Sentences with phrase «point of controversy in»

The support for Cumbo and other candidates from REBNY, through its Jobs for New York super PAC, became a point of controversy in 2013, with Cumbo eventually asking the PAC to stop its independent expenditure efforts on her behalf.

Recently, the wrath of God became a point of controversy in the decision of the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song to exclude from its new hymnal the much - loved song «In Christ Alone» by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend.

Thus, along with the element of universality mentioned above, the doctrine of the unsurpassability of Christ as the final revelation of God has come to be a crucial point of controversy in inter-religious discussion involving Christians and other traditions.

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We're not looking to re-litigate the whole megillah here; the point is, people are hopping mad, and the controversy has rapidly turned the National Football League into one of the most polarizing brands in the United States.

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama made good Tuesday on a threat to veto a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, bringing the two sides in the long - running controversy to a rare point of agreement: their battle is far from over.

«Flynn had been forced to resign the day before, and the controversy around Gen. Flynn at that point in time was centered on whether he had lied to the vice president about the nature of his conversations with the Russians,» Comey said.

As long - time Google reporter Danny Sullivan points out, changes to the results may also be shaped by recent search activity in response to the controversy, and the arrival of new websites optimized to return queries about the Holocaust.

The case has a David and Goliath element, pointing to controversy involving big banks and their role in an ongoing home foreclosure crisis and a stalled recovery of the feeble real estate market.

And, of course, it was pointing out this attitude in some parts of the history of Islam that caused the controversy.

Controversy arose in Kenya because my sermons pointed out that, according to the gospel, governments based on the divine rights of kings are not valid.

If the real task is to get the ordinary reader of the Bible to think in terms of a historical context, the fine points of such historical controversies may be of limited value.

Because it wasn't in Obama's best interest to be affiliated with Rev. Wright as he was the subject of such intense media scrutiny and the focal point of a controversy.

In 1914 the Tennessee Supreme Court reversed, however, resting its judgment heavily on the fact that the church had never validated its patronage by any significant financial subsidy (university lawyers pointed out that the church had expended more on the lawsuit than it had contributed to the university before the controversy had arisen) and that during the first three decades of Vanderbilt's existence they had never asserted their supervisory powers.

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Halperin (and others too) pointed out that it ought to be a controversy that the general media in its reporting has ignored its own partisanship in favor of Obama in avoiding the reporting of a real scandal.

My point is that a close reading suggests a multiplicity of ideas and beliefs that we are priviliged to witness while it's under construction, the Jerusalem controversy being one good example.Furthermore, the fact that we're able to understand that each of the synoptics significantly differ from each other and we can observe contrast and similiarity between them and John's gospel, as well as Paul's letters suggests a process that speaks loudly of how religious narrative develops in communities that seek the meaning of the «core events».

Two points of controversy are indicated already in the Scriptures.

Since all the crucial letters are still held by Ursula Niebuhr and not yet available even in the Library of Congress, it is most perplexing, given the controversy on this point, that these letters were not included in this book.

That path required reform - through - retrieval, the recovery of an element of the tradition of which the Church had lost sight: namely, Pope Gelasius's distinction between, and affirmation of, «two authorities» in the world that should not be thought identical, or even too closely enmeshed with each other (a point underscored by Gregory VII in the Investitute Controversy).

The controversy stems from a series of news reports that raised questions about the nature of a Central Intelligence Agency partnership with the New York Police Department, pointing to the alleged surveillance of Muslims living in New York.

So here: as confessional Lutheran I subscribe to the entire Book of Concord (on - line), which is supposed to be a thoroughly Biblical systematic treatment going through all the controversies, reposing the questions, giving the points in the affirmative and the negative, and so on.

N.F. 26, 1951] when he contends that it is wrong to raise the question of hermeneutics at this point, and in particular I think he is evading the issue when he says that the controversy as to whether there is a special theological hermeneutics as well as hermeneutics in general is not very fruitful.

At one point in the controversy, in February, a South Side woman accused Evergreen Park of recruiting players from outside that community's boundaries, as well.

For Boutin the weeks leading up to the Prix Omnium had not been without controversy, and at one point he got caught in a media cross fire about the tender subject of Arazi's knees when he was quoted in a British racing paper, the Racing Post, as saying, «Personally, I don't think that his knees are any better now than they were before.

i cant help my anger at this point becos its a result of so much pent up frustration and the managers failure to recognise issues and failure to ever acknowledge our fans and i refuse to stick my head in the ground and come up smiling after beating stoke at home 2 - 0, maybe if the manager had ever once just said «i feel for the fans» or apologise to travelling fans after gutless away displays, but no he does nt feel accountable to any1 despite the thousands of times «theres only one arsene wenger» rings in his ears, hes gotten more love and trust than youd give your wife but wot has he given you in return the last 4 years???? not even acknowledgement, and in between the poor run hes given us more than his fair share of touchline controversy which reflects badly on us and the club in regards to fair play.and he never sees anything!!!! be honest and come out like moyes and bruce, its refreshing!!!! the standards at the club hav plummeted and where chels, utd, pool and even villa / city / spurs hav so many players who fight and uphold club traditions we only hav cesc, gallas, verm, RvP, sagna and arsha who, IMO really care and who fight when our backs are to the wall....

