Sentences with phrase «objections of»

According to sources, the White House political block — a direct violation of numerous ethics regulations and possibly of federal laws — was instituted over the objections of scientists at the FDA, but with the awareness of HHS Secretary Sibelius, her senior adviser Andrea Palm and the Office of Science and Technology Policy and its director John Holdren, who is responsible for enforcing «science integrity» across government agencies...

He said an agency whistleblower had alleged that the paper had been rushed to publication despite the concerns and objections of a number of agency employees.

Virginia's State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved three of Dominion's new gas plants in a row over the objections of environmental advocates, and North Carolina's Utility Commission recently approved Duke's new gas units in Asheville (though for now it has turned down a request for a third).

In regards to widespread outrage over the DEA's «Final Rule» — 115,000 public comments and a letter from Congress co-signed by 22 Representatives submitted to DEA opposed to the hemp food ban — Chief Judge Mary Schroeder asked the DEA: «Did you take into account the objections of people who might say that this doesn't make a lot of sense?»

Eisenhower initiated the negotiations over the objections of Edward Teller (like Singer, Teller enjoyed a long life and inveighed against anthropogenic climate change until he thought he could score on geoengineering — Singer is still enjoying - good for him).

There is a problem for Myles Allen and any who would use this quote: The models had to correctly account for the enthalpy sink of the oceans in such a manner as to invalidate the objections of Kreiss and Browning while having enough resolution to determine the near surface anomaly.

In exploring its subjects» reasons for changing their minds, Stone's film also examines the facts behind the arguments in nuclear power's favor and the objections of those who oppose it.

Vancouver got Mobi, a bike share system, two years ago and just begrimed East Vancouver two weeks ago, (over objections of residents about loss of parking, of course, Dorothy Rabinowitz lives!).

Strange then, how the very experiment that could resolve such issues was mothballed — over the strenuous objections of dozens of leading researchers.

Albany's importance as a link in the energy - production chain is poised to grow under Global Partners» effort to win state permission to handle oil - sands crude and biofuels for shipping over objections of neighbors and environmental groups.

To overturn a campaign promise to regulate CO2 almost immediately, on the basis of a single study that does not even look at the decision's impact on the planet, over the repeated objections of the EPA, obviously is not a decision based on science.

I think the best way to respond to all the objections of those insisting that the physics behind the science of climate change is both «well understood» and «incontrovertible» is to encourage you all to study this document.

When making «Basquiat,» the 1996 biographical film about the painter Jean - Michel Basquiat, for example, Mr. Feder said that the film's director, Julian Schnabel, ignored the objections of the artist's father and created paintings in Basquiat's style for his movie.

Imposing it over the objections of nearly 40 percent of your institution's trustees is quite another.

And despite the objections of some female artists who argue that the all - woman show reduces their contributions to products of their gender — and despite the intensifying erosion of collective confidence about the stability of the categories of «man» and «woman» — the format is seeing a resurgence that rivals that of 2007 (the year of shows such as «WACK!

With a letter of introduction to Andy Warhol written on a paper napkin by Beuys, Ropac secured a drawing show by the Pop Art master, over the objections of Fred Hughes, then Warhol's manager.

In October 2008 NMFS listed the Cook Inlet beluga whale as endangered over the objections of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.

It might trigger even more obsessive compulsive travel planning, but when you know about any objections of your travel partners before the trip, you can anticipate your own negative feelings about having to change your plans during the trip.

Unfortunately, the City betrayed its promises to DOG and passed a horrible dog law that still exists, over the objections of most dog advocates.

Her dog Excalibur was seized, killed and incinerated days after she was diagnosed after officials hastily pronounced him a health risk — despite no evidence the dog had the disease, and over the objections of family members and protesters.

In 1995, for example, over the objections of cat lovers pushing for a sterilization program, the Mayor of Miami Beach pushed a plan to trap and kill cats.

So much for objections of animal control officials that injections would have an adverse impact on shelter workers.

objections of the independent sector, tweeting:

With the help of Washington's greatest spin doctor, the blogger and the politician try to ride the issue of euthanasia for Boomers (called «transitioning») all the way to the White House, over the objections of the Religious Right, and of course, the Baby Boomers, who are deeply offended by demonstrations on the golf courses of their retirement resorts.

