The following year we debated the future of the legal profession in light of Richard Susskind's book The End of Lawyers, and despite being teamed up with the inestimable intellect of UVic law school dean Donna Greschner, and the two of us giving away free dinosaur toys to all the attendees in an attempt to bribe them, we were trounced by University of British Columbia law dean Mary Anne Bobinski and her partner in crime, litigator, rock star and Paul McCartney's good friend, Michal Bain (who tires of being described as the «Bain» of my existence).
Not exact matches
«I bet that the Republicans
follow the short - term tradition of forgoing
debate and simply voting to disapprove the rule, dumping
years of work down the drain because an industry lobbyist asked them to.»
If we do have an understanding of the conversation then the definitions of these «packed» concepts are subjective and we wind up
debating terms like «
following Jesus» which means something entirely different to me than it did to my 92
year old grandmother.
In his maiden speech — which,
following a tradition now rarely observed, he waited a
year after his election to deliver — Sasse argued that the upper house of the U.S. Congress was intended specifically by the framers to preserve minority opinion by enshrining a process of long - form
debate to preclude a legislative fast track.
April 19 — After
years of
debate and discussion, the Premier League finally looks set to
follow much of continental Europe and introduce a winter break from the season after next.
It's around four
years since I wrote on this subject but, given the
debate on the message board
following our draw at Manchester United last Saturday, I thought it...
But I didn't vote in favor because I necessarily think that introducing helmets into the women's game is a good idea (as anyone who
follows the sport of women's lacrosse knows, the issue has been the subject of furious and often heated
debate in recent
years, well - chronicled in a recent article on the US Lacrosse's website, which also contains a very helpful discussion of how the ASTM standard now being voted on was developed).
We've got a wonderful round - up of posts from members of the Green Moms Carnival, women who have been
following the
debate about cosmetics ingredients for
years, and have interesting stories to share.
Following North Korea's third nuclear weapons test in February this
year, much attention has been paid to
debates within China over its troublesome neighbour, with some suggesting severing ties to the North altogether.
This
year's conference season will probably have a bigger policy impact than any of the
following five, because 2013's discussions and
debates can still genuinely shape manifesto and policy development, which will have largely crystallised by the
following year.
Ethics reform legislation was re-injected into the Albany budget
debate this
year following the arrest of former Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges.
In January this
year,
following Trump's comments on banning Muslims from entering the US, the House of Commons held a
debate on whether he should, in turn, be banned from entering the UK.
«Let's do it in three
years,» Stringer said at the
debate, when asked about closing Rikers by WNYC's Brigid Bergin, one of the panelists asking questions, and raising more than a few eyebrows of those who
follow city politics closely.
«So I was thrilled, to say the least, after two
years of hearings and
debates when in 2016 the New York City Council
followed the lead of Suffolk County and passed Local Law 63, the BYOBag law,» he wrote.
The potentially hefty surplus could set of a rare battle at the Capitol in next
year's budget
debate: What do with money a cash - strapped state hasn't seen in
years following the economic downturn of the last decade.
Following his inauguration last
year, American comedian Erich McElroy's «Imperfect Guide to the US Presidential
Debates» has announced new dates and a new venue for 2016 — and an exclusive discount offer for TP readers.
A 55 -
year - old man was charged in connection with an alleged assault on a woman
following a «heated
debate» between «Yes» and «No» supporters in Glasgow on Saturday.
Following one of the more robust
debates so far this
year, the state Senate approved legislation that would consolidate state and federal primaries to a single date in August.
Following debate that began Monday morning, the Senate passed the budget around 10:30 p.m. and the Assembly
followed suit 45 minutes later, tempering fears that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders might not achieve a fourth consecutive on - time budget before the new fiscal
year started Tuesday.
This proposal
follows lengthy
debate and a lawsuit last
year, after county lawmakers raised their own salaries and that of selected county officials.
«Providing more live coverage of the key political
debates and discussions has meant that during 2015, a dramatic
year in politics, we've seen a surge in people using BBC Parliament to
follow proceedings.
The
debate came a
year to the day since a last - ditch opposition attempt to halt the bedroom tax and
followed an opposition
debate on the bedroom tax on Wednesday.
Of course, Labour made a manifesto promise to have this
debate and referendum in 1997 and had 13
years to
follow up.
In recent
years the right - wing populist [45] Danish People's Party has emerged as a major party — becoming the second - largest
following the 2015 general election — during which time immigration and integration have become major issues of public
debate.
The bills
follow years of
debate over the safety of genetically modified foods, which were introduced in the early l990s.
