Sentences with phrase «on a single issue in»

About the last third of the book consists of an appendix of short essays, each of which focuses on a single issue in LOTR, and it these that constitute the main difference between this book and the previous edition.

If the people are asked by the government to express their opinion on a single issue in a referendum, they are entitled to expect a reasonable amount of truthful information not only about the issue, but also about the consequences of their decision.

Not exact matches

Whether it's statistics on how little time people spend focused on a single issue (according to one source, eight seconds) or simply the need to get more done in less time, concise communication wins out.

Sure, fixing this issue on a single small account won't make much of a difference in the grand scheme of things.

After devoting a solid 15 pages of his letter on how the U.S. should slash regulations, Dimon made a point to single out a single area of government oversight that has undeniable value: «Some regulations quite clearly create a common good (e.g., clean air and water),» Dimon noted, in a sentence that went on to catalog the ways regulation is otherwise bad for the economy — making it all the more striking that he chose to highlight environmental issues.

At a hearing on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen asked if there was a «tension or inconsistency» for Uber to argue that every single one of its drivers is an independent contractor, yet to also argue that the legal issues in the case are so specific to each driver that it can't be decided as a class action.

Zooming in on the five risks presented in this year's Global Opportunity Report, 42 percent of the leaders we asked across the world singled out youth unemployment as the most pressing issue to solve.

Senator Warren was also referring to the President's Supreme Court appointment, but is now one of the ringleaders in stifling the President's SEC appointments based on the single issue of political spending.

Based on demographic trends, the country should see a stronger rebound in multifamily construction than in single - family construction, Kansas City Fed senior economist Jordan Rappaport wrote in the most recent issue of the bank's Economic Review.

The old alliance between sensible LIBERTARIANISM and SOCIAL CONSERVATISM can't hold in the face of the vanishing middle class, the birth dearth combined with increasing longevity, the depoliticizing challenges of the 21st competitive marketplace, the irresponsibility of our techno - meritocracy, our inability to keep Locke in the Locke box on issues having to do with families and our erotic lives, and the connection between increasing individualism and growing dependency on the state summed up in the phrase «single mom.»

Though, in principle, they condemned single - issue politics, they came perilously close, on occasion, to modeling its worst features.

But I fail to see how a single verse like Luke 17:34 (which in context has little or no bearing on homosexual marriage / behavior), or even several bare verses from various places in Scripture that are often quoted on this issue, make for worthwhile conversation.

Despite the pastoral nature of much feminist theology and careful treatments of specific issues in pastoral care such as abuse or spirituality, there is no book by a single author on pastoral theology from a woman's or a feminist perspective.

Where does God say,» Just do spiritual warfare on ONE ISSUE at a time???»... Ever since the day of John the Baptist a WAR has been RACING in the heavens, and the VIOLENT -LRB-... Holy Spiritually VIOLENT...) are taking it... BY FORCE!!!!... As for single moms???... The tiny home initiative has reduced homelessness in Utah by over 70 % and that takes about 45 - 60 % of a single year's aide to build it THIS YEAR and next to nothing to keep it going!!!!... Next issuISSUE at a time???»... Ever since the day of John the Baptist a WAR has been RACING in the heavens, and the VIOLENT -LRB-... Holy Spiritually VIOLENT...) are taking it... BY FORCE!!!!... As for single moms???... The tiny home initiative has reduced homelessness in Utah by over 70 % and that takes about 45 - 60 % of a single year's aide to build it THIS YEAR and next to nothing to keep it going!!!!... Next issueissue....

In every single region of the country, when we asked how people make up their minds on issues of right and wrong, we found that they simply do not turn to God or religion to help them decide about the seminal or moral issues of the day.

If you have an issue with evolutionary theory, then do your work on why it's wrong and submit it for publication and collect your many prizes (Nobel and otherwise) and rejoice at the reprinting of every single science book in the world with your theory in it.

