Sentences with phrase «disturbing trend of»

I am concerned that the Australian Government appears to have continued a disturbing trend of characterising as a «special measure» certain legislation that in fact limits our human rights.

The Subcommittee also heard testimony about the disturbing trend of patent trolls targeting end - users — such as cafes providing Wi - Fi or businesses using standard office technology like scanners and email.

Ultimately, we need stronger reform to stop the disturbing trend of patent trolls picking on customers and end users.

We need stronger reform to stop the disturbing trend of patent trolls picking on customers and end users.

Let's reverse the disturbing trend of inflexible penal sentences and allow our fully - informed Judges to mete out fair sentences on a case - by - case basis.

How can we reverse the disturbing trend of declining veterinary visits?

«Many animal abusers have a history of domestic violence or other criminal activity, and there is a disturbing trend of animal abuse among our country's most notorious serial killers.»

In fact, a disturbing trend of older borrowers having an offset placed on their Social Security payments for old student debt is on the rise, according to the US Government Accountability Office.

But as I look into the fall mystery titles, it's clear that The Never List was just a starting shot to what looks to be the most disturbing trend of the year: abduction thrillers.

Expanding the program would divert even more tax dollars from public schools, continuing Wisconsin's recent and disturbing trend of underfunding public education.

Bridges, who not only produces but had obtained the film rights for the book not long after it was originally published, has continued a disturbing trend of playing caricature over character in one of his most labored, goofy - voiced performances in many years.

Overall, the team's findings provide at least a partial answer to the disturbing trend of the last 50 years, he says.

NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos» execution was part of a disturbing trend of increased law enforcement gun deaths.

By many accounts, he is part of a disturbing trend of control - freakism in executive office, characterized by micromanagement, a leadership style your grade - school principal would call bullying and immediate and massive retaliation against anyone who opposes him.

Turnout in the Democratic Primary on Tuesday for Buffalo Mayor was less than 25 %, continuing a disturbing trend of low turnout in primary elections in Buffalo and Erie County.

Myer Blank, of the Civic Federation, said the plan is part of a disturbing trend of privatizing parking lots on Park District land that began a few years ago with the privatization of two lots in Lincoln Park.

But it reflects disturbing trends of our times: a resistance to dissent, intellectual inflexibility, devotion to doctrine (much like that of religious fundamentalists), and a very destructive world view much like the irrational one that prevailed prior to the Enlightenment.

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Both men and women of good conscience are fearlessly acknowledging the elephant in the room — the disturbing, age - old trend of men in power taking advantage of their status to prey on women (and other men) working below them.

In recently commissioned research by Ryerson's Jim Pattison Ethical Leadership program about the Ethics of Political Leadership, some disturbing trends about the ethical impact of the mayor's reign of error have been highlighted.

One key measurement of Twitter's popularity, Twitter.com's traffic, indicates a disturbing trend: ComScore shows that growth of U.S. visitors to the site has leveled off more than a year after its massive spike upward in 2009.

While a strong rally in that sector is very possible, the continued failure of the market to generate even weakly favorable trend uniformity is disturbing.

«We can not be unaware of the disturbing trends.

I certainly appreciate your confidence in me, but here's the thing: There's a double - standard out there in which a woman's critique of patriarchy tends to get discounted as nothing more than the rants of an «angry feminist,» and, truth be told, I've grown a bit weary of hearing that charge each time I speak out about this disturbing trend in the evangelical church.

Colson and Eckerd are careful to acknowledge that a host of factors account for the disturbing trends that have become evident in recent years.

But his temporal legacy may well be forcing Western medicine to face two disturbing trends: a return to «physician knows best,» coupled with a slouch toward euthanasia on the basis of disability.

Chris Martin, the Chief Content Officer at Lifeway Social, has written an interesting blog post calling out what he perceives to be a growing and disturbing trend in the Christian corner of the social media sphere.

Now, it would be a disturbing trend worthy of the world's condemnation if good Muslims were 30 % more lethal than others, but at 100 times that correlation, not condemning these animals is a moral catastrophe!!

«Underpinning the community's frustration is the continued role of the Commonwealth, whose track record addressing our priority waste problems is littered with failure and a disturbing trend to misrepresent the scope of the problem.»

