Sentences with phrase «largely of a public nature»

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As General Manager and then President of Channel 13, Jay Iselin was largely responsible for making Public Television a vital force in broadcast journalism, originating such programs as Nature and The MacNeil / Lehrer NewsHour.

Why is it that this kind of barefaced conflict of interests is largely overlooked, while people like James Hansen call for oil company executives to face trials for «high crimes against nature and humanity `, allegedly for distorting the public perception of climate change for profit?

This is perhaps unsurprising given the nature of the House of Lords» delegation — 10 out of 11 of which were men, largely past retiring age — led by two members whose active public service is distinctly distant.

The comments point to perhaps a central disconnect in the larger public understanding of Bitcoin Core's processes, and how despite the nature of bitcoin as a well - oiled blockchain, its upkeep requires time and resources that (outside of the altruism of a few for - profit companies) is still largely volunteer.

When the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) was founded in 1930, the acute health care needs of children were largely infectious in nature.1 Over the ensuing 80 years, as increasingly effective vaccines, hygiene, and other public health initiatives produced dramatic gains, astute observers began to note that many noninfectious disease entities, such as developmental, behavioral, educational, and family difficulties, were playing increasingly prominent roles in affecting child health and well - being.