If biblical model of marriage is polygamy then I support it - that system kept women in families instead of loitering on the streets unprotected (there are more women than men and divorce has created further demographic issue of single women).

=============== @momoya» If you have an issue with evolutionary theory, then do your work on why it's wrong and submit it for publication and collect your many prizes (Nobel and otherwise) and rejoice at the reprinting of every single science book in the world with your theory in it.»

For example they spent over $ 30 million dollars in California on a single issue recently, and of course are trying to elect Romney.

The bad faith that has come to characterize this perspective is clearly evident in the role that many prolife advocates have played in a confrontational, often obstructionist, single - issue politics, often bordering on fanaticism and ignoring the wider spectrum of prolife issues.

Sherman said a moderate denomination, to be successful, must focus on bedrock Baptist issues and warned against what he called «elitist» moderate groups that focus on single issues, like women in ministry or gay rights.

No doubt the single most important and influential piece of classical writing on friendship has been books VIII and IX of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, of which Konstan provides a lucid discussion in which he treats some of the issues noted above.

The only issue is that because he has only just started his stint in Merseyside, he may be hesitant to moving on after a single season.

(1) this squad has way too many moving parts and very few of our players are good enough at their preferred position let alone relying on them in whatever position Wenger and his magic eight ball decide in the tunnel prior to the game... when teams do this it generally signals issues within the club, much like Jose last year and Van Gael before him... no one gets settled, the chemistry is almost non-existent and if provides a built - in excuse when the team comes up short... these issues fall squarely on Wenger, both for his decisions regarding players coming in and for his inability to rid the team of those players who aren't cutting it... in actually fact we have only 6 real starters on this current squad and that's being generous (Sanchez, Ozil, Lacazette, Sead, Kos & Cazorla)... which is discouraging because Cazorla is injured and might never play again, Sanchez is wanting out and the club is lying to us about his injury status, Lacazette receives no service, Ozil is relatively disinterested out there, Kos is getting up there and Sead is just trying to settle in... there isn't a single other player that would start regularly on any of the other top 3 teams, which should be the standard... imagine this team moving forward if Wenger only sells before the window closes

Mack has a big payday coming up and Raiders aren't in a position to be spending $ 12 mil on a single receiver with so many other glaring issues.

Also in time for Valentine's Day in this issue is an article by Flavia Francesquini on lesbian mom and dating coach, Mary Gorham Malia - Mary gives dating tips to single parents.

Let's set aside for a moment the issue of single parent households, and just focus on the implication that a loving dad washing his infant daughter could be in any way inappropriate.

According to research work published by Academics Pediatrics in the May - June issue, there have been reported cases of an average of 5 children injured on baby gates every single day.

Every single issue or opinion you have raised is directly from the NCB script and all have been shot down in tatters on this site already.

Focusing on the bill's support of school lunches and ignoring the issue of infant formula, the e-mail boasted that the bill would give millions of children «access to nutritious food» and that it passed «without a single dissenting vote in the United States Senate.»

The speaker has in the past deemed the so - called «veto - proof majority» (having enough members to guarantee overrides of a gubernatorial veto) a «fiction», noting it's not easy to get every single member of his conference to vote «yes» on controversial issues and see absolutely zero support from the Republicans.

He also stated that domestic issues in ECOWAS member countries relating to their constitutions and dependence on aids continue to affect the framework for implementing the single currency in the sub-region.

With the success of the AFL in the early half of the 20th century being based solely on a single issue it could be argued that there can be little contemporary relevance to these productions.

From Harold Wilson in 1975 opting for a referendum to quell internal disquiet in the Labour Party, to Tony Blair's pledge on the single currency and the constitutional treaty as gambits to close down the European issue for an election but to encourage conflict within the Conservatives, EU referendum commitments have been driven largely by British politics.

ESPA Executive Director Ross Levi insisted in a statement that the organization's endorsements were not based on a single issue, but rather on «a comprehensive review of a candidate's positions and record, as well an assessment of his or her leadership qualities.»

