Sentences with phrase «from public favor»

When these sports fell from public favor and were outlawed, their supporters turned to dog fighting and sought to create a sporting dog that, while retaining the legendary courage and ferocity of the Bulldog, would incorporate the greater agility of the terrier.

Not exact matches

Dell is shifting away from public cloud model — a strategy favored by tech companies like Google, and Amazon.

In fact, a recent study in the American Journal of Public Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the pPublic Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the ppublic interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the publicpublic.

Although comparisons to the failed public offering of startup game maker Zynga might be inevitable, King has a relatively strong income statement and is likely to benefit from the IPO environment currently favoring small technology companies.

The most notable public comments in favor of stringent net neutrality regulation has been from President Obama, who released a YouTube video in last November urging the FCC to «take up the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality.»

Despite the fact that there are an estimated 10 million LGBTQ - identified Americans and 62 % of Americans are in favor of marriage equality, LGBTQ people are not protected from workplace discrimination, face growing numbers of violent hate crimes, including harassment on public transportation, and have been called the cause for «societal collapse» by the sitting Vice President.

Fredriksen differs from most scholars (as well as from Matthew and Luke) in rejecting Mark's chronology of Jesus» public ministry in favor of the Gospel of John's story of numerous appearances by Jesus in Jerusalem.

It is a public worship expressing the full equality among Muslims gathered together from all over the world with a common objective — all performing the same actions, all seeking to gain God's favor.

Faith in Public Life: People of Faith Support Minimum Wage Raise Majorities of all religious groups favor increasing the minimum wage from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 10.00 an hour, including black Protestants (87 %), Catholics (73 %), Americans who are religiously unaffiliated (68 %), white mainline Protestants (61 %) and white evangelical Protestants (61 %).

Removing the 10 commandments from the public forum is a way to remove one faith being favored over another in the public square.

With the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to take a valuable point away from home dog Indy, the betting public is overwhelmingly in favor of Matt Ryan and Co. winning by at least 8 points on the road.

Although the sportsbooks have taken away a pivotal point from road dog Oakland, the betting public remains slightly in favor of the new - look Raiders finally meshing on the road and keeping it close at Qualcomm.

Even with the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to take a pivotal half - point away from road dog New York, the betting public remains heavily in favor of the G - Men covering on the road against the Jeckyll and Hyde Cowboys.

By compiling betting activity data from major online sportsbooks they are able to show which teams the public is heavily favoring.

With the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to take a half - point away from road dog Denver, the betting public is just slightly in favor of San Diego winning by seven points at home against Tim Tebow and the Broncos.

With the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to take a pivotal half - point away from road dog Washington, the betting public remains heavily in favor of the G - Men winning this NFC East showdown by eight points or more.

The three days between Selection Sunday and Round 1 coincide with a swell of public momentum in favor of the No. 11 - and 12 - seeds in best position to pull off opening weekend upsets, but that focus tends to distract from the upper - echelon teams that leave us genuinely stunned when they bow out before the end of the first weekend.

Sports Insights takes betting statistics from both sportsbooks and shows, in easy to understand pie charts, which side of a sporting event the public is favoring and where the «smart» money is going.

Sports Insights compiles betting stats from all three sportsbooks and shows, in easy to understand pie charts, which side of a sporting event the public is favoring and where the «smart» money is going.

From social media to public service messages and an overwhelming societal bias in favor of breastfeeding, mothers hear the message loud and clear: breastfeed or bust.

To that end, we're very much in favor of connecting school districts with farms to provide fresh food from their own regions and, as Bettina mentioned, we've already helped Saint Paul Public Schools and Denver Public Schools to do just that.

The consensus is that Russia influenced the US election in Trump's favor (by eg hacking his political opponents and strategically using that information to influence public opinion; this may or may not have happened in coordination with some people from the Trump campaign).

Some (the liberals with objections) interpret that prohibition as barring religious displays from public ground, as that could be interpreted as favoring one religion (the one included) over others.

Howe, in his first public testimony since pleading guilty and agreeing to cooperate in 2016, is expected to lay out what he says was a series of payoffs to line Percoco's pockets from Howe clients who were already contributors to Cuomo and wanted favors from the administration.

The sprawling federal probe evolved from an investigation into favor - trading between public officials and fundraisers and campaign contributors for the mayor.

Late last night, Buffalo - area Tea Party advocate Rus Thompson sent out an e-mail with the subject line «urgent request from Carl Paladino» that insisted the former gubernatorial advocate «does not condone or support» his former campaign manager's public push in favor of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget.

