Sentences with phrase «by public fear»

After the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island — a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania — stricter regulations driven by public fear prompted TVA to shut down its two nuclear reactors.

Not exact matches

Whether it is in Athens or on Wall Street, Fink says public protests are a simple statement of fear by people who are frightened for good reasons.

Forecasts from groups such as the IMF and OECD in the run - up to the 2016 referendum were dismissed by pro-Brexiteers as «Project Fear» — intentionally over the top forecasts designed the scare the public into voting to remain in the EU.

You've heard speakers attempt to lighten the mood and remove pressure by confessing their fear of public speaking.

The Liberal leader, who owes her thumping electoral victory in large part to fear of public - sector job cuts promised by the opposition Progressive Conservatives, has promised to govern from the «activist centre.»

«Even though public universities are not affected by the endowment tax, they are very much opposed to it, for fear it would set a precedent that would be applied to them in the future,» Terry Hartle of the American Council on Education told NPR in December.

The Comics Code Authority was born in 1954, conceived in a moment of public hysteria and spawned by the comic book industry's fear of government censorship.

And although fiscal stimulus package «leaked» in the Nikkei Wednesday (JPY20trn, with JPY6trn of «real water») appears to have had a supportive impact upon stocks by weakening the yen, even at its most generous, the supplementary budget for this fiscal year is likely to total only JPY2trn, with additional stimulus spaced out over the coming years, and most of this dedicated to public works (which, many fear, runs the risk of turning into wasteful spending rather than a monetary - plus - fiscal stimulus powerhouse).

While issuing warnings or trying to educate the public against what regulators fear are risky investments are not uncommon around the world, in this case they tried to sway public opinion against crypto assets by paying social media influencers to attack them.

And there were widespread fears that Catholics would balance this out by voting for politicians, mostly Democrats, who would direct tax funds to public or private schools dominated by Catholics.

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

The article said: «By putting such a public face on a dangerous battle, some now fear Maturi has also put a target on himself.

that minimizes the historical suffering of women and minority groups in this country, 2) an overwrought persecution complex that confuses sharing civil rights with others with being persecuted by them, and 3) a persistent fear of the perceived «other» — Muslims, LGBT people, immigrants, refugees, etc. — that results in culture wars meant to «take back» the public square.

«Our family chose not to attend the ceremony this evening because we did not feel welcome at the event and we even feared for our safety in light of how hostile some of the public comments have been,» the family said in a statement released by the group Americans United for the Separation of Church and State.

Brossard's would - be assassins have been hired by the big fish who have been his longtime protectors and patrons, themselves guilty of «crimes against humanity» under Vichy, who fear that Brossard's arrest and trial will result in a public outcry over their own cases.

-- that we need not fear the government because Jesus has «disarmed the powers and authorities» and «made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.»

a set of values, beliefs, and structure in a person's life in order to give them direction and a sense of right and wrong is fine, but organized religions are no more than large corporations, and like any large corporation are only focused on their bottom line... trying to control the public and extract as much money as they can from them by any means necessary... promoting fear, uncertainty, hate and a sense that they alone can offer salvation... for a price (although they are very cleaver about getting to this hidden and unspoken cost... after all these hundreds of years they have perfected their craft well!)

The genuine fear felt by the public is associated with violent crime.

Otherwise competent journalistic reports on research findings about male homosexuality, such as Peter and Barbara Wyden's Growing Up Straight (Stein & Day, 1968), confound the picture for the public by appealing to the fears of middle - class parents; further, they profess (without foundation) to show that parents can educate their children away from the possibility of becoming homosexual.

By putting such a public face on a dangerous battle, some now fear Maturi has also made himself a target.

In her first public address since a bloody military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority that has been described as «a textbook example of ethnic cleansing» by the United Nations, Aung San Suu Kyi didn't criticise the army and said she did not «fear international scrutiny».

I suspect fear mongering to justify disproportionate retribution and agendas by those who don't have to risk life and limb but profit from war and politicians being puppets of that with measure to deceive the public to keep the public in line with their policy about war.

If the United States truly is as tolerant of diversity as it claims, then Jews should have nothing to fear by being themselves, in public as in private.

