Sentences with phrase «in a backlash when»

The coverage linking these storms to warming oceans resulted in a backlash when some hurricane experts disputed the assertions made to the media.

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The industry received backlash in 2013, when many Albertans were only partially covered for the damages of the year's disastrous flooding.

When asked for comment on the Post report and the backlash over his comments, Faber told Fortune that, «If this is the only sin I committed in my life I would feel like a saint.»

A new version of the wearable computer — which generated polarizing reactions and heavy backlash when it initially launched as a consumer product in 2012 — is being rolled out to businesses, The Wall Street Journal reports.

In reference to the backlash Indiana faces, he was defiant when questioned by the Arkansas Times over the weekend: «What company is going to boycott 20 states?»

«We've watched this happen to director Lexi Alexander and screenwriter Julie Bush when they published their respective exposes on sexism in the film business,» they added, referring to blog posts by Alexander and Bush that risked backlash (and blacklisting) by taking the entertainment industry to task.

Blau points to a pattern with social networks and other free services in which, when ads are introduced, «people complain, there is a sort of backlash or revolt» at first, but ultimately the outcry diminishes and most users become habituated to the ads.

What Susan Fowler's story highlights is that not only do women face direct discrimination from managers and peers, when they speak out they often feel the backlash in their opportunities for advancement.

When it comes to recent activity at Google, the duo might be responsible for causing an in - house backlash against cryptocurrency advertising.

«No,» Shkreli answered when a CNBC reporter asked him on air he if would cut the price in light of the backlash over the increase.

For Russia, the backlash against billionaires started back in 2014 when the U.S. imposed sanctions on it for annexing Crimea from the Ukraine.

When I accepted the invitation to join the faculty of the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge I had two compelling reasons: Aware of the Vatican's repression and removal of creative theologians in West German universities, I anticipated a similar development in the U.S. I made therefore a conscious decision not to remain in an academic situation where I would have to spend the rest of my career fighting ecclesiastical backlash.

Then, when the later bill failed in the House of Representatives and the conservative backlash became too severe, Rubio said he would have voted against the reform bill if he had to do it over again.

My first encounter with the «backlash» you mentioned took place in the mid-90's when John Piper launched a public crusade to get me fired from Bethel University and to have my church kicked out of the Baptist General Conference on the grounds that I was a «heretic.»

Early last year, when news broke of Joseph Fiennes playing Michael Jackson in the U.K. anthology series Urban Myths, the backlash and uproar was swift.

When I see women appearing every place in numbers, I'm less worried about a backlash than I might have been 20 years ago.»

When Faludi touches on the rise in female poverty (directly correlated with the rise in female - headed households» there's no doubt about this relationship), the rise in violence against women, the rise of eating disorders, she blames it all on The Backlash.

There had been a major backlash against the Tamar Ridge brand in the late 2000s when it was still owned by timber company Gunns, which was in the spotlight over environmental issues in Tasmania related to a proposed pulp mill.

Boss Wenger is planning new player contracts, signings and is even drawing up ideas for next pre-season, and those around him believe he wants a new deal when his current one runs out in the summer despite the current fan backlash.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

You have to be wary of a City backlash in this game but when the going gets tough who are their leaders out on the pitch?

As Sally Kuzemchak of Real Mom Nutrition wrote in her own post on soccer snacks, she encountered a big backlash from parents when she tried to improve the quality of the food offered to kids.

So last month, when the Center for Science in the Public Interest announced it was filing a class action lawsuit to stop McDonald's from using Happy Meal toys to market to children, the fierce and ugly backlash against the mother of two who was brave enough to attach her name to the case was predictable.

The backlash against the private sector is hardly surprising: when financial institutions broke down following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2007, the costs fell not on wealthy financiers but society as a whole in an era when middle income households were suffering an unprecedented squeeze.

So far No 10 and No 11 have chosen to manage this backlash with stubborn intransigence, a tactic that's always a blunder when common sense suggests you're going to have to back down in the end.

