Sentences with phrase «public attention on»

The changes first came to public attention on the news aggregation site, Reddit.

Cambridge Analytica's allegedly unauthorized harvesting of Facebook data and a series of leaks linked to India's biometric database has refocused public attention on digital privacy in the country.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) focuses public attention on emerging civil liberties, privacy, First Amendment issues and works to promote the Public Voice in decisions concerning the future of the Internet.

A new book on deregulating the legal profession by Crandall, Winston and Vikram Maheshri should also help to focus scholarly and public attention on this issue.

Founded in 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly, World Water Day was created to help focus public attention on the critical water issues facing our global community.

The Phoenix, he said, is intended as an exciting and fun way to focus public attention on the benefits of repurposing bits and pieces of discarded items to their fullest potential.

Public attention on the Coast Guard's anchorage proposal has been at a level not seen since the beginnings of the environmental movement in the Hudson Valley.

Or, indeed, somebody whose work has been chronically overlooked: in 2009, Cornelia Parker recommended Rose Wylie, long before the 80 - year - old won fresh public attention on winning the John Moores painting prize last year.

St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START) is an all - volunteer group of area residents dedicated to focusing public attention on animal rights issues.

DR RICHARD SATTIN, chief of unintentional - injuries section of the Centers of Disease Control We're trying to focus public attention on this greatly underestimated public hazard.

Our job is to focus public attention on those gaps, the inequities that produce them, and the education leaders and reformers who make closing them their top priority.»

Wisconsin's largest teachers» union sought to focus public attention on how teachers, their families and students — not just state employees — would be affected by the changes.

Since 1952, this prestigious national honors program has focused public attention on excellence in teaching.

Four national studies of education have focused public attention on the decline in achievement in those subjects and the urgent need for major reforms.

The National Teacher of the Year Program is the oldest and most prestigious awards program to focus public attention on excellence in teaching.

The remarkable transition in Tennessee shows that states are capable of dramatic reform when the political leadership is committed to focusing public attention on the problem.

It has focused public attention on the performance of all students, not just the top performers — and that has dividends for everyone.

Public attention on gender inequality in Hollywood has elevated the issue to a level of crisis within the industry, even as inequality persists.

1997 JoAnn Burkholder, in recognition of her dedicated and untiring efforts to focus public attention on the potential negative impacts of the microorganism Pfisteria piscicida on the marine environment.

CRISPR surged to an early lead, as high - profile meetings and magazine articles focused public attention on the genome - editing technique.

focused public attention on important potential impacts of science and technology on society by their responsible participation in public policy debates; or

Brodsky and other supporters say the Occupy movement has riveted public attention on the need to tax the rich more.

The wide media coverage the case has received has focused public attention on legal questions usually covered in the courtroom or the classroom rather than by the newsroom.

But while there is a public attention on our asylum system, it's worth highlighting just how reprehensible and cruel it can be to those given sanctuary here as a child.

Democrats have leverage now, they said, since their votes are needed to get must - pass legislation through Congress and public attention on the plight of Dreamers is high.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked its members to ignore attacks by former first lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings since she is working to douse the seeming public attention on the troubles in opposition New Patriotic Party.

It focuses public attention on the relationship between infant mortality and poor nutrition among low - income mothers.

Paul's involvement in Meat Free Monday is helping to focus public attention on the environmental costs of producing meat, the article said.

The theses were of course at first a controversial technical matter, intended for debate, and intended no doubt to focus public attention on the undoubted abuses, theological and practical, involved in the preaching of the indulgences.

Miss Dix proceeded to focus public attention on the situation in East Cambridge.

It's the first time since Sandy Hook that public attention on gun control has persisted for such a long time.

There is not as much public attention on small companies as I expected there to be,» says Todd McCracken, president of the National Small Business Association.

Kim Kardashian says she has lost her hunger for media and public attention on Sunday's episode of E!'s «Keeping Up With the Kardashians.»

Not exact matches

The media — and hence the public — tend to focus more attention on failings in politicians» private lives than in their public ones.

Lighthizer, who lacks his boss's need for public attention, appeared at a Washington - based think tank on Sept. 18 to explain at length why the administration is so obsessed with narrowing the trade deficit.

This week, with the on - field action (and the media's attention) shifting to games in Kansas City, the sport has a great chance to provide even more public support to an important cause — one with which its history is inextricably intertwined.

But she claims on the show that the public scrutiny isn't the real reason for her change of heart over public attention.

Public attention is about to be grabbed by the rapid evolution of the auto dashboard, as carmakers and tech giants work out bringing to the car the Internet experience consumers have gotten used to on their smartphones.

Cases were detected during testing in February and November last year, while one was detected in January this year, according to the statement, which was released on Friday but did not gain public attention until Saturday.

Political scientist Keith Brownsey of Mount Royal University argues the Liberals paid close attention to the many fumbles made by Harper's Tories on the energy file: failing to build solid relationships with First Nations, allowing environmental groups to seize the public - relations initiative, not asserting federal authority and handing provinces like B.C. and Quebec control of the political agenda, keeping Canada outside of the international consensus on climate change, and ignoring legitimate criticisms of the federal review process.

This lack of transparency on the true extent of this widespread safety issue may be why the problem has yet to fully bubble up into the public consciousness or to attract the serious attention of U.S. regulators.

While Inc. usually focuses on private startups, once a year we shift our attention to those entrepreneurs who have recently decided to take on the public markets.

It's Facebook's turn this week, leaders think, and next week it could be us — but there's precious little we can do in a crisis except to keep our heads down and wait until public attention moves on to someone else.

This ruling comes on the heels of massive press attention about BRCA1 and BRCA2 after actress Angelina Jolie went public in May about her double mastectomy.

Cramer rarely fails to notice new players arriving on the data center scene, which is why Switch's initial public offering on Friday caught his attention.

The most outrageous price hikes — the ones that have drawn the most public attention — number in the 1,000 % - plus range, have been imposed on therapies for vulnerable and niche populations, or both.

Sesno tells Fortune that «the media are between a rock and a hard place on this» due to the fact that Trump is a fascinating figure who has a lead in the polls that demands the public's attention.

In Michigan, more than 3,500 lottery winners are also on public assistance, drawing attention to waste in a state still reeling from the nation's economic downturn.

Retail consultant Burt Flicking saw the move as part of a shift at Wal - Mart under Chief Executive Doug McMillon to pay closer attention to public opinion on social issues, noting the company had raised wages for entry - level staff ealier this year.

If he had immediately come clean on what happened that night, it's possible that the «transgression» issue would not have surfaced — or if it did, the public likely would have paid less attention to it.