This occurred after protesters and advocacy groups
drew public attention to ALEC's role in spreading «Stand Your Ground» legislation in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting.
Starting in 1963, Beuys began to create Aktion, his sensationalist happenings, which
drew public attention for their mysterious performances, ritualistic props, and use of live and dead animals.
Student debt
drew public attention and concern as the recession hit and graduates fell behind on their loans.
Pussy Riot quickly
drew public attention after a show on the Lobnoye Mesto in the Red Square, where they accused the authorities of sexism, singing the song «Putin Turned Chicken.»
Later, as Secretary of State for Health and Social Services,
he drew public attention to the dangers of AIDS.
I have known Jamie for many years and have been impressed with his dynamism as he has ramped up his restaurant business and built his worldwide brand through his various TV shows, all the while pouring his efforts into teaching people to eat better,
drawing public attention to the poor quality of school lunches, and developing Fifteen, his restaurant and social enterprise that trains unemployed young people to become professional chefs.
The court dispute has
drawn public attention to an issue that was previously sidelined.
[24] We can not fail to praise the commitment of international agencies and civil society organizations which
draw public attention to these issues and offer critical cooperation, employing legitimate means of pressure, to ensure that each government carries out its proper and inalienable responsibility to preserve its country's environment and natural resources, without capitulating to spurious local or international interests.
There are many other tactics shareowners use as levers including, investor statements endorsed by a broad group of institutional investors; direct outreach to other shareholders; proxy voting services; and other investment advisors to gain support for specific shareholder proposals; and, outreach to consumers and the press as a way to
draw public attention to an issue or a company.
Cuse also enters the tournament as an 11 - seed to Wake's 14, which will automatically
draw public attention at a relatively low spread.
The Governor has been trying to
draw public attention to other subjects.
The governor has been trying to
draw public attention to other subjects.
Known as the National Red Friday, the day was declared by the coalition to demonstrate their anger against the illegal activities and thereby
draw public attention and sensitise them to the government's action to clamp down on galamsey activities throughout the country.
«Given the expanding prevalence of shift work worldwide and the heavy public burden of cancers, we initiated this study to
draw public attention to this issue so that more large cohort studies will be conducted to confirm these associations,» he added.
Eric Rignot was acknowledged for «
drawing public attention to the irreversible effects of climate change.»
Leaders can use their bully pulpit to make speeches and issue reports that
draw public attention to a local problem.
They operate transparently in
drawing public attention to the challenges schools face and the achievements they make.
The animal rights group, which is well known for staging publicity stunts to
draw public attention to what the group views as «unethical» commercial activities is now bringing its fight to corporate boardrooms by buying a stake in the very companies with which it is clashing.
Just like last year and the year before, START art fair
draws public attention to the emerging artists, bringing their works to the well known Saatchi Gallery in London.
As an artist, Williamson co-founded and produced EWALA (Earth Water Air - Los Angeles) an annual performance art trek with playwright Susan Suntree, which engaged hundreds of Angelenos from 1994 to 2000 in honoring the Los Angeles River watershed while
drawing public attention to threatened environmental areas along the river.
With PLATTFORM, intended as an annual event, the Kunstverein wishes on the one hand to increase awareness of the regional art scene and to
draw public attention to the important connection between education, training and exhibition communication on the other.
In the U.S., in particular, there is an established history of artists creating issue - based work which
draws public attention to matters which are overlooked in the media or ignored politically.
Adjaye will talk about the ideas that inform his practice, the main aspects of his work, the role of architecture in the contemporary world, and the need to
draw public attention to cultural heritage.
He began producing unsolicited public art works using striped awning canvas common in France: he started by setting up hundreds of striped posters, so - called affichages sauvages, around Paris and later in more than 100 Metro stations,
drawing public attention through these unauthorised bandit - style acts.
Buren is also interested in the physical context in which work is shown, and in the late 60s he began setting up hundreds of striped posters around Paris and later in more than 100 metro stations,
drawing public attention through his unauthorised acts.