As it stands, this squad is fairly well positioned to compete for the Wenger Cup and make a deep run in the Europa, if and only if we play first stringers in Europe and use the bench for the League and FA Cups... that being said, and based on the fragility of the manager and the team in recent campaigns, it's more likely that Wenger will focus on a top 4 finish and the FA Cup... while the reasons for such an approach may appear logical, it would confirm a rather disturbing trend and appear counter intuitive for any team which claims to have higher aspirations... I feel that Wenger simply can't afford to put all his eggs in the Europa basket because if he fails the potential backlash could cripple any top 4 chances due to the aforementioned fragile psyche that tends to rear it's ugly head like our own personal groundhog day each and every February... furthermore, can you even imagine Wenger bringing in the necessary recruits to adequately supply top quality lineups in a Thursday / Sunday dominated schedule; based on everything I've seen in recent years, I can't see that happening... in fact, mark my words, it's more likely that we see Lacazette playing out wide in Alexis's position with Giroud at striker, than we see Wenger make the necessary moves to right this ship... god, I hope I'm wrong but is it really that far - fetched considering what we've witnessed for past several years

While the authors note that the recession is a huge issue, there are other, more disturbing social trends facing men, including the rise of men having children outside of marriage, the increase in men having children with numerous women and the growing numbers of divorced fathers.

The findings, published in the journal Pediatrics, found a disturbing trend — 10 percent of the samples were topped off with cow's milk.

A new study published in the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics shows a very disturbing trend, that the incidence of flat head syndrome, or positional plagiocephaly, was estimated at 46.6 % of the 440 healthy full term infants who were studied.

«The senate is disturbed by a new trend where heads or chief executives of critical institutions who should play a critical role in this budget process but who choose to ignore the invitation by the senate to appear before it for deliberation,» he said.

Jim Al - Khalili, President of the British Humanist Association commented «As people who value reason and evidence in public policy and fairness and secularism in our political life we wrote this letter as a result not just of one recent speech and article but of a disturbing trend.

The comptroller argued the claims were part of a disturbing upward trend — the 2,846 claims filed against the Department of Correction in fiscal 2015 is 73 percent higher than the number of claims filed in fiscal 2013, 1,643.

WHITE PLAINS, NY - Check washing is a disturbing trend that begins with mail being stolen for the purpose of obtaining personal and business checks.

«Instead, what we see is a disturbing trend that suggests not just an attempt to criminalise the important work that journalists in Nigeria do, but also a drive to frighten and cower and stop this critical constitutionally mandated work through the aggressive use of the state security apparatus.

The Saratoga County action is a glaring example of a disturbing recent trend where counties have flaunted legal obligations, circumvented normal open meeting requirements and engaged in irregular bidding practices.

While they are at lower levels than PBDEs, the authors from the University of Illinois at Chicago called the trend «disturbing.»

The terrifying incident on the tarmac in Memphis is not a single cautionary event but a snapshot of a disturbing trend.

Siegel's case is perhaps the most clear - cut example of a disturbing trend in the anti-smoking movement.

Its approaching demise continues a disturbing trend: the progressive collapse of five ice shelves since 1989.

But they have also reduced the amount of research the lab can perform, a disturbing trend that Mason says will accelerate if DOE levies additional cuts.

Certainly, I think all these things are incredibly important, but I've noticed a disturbing trend among some of my readers and others, and felt compelled to write this post.

Powerful nutrition news: exciting new studies on the liver - protective effects of alpha lipoic acid, a natural nutrient and antioxidant compound, are giving rise to hopes that this disturbing trend can be reversed — without resorting to toxic medications.

Relationship expert Michael Fiore reveals a disturbing global trend where boyfriend - quality guys are «opting out» of serious relationships... and are choosing...

What some people consider to be a disturbing trend is actually proving to be advantageous to a lot of wealthy men and younger women from across the globe.

While this is a disturbing trend for online dating sites like Cupid — which haven't really taken off like other paid sites Match.com and eHarmony — it could weed out many contenders in the online dating market over the next couple of years.

I'm disturbed by a recent trend of art movies not getting Blu - ray releases.

It is, however, impossible to ignore how Lovelace follows a disturbing trend, in which the sexual, cultural and societal radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s is now subjected to scrutiny and criticised as phoney, erroneous or even frankly evil.