Sentences with phrase «ended years of controversy»

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Papa John's founder John Schnatter, who stepped down as CEO at the end of last year, had blamed falling sales on the NFL's failure to resolve the raging controversy over players taking a knee during the national anthem, in order to protest against police brutality.

Thin Power is the unauthorized biography of former mayor of Calgary, Rod Sykes, featuring the achievements and bitter controversies of his eight - year term ending in 1977.

Brittany Maynard, the 29 - year - old woman whose public announcement that she intended to end her life ignited a storm of controversy about Oregon's right - to - die act, chose to end her life on Saturday.

Anticipating much of the current controversy over the worship of technological progress that has characterized the end of the twentieth century, sixteen years later this book is still squarely in the middle of the debate.

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

But in recent years, singers have not missed words, though Lady Gaga used the word «brave» twice at the end of the song, leading to some controversy as to when the anthem was properly finished.

Dwight Howard had one of his best games of the year Wednesday, but he still managed to end the night in the middle of a media controversy.

But in a year largely devoid of big legislative accomplishments and never - ending controversy swirling from the White House, Democrats are chomping at the bit to unseat Stefanik.

Kellner told the East Side Democratic Club Thursday night he's relinquishing his seat at the end of his term this year because the controversy surrounding his alleged misconduct has become a distraction.

The candidates, both 61 years of age, are widely perceived as coming from opposite ends of the political spectrum; but in response to questions from the New Paltz Times, both sought to accentuate the positive aspects of life in Gardiner and in the main, to play down the controversies that have plagued the town in recent years.

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.

The announcement, made today by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, ends a 2 - year search that became bogged down in controversies over the current director, Mariano Barbacid.

A few years later, another multinational team, known as BaBar, used a more sophisticated analysis technique, only to end up provoking more controversy over the existence of Z (4430).

Mark McGuire ended up getting more home runs that year (and the Cubs of course never making it to the World Series), there was a lot of controversy surrounding Mark McGuire's use of creatine.

A school board decision to buy out New Orleans Superintendent Morris Holmes» contract has become the latest in a series of controversies marring the tail end of his five - year tenure.

One of the first waves of changes, high - stakes tests for fourth - and eighth - graders aimed at ending decades of social promotions, sparked years of controversy.

Those announced Monday aren't likely to put an end to the controversy over charter schools that has raged for years in Chicago and the rest of the country.

However, once my initial reaction had subsided doubt creeped into my mind; while the ending of Goodbye Deponia caused some controversy it was supposed to be very final, and now after three years is another game needed?

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For an artist known for hawking snowballs, and who'd previously turned lumps of elephant dung into sculpture, years before Chris Ofili caused controversy by using them to prop up his paintings, you might wonder what could possibly have so shocked a high - end gallery.

Wrangling in discussions ending today in Germany suggests the controversy will be dragged out until a Paris conference at the end of next year, potentially undermining a final deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol on curbing greenhouse - gas emissions.

This came in marked contrast to a sniffy report from the Law Society towards the end of last year which was, no doubt, informed by the controversy over solicitorsfromhell.co.uk.