Sentences with phrase «now under debate»

With reauthorization of the 1996 law now under debate, the Next Generation project — an innovative collaboration among MDRC and other leading research institutions — has produced this research synthesis, the first comprehensive and systematic look at how welfare and work policies targeted at low - income parents have influenced their adolescent children.

This theory which was taught when I was in veterinary school is now under debate.

A fixed book price agreement, which is now under debate in Poland, will be one of the instruments to regulate our book market.

The bill is now under debate in the Senate after passing the Senate education committee 22 - to - 0.

Not exact matches

But as these recent fiery debates within the drug industry underscore, pharma's price hike tactics, now under constant public scrutiny, may well lead to more far - reaching change — whether imposed by legislation or by biopharma companies upon themselves.

But whether Bitcoin can actually replace gold (let alone traditional government - backed currency) has been a matter of fervent debate — quite literally, as evidenced by an event last week entitled «Gold Versus Bitcoin,» held at a New York comedy club, in which well - known gold proponent (Jim Rickards debated James Altucher, a self - help author now peddling Bitcoin investment advice under the moniker «crypto - genius.»

The exact size and growth of this workforce is debated, but workers employed under precarious work conditions make up a significant portion of the larger workforce, with estimates that 4 out of every 10 workers are now employed in precarious situations.49 These workers typically face higher income volatility than workers in traditional employment relationships because they spend more time unemployed or underemployed and some have low earnings.50

A panel of influential industry thought - leaders, under moderation from leading maritime journalist Richard Clayton, will debate the hottest topics impacting shipping now and the near future globally and regionally

The group debates what colour the text under the «Buy It Now» button should be (all agree: not red), the placement of key messages on screen, even the use of capital letters and fonts.

Of course, as I have stated so many times before, I am under no delusion that fishon, and now you, or anyone who seems to take great pleasure in pointing out the «error» in the beliefs of others, cares at all how much impact their attitude plays in the debate.

The question, if anything, is even more acute now, when issues of cultural and legal pluralism are under passionate debate.

Now, as time passes without any change and support simmers down to being a less active part of people's lives, the debate gets swept under the rug until the next shooting occurs.

Although at first I thought it was rather strange that breastfeeding came under his brief, I am now sure that it is simply the case that the issue is so important to the Government, and crosses so many departmental boundaries, that they settled on him, and it was not just a case of Ministers perhaps playing «pass the parcel» with this important debate.

In contrast to their one - on - one televised debates, which have consisted largely of Stringer alluding to the «black socks» prostitution scandal that ended Spitzer's career as governor (and Spitzer countering by pointing to the array of entrenched financial interests who along with Lena Dunham are backing his opponent), the candidates used this forum (co-hosted by Democracy for NYC, Living Liberally, and ACT NOW) to fill out their visions for how the office might be more of a progressive force than it has been under incumbent John Liu, the longshot Democratic mayoral hopeful.

There was a period in 2014 when disillusionment with austerity, the possibility of Scottish independence, and a firmer push against nuclearism by the Liberal Democrats in coalition and Labour under Ed Miliband could have aligned to shift the debate, but that moment has passed — at least for now.

Bloomberg needs nine of them onboard in order to win the vote that's now scheduled for Thursday at 1:30 p.m. And if the City Council thought they were under pressure during last spring's debate over congestion pricing, they're about to learn what serious arm - twisting feels like.

But on the morning of the second leaders» debate (on Sky News and Radio 4 at 8 pm tonight) it would appear that Fleet Street is now moving to burst the Clegg bubble and bring him back down to earth, not only by putting Lib Dem policy under serious scrutiny for the first time, but also by delving into Clegg's personal record:

«There are adequate, if not overwhelming, reasons to be concerned that the two repositories that are under debate right now are not the only places in the world where live smallpox virus still exists,» says Nils Daulaire, director of the Office of Global Health Affairs at the US Department of Health and Human Services, and head of the US delegation to the Geneva meeting.

It has been a rising topic of heated debate throughout youth baseball, and is now making it into the likes of women's volleyball and tennis; how do we keep our youth athletes from being put under the knife before they hit high school?

However bawdy the character, she plays Helene chiefly with an unapologetic self - involvement — the unblinking, under - educated victim of her own shattered childhood, who now knows no choices other than poor, self - indulgent or some combination thereof — and in doing so shines a light on the cyclical distress of America's underclass, heartbreakingly chalking an evidentiary mark for the latter grouping in the age - old nature - nurture debate.»

Kindergarten is now water under the bridge (though some states are still arguing over whether it should be half - day or full - day) but much the same lesson applies to one of today's liveliest areas of education - policy debate, namely the «universal preschool» movement.

While this premise has long been under debate and is now even more so as college tuition continues to rise, the loans can result in problems even larger than a mountain of debt.

Now we're in a time when experts debate whether the peak of production has been reached, or whether ever - higher prices will simply drive exploration ever more to the fringes for new sources — be they tar sands or under the Arctic Ocean seabed.

He also said it was being debated whether it was possible to go over it and then come back down under it but seeing as that was years ago I'm sure someone has information on where that specific debate is now.

Climate sensitivity is an interesting discussion, but completely irrelevant in terms of the current political debate, because even the lowest remotely plausible climate sensitivity would fully justify the most aggressive mitigation now under discussion.

Now, I concede that while this may well be the case, it does little to clarify or advance the issue under debate, and much to obfuscate it.

Before Robock started on his portion of the debate, Wattenberg asks Michaels «I'm working under the general proposition, Pat, that your answer to the question, must we act now to avert a climate catastrophe is no.»

In the midst of heated debates over human - caused global warming, intelligent, knowledgeable people are now presenting evidence that global cooling is currently under way.

There is no shortage of cataclysmic fights under way in the county right now, ranging from seasonal cottage development on East Lake to the wind turbine debate that still rages.

Following the frenzy of activity and debate last week as to whether or not firms should sign the new contract for civil work, it now seems that many firms have signed the contract... But under protest.

Wilson ended the debate and now, in effect, employees who fall under the unjust dismissal provisions of the Canada Labour Code have similar protections to those of unionized employees.

But that reputation is now under threat, due to the negative tone of debate from some politicians and many parts of the media around the Human Rights Act, and the potential risk to people's equality and human rights protections when the UK leaves the European Union.

One consequence of the Commons expenses scandal is that the Freedom of Information Act 2000, under which ministers had shown signs of restiveness, must now be regarded as politically secure and, indeed, that there can be a serious debate about whether it should be strengthened.

We are still debating adding a seat under the window that he could move around the room but for now we have a free curbside Ikea chair that Ryan uses when he sits at his desk.