Although their work did not differ radically in technique or subject matter from that of the artists who participated in the large annual exhibitions of the Society of American Artists and the National Academy of Design, they chose to exhibit independently, hoping to
draw public attention to their paintings.
They were
drawing public attention to the deadly air pollution in the city coming from the plant.
Eric Rignot was acknowledged for «
drawing public attention to the irreversible effects of climate change.»
Reflecting their longtime commitment to both philanthropic endeavors and environmental concerns, our founders, Richard and Rhoda Goldman, envisioned the Goldman Environmental Prize as a way to demonstrate the international nature of environmental problems,
draw public attention to global issues of critical importance, reward ordinary individuals for outstanding grassroots environmental achievements, and inspire others to emulate the examples set by the Prize recipients.
Already by June, heat waves and drought had become a severe problem,
drawing public attention to the climate.
Committee work should proceed in a completely open atmosphere, and it should take special initiatives to
draw public attention to items of broad interest.
We have convened in and participated in numerous public conferences in Canada and even abroad to identify and strategies and
draw public attention to the serious civil liberties concerns inherent in certain counter-terror tactics.
The Bringing them home report was a watershed in
drawing public attention to the removal of Indigenous children from their families.
Not exact matches
We understand criticizing a famous artist is a good way to
draw attention to those goals... we will vigorously resist this attempted
public lynching of a black man» pic.twitter.com/ByC9SR 0vtD
The most outrageous price hikes — the ones that have
drawn the most
public attention — number in the 1,000 % - plus range, have been imposed on therapies for vulnerable and niche populations, or both.
Werner, a campaign strategist at
Public Citizen, is attending the hearing where Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is testifying to
draw attention to the social network's failure to stop the misuse of its site during the 2016 presidential election.
In Michigan, more than 3,500 lottery winners are also on
public assistance,
drawing attention to waste in a state still reeling from the nation's economic downturn.
In her recent post, Frances
drew attention to the province's
public finances via the
public sector wage bill and the
public - private sector wage differential and that cutting the
public sector wage bill may certainly be an option pursued in the future.
The military's cyber-operations, including U.S. Cyber Command, have
drawn much of the
public's
attention, but the IOC undertakes some of the most notable offensive operations, including the recruitment of several new intelligence sources, the document said.
The fatality is
drawing fresh
attention to the safety of autonomous vehicles, and the challenges of testing them on
public streets.
The paper reports that Tamerlan grew more intense and confrontational about Islam, picking arguments in
public and even in the mosque which he attended: arguments which eventually
drew him to the
attention of the FBI.
The Fed chair's quarterly news conferences have
drawn great
attention since her predecessor, Ben S. Bernanke, began holding them in 2011 to improve
public understanding of the central bank's actions.
«With the political race already
drawing substantial media
attention and potential candidates doing everything in their power to gain the support of the
public at large, regulation of the hedge fund industry is a topic that will likely receive significant
attention throughout the campaign period.»
The team are careful about how they undertake the ministry, as laying hands on anyone in
public can
draw unwelcome
attention.
Don't
draw attention to it in
public or among strangers, that might offend someone!
The church's purpose is to
draw attention to what God has been doing for the rest of the world and to respond in gratitude by engaging in those
public events in which God may be discerned to be acting redemptively now.
But maybe the one story that
drew the most
attention from sports fans and the
public, was the BYU's Honor Code and its violation by Brandon Davies, which made him ineligible to play in the tournament.
«We're hoping the results of this survey will
draw attention to the
public's need to change its attitudes toward tanning, which is the first step in changing behavior,» said Dr. James.
If you want to go beyond that and consider whether or not the criticism was valid in an ethical or moral sense, I think you should consider that this woman made a
public demonstration designed to
draw attention and then posted a photo of it on the internet along with her own opinions about formula being poison (clearly a criticism of anyone who feeds it to her baby).
Is it important to you to be able to breastfeed in a
public place without
drawing a lot of
attention?