Sentences with phrase «on controversial practices»

After his report shined a light on controversial practices by then - governor Eliot Spitzer in the Trooper-gate scandal, Cuomo sought the ability for the A.G. to pursue criminal investigations of the governor and other members of his team.

• Another major piece of legislation hailed by lawmakers as an important civil rights milestone was a ban on the controversial practice of using therapy to alter a young person's sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Wall Street Journal offers a twist on the controversial practice of ranking schools with a recent analysis of which high schools send the most students to a small group of top U.S. colleges and universities.

The sexual commentary permeating his work is suggestive of personal restrains and perhaps an indirect remark on the controversial practice of polygamy, openly supported by the Mormon Church until 1890 and forbidden ever since, despite the numerous attempts by polygamists to legalize it.

CHICAGO — Industry groups are stepping aggressively into the debate over after - the - fact referral fees, bringing with them voluntary guidelines they hope relocation companies will adopt before state regulators crack down on the controversial practice.

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On the agency side, for example, media kickbacks have become so controversial — and common — that four of the largest agencies have had their stocks downgraded over the potential cost of stopping the practice.

Since the U.K. eliminated its tax on income earned outside the country several years ago, it's become increasingly popular for so - called corporate inversions, a controversial practice in which a foreign company buys a U.K. company, primarily to lower its tax bill, says Andrew Needham, a tax partner at law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which specializes in private equity and hedge funds.

But the TPP will mark the first time that Canada has accepted trade treaty obligations governing patent linkage, which could interfere with cost - saving reforms.Copyright and trademarks — TPP copyright rules would require far longer terms of copyright protection, based on the U.S. model, and could require protection for controversial practices such as «digital locks,» which allow copyright holders to encrypt software in computerized devices.

David Instone - Brewer examines the effects on women of some controversial Old Testament practices and unearths surprising parallels with today.

The same fear and prejudice existed w / Irish, Jews, Catholics, etc. (On Thursday, CNN's Anderson Cooper focused his daily, syndicated talk show on practicing Islam in America and the controversial new TLC series, «All - American Muslim.»On Thursday, CNN's Anderson Cooper focused his daily, syndicated talk show on practicing Islam in America and the controversial new TLC series, «All - American Muslim.»on practicing Islam in America and the controversial new TLC series, «All - American Muslim.»)

David Instone - Brewer examines the effects on women of some controversial Old Testament practices and... More

Our practice is gentle and safe; it has nothing to do with the controversial video that went viral on the Internet, claiming it was «baby yoga».

And on the controversial natural - gas extract process known as hydrofracking, a majority of voters — 54 percent to 40 percent — agree with the decision by the Cuomo administration ban the practice.

He submitted a motion for the group to make a formal recommendation on the Senate's controversial practice of paying stipends to individuals who don't actually hold leadership posts.

While the de Blasio administration had been relying on a last - minute emergency - based system for booking hotel stays, the controversial practice was only recently formalized into three - year contracts totaling $ 364 million per year.

Reform groups including Citizen Action New York gathered in Albany on Monday to protest the outsized influence of the natural gas industry on the state legislature's approach to hydrofracking, noting that the industry has contributed more than $ 1.3 million to state legislators in an effort to buy support for the controversial practice.

On claims for mortgage interest the report said that there should be no further capital gains at public expense, and the controversial practice of «flipping» properties should no longer be possible.

Eight groups representing the Democratic Party's progressive wing plan to call on Hillary Clinton today to disavow the controversial practice of Wall Street firms paying bonuses to executives who leave for government jobs.

Gov. Cuomo put state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli on the hot seat Thursday over the state Senate's controversial practice of paying out stipends to lawmakers for leadership positions they don't hold...

State Senator Tony Avella, a Queens Democrat who is pushing for a ban on fracking, says he thinks the opponents are winning the public relations battles over the controversial drilling practice, and predicts that will eventually have an effect on Cuomo.

In the wake of an EPA study that found no evidence fracking has had a «widespread, systematic impact on drinking water,» supporters of the controversial drilling practice are calling on the Cuomo administration to scrap its plans for a ban.

The New York City Board of Health voted to ease regulations on a controversial circumcision ritual practiced in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, fulfilling a priority of Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Under the February 2015 agreement on the controversial religious practice, where mohels suck blood from an incision during a circumcision, the city eliminated a parental consent form mandated by former Mayor Bloomberg.

Opponents claim that the environmental concerns are too significant to bring the controversial practice to Western New York, and they are lobbying for a permanent ban on fracking.

Mr. Foy, who in 2013 unsuccessfully sought the Brooklyn City Council seat now held by Robert Cornegy, recalled Mr. de Blasio's campaign attacks on the controversial policing tactic of stop and frisk, and said the African - American community will not be content with the end of that practice alone..

