011, a poll of D.C. «energy insiders» showed that more than 70 percent of them thought they'd have permits to build it by the end of the year.

That program became controversial after Solyndra, the first solar recipient, filed for bankruptcy, leaving taxpayers potentially liable for more than $ 500 million.

The ban became controversial when it was delayed in late 2010 after what the public interest group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility charged was pressure by The Coca - Cola Company.

Here in the Hudson River valley the then president of the Audubon Society expressed it best when he wrote in 1964 that the Storm King project became controversial «because it has brought home the truth that a line must be drawn somewhere if America is not to lose one of its great scenic treasures.»

At the end of the decade, Oldenburg took up fabrication on a large scale with Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks (1969), which became a controversial focus for student protest when it was installed on the campus of Yale University, followed by other works such as Geometric Mouse (1969), Giant Ice Bag (1970), Giant Three - Way Plug (1970), Standing Mitt with Ball (1973), and Alphabet / Good Humor (1975).

After her breakthrough show, Selections 1994, at The Drawing Center in New York, Walker became controversial.

She became controversial when the Yams Collective, a group of black artists exhibiting a video in the said biennial withdrew their work in protest.

This quickly became a controversial point, with people starting to talk about it in The Bookseller magazine.

Last year's Ghostbusters reboot was a film that became controversial as soon as it was announced.

Such insensitive portrayals of Africans as evil and uncivilized eventually became controversial in more enlightened times.

At first, users didn't like the idea of a computer doing the matchmaking and that's why the system became controversial.

When it was completed, the facility became a controversial and broad experiment in hermetically sealed, self - sustained living with the aim of revealing how humans might fare on space colonies.

But first, William Shockley shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1956 and he later became a controversial, even despised, figure with his theories of eugenics and intelligence.

Mr. Donovan became a controversial figure nationally after a grand jury he impaneled decided not to indict a white NYPD officer involved in the death of black Staten Islander Eric Garner last year — but he proved tonight his support remained strong in his home borough, which is roughly 70 percent white and home to many cops and their families.

But McMahon decided to pull the resolution when it became controversial.

Whatever the cause, the rare new chunk of real estate on the North Shore became controversial when a Wilmette Park District official said it would enhance the potential acquisition of the lease to an adjacent boat harbor by the district.

Two of those turnovers came on fumbles, the second of which came late in the fourth quarter and became a controversial play.

• Of honorary doctorates I have a bunch, including some from Catholic universities, bestowed before I became controversial by becoming a Catholic.

He was humble, wrestled toward purity of heart, and practiced the art of accompaniment before it became controversial.

This feature became controversial last month after a number of users discovered years of their contacts and call history in their Facebook data.

Jenner has become a controversial figure in the LGBTQ community for her conservative political beliefs.

Nonetheless, forecasting a significant rise in long - term interest rates has become a controversial call — mainly because it hasn't happened, despite years of economic recovery.

As we have discussed here before, preventive screening has, in some cases, become controversial.

Willett, who taught at the University of Chicago Divinity School and who was later to become a controversial figure in the battle over the new «higher biblical criticism,» was already an editor at The Christian Century.

The film, which the charity claims is the «banned movie they don't want you to see» has become controversial since Vue Piccadilly cinema scrapped a reservation for the screening of the film.

Finally, the language we use to speak about our faith has become controversial, dividing rather than uniting us.

Women breastfeeding in public has become a controversial subject.

Despite the conveniences of swaddling, it is also important to note that in recent years swaddling has become controversial.

Standardized testing has become a controversial topic for parents and educators alike.

Unfortunately, unassisted childbirth has become a controversial and debatable topic as well.

When a parenting practice becomes controversial and «hot - button,» as CIO has, we often shy away from talking about it.

The proposed skate park's location has become controversial.

Baby walkers have become a controversial subject due to the many injuries that have been associated with them.

Bath seat safety has become a controversial topic — many consumer groups have voiced strident opposition to bath seats due to many accidents that have been attributed to the use of these products.

Messina has become a controversial fixer for Obama as well.

In addition to addressing issues of pregnancy discrimination and sexual harassment, the plan includes further protections for domestic violence victims, stronger laws against human trafficking, and, what has become a controversial part of the agenda, the Reproductive Health Act.

One of the most active journalists covering the story of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale Region says it's become controversial partly because of a spotty environmental record for the industry, and partly because of a lack of openness on the part of gas drilling firms about what they're doing and how they're doing it.

The tests have become controversial in recent years after being tied to teacher evaluations and the new learning standards, prompting many parents to skip them in protest.

Soft money «housekeeping» accounts have become controversial because they are not subject to any contribution limits, and there is lax oversight of their spending.

But that practice has become controversial due to the Food and Drug Administration's recent warning that some of these drugs — notably Ambien — may actually trigger sleep eating in patients who did not previously have the problem.

Another former employee told ProPublica that the office has become reluctant to probe anything that could become controversial or raise difficult questions for the NRC.

Consequently, court cases where it plays a central role — such as the trial of Amanda Knox for the murder of Meredith Kercher — often become controversial.

Use during pregnancy has recently become a controversial issue due to concerns over fetal and maternal safety, but the data is not conclusive.

Biofuels have become controversial for their impact on food production.

With all the issues surrounding gluten and the havoc it can wreak on our digestive systems, oats have become a controversial topic.