Sentences with phrase «of a firestorm over»

Sandra Fluke, the student who was at the center of a firestorm over contraception rules at her religious university, applauded the decision, saying in a statement, «I am very pleased that under these policies all women, regardless of what school they attend or where they work, will soon have affordable access to contraception.»

Facebook is already at the center of a firestorm over privacy issues.

Facebook is already at the center of a firestorm over privacy issues, thanks in part to the site's changing policies on sharing user data with external sites including Pandora, Yelp and Microsoft Docs.

In the midst of a firestorm over the release of teacher data, Evan Stone reiterates that teacher growth data should be a part of a multi-measure evaluation...

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Valeant has been at the center of a political firestorm over prescription medication costs and pharmaceutical companies, which depend more on acquiring or licensing existing therapies (and then raising their prices) rather than fueling R&D into new drugs.

JCPenney landed at the center of a firestorm earlier this month over a shirt it was selling to girls, bearing the slogan: «I'm too pretty to do my homework so my brother has to do it for me.»

The memorandum, and as yet undisclosed similar directives to various locales over which the NLRB has jurisdiction, have provoked a firestorm of outrage from businesses and business groups that say the memo spells the end of franchising, and represents an uneasy encroachment of greater federal regulation into business life.

The global firestorm over allegations that the British company Cambridge Analytica was able to download reams of personal data from Facebook to create detailed profiles of voters continues to rage.

Cohen, Trump's personal attorney, is in the midst of a legal firestorm over the payment to Daniels, which was made in exchange for Daniels» silence about an alleged affair with Trump.

And autumn has featured, along with Morneau's troubles, Heritage Minister Melanie Joly being scorched by a firestorm — hottest by far in Quebec, her home province — sparked by her deal with Netflix, which extracts $ 500 million over five years for Canadian productions from the internet streaming giant, but imposes none of the taxes and regulations her critics demand.

The controversy, which stemmed from questions over whether a female developer's relationship with a male game journalist influenced coverage of her game, has expanded in a full - blown firestorm.

-- Starbucks finds itself in quite a firestorm over having two black men arrested on a charge of loitering in Philadelphia.

The firestorm that erupted over Facebook's decision to ban Cambridge Analytica — and the ensuing revelations that the user data of 50 million Facebook users were accessed by the political consulting and marketing firm without those users» permission — has slashed Facebook stock and brought calls for regulation for social media companies.

Vahl made specific mention of Facebook's recent firestorm over organic search, and ultimately argued for a change in behavior.

North Bay Village, a normally quiet Miami - Dade city of about 7,000 residents, is now home to a political firestorm over allegations of voter fraud and blackmail linked to its at - large commissioner.

Facebook Inc., facing a firestorm over how it handles personal information, says it will make it simpler for users to examine and change some of the data Facebook tracks about them.

President Donald Trump marks the National Day of Prayer with faith leaders in the White House Rose Garden amid a firestorm over payments to a porn actress.

The resignation comes after a firestorm over the column and after a tearful apology from the editor - in - chief of Georgia's Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler.

R. Umar Abbasi, the photographer whose picture of a man about to be run over by a train ignited an Internet firestorm of fury over why he didn't try to...

The Obama administration faced a firestorm of controversy from many religious groups this year over a proposed rule that would require employers to provide no - cost contraception coverage to their employees.

Falwell responded to the firestorm with a tweet that has since been deleted: «Honored for same hypocrites who accused Jesus of being a friend of publicans and sinners to be targeting me over a decades old mag cover!»

The pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bell has authored a book called Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, which ignited a firestorm of controversy over the weekend, weeks before it arrives in bookstores.

Leaks happen all over this franchise which turns into a media firestorm, and it has been like that since the days of T.O and probably before that.

May 21, 2013 — Garcia ignites a firestorm when, in response to a query from the emcee at a European Tour awards dinner, he lamely jokes he would have Woods over every night during the U.S. Open and serve him fried chicken — code for one of the most offensive caricatures of African Americans.

Before City, the top clubs taken over were Manchester United, bought by the Glazer family in a firestorm of controversy in 2005, and Chelsea with Roman Abramovich swanning into Stamford Bridge in 2003.

