Sentences with phrase «public battle between»

The CITT made its recommendation following a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal, in an attempt to resolve what has been a very public battle between Envoy and the Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

That charge — laid out in a letter sent by Human Resources Administration commissioner Steve Banks to Sam Roberts, commissioner of the state's office of Temporary Disability and Assistance — represents another extraordinary escalation in the public battle between Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio over the city's homelessness problems.

Kolb was specifically referencing the highly public battle between the mayor and the governor over who's responsible for the downstate transit crisis, and, perhaps more importantly, who should be on the hook for paying to clean it up.

The New York Timeswebsite reported on 12 April 2007 on the public battle between two American Jewish scholars over the Holocaust.

The agreement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday, comes days after Ackman resigned from Penney's board as part of a deal to resolve an unusually public battle between the activist investor and the struggling department store.

How about the very public battle between Steve and Elaine Wynn?

District vs. charter schools: Newark is notorious for its public battles between district and charter schools, especially since superintendent Cami Anderson has sought to share space between the two.

Not exact matches

Apple on Monday urged the creation of a government panel on encryption, the latest salvo in a standoff over a locked iPhone linked to the San Bernardino shooting that has escalated into a public relations battle between the technology company and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The move came amid public pressure over implementation screw - ups and amid a multi-million-dollar media battle between the soda industry and public health organizations.

Los Angeles Times: Growing ties between Egypt, Turkey may signal new regional order Egypt and Turkey are forging an alliance that showcases two Islamist leaders maneuvering to reshape a Middle East gripped by political upheaval and passionate battles over how deeply the Koran should penetrate public life.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

The ideological battles between the two superpowers have been fought through mutual political propaganda (communism vs capitalism), through ideological inculcation in formal and non-formal education systems, public media and information processes, and often through religious institutions and practices.

The battle between professional and public bettor in the market isn't a new trend.

Where once we had a great battle of ideologies in public life, between the socialist left and the capitalist right, between authoritarians and liberals, now we have only the coffee house gossip of whether Keith Vaz will get a knighthood for his vote on 42 days and the identities of the «thirty women» Nick Clegg says he has slept with.

Neither Goldsmith nor Khan are household names and in a more low - key battle, the public's party and policy preferences may end up having more of an effect than they did during the celebrity contests between Boris and Ken.

The long - running battle between the Working Families Party and the NY Post continues this morning with an e-mail from the labor - backed party's executive director that uses the tabloid's latest anti-WFP editorial as a rallying cry for a statewide public campaign financing system.

The DEC has become a Ground Zero in the ongoing battle between the governor and the public employee unions over layoffs ever since its former commissioner, Pete Grannis, was fired for insubordination after the leaking of a memo he wrote warning further cuts at the agency would render it unable to fulfill its core missions.

City council candidate Ryan Henry - Wilkinson says after years of legal battles between the city and its firefighter union, he's campaigning on restoring public trust in city government.

NEW YORK - Another public battle is revving up between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo.

And the controversy over public pensions is helping to fuel a broader battle in statehouses across the country between public unions and elected leaders who want to curb their influence.

This year's contract negotiations between the union and the state stand in stark contrast to Cuomo's initial battle with public employees unions after taking office in 2011.

Now we don't only have a child - like battle between two longstanding politicians that frankly belongs in the playground with one refusing to hand back the metaphorical football unless the other apologises — but the questionable standing of Lib Dem party rules once again takes centre stage in the public eye, and it's not going to go away any time soon if this really does end up in the Courts.

Journalists and the public like to view politics as a black and white battle of convictions, when in truth it is necessarily a process of compromise between individuals and interests.

This year promises to be considerably more sedate, politically speaking, although the labor lunch (noon on Saturday at the Egg's Hart Lounge, featuring AFL - CIO President Denis Huges) might produce some fireworks, considering the brewing battle between Cuomo and the public sector unions.

In its work for General Electric Co. through the years, the public relations firm owned by Mark Behan became entangled in a legal battle between GE and several river communities that filed federal lawsuits against the company when their water supplies were tainted by the PCBs dumped into the river from its plants in Fort Edward and Hudson Falls.

