Sentences with phrase «of substantial concerns»

Find a single example where Steven Mosher, or any other BEST representative, has addressed any of my substantial concerns.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

About the only time interest rates pose a substantial risk of precipitating a crash is when central banks become concerned about overheating in the economy and are willing to provoke a recession to cool things off.

After navigating the company through its first substantial challenges (the U.S. authorities investigated Alibaba's accounting practices last year, concerned about data from its blockbuster annual sale), Tsai is making more positive headlines of late.

Instead of a world dominated by renewable sources of power like wind and solar — as people concerned about the dangers of climate change would hope — PE execs see gas, oil and even coal as a substantial component of electricity and fuel sources in 2039, according to recent interviews conducted by CNBC.com on the future of energy as part of CNBC's 25th anniversary.

Accordingly, the FTC takes very seriously recent press reports raising substantial concerns about the privacy practices of Facebook.

The company just filed a regulatory document that said, «If acceptable terms of a sale or partnership or out - of court restructuring can not be accomplished, we may not have enough cash and working capital to fund our operations beyond the very near term, which raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.»

«Given the substantial amounts of taxpayer dollars that will be invested in Puerto Rico for rebuilding after Hurricane Maria, these findings raise grave concerns about PREPA's ability to competently negotiate, manage, and implement critical infrastructure projects without significant independent oversight,» they wrote in a memo Monday to committee chair Rep. Rob Bishop (R - UT).

Last year, iHeartMedia flagged «substantial doubt» about its ability to continue as a going concern, as it struggled to get out from under a massive debt load it took on as part of a leveraged buyout of billboard company Clear Channel Outdoor in 2008.

Sentiment indicators may have picked up across much of the world, but large parts of the global economy continue to rely on substantial monetary stimulus, and political risk remains a significant concern for investors, in both Europe and the United States.

Despite lingering PC concerns and substantial investments in the ramp - up of their tablet PC offerings, Intel still produces profit margins that are near the high end of their historical range.

By thus counterposing an active, «dynamic» (which is what he means by «temporal») subject to the static, substantial» subject of recent metaphysical tradition, Mason may have taken care of real concerns, but not those that trouble Heidegger.

For pastors, this material offers substantial theological justification for the supportive, kenotic style of counseling and pastoral care, along with a belief that, without formal words of doctrine, we build health and even faith through our concern for the counselee.

I, sec. 2, clause 3 regarding apportionment, on Art. 3, Sec. 2, clause 1 concerning the powers of the judiciary, and on the Fifth and Sixth Amendments concerning criminal process), the treatment of this clause amounts to a substantial monograph.

Leaderlessness often releases latent resources within a group and there is some highly suggestive evidence concerning the values of leader less groups.3 Until more substantial research findings are available, it would seem safer and better to opt for trained leaders whenever they are available.

Indeed, the bill is so poorly worded, some of them said, that it could be interpreted as abolishing basic property rights where museums are concerned and mandating the deaccession of such substantial portions of» their collections that they would be forced to abdicate their fiduciary responsibility — and thus be in violation of other laws.

Though there is a substantial amount of empirical information accumulated over the past 25 years on religious broadcasting and of relevance to religious broadcasting, this research has not been collated into a comprehensive statement and therefore has not been readily available for reference concerning specific aspects of religious broadcasting's extent and influence.

Reaffirmation of the doctrine that religious motivation does not override substantial secular concerns relating to health and welfare was recently evidenced by the United States Supreme Court determination that sale and distribution of drugs, even though religiously motivated, was not immunized from legal accountability.

However, this substantial question was largely ignored, in favour of concern about what authority had already decided about it.

Considering the substantial amoutn of witness throughout history concerning miracles, both from those within christianity and without, to state as fact they do nt exist is.I do nt know... I do nt agree with that.

I believe liberal constitutionalism with substantial fundamental commitments to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law and sufficient attention to local indigenous concerns - what I call indigenization - can be appropriately responsive to local concerns with the development and maintenance of fundamental political values.

Jurisprudence in Australia has confirmed consistently the substantial lessening of competition test is concerned with the process of competition and not with the effect on individual competitors.

The lack of meaningful public participation is glaring with no substantial consultations and dialogues that could address the concerns of the stakeholders especially regarding the safety of Golden Rice.

The ACCC has released a Statement of Issues outlining concerns with proposed acquisition of Macquarie Generation by AGL and have stated that its preliminary view is that the acquisition would result in a substantial lessening of competition in one retail and at least one wholesale market.

ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, said that the «ACCC was concerned that the joint marketing arrangements were likely to have resulted in a substantial lessening of competition in the market for the supply of gas to buyers in the southern states» and that the ACCC believed «that competition in this market was negatively affected by the elimination of independent rivalry between BHP and Esso.»

He questioned the view that we need not be concerned with heavy concentration, instead preferring «standard economic wisdom» that «mergers resulting in high levels of concentration in markets with substantial barriers to entry will usually reduce competition and cause harm to consumers and our economy.»

the provisions of section 46 of the CCA (which deal with conduct of firms possessing substantial market power) have been extensively reviewed and clarified in recent years to address ACCC concerns.

While many professional players avoid preseason football, a substantial number of sharps at Pinnacle Sports betting still have action, despite this concern and do so for one reason — profit.

FI project aims to improve safeguarding in four EU countries through better engagement with fathers Serious Case Review summaries across the world (plus a substantial body of research) reveal that family professionals working with children at risk of harm commonly fail to engage well with men in families where there are safeguarding concerns.

In any case, agencies having contact with children generally do not enquire about the father's PR status, and will usually only do so where there is evidence of substantial conflict with or estrangement from the mother, or major child welfare concerns regarding the father's care of the child.

Serious Case Review summaries across the world (plus a substantial body of research) reveal that family professionals working with children at risk of harm commonly fail to engage well with men in families where there are safeguarding concerns.

«The Conference shares with the [Oxford] Circuit the substantial concerns regarding the promotion of breast milk substitutes...»

«Most people will see this bill for what it is — a cynical attempt to deflect growing public concern about the behaviour of rich corporate lobbyists representing hedge funds and private health companies, many of whom donate substantial sums to the Conservative party,» general secretary Frances O'Grady said.

It set out some 43 substantial recommendations of which the government agreed to implement 40; two of the others could be achieved in a different way and the third, concerning Northern Ireland, remains unresolved.

So far as wealth is concerned, Scotland does have substantial oil resources off its coasts, which will continue to provide much economic activity in parts of the country, as well as a stream of tax revenue.

«I represent a middle - class community with substantial concerns about the direction of our State.

«The amount of tree damage remains a concern, as substantial work remains to restore electric service to all our customers impacted by the storm,» Charles Freni, Central Hudson's senior vice president of customer services and transmission and distribution, said in a prepared statement.

We are concerned that the mayor errs too much on the side of testing to measure school and student achievement, but those tests do show that there has been substantial improvement.

«We would be very concerned indeed if this proposal goes ahead without significant consultation since the additional burdens for self - employed people both in terms of administration and potential costs will almost certainly be substantial enough to discourage entrepreneurship altogether.

And our work with our towns, with the Berkshire Planning Commission to highlight for FERC the substantial environmental, economic, health and safety concerns of that pipeline.

«As you know... the Commissioner is empowered to grant a waiver to an «exceptionally qualified» candidate who does not meet all the graduate course or teaching requirements in law if he finds that the candidate has «exceptional training and experience» which are the «substantial equivalent» of such requirements,» Steiner wrote in the letter addressed to Brooklyn Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and several other officials who expressed concern about Black's qualifications.

There is an equally substantial body of research concerning the worrying increase in stress and mental health problems among children whose childhood education is being «schoolified».

Pollution is a concern too: Shipping is responsible for 3 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, similar to the airline industry, along with substantial particulates and sulfur dioxide.

«The Commission is concerned that over-reliance on international offsets — given the practical difficulty of assuring that emissions reductions claimed in other countries are real, permanent, additional, and verifiable — could undermine program goals and political support, especially if substantial U.S. funds are leaving the country to support abatement efforts abroad rather than at home,» it states.

«I am most concerned by the fact that a substantial portion of American adults already report sleep difficulties and that increases in nighttime warming could further exacerbate the problem,» Migliorini said.

The substantial increase in accuracy of the phi test over PSA addresses this concern.

«We are particularly concerned that the young adolescents most likely to binge drink are those who have substantial physical health challenges» says lead author Esme Fuller - Thomson, Sandra Rotman Chair at the University of Toronto's Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work.

A review of health - related studies published last month inEnvironmental Science & Technology concluded that the current scientific literature puts forward «both substantial concerns and major uncertainties to address.»

«Our results suggest that there are substantial differences between specific antipsychotic agents and between routes of administration concerning the risk of rehospitalization and treatment failure among patients with schizophrenia,» the article concludes.

The discovery of brain pathology through autopsy in former National Football League (NFL) players called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has raised substantial concern among players, medical professionals, and the general public about the impact of repetitive head trauma.