Sentences with phrase «center of controversy»

Tesla's sudden change in fortune stands in marked contrast to Fisker Automotive, a competing alternative car company now on the verge of bankruptcy and at the center of controversy over $ 192 million in federal funding that it's unlikely to pay back.

Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort is at the center of the controversy regarding possible collusion between Russia and the campaign.

Citi trader Andrew Hall is at the center of a controversy over whether he can get the $ 100 million that's owed to him by the zombie bank.

Katsuyama: My personality and nothing from my past would have ever predicted that I would be at the center of a controversy.

This is not the first time the 32 - year - old Mr. Shkreli, who has a reputation for both brilliance and brashness, has been the center of controversy.

The British firm with ties to President Trump's 2016 campaign has been at the center of a controversy over data collection and privacy lapses at Facebook.

The operator of a Mongolian coal mine that is at the center of a controversy over a Chinese acquisition bid said Tuesday it will stop production this month.

Now that we have one asset class, gold, that is selling for all - time high prices, I'm not surprised to see it in the center of controversy.

Table fellowship is at the center of the controversy in the reading from Matthew 11.

Charles Wilson, the groom at the center of the controversy, said on Sunday, «All we wanted to do in the eyes of God was to be man and wife in a church that we thought we felt loved.

Today the same statement looks more like a prophecy of things to come: the Assemblies of God has been the fastest - growing denomination in the U.S. And although not the oldest Pentecostal denomination, the AG has taken the lead at every major crossroads the movement has faced and has been at the center of every controversy.

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson does not blame God for his bungled catch in a game Sunday, he now says, after an earlier Twitter post put him at the center of controversy.

Given the ubiquity and gravity of sex in our culture, it's not surprising that sexual ethics was at the center of the controversy.

After a period of relative quiescence, the quest for the historical Jesus has again become a center of controversy.

Charles G. Finney, the great Presbyterian revivalist of western New York, was the source and center of the controversy.

His enemies forced him into the open, and Padua became a storm - center of controversy.

The contract has since become a center of controversy.

Schools in the District of Columbia and Los Angeles County have become the center of controversy over none other than flavored milk.

Actually, the baby playpen has been at the center of some controversy for quite some time.

Thursday, the man who's been the center of controversy not only acknowledged the «disruption to City Hall business» he created, he did his best to take sole responsibility.

At the center of the controversy, is Senator Malcolm Smith (IDC - Hollis).

Lloyd's agency found itself at the center of a controversy earlier this year when the New York Times reported that the de Blasio administration had postponed work on a crucial water tunnel, diverting funds elsewhere.

The President of the United Homeless Organization, a formerly homeless Bronx man named Stephen Riley, and the organization's director, Myra Walker, are at the center of the controversy surrounding the non-profit's exposure as a scam.

At the center of the controversy over the women's agenda was a provision aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade into state law.

A Lockport man who found himself at the center of controversy two weeks ago when he was charged under an unpopular section of the SAFE Act, limiting ammunition in a magazine, has been ordered by a Niagara County judge to hand over his pistol permit and all his handguns.

City Council President Melissa Mark - Viverito, meanwhile, still plans to attend the event and defended the Puerto Rican separatist at the center of the controversy.

At the center of the controversy are two blobs about 450 light - years apart that emit radio waves — light at the low - frequency end of the electromagnetic spectrum.

British drug researcher David Nutt is often at the center of controversy.

Wheat has been the center of controversy recently, with protests and export bans flaring up over shortages stemming from droughts and a fungus that some estimate could ruin over a quarter of the world's wheat crop this year.

Market demands not making a dent About 19 chemical gas manufacturers are at the center of the controversy.

LONDON — There's nothing really new in a second massive cache of e-mails that hackers have released from the University of East Anglia's (UEA's) Climate Research Unit, U.K. scientists at the center of the controversy said today.

At the center of the controversy is NewLink Genetics, a small company in Ames, Iowa, that bought a license to the vaccine's commercialization from the Canadian government in 2010, and is now suddenly caught up in what WHO calls «the most severe acute public health emergency seen in modern times.»

Lignans are the nutrients that are at the center of the controversy regarding whether it is safe for women with breast cancer to eat flaxseeds.

As this once forgotten landscape is thrust into the center of controversy, Margo finds herself searching not only for answers, but for the strength to persevere.

The character has been at the center of some controversy, however, as the Ancient One is depicted as Tibetan in the comics.

The film, which was at the center of a controversy regarding the treatment of its animal actors, has grossed $ 32.9 million domestically to date.

The 80 - year - old film - maker found himself once again at the center of controversy at the Cannes film festival in May, following repeated allegations from his son (Ronan Farrow)-- which were firmly denied by the film - maker — that he abused his daughter Dylan Farrow.

Matt Damon became the center of controversy over the summer with the debut of the first U.S. trailer for «The Great Wall,» the action - fantasy epic from Legendary Pictures, which was criticized for focusing on the white American star over the film's Chinese talent, including ingénue Jing Tian, boy band breakout Junkai Wang and renowned director Zhang Yimou («House of Flying Daggers»).

The film, which stars Treat Williams and closed the Sarasota Film Festival last weekend, concerns a burned - out representative from Maine named Charlie Winship, who finds himself at the center of controversy after footage is televised in which he fails to rise for the Pledge of Allegiance on the floor of the House.

Regularly celebrated auteurs like Olivier Assayas and Pedro Almodovar found themselves splitting critics with Personal Shopper and Julieta; Paul Verhoeven found himself at the center of another controversy with his diabolical, brilliant Elle; the Romanians once again proved that they're producing some of the best movies on the planet with Graduation and Sieranevada.

Quentin Tarantino has recently found himself at the center of controversy — again — after he went to a protest against police brutality and made some comments that angered police officers and has resulted in an ever - spreading boycott by police unions and organizations across the country.

At the center of the controversy is a plan to remove 102 wooden desks from Room 7, a stately mahogany - paneled room that is used as the 12th - grade homeroom and a study area.