Sentences with phrase «fueled by revelations»

This was fueled by revelations that the doctor who helped lead the U.S. to Osama bin Laden received his intelligence by setting up a fake vaccination clinic.

The speculations were fuelled by the revelation that Samsung actually intended to debut an in - display fingerprint reader as part of the Galaxy S8, but certain things hampered the realization of such an ambitious goal.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

After only a few months in the post, however, revelations of an affair, fuelled by the tabloid machinations of Max Clifford, forced him to resign.

Whether it would quell the debate over global cooling - fueled in part by the East Coast's hard winter and the revelation of errors in the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change synthesis report - is less certain.

Even when Ford strongly foreshadows future revelations, Strong Island holds narrative jolts, many fueled by shocks of betrayal.

It is a milieu of blissful ignorance and arch sophisticates, genuine emotion and heart - rending revelations that will fuel Bobby's return east, where he will take a job at the nightclub run by his brother, Ben (Corey Stoll), a violent but principled gangster with a soft spot for family.

It would also immunize fossil - fuel companies from lawsuits for damages done by their products — lawsuits such as those bound to arise from the revelations that ExxonMobil and other companies knew for decades about the climate damages their products cause, and lied about it.

So far, the conventional response to such revelations has been to call for radical cuts to CO2 - emissions by shutting down industries with the greatest carbon footprint, often accompanied by an attempt to replace fossil fuels with renewables.

The third observation is the contrast between the global scandal these emails have provoked and the muted response to 20 years of revelations about the propaganda planted by fossil fuel companies.

Although it doesn't name specific companies, the amendment is surely inspired by recent revelations about ExxonMobil's early and advanced knowledge of the role of fossil fuels in driving climate change — which was followed by the company's subsequent, unconscionable climate science denial efforts.