The heated
debate that
followed, known as the «science wars,» lasted for many
years.
Following years of
debate surrounding the project, top Forest Service officials yesterday hailed a key step forward for the nation's largest forest restoration initiative.
As a 58 -
year - old boomer whose work as a journalist depends on staying one step ahead of Gen - Xers, millennials, preschoolers and other would - be assassins, I've
followed the
debate closely.
For many
years, biologists hotly
debated how common it was for DNA to become more mobile
following damage.
Relevant to this issue, there is currently a
debate among paleoclimatologists with respect to the
following condundrum: A dramatic recession of the more - than - 11,000
year old ice cap of Mt. Kilimanjaro in tropical East Africa is taking place despite any clear evidence that temperatures have exceeded the melting threshold (one explanation is that the changes are largely associated with a drying atmosphere in the region; the most recent evidence, however, seems to indicate that melting may indeed now be underway).
Given the Academy's ongoing prestige vs. populism
debate, it is notable that the alleged best movies of any given
year often aren't even released in most of America until the
following year.
By Scott Mendelson HollywoodNews.com: Most of the ideas in Tony Kaye's Detachment are not revolutionary, especially not to anyone who has
followed the last thirty
years of
debate regarding the public education system in America (Jonathan Kozel's many works of nonfiction come to mind).
The lessons are as
follows: Lesson 1 - Intro to climate change Lesson 2 - Climate Change, real or hoax Lesson 3 - The Ice Age
Debate Lesson 4 - Worst Case Scenario Lesson 5,6 - Impacts of Climate Change Lesson 7 - Impacts on the UK This content is suitable for
year 9 but is taught to a high level and is more than suitable to use for GCSE.
During my
years as a teacher, I
followed the reform
debate,...
Start the lesson by asking students if they have been watching the
debates or otherwise
following this
year's Presidential election.
There I sat with teenage mothers from remote Jefferson Davis County on their first day of a two -
year commitment, and on that first day we delved into discussions of how their children's schools were faring, looked at test scores and graduation rates, analyzed whether their school leaders were
following best practices,
debated the Common Core State Standards, and more.
If you've been
following the education reform
debate, you will have seen that various news outlets have reported that over the past six
years only two new charter schools have opened even though there have been at least 20 applications from charter advocates to open new programs.
It's one of my favorite — and most fascinating — times of
year: The days and weeks
following the American Library Association's announcement of the winners of the Youth Media Awards, including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards, are filled with as much joy as
debate.
Deciding which analysis to
follow is really up to the trader, it has been a
debate for many
years and as an educated trader you will need to find the best strategy that works best for you and your trading techniques.
The short
debate follows Matthew Offord's Ten Minute Rule Bill presented in the House of Commons earlier this
year which calls for a ban on the sale and use of electric shock collars.
Following spirited in - office
debate and deliberation, we whittled down our master list of hotels openings from last
year to just 100 properties.
He graduated from London's Royal College of Art in 2012, signed to David Zwirner the
following year, and subsequently became the subject of heated art world
debate when his prices rocketed (in some cases by as much as 3,000 percent).
During the
following years, The Great Hall provided a space for
debating, rallying, and organizing the abolition, suffrage, labor, and Native American reform movements.
«I wasn't even aware I was on television,» says Tracey Emin 18
years after a spectacular performance in a TV
debate following the 1997 Turner prize made her a celebrity.
Partisanship by NOAA administrators on the climate change - hurricane
debate followed the partisanship by NOAA National Weather Service on climate change - skeptic
debate by 12
years which started just after the Gore book on global warming book came out.
Relevant to this issue, there is currently a
debate among paleoclimatologists with respect to the
following condundrum: A dramatic recession of the more - than - 11,000
year old ice cap of Mt. Kilimanjaro in tropical East Africa is taking place despite any clear evidence that temperatures have exceeded the melting threshold (one explanation is that the changes are largely associated with a drying atmosphere in the region; the most recent evidence, however, seems to indicate that melting may indeed now be underway).
Oliver I am not a scientist, but have been
following the «climate
debate» for nearly two
years.
As an agricultural scientist I have
followed this
debate very closely for the last 7
years.
NZ Climate Truth provides the
following description on their home page: «Vincent is too modest, the content is global in scope and his penetrating analysis honed by
years of reviewing IPCC reports is applied to issues arising in the Greenhouse / Global Warming / Climate Change
debate.»
As for your statement that there is only «consensus around the basics»; please enlighten me as to what that consensus is because after
following the climate
debate (and learning the science) for almost ten
years, I haven't seen ANY consensus on anything I would call BASIC.