Sentences with phrase «focusing on a controversial issue»

The report focus on controversial issues like bitcoin taxes and illegal electricity consumption.

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John Kirton, co-director of the G - 20 Research Group at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs, called the summit a «very solid success,» pointing to broad agreement on the agenda, much of it focusing on less controversial issues such as women's empowerment and promoting digitalization.

Interesting Pope for sure — but BTW: None of his core beliefs differ AT ALL from the two previous Popes, it's just that his communication style is more focused on everyone's common ground — the other Popes had the same beliefs, it just that they were more outspoken on the controversial issues — so the media did not warm to them as much.

The conversation focuses on the efforts of Airbnb, which has used controversial advertisements on environmental issues to attack a state legislator from the Hudson Valley.

The new organization — which would be empowered by the US Supreme Court's controversial 5 - 4 «Citizens United» ruling in June, which gave corporations the green light to run «issues advertising» targeting specific candidates on TV and radio — would initially focus on state Senate races in hopes of seeing the Legislature's upper house return to Republican control, said a source familiar with the planning for the group.

«Preaching should focus on proffering solutions to societal problems and not engaging in controversial issues that are capable of causing disunity in the society,» Bello said

Ms. James, whose voice booms like a preacher's at press conferences, has emerged as one of the loudest members of the City Council when it comes to issues she's focused on, including not only CityTime but cuts to social services, the police department's stop - and - frisk policy and the controversial Atlantic Yards development project, located in her Fort Greene - based district.

He will also focus on two issues that have recently become very controversial in New York City: homelessness and Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing zoning proposals.

LaValle said in the remaining weeks of session, the Senate GOP will «focus» on issues including renewal of New York City's rent laws, and changes to the controversial Common Core learning standards and related standardized tests.

Representatives mostly peppered Moniz with questions that focused on hot - button energy issues — including DOE's role in evaluating the controversial Keystone pipeline and efforts to promote nuclear power — but the department's science programs also saw some time in the spotlight.

He spoke on Wednesday evening before about 100 public school teachers at a panel hosted by Educators 4 Excellence, an advocacy group for public school teachers, at the Scholastic Corporation headquarters in SoHo, focusing on two of the most controversial issues of the last year: Common Core implementation and teacher evaluations.

This month we are taking a look at a somewhat controversial doc focusing on women and the issues they have...

Vitter focused his questioning on the issue of transparency, accusing the EPA of concealing information as it prepares controversial regulations that could have profound impacts on the economy.

Besides encouraging students to focus on the difficult and controversial legal issues arising from this case, the script encourages thoughtful discussion on personal lifestyle choices and their effects.

While some of the advertisements specifically named Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the statement says the majority of ads focused on controversial voter issues such as gun control, abortion, and LGBTQ rights.