Sentences with phrase «sharp critique»

The agency's latest sharp critique against AT&T and Verizon may not have much impact, however, as current FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, appointed by President Obama, is stepping down within days.

And yet, on two major issues that often attract much of the public's attention — ethics and housing — Mr. Cuomo's accomplishments drew sharp critiques for failing to live up to grand promises.

Budget insiders took notice of the especially sharp critique of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new fiscal plan by the financial and legal experts who work for the Senate Republicans.

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration approved the school co-location last year despite sharp critiques from locals, and while parents had hoped Mayor Bill de Blasio would reverse the move, the Department of Education said last week that it would go forward.

Even celebrities with stereotypically fit bodies can not escape sharp critiques from the media.

In the 1960s, while a student at the influential Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, he created sharp critiques of the growing consumer society of West Germany, transcribing by hand the cheaply printed images he found in mass media to create such works as Girlfriends (Freundinnen) 1965/1966.

Charles McGill Inspired by his love of the sport, Charles McGill uses the metaphor of golf to explore issues of race and class, often transforming the «baggage» associated with the game into sharp critiques.

Daniel Fried, who retired in 2017 after a 40 - year State Department career that included serving as U.S. sanctions «coordinator» under President Obama, offered his sharp critique of the Obama administration's response to Russian actions during an interview on the Yahoo News podcast «Skullduggery.»

Prof. Koyama, in his inimitable style, provides a sharp critique to this in all his writings.

However, the Bible also offers a sharp critique of such attitudes and such policies, and it provides an alternative vision.

Spong has been an outspoken advocate of gays in ministry, but as bishop he was also the author of several books on Christianity that present a sharp critique of Christian tradition and a decidedly unorthodox view of Jesus and Mary.

Come Sunday's sharpest critique of the church steps halfway into the light during these scenes.

NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman tonight offered a sharp critique of Albany's long history of ethical lapses and past claims of reform, and made comprehensive proposals to fundamentally change New York State government by striking at the root causes of corruption.

While Gangi and Albanese both have policy platforms of their own and sharp critiques of the mayor's record, they have each struggled to gain media attention and to raise money, though Albanese has raised significantly more than Gangi.

Vicki Been issued her sharp critique during a budget hearing of the City Council's housing and buildings committee on Thursday.

In his sharpest critique yet of scofflaw landlords, Mayor Bill de Blasio said it's «outrageous» that thousands of New York City property owners accepted tax benefits from the city in exchange for limiting rent increases but did not live up to their obligations.

A top member of Bloomberg's administration, Lilliam Barrios - Paoli, upon accepting an appointment to work for de Blasio, delivered a sharp critique of her current boss» approach to homelessness — a rare public rebuke of a sitting mayor from a subordinate.

Also at 10:30 a.m., Democratic state Sen. George Latimer will formally kick off his Westchester County executive campaign, with a sharp critique of incumbent Republican Rob Astorio's record, 36 Tuckahoe Rd., Eastchester.

In his sharpest critique yet of scofflaw landlords, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday it's «outrageous» that thousands of New York City property...

I want to be the one who understands the movie nobody else seems to understand — the lone champion of Unleashed as a sharp critique of popular East / West relationships, for instance.

Written and directed by Gervais, Special Correspondents sets itself up to be a sharp critique of the 24 - hour news cycle, a media culture driven by constant updates instead of factual accuracy.

Puiu's darkly funny take on the American road movie is both low - key buddy comedy and a sharp critique of life in Romania at the dawn of the 21st century.

What did essentially kill the deal for most superintendents was a sharp critique of the plan a few weeks later by a Baton Rouge - based law firm.

Ford is characterized among modern day painters of the Naturalist Illustration Movement, and his paintings are known for their sharp critique of how humanity treats nature.

An amalgam of artistic innovation, pop culture trivia, wry humor, and sharp critique, Gloria: Robert Rauschenberg & Rachel Harrison juxtaposes these two unconventional thinkers, featuring landmark Combine works and photographs by Rauschenberg alongside a grouping of pivotal sculptures and drawings by Harrison.

It is considered the faithful representation of a leisure life of Parisian middle - class, with the sharp critique of the bourgeois boredom...

Expect a sharp critique of social media and the corporations who control them, and a vision for circumventing that control to gain some measure of economic equality.

I was very interested in making films that seemed to be, on the one hand, colorful, playful, easy to watch, while suggesting a sharp critique of social attitudes.»

Her sharp critique of Eurocentric history is made clear via the text «Your history gets in the way of my memory» which is repeated across her paintings.

In the essay, the interdisciplinary artist fondly recalls Malcolm X's sharp critiques of America, its racism and hypocrisy, and connects them to the culture of the current political and criminal justice systems that have fostered police misconduct.

Drawing from his life experiences, Williams» work, on the one hand, offers a sharp critique of our everyday world, and on the other a celebration of the obscure and overlooked.

Perjovschi continues to use his well - known caricatures, wordplay and site - specific installations to portray current events while conducting a humorous and sharp critique of international media and government players.

Part of the Pictures Generation, Lawler is known for an ongoing body of work that she began in the 1970s — photographs of fellow artists» work hanging in private homes, art spaces, and auction houses, delivering a sharp critique of the valuation and commodification of art.

I'll shortly be posting a sharp critique of that action by Paul «Chip» Knappenberger, who has in the past been a critic of some of Mann's work.

Walcher drills down on one of the sharpest critiques against the municipalities suing the energy industry:

Within his sharp critique of assault weapons, Mast defended the Second Amendment, calling it «unimpeachable.»