Cameron and his top team have now been through the heat of a Budget firestorm, with rows over VAT on pasties, the «granny tax», a political funding scandal and, most recently, a war over email snooping.

Wishing the president would die is shocking and the Michelle Obama remark, of course, ignited a firestorm over the «send «em back to Africa» suggestion long used by racists.

Committee of 100 Democrats Clash Over George Alvarez The above tweet tagging Bronx Chronicle managing editor Michael Benjamin (@SquarePegDem) sparked a firestorm of controversy and finger - wagging between members of the Bronx Committee of 100 Democrats and a Queens rump group -LSB-...]

Internationally, the killing of Cecil the lion triggered a firestorm of criticism over trophy hunting rules and regulations.

WASHINGTON — In the current firestorm over gun control sparked by the mass schoolroom shooting in Parkland, Fla., the pro-gun lobby peddles the notion that restoring the federal ban on sale of all assault weapons is a non-starter.

Miner made the announcement one day before the Nov. 8 elections as she tried to quell a firestorm over her PAC's funneling of money through the state Democratic committee and sidestepping limits on how much the PAC could directly give to the candidates.

Last year, he publicly announced he was gay in a newspaper op - ed following the firestorm over Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act and in advance of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling recognizing same - sex marriages.

That paper, which tried to correct a mutation that causes a blood disease, fed into a firestorm over the ethics of modifying human reproductive cells (or «germline» modification).

But the bill, supported by the powerful California Teachers Assn., attracted a firestorm of criticism over the costs to financially strapped districts and the requirement to negotiate with unions every element of evaluations, including the use of state standardized test scores.

This week's firestorm over the performance of charter schools can be traced to a mischief - bearing grenade hand - delivered by the charter - hating American Federation of Teachers to The New York Times.

The firestorm over standardized testing in the K - 12 accountability system that has been building in Texas for over two years is coming to a major showdown, and the primary context of the debate is now House Bill 5, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 145 - 2 and, after several amendments, was passed by the Senate unanimously.

Over the past three legislative sessions, the Texas public education accountability system, once rated by national organizations as the best in the country, has come under relentless attack by a firestorm of misguided opposition to standardized and so - called «high stakes» testing, so that by the end of the 2013 session, the system had essentially been gutted.

The firestorm over standardized testing in the K - 12 accountability system that has been building in Texas for over two years is coming to a major showdown, and the primary context of the debate is with House Bill 5, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 145 - 2 and was passed out of the -LSB-...]

Several parents at a Dorchester charter school are calling for the ouster of the executive director and the chairman of the school's trustees, following a firestorm over the layoffs of the principal and five other employees.

Scribd has faced a firestorm over the course of the past few years.

Every time the dust settles on the most recent examples of author bullying and reviewer bashing, something occurs that makes headlines again, thus starting the firestorm all over again.

It is important to note that the majority of Amazon users said they rely on ratings and reviews of books on Amazon's website, which speaks to the current firestorm of anger from authors and publishers over the so - called corruption in Amazon reviews, given that reviews apparently do matter a great deal to consumers.

Following the recent firestorm of rage directed at Random House over its terms for publication on any of its ebook - first imprints, the company issued a press... [Read more...]

Despite all this, the pledge to double contribution room ignited a firestorm over the last few months as we got closer to Oliver's next budget and the likelihood of an increase.

But these last works, made in 1989, caused a local firestorm in New York (plus a few groves of academe), where arguments over women's subjugation were fierce.

In an interview, Richard Somerville, a climatologist at the University of California, San Diego, and a past contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said the case for climate change as a serious risk to human affairs was clear, despite recent firestorms over some data sets and scientists» actions.

There has been a firestorm of protest recently over the issue of usage based billing for internet access.

A firestorm of growth has overrun the Maricopa County city of Peoria, Arizona over the past two decades.

The firestorm that erupted over Facebook's decision to ban Cambridge Analytica — and the ensuing revelations that the user data of 50 million Facebook users were accessed by the political consulting and marketing firm without those users» permission — has slashed Facebook stock and brought calls for regulation for social media companies.

Windows 10 is currently under a firestorm of controversy — even now being discussed in the mainstream media — over privacy concerns.