Sentences with phrase «intense protests»

This touched off intense protests from cable television and telecommunications companies and Republican lawmakers.

Thompson also prosecuted NYPD Officer Peter Liang in the fatal shooting of Akai Gurley as the death of unarmed civilians, mostly black men, at the hands of police was the focus of intense protests around the country.

they expect this week will be critical in efforts to entice the IDC to end their deal with Republicans — partly due to backroom efforts by union heads, activists and «heavy hitters» in the Democratic Party and partly due to intense protests planned by activists in IDC member districts.

And that seems worthwhile, given that regardless of how intense the protest, there is an operation up and running to produce this stuff at nearly three million barrels a day, and that's going to be there for decades.

As a series of famous incidents has shown (for instance, Westminster's decision in 1977 to publish John Hick's Myth of God Incarnate, despite intense protests from some church members), a denomination's self - restraint in decisions about publishing particular titles is an essential concomitant of support for publishing.

Hydrofracking has prompted intense protests from some environmental activists, who say it threatens the cleanliness of groundwater.

The news appears to have caught the Malaysian media and public by surprise; many recent news stories reported that the study had been postponed after intense protests.

Two legislative sources told The Alt they expect this week will be critical in efforts to entice the IDC to end their deal with Republicans — partly due to backroom efforts by union heads, activists and «heavy hitters» in the Democratic Party and partly due to intense protests planned by activists in IDC member districts.

Those may be useful qualities, because the Sarkozy government's unfinished efforts to restructure CNRS have met with intense protests the past 2 years.

The two Democrats, who both represent parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, announced that the Trump administration had allowed the former interpreter Hameed Khalid Darweesh to exit the terminal following hours of intense protest.

The American church group has hit the headlines for its intense protests against the acceptation of homosexuality and has previously picketed the funeral of returning soldiers.

The gallery has since been targeted by intense protests.