Sentences with phrase «of public significance»

Mr. Cooper also regularly handles significant civil rights and First Amendment matters, which are often of public significance.

In a decision described as a major breakthrough for freedom of the press in Canada, the court chiselled out what it calls a «new and distinctive» defence for journalists reporting on matters of public significance: The «public interest responsible journalism defence.»

The extent to which his own role in the case influenced his article is exaggerated, he says, adding, «I'm concerned that the tendency of their arguments is to make it too difficult to criticize professional conduct of public significance when a powerful party wants secrecy.»

In the hard sciences, NRC periodically issues major reports of public significance.

Since others are always implicated, remembering abuse is of public significance.»

Not exact matches

As for the significance of handholding, Dalton Conley, a professor of sociology at Princeton University, told The New York Times in 2006: «It's less about sex than about a public demonstration about coupledom.»

So Biden's road trip — his first extended public turn after weeks of sustained chatter about a possible bid — is taking on added layers of significance.

So it's hard to underestimate the significance of McNamee's increasingly public criticism of Facebook over the last couple of years, particularly in the light of the growing Cambridge Analytica storm.

The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund was established in 1971 to provide financing support for projects of strategic significance to the national economy, and its role has evolved to incorporate a number of different areas.

The historic properties managed by the Public Buildings Service represent the work of historic and prominent architects that are valued for significance in art, architecture, archeology, culture, engineering, and American history.

Through several public policy initiatives, NACO represents Angel asset class issues of national significance, assumes a leadership role in areas requiring national coordination and support, and promotes the Angel asset class to the general public in Canada and abroad.

Nonimus Secularism can indeed manage the affairs of public interest, but who will answer the deep longing in men's hearts for significance?

If we wish to evaluate its significance with any accuracy we must also determine whether it was an active component not just of the public, shared culture of the empire, but also the unofficial and private cultures that existed within the cities.

There seems to be a prevailing sense that this moment is something of a kairos for American Christianity, a moment of deep change in the public significance of Christianity and a moment of decision in the life of the Church.

In the final analysis, the churches» ability to teach the ethic of eco-justice to the public depends on the assessment we make of the religious and ethical significance of our public traditions — in particular, the civic tradition of participatory democracy.

The second reason is the critical significance of the race question in American civic affairs at the present time, particularly in the field of public education.

Yet a woman writer lacks narrative models for recording the public significance of her thought and work.

In general, however, men attach too much significance to work performance and recognition of their achievement, while women doubt their ability to function in the public work world.

The privatization of crimes and violence and crimes as a domestic issue made these violations invisible, denying them their public face and any political significance or social reparation.

As such, if the religious want it let them put it in one of their churches but DO NOT display it as an object of spiritual significance on government land using public funds in a memorial to commemorate a disastrous attack that affected the lives many, many people who do not share your beliefs in Christ and crosses.

To the concept of the king as a being, in his religious significance, apart from and above his people, we have numerous allusions: Jeremiah refers to public lamentations at the death of a king such as clearly relate them to the ritual of the fertility - god (Jer.

The connectedness of media consumers in some kind of public forum is probably of some significance.

The help proposed is to affirm that there is significance for preaching in the contemporary search for theological method, designate and describe an aspect of that search by reference to an impressive discussion of it, and finally delineate what its findings suggest for the public declaration of the Word.

Taylor's failure or disinclination directly to address the political significance of the public / private distinction is closely connected with what we might call his «post-metaphysical» account of religion.

We note once again the significance of community in public culture and participative media.

If intuitions are not cognitively significant in a way that can be public and interpretive, mediating, relations, which can be discursively continued by connecting with further relations, what sort of cognitive significance can they have?

Rescue workers took comfort in this remnant of the building structure and they prayed to it as a religious object.But there is a difference between displaying an artifact of historical significance and saying we want you [the public] to bless it — museum goers understand that distinction»...

