Sentences with phrase «prompted by stories»

The law was prompted by stories of patients being severely overcharged for copies of their medical records, including one case in which Medical University charged a woman nearly $ 4,000 for a CD copy of her father's medical records.

The entry is prompted by a story in the current issue of The Economist, entitled Well Read.

It was prompted by a story over at Forbes on efforts by the National Center for Science Education to support educators being pressured by political interests to misrepresent the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change.

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Sexual harassment in the workplace is hardly a new phenomenon, but the deluge of disturbing allegations of sexual assault and harassment by powerful, high - profile men has prompted an increasing number of women to come forward with stories of how harassment has impacted their careers.

The column was prompted by an ad for Coca Cola (see below), about a puppy love story of two teenagers brought together by Coke, that aired in Canadian movie theatres this summer.

On the day that Daniels canceled the deal, protesters gathered in front of Trump Tower in New York City to express outrage over week - old revelations that the Republican presidential nominee had once bragged about grabbing women by the crotch, news that was prompting a number of women to come forward with stories of alleged sexual misconduct by the candidate.

Amid the political uncertainty in Europe prompted by upcoming elections and the start of Brexit negotiations, another story is quietly playing out, involving improved economic and corporate conditions.

And although the favor of the God, as forfeited or gained, is still an essential feature of the story, and theology plays a vital part therein, yet the acts to which this sort of religion prompts are personal not ritual acts, the individual transacts the business by himself alone, and the ecclesiastical organization, with its priests and sacraments and other go - betweens, sinks to an altogether secondary place.

A story posted on the Telegraph website today claimed that Blears» resignation was prompted by further damaging revelations about her expenses.

A Newsday story on the interview ran Monday, prompting reactions by advocates for gun rights and gun control.

The News of the World issued a statement suggesting the New York Times story was prompted by commercial rivalry.

Allegations of sexual harassment and assault by Mr. Weinstein were disclosed this month in The New York Times and The New Yorker, which prompted other women to share their accounts of his alleged abuse, set off criminal investigations, roiled the entertainment world and triggered a social media movement of women from other industries and backgrounds telling their stories.

The measure was prompted by a Post story detailing how the city routinely sells public streets and sidewalks to institutions.

«The political language deployed by the opposition should also prompt us in the Labour party to refresh our core story after 11 years in government,» he writes.

A law enforcement source said the attorney general's investigation was prompted by Times Union stories on the dealings between Columbia Development and SUNY Poly.

«Brodkorb scooped the traditional media by detailing extensive bookkeeping problems in New York and California that ultimately prompted Franken, this week, to pay about $ 70,000 in back taxes to 17 states,» the un-bylined story goes.

The first list — in case you missed it last month — was part of a story examining the use of Twitter by scientists, prompted by the furor that had erupted over the so - called Kardashian Index (K - index).

I am a homeopath and teach workshops to parents on how to use natural medicine to raise healthy children, so I was fascinated by this piece of information and it prompted me to share another tooth story with you and your readers about how my son was saved from a root canal at the age of 14 years old by using natural medicine.

I said well, I tried it as prompted by the... An economist at MIT, which is a true story and we were discussing fat and he said that if you're going to write an article about dietary fat as I was doing for science at the time, you should try the Atkins diet so I gave it a context.

That's the story reported by KIRO, which helped prompt an investigation by the state Attorney General's office.

Inspired by a true story, «Pride» is set in the summer of 1984, when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London - based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers» families.

The film tells the story of a rocker who decides to change his life after discovering a letter that was written to him by John Lennon, prompting him to try and track down his biological son.

Here, a meeting between Carol and Therese in a restaurant is rudely interrupted by a loud friend, prompting Carol's departure; the film then casts back to the start of their story, returning in due course to this opening scene and what appears to be the end.

Another power outage in the Griffin home prompts Peter (voiced by series creator Seth MacFarlane) to tell his family a second Star Wars story.

There's even a nefarious, God - like narrator who provides story prompts between missions, just like a twisted, meddlesome version of the one in Bastion, albeit voiced by the same chap as in Battleblock Theater — still with me?

The story of LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes is prompted by the Joker and Lex Luthor who threaten Gotham City to the core and it is up to these heroes to work together in order to put an end to the danger and save the citizens of this city.

