Sentences with phrase «by advocates as»

An Oregon judge ruled earlier this month that a complaint filed by more than a dozen young plaintiffs against the federal government — referred to by advocates as «the most important lawsuit on the planet right now» — can go to trial.

These horrible acts have been deemed unacceptable by advocates as well as the Supreme Court, who are promoting mass vaccination and sterilization as a humane alternative.

... The final stage has been dubbed by some advocates as the period of invisible punishment.

In the 1960s and 1970s, government - supported child care was seen by its advocates as something that an America still economically dominant should be able to provide to its citizens, and particularly the poor.

Breads made from sprouted grains are touted by their advocates as especially healthful and more digestible than ordinary whole - grain breads.

«It does seem clear that the issues identified by advocates as worthy of address are largely not those of concern to our 100 bloggers.»

Those plans include what has been labeled by some advocates as a «Hunger Games» style competition between upstate localities for up to $ 500 million in state grants, three of which are available for seven regions to compete for.

The agency is perhaps best known for its role in managing the city's complex water system and proposing the city's water rates, which have long been criticized by some advocates as a backdoor tax on homeowners.

These days Equitrack is being ballyhooed by its advocates as the first all - weather racing surface.

Such arguments have been dismissed by advocates as wrinkles that could be overcome.

More importantly, globalization is being held out by its advocates as the panacea for all our economic woes.

[1][2] It is a contemporary adaptation of the traditional teleological argument for the existence of God, presented by its advocates as «an evidence - based scientific theory about life's origins» rather than «a religious - based idea».

The screening was praised by advocates as a milestone in Saudi's modernization efforts, but attendees were reminded of the country's conservative laws when crucial scenes in the film were censored for modesty.

Not exact matches

A free - trade advocate, Macron let several national corporate champions be taken over by foreign firms as a minister.

But free - trade advocates such as Sweden want to avoid any measures that might contradict the bloc's rejection of the protectionism promoted by US President Donald Trump.

Advocates for net neutrality have been hoping for stronger regulatory oversight of ISPs by reclassifying them as common carriers in all of their business dealings.

Net neutrality, in case you need a refresher, is the term used to describe the unrestricted flow of content over the Internet, and it's been advocated by everyone from legal luminaries including Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig to entrepreneurs such as Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, and startups such as Etsy and Meetup, and countless others.

Immigration advocates criticized the move as unnecessary, but the Trump administration and others were quick to point out that the National Guard has been deployed to the border in the past — most recently by former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

Some still advocate sticking to a policy of nudging down interest rates further, such as by scrapping a 0.1 percent floor set on money market rates.

For his part, Gingrich slammed the concept of «self - deportation» — which Romney advocated during Monday's debate in Tampa — as «fantasy,» only to be criticized by Romney surrogates for having once touted the very same idea himself.

Some companies take it a step further by using their strongest brand advocates as a source of ongoing marketing content by asking fans to write testimonials or guest blog posts.»

As I've chronicled extensively, Exondys is an extremely controversial treatment, and the FDA's decision to approve the therapy over the objections of the agency's own scientific staff stunned many observers last year, raising questions about whether or not the FDA had succumbed to a well - orchestrated and heart - wrenching PR campaign by patients and advocates.

p Importantly, as a bulk fuel purchaser it would have deeper understanding of the fuel business and, depending on its scale, it could be a more powerful advocate of motorists» rights by bargaining for cheaper petrol for them.

Jarrett Walker, a prominent public transit advocate and consultant, entered the fray by describing Musk's disdain for public transit as «a luxury (or pathology) that only the rich can afford,» and accusing him, in essence, of attempting to impose his phobia of strangers on everyone.

By doing so, customers feel delighted and act as brand advocates - increasing sales and brand value.

However, worker advocates groups are fighting the proposed rule by arguing that it could allow businesses to keep employees» tips as long as the staffers earn the base minimum wage.

Allo will also have end - to - end encryption as a feature, but it won't be enabled by default, a fact that has irked privacy advocates.