But to the extent the Times was pointing to Cargill's announcement as a reason not to pursue legislation requiring the labeling of controversial food ingredients, I felt (having played a role in the 2012 «pink slime» controversy) a need to respond.

There has been a lot of finger pointing involved with this issue — especially as the subject of preserving emails and making them public has become a very hot topic, thanks to the controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of a private server based in her Westchester County home to conduct public business while she was secretary of state.

«Voting reform was a make - or - break issue in coalition negotiations, and it will remain a point of controversy until the government names a date for the referendum.

The candidates for Queens borough president faced off in their first major televised debate earlier tonight on NY1, discussing the future of Willets Point, stop - and - frisk and the lasting controversy over term limits.

Responding to the ongoing controversies over the non-indictment of a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a seven - point plan to change the way cops and communities interact and to reform legal proceedings involving police - related fatalities.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman pointed to the trove of assault weapons confiscated this week in suburban Rochester and offered his own advice to a federal government embroiled in controversy over gun - control laws.

Case in point — in Saugerties, the controversy du jour involves the town board's refusal to release the names of seven people who had applied for appointment as town justice recently.

In passing he points out that they cross breed and threaten their own survival as a separate species, and «avoiding controversy (as is my way), I will only mention that the mallard seems to have the highest rate of homosexuality of any bird.»

They've become a flash point in the ongoing controversy over adoption of the Common Core learning standards for students.

Cuomo seemed to have shifted left in 2013, when he included a high - volume plea for gun control after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and proposed a 10 - point Women's Equality Agenda that stirred two years of controversy — and electoral sniping last year — because of proposed changes to the abortion statute.

The shock value of the «No» campaign's baby unit posters in the Alternative Vote referendum, or the Leave campaign's Breaking Point» poster of a long queue of migrants show that, under the current free - for - all, campaigners find that courting controversy is worthwhile if there are votes to be won.

He pointed out that, regardless of the documents that surfaced as part of the highly politicized «climategate» controversy in December, the evidence for global warming remains.

Looking to the Heavens A safe distance from the many scientific enigmas and controversies the Church is engaged in, Brother Consolmagno leads me up and down the spiraling staircases of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, pointing out the door to the pope's private quarters at one turn, then indicating a meager hallway where Jesuits live, dorm style.

«This is a crucial point for genetic researchers, as there has been a lot of controversy in human genetics about what is called «missing heritability»,» explains Scharf.

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When film director Wong Kar - Wai, who has been hired as the artistic director of the exhibit, points out that placing a gallery focused on the Mao era in a room featuring statues of the Buddha would be offensive, Bolton argues that the publicity from such controversy might be worth it.

Ayouch has had to field a lot of controversy, mostly due to the explicit displays of sex in his film; and while the murky release prospects of the film in the Arab world are understandable, it's unfortunate if sex becomes the only talking point.

Controversy promptly ensued with a slew of finger - pointing between Ramsay and producer Scott Steindorff, followed by a chain reaction of castmembers dropping out, and a legal battle that ended in a draw.

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Rockwell's character and the question of his redemption in Martin McDonagh's film have been the centerpiece of the controversy that surrounds the movie, but his performance has been one of its strongest selling points.

Hollywood may still be largely in denial about its diversity problem, pointing to the success of black actors like Anthony Hopkins and Asian - Americans like Tilda Swinton and Emma Stone while making only minor changes to the MPAA's nominating process after last year's #OscarsSoWhite controversy.

Ever the magnet for controversy, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson was partially vindicated this week when the British high court ruled in favor of the show and of the BBC, dismissing electric carmaker Tesla's claim that the show misrepresented its Roadster's range by pointing out that it was only able to

Friendswood By René Steinke Riverhead • $ 16 • ISBN 9781594633836 The bonds among neighbors in the small Texas town of Friendswood are strained to the breaking point by two controversies: a toxic waste dispute and a rape investigation.

The third point is especially alarming in light of the budgeting controversy with student loan forgiveness which was brought to light by the Government Accountability Office.

Despite these controversies and despite the potential seriousness of the disease, the following points convince me that this vaccine is not a good one, even in endemic areas: