Sentences with phrase «prompting calls»

«Although the long - term ethical and legal consequences of genetic testing for employment matters, insurance contracts, and preventive medicine and treatment are not yet fully known, cases of alleged genetic discrimination have been emerging in different parts of the world, prompting calls from concerned citizens for government action,» says.

The polar bears first overtook the Fyodorov weather station on Vaygach Island roughly a week ago, interrupting research and prompting calls for assistance from state authorities.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change used its strongest language yet in a report on the causes of climate change, prompting calls for global action to control emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.

Tens of millions of dollars have been put toward infrastructure for transporting that oil out of state, but recent derailments and explosions involving oil tanker trains are prompting calls for a slow - down.

The world's first international study on homophobia in sport, «Out on the Fields,» has found widespread homophobia in UK sport, prompting calls for a zero tolerance approach towards discrimination and better training for coaches, teachers and officials.

More and more activists who deny climate change are asking for e-mail records from climate scientists, prompting calls for a legal defense fund

Mimicking a catchphrase used by Michael Winner, the film director, on a television insurance advertisement, he repeatedly told her to «calm down, dear», prompting calls for him to apologise.

Unlike 2013, it has been an election without municipal crises prompting calls for new leadership.

Puncheon went to ground dramatically inside the box, prompting calls for referee Michael Oliver to «even it up» and award a second penalty.

China has made self - driving auto technology a national priority, but the recent U.S. fatality involving an autonomous test car is prompting calls for the Chinese government to slow down those efforts to ensure public safety.

About a year after Alta launched a program in Washington, D.C., the city celebrated its one - millionth shared - bike ride, far exceeding expectations and prompting calls for more bikes and more stations.

Perth's established suburbs accounted for just 28 per cent of all urban land development in 2012, well below the long - term «infill» target of 47 per cent, prompting calls for regulatory reform from the Property Council of Australia.

Soaring rents in the retail sector have prompted calls for a register of leases and a rebalance of power between landlords and store owners.

For example, people seeking mortgages visit LendingTree.com, where they're guided through a series of around 20 prompts calling for such information as credit scores, the loan amount requested, and the proposed percentage down payment.

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Edwards» killing has prompted calls for the release of body camera footage depicting the incident.

The reports have prompted calls from lawmakers in Britain and the United States for renewed scrutiny of Facebook, and at least two American state prosecutors have said they are looking into the misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica.

It has also prompted calls from Congress for Zuckerberg to testify.

But later reports indicate it knew more, prompting a call for new hearings.

The General Synod heard the ban was widely ignored which prompted calls for the Church law to be updated.

The former Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy - O'Connor, is seriously ill in hospital which has prompted calls for prayer by leading Catholic bishops.

That prompted a call from the NBA league office to team general manager David Griffin:

The wave of optimism, which snowballed during the international break prior to Klopp's debut as Liverpool manager, prompted calls for patience, realism, and a few reminders that the German isn't perfect.

The initial call was for a boy who was unconscious, which prompted a call for the helicopter, but he was conscious when they got to the scene, said...

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Tang Hui and Zhao Meifu, two women detained separately under China's re-education through labour system, have become so well known in China that they helped prompt calls for reforming the RETL system.

Buffalo School Board member Carl P. Paladino's latest inflammatory comments to a weekly Buffalo paper saying he wished death by mad cow disease upon President Obama, referred to the first lady as a man and said he'd like her to be «let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla» prompted calls for his removal from the board and sparked outrage from Buffalo to the state capital.

The scandal has prompted calls for reform of the system and Bercow has now revealed he has been considering the matter for some time.

The nature of Schneiderman's collapse, amid revelations of physical violence with intimate partners that they say was not consensual, has prompted calls for state lawmakers tasked with choosing his successor to appoint a woman to the post.

The many controversies the RTP has generated and even questions about Prince Mackay himself has prompted calls for him to hand over the awards to a more credible person or organization but he would not hear of it.

The reports have prompted calls from lawmakers in Britain and the United States for renewed scrutiny of Facebook, and at least two American state prosecutors have said they are looking into the misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica.

Our research on the politics of public appointments has revealed the way in which such changes spill over and stimulate demands for similar reforms elsewhere, and the potential therefore exists that this «double - locking» will prompt calls for further limits on ministerial powers of re-appointment.

The December post prompted calls for the town to punish Robert Carney.

Disrespectful conduct» from Common Core protesters at a Wappingers Central School District board meeting prompted a call to state police and abrupt adjournment on Monday night, but it's unclear what, if any, policy changes could be headed the district's way, school officials said.

Today's report, and the appointment of Mr Gates, is expected to signal a marked shift in US policy in Iraq and has prompted calls for a similar inquiry in the UK.

The allegations have prompted calls in Albany to use the power of the state to crack down on harassment.

The woman at the center of the latest scandal to roil Albany — which has prompted calls for Gov. Paterson to step down — is a hardworking single mom from...

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail reported that talks between Nick Clegg and City lobbyists have prompted calls for financial sector representatives to lobby the government to change its policy on the European fiscal initiative.

He said the request for a referendum from the Welsh Assembly Government on more law making powers was «on top of her desk» and he looked forward to a «prompt call» for it to be held as Mrs Gillan said previously that she would not stand in its way.

That prompted a call from someone in the crowd: «You're not going to call us for the [presidential] library?»

... Cameron also raised the issue of deteriorating gay rights, which have prompted calls for a boycott of next year's winter Olympics in Sochi.»

The revelations last night prompted calls for the Government to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights so that the foreign offenders can be sent home.

Police, justice reforms The decision by a Staten Island jury to not indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner prompted calls for reforms and reviews.

It has prompted a call for a national ban on lead bullets in the hope of minimising negative impacts on vulture populations, which are declining throughout Africa.

The plan has been welcomed, but has prompted calls for vaccination to be extended to all boys in the UK.

Crossing Boundaries The success of SAPPHIRE and other applications has prompted calls for more Semantic Web integration in health care.

It engendered outrage among anti-abortion activists, and prompted calls from congressional Republicans to defund Planned Parenthood.

But the assertion prompted calls for caution from outside experts, who warn that the procedure hasn't been rigorously tested and may give seriously ill patients false hope.

The trend has prompted calls for more careful use of the narcotic painkillers.

James Franco's support of the #MeToo and Time's Up movements at the Golden Globes Awards prompted calls of hypocrisy from five women who have accused him of «inappropriate or sexually exploitative behavior.»