Sentences with phrase «public clashes over»

The following quotation indicates the typical errors which are foisted on the British public: «Pope Benedict XVI has sacked his chief astronomer after a series of public clashes over the theory of evolution.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a day after their public clash over a teacher evaluation system to determine layoffs, said Thursday they are now working together.

Not exact matches

Another clash of giants took place earlier this week when Carl Icahn decided to take on fellow activist Warren Lichtenstein of Steel Partners over Steel's decision to convert a fund into a public company via a reverse merger without his investors» consent.

Even if the recovery had been progressing as well as ministers might have hoped, we would still have seen the clashes over public sector pensions, tuition fees and cuts to public services - police, schools, the NHS - currently driving the government's popularity downwards.

Wednesday's strikes look increasingly likely after further defiance from union chiefs over their public sector pensions clash with the coalition this weekend.

Her public clash with the Cuomo administration over their handling of the contamination of Hoosick Falls water contamination brought her to public prominence.

One point eight million television views tune in to watch the three men vying to be chancellor after the next election clash over the public deficit, taxation policy and spending cuts.

While Nick Clegg and David Cameron have managed to make their differences over electoral reform cordial, the energy secretary has repeatedly clashed with Baroness Warsi in public.

At a meeting of the State Board of Elections, its commissioners sharply clashed with the board's independent enforcement counsel, Risa Sugarman, over the role of her office and whether criminal referrals resulting from her campaign finance investigations should be made public.

Christie and Malloy have clashed repeatedly — and quite publicly — over both personality and policy, particularly when it comes to negotiating with public employee unions, pension reform and budgeting.

Democrats close to Mr. de Blasio concede these days that the greatest failure of «surrogacy» — lining up a wall of voices to tout your message to the public — was his clash with Uber over the summer.

Things haven't improved much since the campaingn between Cuomo and the public sector unions, and, as Nick Reisman pointed out earlier, there's still a lot of things the two might clash over between now and 2014.

Clashes over wind farms have spread across the country — from Minnesota to Missouri, Alabama, Maryland and Massachusetts, writes Bonner R. Cohen, a senior fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research.

It comes after several public clashes between Mr Clegg and former education secretary Michael Gove — particularly over funding for free school meals.

The proposal comes after a string of contentious state budgeting cycles during which Republican lawmakers and Superintendent Tony Evers have clashed — over how public schools should be funded, measured and held accountable for students» academic achievement.

Horn blamed the current clash over classroom size on legislators» willingness to package major policy decisions like this one with the state's overall spending plan, a move that he acknowledged is made to avoid lengthy, sometimes bitter, public discussions and bad publicity for lawmakers.

The contest was cast as a clash over «education reform,» and the candidates, both Democrats, indeed presented strong contrasts, with Torlakson being supportive of public schools and classroom teachers and Tuck advocating the need to «disrupt» education with more charter schools and stricter, managerial oversight of educators and school performance.

+ The demolition of the residence and studio of Chinese artists Shen Jingdong and Cao Zhiwen sparked a clash between over 100 public security personnel and 100 local artists in Songzhuang, Beijing.

Over 100 public security personnel clashed with around 100 local artists attempting to halt the demolition, leading to multiple injuries and the arrests of two protestors.

Top reporters at an event sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists predicted clashes in 2018 over climate, drilling on public lands, environmental laws, infrastructure, national monuments and more.

Perhaps it was inevitable that public lands and private interests would clash over Marcellus shale development in a state whose name literally means, «Penn's Woods.»

On one of the many clashes over the residence rights of travellers, the Mail quoted Tory MP Caroline Spelman: «The British public want to see fair play for all, rather than special treatment being given to some.