The Kirchners (and other Peronists before them) have certainly done a lot to tax the large land owners in «the campo» and use the revenue to provide programs from the poor, although she faced a political backlash in 2007 when people thought she was going too far with that policy.

When some claimed that the policy of internment, as practiced in Northern Ireland, should perhaps be revisited for jihadists, the backlash was not as strong or as vocal as it should have been.

Of course, it didn't always work smoothly, as when the professional staff took over a volunteer's MySpace page early in the campaign and encountered a sharp backlash.

A Manhattan lawyer who threatened to call immigration enforcement on workers at a Midtown cafe when he heard them speaking in Spanish is apparently trying to flee the backlash against his racist rant.

A Manhattan lawyer who threatened to call immigration enforcement on workers at a Midtown cafe when he heard them speaking in Spanish is apparently trying to flee the backlash against his racist rant — as he was captured on video running from an NBC News reporter on Thursday.

This is personal, too: Although he wasn't in charge for many of the years when the backlash began building in various of the city's minority communities, the revolution that he had launched in the 1990s has lately attracted much blame for the rising anger.

When the senior Mr. Cuomo signed the executive order in 1983 — a major milestone for the gay community — Andrew Cuomo seemed intent on playing it down to blunt any backlash.

The NCCE in this year had a backlash by the public when it announced its decision to embark on Presidential and Parliamentary debate citing that it was a duplication of what the IEA does.

There was some backlash in Agogo towards the end of 2017 when cattle owners accused the District Security Council (DISEC) in the area of failing to give them prior notice before embarking on an operation to drive away their cattle from the town.

Mr Marfo, who was the Minister of Finance at the time the loan was approved, suffered severe backlash from some Ghanaians especially members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for failing to conduct due diligence after questions about the company's identity arose and subsequently when the address it provided was traced to a beauty salon in the UK.

The Republicans briefly lost their Senate majority in the 2008 elections when Barack Obama brought out a surge of young and urban voters, but they rebounded in the Obama - backlash election of 2010, just in time for redistricting, and a chance to build a floodwall against New York's rising Democratic tide.

The Government faced a backlash in February for refusing to intervene when Bermuda repealed same - sex marriage legislation.

«Reminds me of Gingrich in «94,» Cuomo said, referring to the voter backlash against Bill Clinton, when Republicans took Congress in a wave of voter dissatisfaction.

When the stakes become higher and your force can be felt in an organization, expect backlash for the least little perceived «mistake.»

The backlash may have peaked in 2006, when several high - profile books and articles attacked the theory.

Fleischmann faced a backlash in 1989 when he and Stanley Pons said they had achieved fusion — the process that powers stars — in a lab.

«This effect is driven in part by hypocrisy: high - price firms asking consumers to conserve when the firm does not do so itself results in backlash,» says McFerran.

When you post your f *** ing image in social media prepare for backlash from people who don't like this kind of thing.

The mag is facing backlash after Washington spoke out on social media about their extensive changes to her image: «It felt strange to look at a picture of myself that is so different from what I look like when I look in the mirror,» Washington wrote.

I guess when you haven't been at the receiving end of that yourself, because perhaps you never felt willing to put yourself in the way of such vitriol, backlash, takedowns, for the sake of other women or something you believe in, then you might not ever understand what happens when you post something like your comment here, anonymously, sat at your desk at home.

When Thinx, a line of underwear designed to absorb menstrual blood, launched in 2014 with the slogan «Underwear for women with periods,» it received a ton of backlash.

I * distinctly * remember the high school backlash from those who opted for sweats for the day when I'd be in a more put - together coordinated ensemble.

However, La La Land's rise at the Globes and subsequently with Oscar nominations set into motion a backlash, which is a problem in the days of Twitter, when a hashtag can drive the narrative in one direction or another.

Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler) stars in this drama as a professional boxer on the road to championship glory, only to have his life fall to pieces when a moment of aggressive backlash results in him losing his family.

When news broke that Get Out, Jordan Peele's runaway hit horror movie, would be in the «best motion picture» Golden Globes category for musicals and comedies, the backlash was swift — due in no small part to the movie being an important expression of racial themes.