Sentences with phrase «pointed public questions»

Moore explained, «You can imagine a State of the State address, like we recently saw with Governor Christie, you can imagine there being some pretty pointed public questions around that and with Congress, you can imagine for the State of the Union, in all 435 Congressional districts, we have a page for the representative, and we're seeking to encourage people to say, what issue would you have President Obama address in the State of the Union.»

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Other pain points included drug pricing and how approving more generics may affect costs (Gottlieb parried that question by noting the FDA doesn't have the authority to negotiate prices or consider pricing when approving a drug) and his alleged softness on opioid drug makers due the aforementioned financial ties and pro-industry ideology (the nominee noted that he considers opioid addiction and overdoses a public health crisis «on the order of Ebola and Zika»).

As the debate has taken on a decidedly Asia focus, with some recent studies and popular media coverage pointing to investors from Asia as one of the drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy required?

As Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress, he's likely wondering how his company got to the point where he must submit to public questioning.

-- Mueller's team is asking witnesses «pointed questions» about whether Trump had prior knowledge of the stolen Democratic emails before they were made public, and if he was involved in their release.

«After this strong rebuke from the Supreme Court of Canada, there is no question that Christy Clark deliberately attacked and undermined public education in British Columbia — even to the point of breaking the law.

Not content merely to question the legitimacy of particular rulings, theorists like Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and Robert Lee Hale pointed to the example of the lottery and liquor decisions to argue that traditional legal categories like «commerce,» «due process,» «police power,» or «public» were essentially meaningless.

Of course, liberalism is not literally becoming a religion — but it is approaching the question of society's moral order from the point of view of a dominant, established power that expects to command formal assent to its views in the public square.

One major point to question is how well we've accepted integration of public schools.

In fact, the question of truth is beside the point, for a publication need not be true to bring about public recognition; in some cases quite the contrary.

The churches at this point have a great responsibility not to advocate over-all idealistic solutions but to emphasize the distinctively Christian message that is relevant to these issues, to help their members to see the world without the characteristic American ideological blinders, to challenge many of the prevailing assumptions about the cold war and nuclear armaments, and to encourage the debate on public questions about which most people prefer to be silent.

In the present book I have spoken only incidentally of the «case» for prayer; my purpose here is to make suggestions about the actual practice of prayer, including the question of its effectiveness, the various kinds of praying in which we may engage, the significant exercise of private prayer and of public prayer, the way in which the Lord's Supper (or Holy Communion or Eucharist call it what you will) sums up all our praying, and finally the point of prayer in the total context of Christian faith itself.

It might also feature members of the public being allowed to contribute points in debates, and — one day — to even ask questions to the prime minister.

An audience member pointed out in a question - and - answer session that Trump has flirted with running for public office before — most notably president in 2012 — only to back out, Paladino shot back at him.

Members of the public interviewed by the Hansard Society were not impressed with what they saw: 67 % of respondents said that there was «too much party political point - scoring instead of answering the question» and 47 % thought PMQs «is too noisy and aggressive».

While answering questions about the incident on public radio program «The Capitol Pressroom» Tuesday, Entergy's vice president of external affairs Mike Twomey told host Susan Arbetter the state's treatment of Indian Point has changed.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about an agreement reached this week with the Queens Development Group on Phase 1 of Willets Point; the agreement includes the construction of 1,100 affordable apartments (including 221 for low - income seniors) and a brand new 450 - seat public elementary school: «The City -LSB-...]

It's an important point, because the apparent rift over the Inner Harbor development project has raised questions about the relations between the two offices, which will be critical to the future of Central New York — public discussions about different possible regional government arrangements are on the horizon, via the upcoming Consensus report and the fact that a plan to consider alternative governing structures was embedded in the recent $ 500 million aid package from the state.

Question topics included what he'll say to Rob Astorino if he bumps into him locally, what he has to say to the anti-fracking protestors, what was most surprising in the campaign, whether he'll be disappointed if he wins by 10 points rather the 20 points that public polls predict, for whom and on what line he and Lee voted, what he'll do to affect the state senate leadership should there not be any single majority conference, what he'll do in a second term concerning state mandates to local governments and what effect Republican control of the United States Senate will have on New York and his administration in a second term.

The strategy was to coordinate messaging among liberal groups and reduce complex policy questions to «talking points and narratives that play well in the media and build public support for the White House's policy goals.»

But Rubin's point — basically that Cuomo's «this or a control board» response to Miner's public questioning of his plan was overkill — is well taken.

Sen. Kathy Marchione questioned whether the money for public financing would be better spent on gap elimination aid for education, while Sen. Greg Ball threw a pointed jab at Democratic Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, wondering out loud about independent expenditure groups funded by «Soros.»

Businesses are questioning the legality of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policy to direct 30 percent of public contracts to women - and minority - owned businesses, pointing out that agencies seem to have skipped conducting studies that are required by law.

The hysterical language being used (not least by those who like to think of themselves as moderates) opens Labour up to the charge of being self - obsessed at a point where the public expect politicians to be confronting profoundly complex security questions.