A 15 - year - old Apsaalooka girl overcomes the objections of her family and her tribe as she tries to become a warrior, a hunter, and the «Great One» prophesied at the birth of her and her twin brother.

In California, an appeals court overturned a decision by a state judge that overturned that state's teacher tenure laws over the objections of teachers unions.

That amendment empowered an appointed state commission to approve charter schools over the objections of local boards of education.

Teachers who received multiple «unsatisfactory» ratings, missed entire weeks of work, or even physically abused students can remain in the classroom over the objections of their schools.

In 2012, over the objections of privacy rights organizations, the U.S. Department of Education relaxed the regulations promulgated under FERPA in three key ways.

A key Senate committee voted Tuesday to approve the nomination of Betsy DeVos, a school choice activist and billionaire Republican donor, to be secretary of education, despite the fierce objections of Senate Democrats, teachers unions and others.

«The court order was lifted in 2009 over the objections of civil rights groups and students, who pointed to continuing inequities in Chicago schools.

They were chartered over the objections of local school systems, and they are unlikely to enroll many poor students.

The takeovers proceeded over the forceful objections of Indianapolis Public Schools superintendent Eugene White, who still says he's «hurt» by the state's intervention.

Over the objections of teachers and administrators groups, the Los Angeles Unified School District was ordered Tuesday to use students» academic achievement in their teachers» evaluations.

They are approved by the state, often over the objections of a large majority of local residents — the people who have to pay for them.

Needless to say, the ruling came over the strong objections of United Teachers Los Angeles, the major L.A. teachers union.

Education Week reported: «Over the objections of teachers» unions and many Democrats, Louisiana's Republican governor and GOP - controlled legislature have crafted one of the most exhaustive education overhauls of any state in the country, through measures that will dramatically expand families» access to public money to cover the costs of both private school tuition and individual courses offered by a menu of providers.»

The change affected school districts where the charter school was approved by the state's Charter School Commission over the objections of the local district.

A controversial «parent trigger» bill backed by powerful GOP leaders and education reform icon Jeb Bush is headed to the Senate floor for a vote in the final week of the legislative session over the objections of the measure's critics over the way it is being handled.

If you can't get to reform except over the objections of the unions, forget applying.

«A real or fancied evil leads to demands to do something about it... In the end, the effects are precisely the opposite of the objections of the reformers and generally do not even achieve the objections of the special interests.»

In 2002, voters passed one of the nation's most ambitious class - size reduction plans, over the objections of Mr. Bush.

The moratorium was adopted during the NAACP's national board meeting in October; passing over the objections of hundreds of civil rights leaders, parents, and students.

Over the objections of the powerful telecom lobby, the commission also approved a number of policy changes intended to help rural schools.

Despite the objections of many think tanks, the standards ought to have another set of eyes screen them and see if they make sense for our students who are struggling the most.

A Royal Night Out (PG - 13 for sexuality and brief drug use) Post World War II dramedy, set in England in 1945, finds Princess Margaret (Bel Powley) and Princess Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) slipping out of Buckingham Palace, over the objections of the Queen (Emily Watson), to join the street celebrations on V.E. Day.

Circumstance (R for sexuality, profanity and drug use) Iranian coming - of - age drama, set in present - day Teheran, revolving around the sexual awakenings of a rebellious, 16 year - old lesbian (Nikohl Boosheri) over the objections of her disapproving parents (Soheil Parsa and Nasrin Pakkho) and her uptight, orthodox Muslim brother (Rezo Sixo Safal).

Joe Logan (Brandon Routh), the son of the chief of the fictional Sunaquat tribe and onetime lacrosse star, manages the casino on the tribe's land; at his boss's insistence, Joe wins the tribal council's approval for an expansion, over the objections of his father, Ben (Gil Birmingham).

Joseph Gordon - Levitt plays Robert Todd Lincoln, spoiling to enlist over the objections of his parents; and 13 - year - old Gulliver McGrath as young Tad Lincoln is an avatar for Spielberg's inner child — crucially so in perhaps the film's most Spielbergian moment, a wholly novel take on perhaps the most familiar image in Lincoln's biography.

Edited from storyboards, «Pacha's Family» (7:03) introduces such wacky characters as a thick - headed Grandpa and a stoner dude neighbor, while «Original Kuzcotopia Ending» (3:26) was cut over Sting's objections of social irresponsibility.