«The facts are clear - By proclaiming to the public that «Muslims are trying to kill Americans every week,» Walsh raised suspicion of the American Muslim community and incited fear.»

Hence, the use of technology for good purposes runs into three tough problems at once: (1) balancing private wants and social needs; (2) harmonizing the plans made by individual experts with the decisions of the public as a whole; and (3) devising long - range policies in a political system which responds best to immediately felt needs, fears, and wants and which has a generally ill - informed electorate.

Even religion's most informed advocates are reluctant to speak of their faith in public settings for fear of rejection by their intellectual peers.

By the time of the Scopes Trial, however, the ACLU and other bastions of secularism insisted that public education must not assume any religious outlook, laying the groundwork, as Bryan feared, for the triumph of materialism.

Maher made the remarks on his show Friday, saying that Santorum was sheltering his children and educating them in the home rather than in public out of fear they «could be infected by the virus of reason.»

It sounds like your daughter developed this fear of public restrooms when the toilet flushed by itself.

While Schakowsky's bill was welcomed by school cafeteria managers and food - safety advocates, industry officials said the dissemination of safety records could stoke unnecessary public fears and prove difficult for cafeteria managers to interpret.

Indeed, instead of improving child health, many feared that the market - led approaches to «prevent» malnutrition championed by public - private - partnerships, could actually worsen the situation and increase further the double burden of malnutrition - both under and over nutrition.

Because doctors can't sweep this information under the rug, there are public records of what happen, but you read those Hurt by Homebirth stories and see how many times a perfectly nice wonderful BFF of a midwife then turns into a complete bitch when the birth goes wrong and they fear that there might be some sort of legal repercussion or bad press for them.

No doubt some consumers do fear the use of ammonium - hydroxide to process their food, but nothing in the wording of my Change.org petition or my writing or speaking about this issue has ever once sought to confuse the public by associating this chemical with the cleaning agent you keep under your sink.

Breastfeeding is natural and beneficial for both mother and child, but many women are held back by the fear of being judged in public.

Rule 3B (2) further states that ``... A judge shall not be swayed by partisan interests, public clamor, or fear of criticism».

It didn't prove that he had it in him to actually become Prime Minister but he is not the dead loss with the public many feared following two leadership victories powered largely by zealots.

The latest Construction Trade Survey published today, shows that the cuts to public spending, announced by the government last autumn, have finally started to impact on construction activity, confirming the fears the industry has warned about for some time.

In the light of what is happening, the slant of the newspapers, and just by gauging the feel of current public opinion «on the streets» I can not see how Ed Miliband can now shrug off the dire warnings (and fears) of a minority Labour government in hock to the ScotNats, and become Prime Minister.

Until the late 1990s, a central fear was of a bar to a political career, either through discrimination by poltiical party selectorates or, as often, a feeling among would - be liberal party activists that the public wouldn't buy it.

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Earlier, Corbyn set out his view that people's fears about immigration could be allayed by greater funding for public services in areas of high pressure, rather than controlling the numbers of new entries.

The result won't do much to allay the fears of New York teachers» unions that Cuomo's real aim is to transform traditional public schools into charter schools, since charter groups were among those chosen by Massachusetts education officials to implement turnaround plans in chronically underperforming districts.

Commisso implied Monday that some poll respondents might have felt pressured to support Sheehan under fear that their poll responses could be seen by the incumbent or siomehow made public.

But others say they fear the Supreme Court will further weaken U.S. public corruption laws, which have already been restricted by previous court rulings.

They fear that it signalled a retreat from the public service reforms championed by Tony Blair, and could leave the field clear for the Tory leader David Cameron to promise to complete them.

Dr. Spencer's point was the initial public health policy reactions by politicians in the US were largely driven by fear instead of science.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodies.

Yesterday, in public, Mr Blair sought to allay fears among loyalists that links with the Lib Dems could be jeopardised by the departure of Mr Ashdown.

By requiring they act only on signed complaints, government employees or members of the public can be reluctant to step forward out of fear of retribution, according to critics.

Anyway, I think you're «hoping» for more Republican advance than may actually be out there... although there is no doubt that their agitations are likely to win over some who are taken in by fear tactics, I just don't see the making of any waves out there... especially after the health care bill gets signed into law with a public option... Dems will universally gain after that.