Sentences with phrase «public backlash which»

They certainly led to an enormous public backlash which culminated in demands for reform.

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Turing Pharmaceuticals, which raised the price of a drug 5,500 % practically overnight says it will now lower its price following an intense backlash from the media, medical profession and the general public.

In the face of a nationwide business backlash, the Tar Heel State this year repealed its so - called bathroom bill, which restricted transgender people's use of public facilities.

After public backlash, which was even spurred on by the campaign rhetoric of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and also saw Mylan CEO Heather Bresch testifying before Congress in September, the company attempted to make amends by releasing a generic version and offering certain discounts.

Writing in the New York Review of Books (April 1), I. F. Stone made an astonishingly persuasive case for the bizarre possibility that the CIA leaked the House report to an unwitting Schorr — a masterstroke which channeled public anger toward a virulent «secrecy backlash.»

This position is one which few women feel safe to articulate in the public space for fear of a backlash, especially on social media.

Modernization theory emphasizes long - term weakening of religion's capacity to influence the public realm but also posits periods of reaction in which religiously inspired backlash movements may appear.

The debate over guns in Westchester has also made its way into local conversations, particularly in the town / village of Harrison, the village of Rye Brook, and the town of Mamaroneck, the latter of which briefly attempted to ban carrying weapons on its public property — an initiative that was quickly dropped after vehement public backlash.

February saw Ms Spelman apologise to MPs for the plans to sell off the forests, after a popular backlash against the proposals which prompted a sustained public campaign against them.

In the Internet age, in which the Chinese public is becoming increasingly vocal about their rights and mobilizing on social networks, popular protests like the demonstrations in the city of Jiangmen against the processing plant suggest a wider backlash against nuclear power.

The public lack of grief on the part of the Royals brought about a great backlash against them, and fearing additional public resentment, Queen Elizabeth II, at the behest of current Prime Minister Tony Blair, agreed to some compromises in order to preserve the institution of the Royal Family, including a public television address and walking among the people, acts which were exceedingly rare for the Queen of England.

Supporters rushed the standards» adoption, used whatever political channels were most convenient, eschewed public debate and discussion, and in doing so triggered a massive backlash that either caused states to reject the standards outright or led them to water down the initiative to such an extent that there's little left of the original vision, which called for the careful alignment of standards, tests, curricular resources, and teaching strategies, all to be shared across state borders.

for school year 2017 - 2018 has received little backlash, which could mean one of three things: either the district has done an effective job communicating and engaging the public, or charter schools have taken top billing — again, or everyone is just silly happy about the proposed salary increases.

The $ 902 million budget for school year 2017 - 2018 has received little backlash, which could mean one of three things: either the district has done an effective job communicating and engaging the public, or charter schools have taken top billing — again, or everyone is just silly happy about the proposed salary increases.

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.178 While these activities make up a small proportion of L214's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.179 Investigations make up a larger part of L214's work and have sometimes led to a slightly different type of backlash in which industry and government respond by attempting to pass laws that target advocates, such as ag - gag legislation in the United States.180 While L214 tries to maintain good relationships with media and the government, and France does not have ag - gag laws, they have sometimes been the target of lawsuits by industry because their footage is taken without permission.181 L214 has sometimes suffered negative consequences as a result of these lawsuits, such as fines or the requirement to take footage down from their website.182, 183

When I read announcements at that time, I don't recall any which explored public backlash against Radford's role in the chilling controversy where thirty Greenpeace activists were arrested and held in Russia for a protest stunt at a Russian oil drilling rig.

A number of legal bloggers roundly condemned Jones Day for bringing the suit, with Public Citizen lawyer Paul Alan Levy leading the backlash with his post at the Consumer Law & Policy Blog in which he said that the lawsuit deserved a prize for «grossest abuse of trademark law to suppress speech the plaintiff doesn't like.»

So sure, the argument goes, migrant workers have aroused a significant public backlash, but that is because the government has done far too little to create a resilient, fair, supportive society, in which there are opportunities for all and migrants can be easily absorbed.

But this should definitely come as a big blow to the tech giant which is already facing backlash from certain sections of the public for their aggressive policies on patents.

Unfortunately, many of the commentators in the most public kivas of Bitcoin discussion, such as the Bitcoin subreddit (which has faced increasing backlash for blatant censorship of legitimate topics and viewpoints).