Sentences with phrase «emotional testimony from»

After protests and emotional testimony from opponents including the Chicago Teachers Union, the Chicago Board of Education voted to close four South Side high schools and to convert a high - performing elementary program in the South Loop into a new...

The trial of the man charged with detonating a bomb in Chelsea last year began in Federal District Court in Manhattan with video replays of the blast, emotional testimony from people wounded by shrapnel and an outburst by the defendant that led to his ejection from the courtroom.

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Indeed, the case had expert testimony that Redstone is suffering from at least moderate dementia and his emotional, speech and reasoning challenges were evident.

As best as I can tell, from my own personal experience when I became a Christian about 30 years ago, and from all the testimonies I have read and heard over the years, becoming a born again Christian is largely an emotional experience and a decision base on emotions.

It is hard to believe that so famous and so powerful a testimony to the emotional intensity of which friendships are capable could have been excluded from this anthology by accident or ignorance.

It would seem appropriate that judges review the entire case and qualifications of the respective parents and refrain from basing their decision on personal biases and emotional testimony.»

Cage reveals the same general desire to be taken seriously as an actor again here that was already on display in the recent «Joe» and «The Dying of the Light,» right from an early scene in which his Colin Pryce makes an emotional testimony before Congress about the impact of the BP spill on local fishermen and tourist business.

Even those of us in the know are susceptible to the emotional testimony offered by those who describe conditions at unlicensed, illegal breeding facilities only to misleadingly call for a ban on the sale of animals from pet stores, which are required to obtain their animals from USDA - licensed and inspected sources.

Whether it is a retail sales ban that prevents them from obtaining a dog or a cat from someone that can help them find the right animal, restrictions on access to international or domestic waters for the collection of aquatic species, or restrictions on the ownership of certain reptile species based on nothing more than their potential length, all of these things are legislation that sounds really good when it's written on paper or when testimony about it is delivered by an emotional activist who feels very strongly.

Together they installed objects collected from the shuttered school in a Tyler classroom, accompanied by texts and oral testimonies, including the superintendent's letter announcing the closure — in euphemistic managerial speak — and a more emotional series of essays written by Fairhill students directly onto the walls of exhibition space.

Oftentimes, injured individuals make claims for damages from their insurance carriers based on emotional arguments and testimony from loved ones as to how much they have suffered.

It is clear from the applicant's testimony that she continues to experience significant emotional distress from the miscarriage even today.

In determining custody, the courts take into consideration the sex, age and emotional needs of the child, educational considerations, the child's parental preference, and any court testimony from witnesses.