It is Ambrose's outward behavior on the public stage, writes McLynn, «enfolded in the dignity of his priestly office,» that is the best clue to his historical significance, not his inner life.

Romanticizing the primitive days of the church and privatizing religious experience make it difficult for most of us to grasp the public significance of Pentecost.

In this chapter we are concerned with the significance of all public worship as such and with why praying in church should be part of the normal Christian discipline of life.

Again, this is an obvious legacy of Marcuse and company and one with great practical significance for the public square.

Publications produced by members of the Jesus Seminar (Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan and others) and those who question or counter their conclusions (N. T. Wright and Luke Timothy Johnson) have fed public interest in the person and significance of Jesus.

It would indeed be startling if Jews were seeking to inject religion into the public life of the nation when for American Jewry as a whole religion has less significance than ever.

The first is the Traffic Light (TL) system, developed by the UK Food Standards Agency, where nutrients of greatest public health significance (total fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium) are ranked and colour - coded as either high (red), medium (amber) or low (green), based on cut - points established by the European Regulation for Nutrition and Health Claims (Official Journal of the European Union, 2006).

For the past two decades, she has hosted an annual broadcast for healthcare and public health professionals called Breastfeeding Grand Rounds, focusing each year on a different breastfeeding issue with both clinical and public health significance Dr. Applegate holds a BA in biochemistry from Smith College, an MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and an MPH in epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Given the implications of adequate physical and intellectual development for both individual and societal productivity and growth, this topic is of immense public - health significance.

Besides these practical limitations that make removal difficult, it is striking the absence in mainstream political / public debate of any considerations of the moral and broader societal significance of deporting individuals that, having committed a crime, through imprisonment have paid their debt with justice and, instead of being given another chance (was not imprisonment meant to be a tool for rehabilitation?)

In an interview with Radio Ghana in the wake of the announcement that the President is proposing the legislation of two more public holidays, Nana Gyan Apenteng said holidays have very historical, social and religious significance.

What do you think, if any, is the significance of this speech act and the implication that it was a public recognition of the racial dimensions of the case?

«We do not therefore accept the Department's submissions on the likelihood of the public misunderstanding the disputed information, or being misled as to its significance by the media.

«Margaret Thatcher's funeral is a public event of political significance,» police monitoring group Netpol said.

«DOMA undermines both the public and private significance of state - sanctioned same - sex marriages; for it tells those couples, and all the world, that their otherwise valid marriages are unworthy of federal recognition,» Kennedy wrote in the opinion.

If they have not had cause to ponder them before, they might believe that the deeper significance of Scottish banknotes does not resonate with the public.

Curran dismissed the significance of Martins having been among the first public officials to call for Mangano's resignation last fall.

«Our country must confront an outbreak of the Ebola virus that constitutes a public health crisis of international significance,» the ministry said.

Specifically, the letter calls for the co-lead agencies to «provide a minimum 90 - day public comment period following the release of a Draft Scoping Document... that public information sessions and hearings be held in every county in the pipeline pathway, and at least one meeting along the crude - by - rail route that would serve the pipelines; and... make an extraordinary effort to maximize public engagement regarding the scoping process, to make all the meetings and comment deadlines widely known and to help the public understand the significance of their opportunity to participate in the scoping process.»

He said the project has «far reaching regional significance and will positively impact tourism, public health, economic development» and will allow residents and visitors from across the globe to enjoy the «pristine beauty» of Ulster County.

Marching in a Memorial Day parade on Staten Island, Cuomo reiterated his desire to gain the W.F.P.'s support, but downplayed the significance of public campaign finance in that context.

To mark the centennial anniversary and recognize the significance of the Triangle tragedy, members of the public are invited to a special free program, which will be presented at the New York State Museum Friday, March 25, at 4 p.m. to coincide with the date and time of the fire.

Delegates expressed concerns about the bill during the session, although there was no public row and Burstow made an effort to stress the significance of the changes already made.