Sentences with phrase «recent controversial move»

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Wednesday celebrated and defended the Trump administration's recent controversial move to relax some of the school - nutrition standards championed by former first lady Michelle Obama.

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If the controversial school closings it has rubberstamped for the mayor wasn't enough to convince New Yorkers that the Panel for Educational Policy, dominated by mayoral appointees, is broken beyond repair, then perhaps its most recent move, approving a $ 120 million contract with Verizon, will be.
If the controversial school closings it has rubberstamped for the mayor — over the protests of countless community members — wasn't enough to convince New Yorkers that the Panel for Educational Policy, dominated by mayoral appointees, is broken beyond repair, then perhaps its most recent move, approving a $ 120 million contract with Verizon, will be.
Her inauguration to the Westminster animal kingdom follows PHammond's decision to move his dogs, Rex and Oscar, into Downing Street, and the more controversial move by chief whip Gavin Williamson, whose tarantula Cronus was at the centre of a media storm in recent weeks.
Bloomberg and New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott are fresh off the public release of the flawed «value - added ratings» of teachers, a controversial move that Bill Gates called «a capricious exercise in public shaming» in a recent New York Times op - ed.
This is very similar to the Star Cards system in Battlefront II - indeed, developers Hi - Rez even allude to this in the blog post accompanying the change, saying «we get it: This is a major change that may be controversial, particularly given some recent questionable moves by full - price games.»
It's one of the more controversial moves a smartphone manufacturer has made in recent memory.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke expressed more optimism about the economy in his most recent testimony Friday to the Senate Budget Committee, while also defending the Fed's controversial plan to buy an extra $ 600 billion in government bonds to keep recovery moving forward.
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