Republicans in the state Legislature opposed a public campaign finance proposal from Cuomo, saying it was a waste of taxpayer dollars and would unfairly tilt the political playing field in favor of Democratic - leaning unions.

«From the very start, public opinion polls had solid majorities in favor of the bill and those majorities grew,» said Gottfried in a interview on AM 970's Effective Radio of the bill to legalize prescription - based medical marijuana.

Among his recommendations, Astorino favors switching elected officials from the defined - benefit pension plan to a defined - contribution plan; replacing the per diem system for lawmaker expenses to one requiring stricter bookkeeping; and scrapping the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in favor of a new independent ethics watchdog appointed by the judiciary.

Pictured left to right from the winning team, which argued in favor of eliminating cash bail, were City Council member Daniel Dromm (District 25) and Fortune debater Felix Guzman, joined by Khalil Cumberbatch, Associate Vice President of Policy, David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society.

The billionaires are going to get ever - greater favors from Cuomo: public - private partnerships, bailouts, and regulations that benefit them at the public's expense.

ALBANY, NY (06/07/2016)(readMedia)-- The American Arbitration Association in Manhattan today counted thousands of ballots from New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) members who overwhelmingly voted in favor of a tentative one - year agreement with the state.

The rules are designed to prevent public officials from awarding the bond work to their favored contributors, rather than awarding that work on the basis of the best fees and interest rates charged to taxpayers.

Eventually a judge ruled in their favor, and that's how the public came to understand what the Assemblyman was charged with doing: illegally misdirecting and misusing $ 800,000 from a client's account.

(Advocates for the bill, chiefly the Catholic Church, argued that there was no point of passing it in the Senate when it wouldn't succeed in the Democratic - led Assembly, where union - allied lawmakers argue the tax credit is a voucher that drains funds from public schools in favor of privates.)

Moreover, at the rally, Public Advocate Tish James announced that she favors divestment from fossil fuels by the city's pension funds.

Mr. Kiely said 65 percent of the comments he received from the public are in favor of a two - week minimum.

Most observers have considered the public option - an idea long favored by liberal Democrats - to be a non-starter since it was dropped from a Senate reform bill passed in December.

As budget negotiations were going down to the wire in Albany, some 5,000 parents, teachers and students from across the state converged outside Gov. Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office for a March 28 rally that marked the culmination of their months - long campaign to stop him from pushing through radical changes to public education policy favored by his Wall Street backers as part of the state budget.

After the Staten Island Republican Party sent an e-mail to supporters claiming Mr. Recchia favored public housing in the borough, Mr. Recchia initially proclaimed «we're not going to build no affordable housing,» a statement he later backed away from.

Silver's conviction for doing legislative favors in return for legal referral fees and 12 - year prison sentence was reversed because of incorrect jury instructions, but prosecutors from the office of acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim told the judge it is in the «public interest» to retry him quickly.

He favors full public financing of state campaigns, adding, «The legislators should be banned from taking outside income,» a harsh remedy for the legal corruption that dominates Albany politics, but one that has become increasingly plausible as more has been revealed about the influence - peddling legislative leaders are able to do, to their personal enrichment.

Bloomberg's barbs, which came from an August 6 interview, were published four days after a Quinnipiac poll showed a surge in de Blasio's popularity among voters, with 43 percent of those polled favoring the public advocate over the other Democratic candidates, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who captured only 18 percent of the votes.

The Paterson administration's approval to block potentially revealing information from reaching the public eye comes amid mounting speculation that the winning bidder, a conglomerate known as Aqueduct Entertainment Group, had curried political favor in its effort to get the contract.

This NIH decision came in response to claims from scientists and public health advocates that members of the panel worked for the chemical industry and cherry - picked the data in favor of industry - funded studies, which did not test low - dose exposure to BPA.

The popularity of imposing bans on smoking in public places was further revealed in the results of a 2011 Gallop poll, which showed that 59 % of respondents supported bans, a marked shift from 2008, when only 40 % had favored such laws.

Immediately after the death of Stalin, Beria started releasing political prisoners, both as a way to distance himself from Stalin's atrocities and to court favor with the public.

In 2016, 65 % of the public say they favor tax credits for donations to foundations that help low - income students attend private schools, reflecting a modest decline from 70 % support in 2013.

Between 2008 and 2009, the portion of the public saying they favor charters fell from 42 percent to 39 percent, but that trend reversed in the past year, putting charter support at 44 percent in 2010.

A series of unsavory revelations about the U.S. Department of Education's efforts to sway the public in favor of its major school improvement measure could stain the law's reputation and cast doubt on future information from the agency, say many observers, including supporters of the law.