This Presentation Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Learning Objectives and Outcomes Short Description of the Author with an Introduction and Summary to the Story Overview of Vocabulary for the Story - The Lost Dollar by Stephen Leacock Flipped Lesson Part - Audio, Text of the Story, Life and Works of the Author Day 1: Story Setting - Starter, Guide and Prompt, Scaffolder, Rubrics, Plenary - PEE Day 2: Character Description - Starter, Guide and Prompt, Scaffolder, Rubrics, Plenary - PQP Day 3: Story Analysis - Starter, Guide and Prompt, Rubrics, Plenary - PQE Day 4: Summary - Starter, Guide and Prompt, Scaffolder, Rubrics, Plenary - PEEL Day 5: Reference to Context - Starter, Guide and Prompt, Rubrics, Plenary - PEEC Lesson Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions — 3 Quizzes Success Criteria for Self Evaluation - My Story Comprehension Checklist Home Learning for Reinforcement - Retrieval and Inferential Questions Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - MCQs Common Core Standards - ELA - LITERACY.

Prompted by Trayvon's story, recording artist Donna Summer described her own experiences being profiled.

A writing resource that will give your children 4 amazing tips to write a great story inspired by a very strange picture prompt.

An online Zaption video that contains an animated video of the story with embedded questions that can be used as discussion prompts by the teacher in presentation form.

I have collected together my night time resources to make a lovely lesson starting with a night time story, followed by things we see in the night and a night time writing prompt.

We'll have a range of activities, from students making photo prompts for others to trying Padlet for riffing on poems (see teacher Scott Glass» Public Exploration of «Mindful» by Mary Oliver), from sharing fanfiction to remixing with Mozilla's Thimble (see Postcard for a Friend: A 25 - Word Story).

The program combines links to fun and fascinating news stories with step - by - step, guided writing prompts.

Prompted by yet another newspaper story hinting at school funding cuts in the...

Dialogues are prompted by a stimulus (for example, a story or a video) and are based around a concept such as «truth», «fairness» or «bullying».

The release was prompted by requests from several news organizations and follows a series of Los Angeles Times stories in August that analyzed 6,000 elementary school teachers» effectiveness in raising students» math and English scores.

The Editor has been driving one / The Austin Twenty — The story of this four cylinder Longbridge Perpendicular / Rolls Royce 1404 by Michael E. Ware / When the price was right — Prompted by the remarkable prices some Bugattis have fetched recently John Forge recalls that he bought his exotic motoring in easier times / London to Brighton — The review of the commercial run / Ready for Ardingly!

In the Classroom: «Read» The Farmer and the Clown by showing the pictures and asking questions that prompt listeners to notice details: Who is the man in the story?

Some people like creating prompts by doing things like picking up a newspaper or magazine, picking a few stories at random, and investing a back - story behind the headline.

Did you ever think that by participating in the Weekly Writing Prompts every week for, let's say two months, you would have enough content to use for your own blog post or even a collection of short stories to publish on Amazon Kindle or CreateSpace in paperback?

-LSB-...] story is inspired by the writing prompts on the Writing Forward blog.

In his commentary, Asay responds to an even earlier story which may have helped prompt the Seattle times, The New Scrooge, by Paul Collins at Slate.

51 stories by 24 different authors from around the world, with full color pictures and thought - provoking prompts.

56 stories by 38 different authors from around the world, with pictures by award - winning photographer K. S. Brooks and thought - provoking prompts by five - star author Stephen Hise.

The panel opened with a video introduction by Alan Moore wherein he spoke about his initial concept that prompted the formation of the Electricomics project, a scenario in which he imagined that «all forms of electronic communication somehow connected up in some mysterious fashion, in which people could talk to each other all around the world and enjoy new sorts of entertainment media», and he also said that this project now contains some of the «very best writing talent and artistic talent in the industry, all coming together to tell stories in a new, hopefully improved way».

Reading a print or basic ebook with their parents prompted similar content - related actions by children — including labeling, pointing, and verbal elaboration of the story — which can support language development.

I'd happily pay $ 2.99 for a piece of writing that is that long and that well written (by a famous author no less), but I wonder what prompts people to spend money on short stories written by unknown writers.

Now this is interesting (at least to me): according to a story on REO Insider by Kerry Curry, Rep. Robert Andrews (D - NJ) and Rep. Tom Rooney (R - FL) have introduced a bill in the house (H.R. 6133 — Prompt Decision for Qualification of Short Sale Act of 2010) that would force lenders to make a yes... View Article

Sea Change Again, I was impressed by the honesty and bravery of Catha Larkin's story about a kayaking trip to Baja prompted by her husband's infidelity.

I've no idea what prompted Capcom to undertake this sort of launch, whether it expects to build up hype or if by breaking the game's story into chapters it hopes to somehow mimic the fabulous success of a certain other episodic zombie adventure series.