Sentences with phrase «on issues confronting»

«The Blizzard's Backlash: A Symposium on Issues Confronting Pennsylvania and New Jersey Property Owners,» (Coauthor), Defense Digest, March 1996

Like the higher - education group, the K - 12 forum will meet periodically and will draft three to four reports a year on the issues confronting the nation's schools, said Robert B. Schwartz, Pew's program director for education.

LHG: Would you favor BDCC taking positions on issues confronting our City and State and nation such as affordable housing, immigration, police accountability.

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The answer depends on whether you think the federal government can play a catalytic role in forcing local authorities to confront national issues.

After remaining silent on the issue during Stephen Harper's reign, the central bank now is providing intellectual cover for the government as it confronts doubters ahead of its first budget.

We're in a position to put the issues on the table, ask the hard questions, and engage our colleagues and stakeholders in addressing the critical issues surrounding diversity that confront our firms and society.

If you admit and confront failure, and get the issue on the table for discussion and dissection, the entire organization can learn from it.

The justices have been more forgiving of maps based on partisan advantage, though they soon may confront the issue of whether overly partisan districts can themselves violate the Constitution, in a case from Wisconsin.

Confront each other on your issues.»

Logo, which alongside MTV presented Cox's Daytime Emmy - winning 2014 documentary The T Word spotlighting the stories of seven transgender young people, will again address the issue this fall with the doc Gen Silent, zeroing in on a group of LGBT seniors confronting discrimination as they encounter health care issues.

Goldman Sachs, on the other hand, had to confront the revolving door compensation issue this year when its president and chief operating officer Gary Cohn resigned to accept a position as an economic advisor in the White House.

But her underlying point isn't totally invalid — the furor over drug price hikes like Mylan's is forcing legislators and private companies alike to finally confront the issue head - on, and highlighting just how difficult the disparate and largely opaque American medical financing system makes it to address these problems in a serious way.

Whatever the reason, the issue of censorship on Facebook — and especially censorship of journalists and news outlets — is a serious concern, but one which the company has so far refused to confront head on.

Some also warned that the attacks on the press are in part designed to distract reporters from the serious issues confronting the Trump administration, including whether adviser Reince Preibus breached rules by discussing an ongoing investigation of Trump's ties to Russia with the FBI, and by asking the agency to speak to news outlets about it in order to deny the story.

The town hall, moderated by Jake Tapper, gave survivors and family of the murdered victims the chance to confront lawmakers on the issue of school safety, gun control, and mental health.

In this eBook, we at ICC ® Property Management want to provide an insightful guide about the common issues confronted on a regular basis in condominium communities.

According to Reuters «ideas about binding commitments to extend the Toronto debt reduction goals at a summit hosted by Canada in 2010, sought by Germany first and foremost, have been abandoned» Mr. Harper and Mr. Flaherty would appear to be still living in the Toronto Summit, while the rest of the G - 20, except perhaps Germany, has moved on to confront more pressing issues, including the growing risks of global instability and the need to strengthen growth and job creation.

We can take issue with the style of this administration in confronting China (a more astute strategy would not begin by alienating key allies), and we can worry that it has not thought carefully about how to deal with the inevitable Chinese retaliation or how to construct a path for China and the United States to come to a new accord on trade.

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The firm provides early stage financing, hands - on assistance, and strategic connections to innovative companies confronting the world's most important energy and environmental issues.

We intend to lead on this issue, as we have on so many other systemic challenges that confront our country.»

Unfortunately, there are very few books to which laypeople can turn for aid in confronting this issue of the historical Jesus, since most books on the subject have axes to grind.

4 The answer to this question will depend (as Deleuze clearly recognizes), not simply upon an analysis of the nature of monadic units, but on confronting the issue at its most sensitive point, namely, with respect to the difference between the Leibnizian God who «compares and chooses,» and the Whiteheadian God who «affirms incompossibles and passes them through.»

Rather than confront the issue in the proscribed manner... and ironically he had brought the format that we used for conflict resolution to us... he went on a month long smear campaign that reached far and wide.

In very specific ways it will follow through on these affirmations as it confronts day by day the issues of life and death.

On the contrary, it is, and must always be, the central issue confronting faith.