On the economic and business side, emphasis was put on the importance of being part of single European home market with access to over 250 million people for British business, industry, jobs, and future prosperity; greater bargaining strength in matters related to issues such as energy and trade negotiations; and the ability to take advantage of the Common Agricultural Policy with the price stability and guaranteed food supplies that it brought with iOn the economic and business side, emphasis was put on the importance of being part of single European home market with access to over 250 million people for British business, industry, jobs, and future prosperity; greater bargaining strength in matters related to issues such as energy and trade negotiations; and the ability to take advantage of the Common Agricultural Policy with the price stability and guaranteed food supplies that it brought with ion the importance of being part of single European home market with access to over 250 million people for British business, industry, jobs, and future prosperity; greater bargaining strength in matters related to issues such as energy and trade negotiations; and the ability to take advantage of the Common Agricultural Policy with the price stability and guaranteed food supplies that it brought with it.

If Scotland were to choose to go down the independence route, not only would there be more than enough oil income to make every single Scot better off by considerably more than # 500 a year, but also for its new government to close down the submarine bases in the Clyde without having to submit to any form of blackmail on currency issues, to increase the gap in health and education funding relative to the rest of the UK, to keep the ship yards open, and a great deal more besides.

When Lehrer asked him whether Schulkin evinced racial prejudice given that he singled out African - American, Latino and Asian neighborhoods, de Blasio said he would not weigh in on «what's going on in his soul,» calling his professional role the main issue.

IT»S BACK... «Texas Democrats look to single - payer in congressional races,» by Renuka Rayasam: «Democrats hoping to wrest congressional seats away from diehard repeal - and - replace Republicans are campaigning on an unlikely issue for Texas — single - payer health care.

«Therefore, in the interest of complete transparency on the single most important issue of the day for most Americans, we ask that you join us for an open discussion so that we can begin to change a process that has not only polarized this Capitol building but this country as well.»

A ban on single - use plastic bags was one of several options put forward in January by a task force Cuomo created to study the issue of plastic bag waste.

As a reformer with 30 years of experience in Albany, Scharff criticized the outsized influence that moneyed interests have over the legislative process on nearly every single issue.

This race is expected to turn on the question of charter schools, and it remains unclear if there's enough passion in the district on that single issue to overcome the power of incumbency.

In the case of the European Union Committee many of the recommendations were directed at European legislation and policy issues, from women on company boards to food waste, and in October 2014 the outgoing EU Commission President (José Manuel Barroso) singled out that Committee's reports for their excellencIn the case of the European Union Committee many of the recommendations were directed at European legislation and policy issues, from women on company boards to food waste, and in October 2014 the outgoing EU Commission President (José Manuel Barroso) singled out that Committee's reports for their excellencin October 2014 the outgoing EU Commission President (José Manuel Barroso) singled out that Committee's reports for their excellence.

The mayor singled out nearly every elected official who has worked on the issue, save for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose staff has visited the commonwealth multiple times in the last several weeks.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

On 12 June 2008, Davis resigned from the Shadow Cabinet and announced his resignation as an MP, in order to force a by - election, and cause a wider debate on the single issue of what he believed to be the erosion of civil libertieOn 12 June 2008, Davis resigned from the Shadow Cabinet and announced his resignation as an MP, in order to force a by - election, and cause a wider debate on the single issue of what he believed to be the erosion of civil libertieon the single issue of what he believed to be the erosion of civil liberties.

The shadow chancellor dismissed suggestions the party's leadership was trying to quash debate on the issue, after pro-EU MPs, who are pushing leader Jeremy Corbyn to commit to permanent membership of the single market, failed in an attempt to stage a vote.

While it may later revive electoral reform should it fail to win a majority in 2020, Labour may decide not to adopt pre-emptive commitments on this issue before first testing the water to see if it can form a single - party government.

I take the view that if I receive five or more emails on a single topic in any one day then constituents are telling me their issue is important.