Ratcheting up the pressure in a bitter battle between New York City and the state over health care costs, the city's public hospital system is planning on suing New York State officials over a payment of some $ 380 million in federal funding it says the state is unlawfully withholding.

Another public battle is revving up between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Go.

The contract showdown between the Buffalo Public Schools and its teachers union has been a long time coming.Perhaps surprising is that teachers are frustrated with those on both sides of the bargaining table, feeling caught time and again in the middle of what has become an epic battle shaped by politics, ideology and personalities.They feel many people in the community bl...

All told, the campaign contrasts sharply with the equally crowded Democratic primary four years ago, a far less ideological race and one dominated from the start by the battle between two outsize personalities: Mr. Cuomo and Mark Green, the brash former public advocate.

The widespread view among the public is that the battle was the climax of a war between the Irish and Vikings at which, under Brian Boru's leadership, Irish victory finally broke Viking power in Ireland.

It may have seen the report as just another stage in the long public relations battle between BT and cable.

There is no easy answer in our ongoing battle against obesity, but identifying the link between the drop in physical activity and increased BMIs, as well as the groups particularly affected, can assist public health officials to develop targeted, effective interventions.

Battle Of the Sexes tackles not only the public match - up between King and Riggs, but also delves into her private life, which was kept hidden at the time.

The EE Rising Star Award, voted for by the public, was a battle between Daniel Kaluuya, Florence Pugh, Josh O'Connor, Timothée Chalamet and Tessa Thompson.

The film revolves around a very public match between King and a former male tennis legend, Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) that took place in 1973, a match dubbed the «battle of the sexes».

The result was a battle between the eponymous truth of the story itself, and the corporate interests and political influence that continue to shape what the public sees, hears, and reads in the media.

When Willoughby learns of the billboards, he blows a gasket, and it seems clear where the movie is headed: to a battle between the police and Mildred, the aggrieved citizen who has taken the law — or, at least, the power of public shame and coercion — into her own hands.

Set in the future during a war between Earth and an alien race, Tom Cruise stars as a public relations officer that gets turned into a straight up warrior through reliving the same day's worth of training and battle over and over and over again.

This district, by far the worst in the nation, went through agonizing battles between Michelle Rhee (the former chancellor of Washington public schools) and the unions.

Nor is the faceoff as simple as a battle between public charters and teachers unions.

DALLAS — Some Texas public finance firms are choosing sides in the escalating battle between traditional public school districts and charter schools.

It also upped the ante in the ongoing battle between the politically powerful union and well - monied charter schools — one in which charter schools such as Success Academy locate in black and brown low - income neighborhoods and continually outperform public schools in wealthier public schools districts.

Each year, the battles between those who want «full funding» as prescribed by the automatic MAEP formula and the Legislature, tasked with funding public schools in light of budget realities, have grown worse.

A nearly $ 6 billion infusion from Proposition 30 and a Democratic supermajority in the Legislature are a welcome pre-holiday gift to public education from voters, but it also could set the stage for battles between those laboring for education reform and suddenly fortified unions protecting teacher interests.

The battle between charter school supporters and groups that support traditional public schools in Los Angeles has been waged since the late 1990s when then - Mayor Riordan backed charter - friendly board candidates.

A California Administrative Law judge has issued a number of rulings in the year - plus legal battle between Alliance College - Ready Public Schools and the LA teachers union, UTLA.

The campaign comes at a time when public education is increasingly riven by battles over the use of standardized testing in teacher performance evaluations and the rollout of the Common Core, new benchmarks for what students need to know and be able to do between kindergarten and the end of high school.

Battles between incoming charter schools and reluctant public - school hosts have become a recurring motif on New York's education - reform landscape.

The battle between big city mayors, most of whom are Democrats, and public employees unions is therefore heating up.

More Than A Score: The New Uprising Against High - Stakes Testing edited by Jesse Hagopian, with Diane Ravitch and Alfie Kohn A helpful resource for connecting the dots between high - stakes testing and the battle to save public education in Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.