Sentences with phrase «on other controversial issues»

But on other controversial issues, he was often a lone crusader who failed to win critical support from the school board.

But the company doesn't take a strong stand on other controversial issues, like abortion or tax policies.

Not exact matches

Bringing other provinces on board with pipeline expansion, plus a variety of other controversial issues such as temporary foreign workers, requires a national perspective on economic growth.

«This allows me to take a stand on controversial issues: In fact, it obliges me to do so because others can not.»

If you tweet on political issues or other topics that might be seen as controversial, you'd be well - advised to make it clear your views are yours alone — not those of your employer.

[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

He is also the author of several IGOPP policy papers, which offer new perspectives on a range of controversial issues including: Dual - class voting shares, Corporate Citizenship, The place of women on boards of directors, Say - on - Pay by shareholders, The Gordian knot of executive compensation, The Troubling Case of Proxy Advisors, among others.

Interesting Pope for sure — but BTW: None of his core beliefs differ AT ALL from the two previous Popes, it's just that his communication style is more focused on everyone's common ground — the other Popes had the same beliefs, it just that they were more outspoken on the controversial issues — so the media did not warm to them as much.

Other Christians invoke images of persecution when someone disagrees with them on controversial issues such as abortion or birth control, says Moss, whose «The Myth of Persecution» was recently released.

At least there is an argument on each side for other controversial issues.

Priests and others are reluctant to talk about controversial areas of morality, especially the «pelvic issues», with the result that the main influence on Catholic thinking on those issues comes from the surrounding culture.

Although Lincoln is often praised for this remark by those who oppose the mixing of religion and politics, it contains three of the most controversial ideas in American politics: that it is legitimate to invoke the name of God within the realm of political discourse; that God's existence isn't merely symbolic, but that he is always right; and that since God takes sides on certain issues, some people will be divinely justified while others will stand in opposition not only to their political opponents but to the very Creator and Sustainer of the Universe.

We believe that Catholics who, in good conscience, take positions on the difficult questions of legal abortion and other controversial issues that differ from the official hierarchical positions, act within their rights and responsibilities as Catholics and citizens.

This has been a huge controversial issue that has even had media in regards to women breastfeeding on airplanes, in restaurants and other public places.

Sunder, One of the problems with the internet debates, especially those around controversial or hotly contested issues, is that the parties very often do not actually appear to engage with each other at all - they merely stand on their own ground shouting to the world about their particular take on a point and fail to actually listen to what others are saying... the classic examples of this is the «debate» about the promotion of women in the European elections and the «debate» about grammar schools - both on Conservative Home.

Outspoken Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. has been labeled a bigot by LGBT advocates and their allies for his anti-gay marriage stance, and the Bronx Democrat has taken some fairly controversial positions on a variety of other issues, too, including, but not limited to, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino.

He charged Tafseer preachers to avoid attacks on others and engaging in controversial issues that were capable of causing disunity in the society.

He added that she has «straight As» from the National Rifle Association and voted against Democratic Gov. David Paterson's «bloated» budget this year (Burns conceded there were other issues on which the Republican has problems with conservatives in her party: she is pro-abortion, voted for gay marriage and, while not endorsing the controversial «card check» provision in the Employee Free Choice Act, she does support «reform in workers» ability to organize» — a stand not too different from that of AFL - CIO President Rich Trumka when he said he could support EFCA without card check).

Baroness Mary Warnock, a leading educationalist, also gives her support for Mr Parks, saying: «It soon became clear that the emphasis in this syllabus is less on basic understanding than on «relevance» - in other words, on controversial issues.

Paraphrasing Bratton, New York magazine's latest issue reported that he wishes he hadn't sat «on one side of the mayor with the Rev. Al Sharpton on the other» at the controversial July 31 roundtable discussion convened after the police - chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Whether other large organizations model the NFL and take a leadership role on controversial issues remains to be seen.

Jumping into the fray of a controversial topic, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues released a report this afternoon on how to handle incidental findings, discoveries about an individual's DNA and other health - related information that show up while hunting for something else.

I would love it to go on about a slew of other important issues to me, (fiber, fermentation / gut health, not fearing traditional soy products, lifestyle, etc,) but that gets too complicated, confusing and controversial for this particular agenda.

The second annual State Of Dating In America report explores the ever - evolving public opinion on sex, infidelity, gender roles and other controversial issues.

As Colvin explains, some groups work to amplify the voices of top classroom teachers as they weigh in on controversial policy issues; other groups try to keep successful teachers in the profession by giving them opportunities to assume leadership roles or try to change the way teacher unions work so that they are more democratic.

The controversial National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)-- created by the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute and funded (in part) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as «part of a coalition for «a better orchestrated agenda» for accountability, choice, and using test scores to drive the evaluation of teachers» (see here; see also other instances of controversy here and here)-- recently issued yet another report about state's teacher evaluation systems titled: «Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises.»

It is unclear what positions LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy, the Board, and Board candidates will take on the controversial issue, or whether parents at other LAUSD schools will pursue this option.

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change brings together business leaders, policy makers, scientists, and other experts to bring a new approach to a complex and often controversial issue.

On the other, the removal of gaming tax breaks from the government's agenda is a controversial issue that may damage our tech markets and economy and markets.

In other words, it feels to me like there's some sort of distorted feedback loop, wherein candidates don't raise environmental issues because they think they may be controversial and divisive (though, as McCain or my dad's generation of Republicans show, the planet obviously crosses party lines), and the public doesn't raise climate issues enough because it apparently isn't on the political menu, like religion at dinner parties, but that doesn't mean we don't believe (in climate change or the need for our change).

Finally, the inescapable presence of the media means that if effective public communication on this controversial issue isn't a priority, predictable storylines pitting one monolithic side against the other will continue to prevail.

«The editorial in last weekend's Australian, «Carbon trading is not the only answer» (21/22 February), addressed the controversial issue of the government's planned emissions trading legislation, commenting that «We need to hear other ideas on greenhouse gas reduction».

Although there are are other ethically relevant facts that arguably should be considered in an allocation of ghg emissions such as economic capability to reduce emissions or historical emissions levels, these considerations are more controversial ethically particularly in regard to how they are operationalized in setting a numeric targets and therefore are more amenable to negotiated settlements on issues such as when convergence on equal per capita levels will be achieved rather than in setting basic allocation target levels.

Canada, on the other hand, has successfully used the Reference process for controversial issues.

Every year, GW Law hosts more than 100 events, including major international conferences on controversial issues, addresses by Supreme Court Justices and other prominent speakers, and a variety of student competitions.

The red handset, which launches on Friday, is the first time Apple has included its flagship phone in the promotional line - up, but the PRODUCT (RED) iPhone branding does not apply across all regions.Apple's Taiwan websiteAs noted by TechCrunch, internet users have spotted that the (PRODUCT) RED branding is missing on the regional China website, but all other details including launch date and time remain identical, indicating that Apple is promoting the red iPhone in the country simply as an additional colorway.Apple's China websiteSex remains a controversial issue in

Your stand on a controversial issue or in support of a specific candidate may make people on the «other side» unhappy with you.

Thirty Republican senators are pressing the Obama administration to scrap its controversial guidance for clarifying convoluted oversight of wetlands and other water resources as U.S. EPA prepares to take up a rulemaking on the issue.