Roughly 800,000 low - income New Yorkers would save $ 726 a year if a proposal by the New York City Council and advocates to fund half - priced Metrocards for the poorest New Yorkers is adopted as part of the city's final budget.

Limbaugh devoted a segment of his show today to slam Krugman and others that have begun to advocate the coin as a serious proposal to circumvent the debt ceiling if Congressional Republicans refuse to raise it by the «X date» that could come as soon as Feb. 15.

The legal challenge comes as Democrats and environmental advocates vow to aggressively challenge the Trump administration's plans to weaken the vehicle rules touted by the Obama administration as one of its biggest climate actions.

Election - integrity advocates nationwide are celebrating a decision by a New York state appeals court that classifies electronic ballot images as public records.

Cendy is one of millions of immigrants who were brought illegally to the U.S. as children — a group known as «DREAMers» by advocates of the Dream Act, a federal bill first introduced in the Senate in 2001 to allow them a pathway to permanent residency.

By grappling with mild social exclusion when they're young, kids will emerge as more capable, resilient adults, these advocates argue.

«By contrast, federal tax law permits 501 (c)(4) organizations to spend money advocating the election or defeat of candidates, so long as such activity isn't the 501 (c)(4) organization's «primary» activity.

Opinion polls showed that voters had opposed privatization at the outset (as did the press and many Conservative back benchers), but the Conservatives pointed out that Tony Blair rode to victory in part by abandoning «Clause Four» of the Labour Party's 1904 constitution, advocating state control over the means of production, distribution and exchange.

Which is why advocates, even as they weren't shocked by the GOP's latest tax reform plan, were staging a fight to make that credit refundable.

It was conceived of by programmers advocating the use of a decentralized and distributed network as a tool for ensuring that no company or state organization could abuse its power over others.

After Fowler's post, Uber investors and longtime diversity advocates Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein wrote an open letter on Medium, noting that «Uber has been here many times before, responding to public exposure of bad behavior by holding an all - hands meeting, apologizing and vowing to change, only to quickly return to aggressive business as usual.»

Peter Kurdock, director of regulatory affairs for Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety in Washington, said the group sent a letter Monday to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao saying it is concerned about a lack of action and oversight by the department as autonomous vehicles are developed.

The advocate also believes that the market is about to enter a «post-legal tender age» fueled by decentralized cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

Austerity's advocates depict Latvia as a plucky country that can show Europe the way out of its financial dilemma — by «internal devaluation», or slashing wages.

Supported by over 800 businesses and organizations, Catalyst has an impressive record as an advocate for women's workplace issues, research, training, mentoring, and recognition of women leaders and businesses that support them.

The law was rejected by privacy advocates such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which he wrote after the adoption of the law, «is the final encoded legal act allows you protection of private life worldwide, and violates human rights.»

As an advocate for foster youth, I applaud Mayor Tubbs» vision to strengthen our community by offering an unconditional gift of $ 500.00 per month to some of the most deserving individuals and families in our community.

In addition to his dovish stance on monetary policy, described by Trump as a «low - interest - guy» Powell is also an advocate of reducing the level of existing banking regulation, the Dodd - Frank rules in particular.

As a former city councilor, Selina advocated for the rights of taxpayers, fought to protect the health of children and families by introducing a local ban on cosmetic pesticides and worked to improve access for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory CommitteAs a former city councilor, Selina advocated for the rights of taxpayers, fought to protect the health of children and families by introducing a local ban on cosmetic pesticides and worked to improve access for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory Committeas chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory Committee.

As identified by Ben Bernanke, Rosengren also differs from his colleagues by being the very rare Fed official to discuss asset sales — though he stopped short of actually advocating them in the speech.

Flynn was seen by some officials in Europe as one of the Trump administration's leading advocates of closer ties to Russia and a hardline opponent of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and western powers.

Bill 21 sets the ground for the creation of Big City Charters in the Act's regulations, as advocated for by Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi.

New Democrats have long been advocating for the expanded use of midwifery services across the province as we believe that midwives play an integral role in the health care system and can be of particular benefit to women, families and First Nations communities by bringing specialized maternity care to otherwise isolated areas.