Question topics included the recent rollout of the City's municipal ID program, an internal PBA meeting reported to have degenerated into yelling and shoving over PBA President Pat Lynch's demands for an apology from the mayor and whether that provided «consolation» to the mayor, whether he takes comfort from the low number of PBA members reported to have signed «stay away from my funeral» statements, Bratton's comment that the «well was poisoned» by de Blasio's bring of former Sharpton aide Rachel Noerdlinger, a potential Teamsters strike at Hunts Point market, Governor Cuomo's consideration of legislation allowing public access to grand jury minutes, the mayor's objections to a City Council proposed bill outlawing police use of chokeholds, a reported Cuomo / Lynch meeting and what role the governor should fill in the Lynch / de Blasio dispute, whether the mayor is willing to acknowledge «missteps», the reports of Legionnaire's Disease in Co-op City, de Blasio's reaction to a possible 2016 Mitt Romney candidacy and when he last spoke with the Rev. Al Sharpton.

A more specific ICM question asked only if people would support raising the retirement age for public sector workers, and not including higher contribution rates and lower payouts — on this specific point 49 % supported the measure, 41 % opposed (ICM, 19th June).

Collins, who points out that the commitment of the genome project to address ethical issues as well as generate data came at the project's inception, describes four categories of questions: Fairness and privacy; implementation of new medical practices based on genomic data (e.g., genetic testing); use of human subjects; and public education.

33 - percentage point gap on the question about whether humans have evolved over time — 98 % of scientists say we have, compared with 65 % of the public.

In response to a question about whether it educates its drivers about public accommodation issues, the company pointed to its non-discrimination policy and code - of - conduct to say it is setting expectations that refusal of service based on identity will not be tolerated.

If you like paranoid thrillers filled with backroom dealings and hidden agendas that make you question how much information is out there that is too dangerous for the general public to know, Closed Circuit could have you looking at major events with a slightly more cynical point of view than you might have had going in.

When the Common Core name is stated, the level of support remains essentially the same as it was one year ago, but when the question simply asks about standards «that are the same across the states,» public support rises by 5 percentage points over what was observed last year.

When we asked this question in our 2015 EdNext poll, 41 percent of the public thought the federal government should play the largest role in setting standards — which means we saw a 5 percentage - point drop from 2015 to 2017.

If the information leaflets answered real questions from members of the public, and were displayed in the community as a genuine point of reference.

Equity advocates — including everyone on both sides of this SNS discussion — should prepare to make these questions pointed, public, and productive.

The point was hammered home in a recent column by Mike Royko, where he discussed public - opinion poll questions about people's willingness to have their taxes raised.

The emphasis on trend lines makes this a good time to point out that Phi Delta Kappa and the Gallup Organization decided in the early 1990s to avoid changes in wording on the questions having to do with the relationship between private and public schools.

Case in point, the high school juniors recently explored a series of questions around what drives poverty and how their class could begin to combat poverty in neighborhoods near the school; the students decided to build public street libraries in their fabrication labs and install them on targeted blocks.

So isn't it time that parents across the state ask some pointed questions of their legislators, the ones whose votes are seen as a big step toward dismantling our public schools?

He agrees with Bryan on only two points: The schools in question need help, and Bryan's proposal could reshape public education.

«A team of documentary filmmakers began following affected families and educators, policymakers, and advocates as the closures unfolded — and their stories became a jumping - off point for exploring so many urgent questions facing public education today.»

«More questions than answers remain at this point, not the least of which include who will be part of the planning team, how the new system will be designed, and what will happen to the collective bargaining rights of employees of the Detroit Public Schools and the Education Achievement System,» DPS union leaders wrote in a joint statement.

Over the last year, critical news articles from national newspapers like the New York Times and Washington Post have questioned the quality of education the company offers, pointing out overbilling for ineligible students in Colorado and a Pennsylvania school where virtual students performed significantly worse than their public school peers.

We can debate the point whether or not charters are public schools, but I think the more important question is whether charters are providing viable school choices that families want.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

As the industry comes to the point in which self - publishing no longer carries the stigma it once did, it will be interesting to envision a future in which traditionally published authors are the ones being carefully scrutinized and questioned by the reading public.

Receiving the highest majority public vote, Banner's Break Point will now be shown alongside other favourites chosen by the public as well as work selected by chief curator Darsie Alexander, sparking a range of questions about the dynamics between expert and audience, or between curatorial practise and mass taste.

Unfortunately for policymakers and the public, while the basic science pointing to a rising human influence on climate is clear, many of the most important questions will remain surrounded by deep complexity and uncertainty for a long time to come: the pace at which seas will rise, the extent of warming from a certain buildup of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), the impact on hurricanes, the particular effects in particular places (what global warming means for Addis Ababa or Atlanta).

* open up space for public discussion and argumentation * question the efficacy of proposed policies at achieving desired outcomes and pointing out potential unintended consequences * disclosing the limits of scientific information and the extent of uncertainty * As summarized in my NPR interview:

In an onstage discussion with Ethan Zindler of Bloomberg, Perry used a question on Paris to point out the difference between Europe's climate - focused public statements and its work to gain gas supplies.

As I've pointed out in other essays, the notion that the whole world is anxious about global warming or climate change is an artefact of the way in which public opinion surveys construct their questions.