The issues Troeltsch confronted are many, but I will focus on three: 1) Christianity as a historical, relative phenomenon, 2) Christianity as a social phenomenon, and 3) theology as a practical discipline.

Muslims in general if left alone with out your intervention might end up fighting each other due differences of views in their faith, but if west keep on applying pressure causing starvation, harassment and confrontation against Muslims and against their faith, this will only lead them to leave behind their differences and jointly or individually confront their enemies, those who wants to deprive them from their rights of faith and belief and the more they are pressed the more they would complain by reacting and not by words and cries since words and cries seem does not reach, heard or work out now a days since being their judges and executors are all of non religious such as atheists, infidels, polytheists who consider their vast interests above all humanity and faith issues such as mercy, leniency, compassion, pity, sympathy, kindness all that of human mutual heavenly code of conduct.!?

Despite this warning, I will risk outlining the major issues confronting churches in Africa, on the basis of my stay at the Mindolo Ecumenical...

And I find this is true... at age 70 stuff still comes up and I wonder what on earth raised it, but I do confront the issue and if necessary, seek counsel (which entails only lifting up the phone and talking to one of a half dozen close qualified friends.

It seems clear on the face of it that both of these first two issues do genuinely confront North American theological schooling today.

The Birmingham programme laudably does not avoid the duty to confront the masturbation issue and its setting out of Catholic teaching on the wrongfulness of masturbation is rightly accompanied by a warning to teachers to treat this subject with a great deal of care.

Regardless of one's position on the theological issues here, it's plain to see that if the members of the Southern Baptist Convention intend to hold to their exclusivist position consistently and condemn as dangerous all who seek to harmonize scripture with the human conscience, then it's time for them to confront their own theological accommodations and declare the unconverted child as hopeless as the unconverted adult.

Those evangelicals of national and international prominence have been too silent on a lot of issues confronting this nation.

Non-white religious conservatives will need to confront their constituencies on issues thought to be «Republican,» such as abortion and religious freedom.

When confronted with federal constitutional arguments by the State based on the Smith decision, the Minnesota court deftly sidestepped the issue.

«Calls made by both organisations for the introduction of a tax on soft drinks in particular as a method of confronting these issues is misguided and without basis while also being wholly ineffective in addressing the core issue of our obesity problem», says Geoff Parker, CEO of the Australian Beverages Council.

A vibrant conference featured a number of industry leaders and government officials who shares their perspectives on the critical issues confronting U.S. agriculture and its growing organic sector.

Say what you will about Artem, but if you have an issue with someone, go and confront him 1 on 1, not 6 on 1 or whatever this was.

She is also a co-consultant for Pajanimals, a new television project with the Jim Henson Company airing on PBS Kids Sproutthat features four adorable puppets who model for preschoolers, the skills they need to manage the various emotions and issues that they confront in early childhood.

But what I have noticed on numerous occasions in my practice is that the intensity of the college application process distracts family members from confronting the ultimate issue that is facing them at this juncture in their evolution — the feelings of loss and grief that accompany the departure of a child.

This is important — shame is a huge factor in bed - wetting, and seeing an older child on the box helps older bed - wetters accept and confront the issue.

Youth to Women and Manhood takes on the issues that confront young people today with speakers and special guests focused on helping teenagers strengthen their communities and enrich their own lives (Boston)

Bill lectures and writes on all of the issues he confronts in his practice.

Topics include how to prepare for the change in lifestyle you will confront as a breastfeeding parent, initiating your breastfeeding relationship, handling common issues in the early weeks of breastfeeding, pumping / hand expressing and storing breast milk, and other topics that can be tailored to focus on your individual needs or concerns.

For instance, your teen could stop dwelling on what other people are saying or go directly to the source and confront the issue.

This dilemma is the arduous process of deciding on the right course of action when confronted with a discipline or behavior issue.

Additional presentations will range from the navigational challenges seabirds confront within the «hook» of Cape Cod Bay and how to identify Massachusetts species to habitat issues on the continental shelf and across the Gulf of Maine.

Model courage when you confront him on issues or behaviors he needs to change, and then hold him accountable.

Many Tory party activists refused to believe the Lib Dems would go ahead with the threat during last autumn's party conference season, but are now being forced to confront the coalition's junior party intransigence on the issue.