FAMILIES FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS FIRST MADE an issue of school safety in February, shortly after the New York Times reported on controversial student discipline practices at Success Academy, the city's largest charter network, which maintains close ties to FES.

A controversial treatment that is intended to change one's sexual orientation or gender identity is now illegal to practice on minors in Erie County.

Within a day or two, she had spoken with three wildlife experts who were recommended by SciLine, learning that accurate reporting on the situation would indicate that this was an example not of controversial practices but of competing interests working together.

According to the study, «screenings of Gasland in different locations had an effect on the mobilization of local campaigns against the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing; in turn, those local mobilizations made local policymakers significantly more likely to take action to ban the practice of fracking.»

He operated on a large scale as a collector, and negotiated the purchase of many fossils from professional freelance collectors, a practice that remains controversial today.

Federal officials are proposing to end a moratorium on funding for research that involves transplanting human stem cells into animal embryos, a controversial practice that produces organisms know as «chimeras.»

Carbon Dating is a controversial dating practice which involves going on dates with lumps of carbon.

07/20/2000 [Ed and Technology, Literature, Special Education Grades 6 - 8 Submitted by Brenda McPherson - Fry] Students discuss what makes the Harry Potter books popular and / or controversial, create a questionnaire to learn why Harry Potter fans find the books fascinating, practice online writing skills by sending e-mail messages to friends who are Harry Potter fans, and write a screenplay based on a selected chapter of a Harry Potter book.

Students discuss what makes the Harry Potter books popular and / or controversial, create a questionnaire to learn why Harry Potter fans find the books fascinating, practice online writing skills by sending e-mail messages to friends who are Harry Potter fans, and write a screenplay based on a selected chapter of a Harry Potter book.

Submitted by Brenda McPherson - Fry Students discuss what makes the Harry Potter books popular and / or controversial, create a questionnaire to learn why Harry Potter fans find the books fascinating, practice online writing skills by sending e-mail messages to friends who are Harry Potter fans, and write a screenplay based on a selected chapter of a Harry Potter book.

This book provides background on key points in President Obama's education plan: articles on key educational issues, stories of innovative practice, commentaries on controversial topics, and advice from key educational leaders.

FAMILIES FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS FIRST MADE an issue of school safety in February, shortly after the New York Times reported on controversial student discipline practices at Success Academy, the city's largest charter network, which maintains close ties to FES.

The new evaluations are based on a combination of teacher practice and student achievement, which includes the controversial use of standardized test scores.

In an unregulated marketplace, where the same service can cost $ 500 against $ 15,000, for pretty much the same thing, depending on where you shop; where useless services are sold at inflated prices; where one large operation with many imprints, and controversial practices dominate the information stream, how do you know who to trust?

This will be controversial, because not everyone will agree on every item, but even getting a stoplight list where red is bad practices, green is good practices, and yellow means be careful would be a good start.

New York, NY About Blog The spotlight is on the practice of fracking, which is quickly becoming one of the most highly visible and controversial environmental issues of the day.

Even on the EA forums people are saying «it will get fixed later, just be patient», or «You should have waited since these things are common», so these kinds of practices, while controversial, don't make companies really try to do better.

Through works motivated by the controversial policies and practices of our current president, the exhibition sheds light on the challenging issues of contemporary culture in the face of the presidential political agenda.

Through works inspired by the controversial policies and practices of our current president, the exhibition sheds light on the challenging issues of contemporary culture in the face of the current presidential political agenda,» says a press statement about the show.

This exhibition will introduce Sahmat's work to the United States through a survey of art and ephemera while assessing the impact this unique — and sometimes controversial — collective has had on contemporary Indian society and artistic practice.

Through works inspired by the controversial policies and practices of our current president, the exhibition sheds light on the challenging issues of contemporary culture in the face of the current presidential political agenda.

Beekeepers Reject Pesticides Suspected of Causing CCD With the British Beekeepers Association voting recently to end its controversial practice of accepting cash payments in return for endorsing certain pesticides as «bee friendly», it looks like pesticide poisoning still remains high on the list of suspects, either as a primary cause of, or a contributing factor to CCD.

With mountaintop removal becoming increasingly controversial, the EPA's decision on the 2,278 - acre Spruce project is being closely watched as a sign of the mining practice's future....

'' Deletion of outlier data is a controversial practice frowned on by many scientists and science instructors; while mathematical criteria provide an objective and quantitative method for data rejection, they do not make the practice more scientifically or methodologically sound, especially in small sets or where a normal distribution can not be assumed.»

O'Hara and his co-captain Ken Ward, operating under the moniker of Coal Is Stupid, were aiming to draw attention to Brayton Point's status as the single largest emitter of CO2 in New England, and the fact that the 40,000 tons of coal that were now forced to sit idle on the 690 foot long freighter called the Energy Enterprise were removed from Appalachia using the controversial practice of mountaintop removal.