Sentences with phrase «little controversy when»

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC) Price: $ 59.99 Wolfenstein actually had brought up kind of a little controversy when it came out.

There was little controversy when the bipartisan governors association in 2009 helped develop the common education standards aimed at improving schools and students» competitiveness across the nation.

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It took very little time for this so - called controversy to spread to every corner of social media, proving once again the immense power that occurs when you combine large swaths of people with unprecedented communication tools.

♦ Then there's Sandy Newman, president of Voices for Progress, writing to John Podesta in 2012 when the HHS mandate was announced: «This whole controversy with the bishops opposing contraceptive coverage even though 98 % of Catholic women (and their conjugal partners) have used contraception has me thinking... There needs to be a Catholic Spring, in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship and the beginning of a little democracy and respect for gender equality in the Catholic church.

On face value, W. E. Hocking's remark that when Whitehead arrived at Harvard «his speculative structure... was already well advanced in its main outlines» is a bit of external evidence against my hypothesis, but it may mean nothing more than that Whitehead was little influenced by the philosophical opinions and controversies of his American colleagues during these years, which seems very much to have been the case.

When the churches can no longer avoid controversy by smoothing things over, the positions that emerge in debate have little relation to the Christian faith.

Even though baby walkers have some controversy behind them, and little evidence that they do actually provide any tangible benefits to the child, many parents still rate walkers as a great toy for their children and have not experienced or had family members experience any accidents when using one.

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon did little to damp down the controversy when he added later in the day that Britain would go «all the way» to protect Gibraltar given residents there have made it clear that they want to remain part of the UK.

The process involved little controversy compared to last year, when lawmakers took five hours to deliberate seven seats.

Embryonic stem cells — the subject of so much controversy (witness the new ruling blocking their use)-- were first cultured in the lab a little more than a decade ago; in 2006, there was another breakthrough when adult cells were coaxed into becoming induced pluripotent stem cells.

Indeed, when controversy erupted over Pepper's death in 1965, Little's company was quietly supplying physiologists with close to 1 million mice every year.

Gregory, whose casual promptings steer the conversation towards controversy and away from self - analysis, arguably holds the forthcoming Sherman back: when Sherman says he wanted to eliminate the colour red from the film, Gregory feigns little interest in artistic process, instead wanting to know why the gambit failed.

And now we come to the multiplayer aspect of Mass Effect 3, a topic which generated considerable controversy when it was first announced, sparking angry comments from a considerable chunk of the fan base who, and I'll be blunt here, made massive assumptions based on very little evidence.

There is little else that rivals the controversy of dividing loot when it comes to all cooperative role - playing games.

Led by Damien Hirst, the group went mainstream in 1997 when the London Royal Academy, in conjunction with Charles Saatchi (their patron), hosted «Sensation», a definitive exhibition of YBA art, amid no little controversy.

In 1997, Young British Artists went mainstream when the London Royal Academy, in conjunction with Saatchi, hosted «Sensation», a definitive exhibition of YBA art, amid no little controversy.

There is little doubt that if (and when) Nyad completes her record - setting swim, she does not want it tainted with controversy over the killing of sharks that were seen as a threat.

When Bungie did announce a large - scale list of changes in response to player feedback last week, it was a rather telling break from the way the developer has historically handled these types of controversies, which is quietly and with little fanfare.