Sentences with phrase «sharp questions»

Some of these will be in the form of sharp questions about Christian beliefs.

Under sharp questioning from trustees, village staff members assured the board last week that they were moving quickly to grant the controversial permit.

Under sharp questioning some lobbyists went off their standard script and essentially conceded a huge point.

But the senators who asked sharp questions were often at a disadvantage because each had only five minutes to pin down the billionaire.

Now, school board members are raising sharp questions about their value.

As he introduced his final state budget in January, Gov. Jerry Brown faced sharp questions from reporters about the effectiveness of his landmark overhaul of public school finance.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook offered no apologies Tuesday for the way his company keeps tens of billions of dollars in overseas profits virtually free of U.S. taxes, amid sharp questions from lawmakers about the practice.

In a scathing October hearing, the board's executive directors and deputy enforcement council sustained almost three hours of sharp questioning about its enforcement and investigation policies.

Cuomo, the brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has found a niche with sharp questioning of Trump administration officials and maintains an active social media presence.

Also follow David Cameron being polite to Mark Pritchard, telling Rory Stewart that he shouldn't have gone to Libya recently, and being thrown for a moment by a very sharp question from Andrew Bridgen.

But in recent days, events have moved quickly, including the company facing sharp questions over whether it still retains the Facebook data.

Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief executive, is expected to come under sharp questioning at a Congressional hearing on Tuesday.

Rather, the references to «mystery» and doxology seem to be a precaution against sharp questionings about the meaning of trinitarian statements and their (onto --RRB- logical status.

Ambivalence in feelings is one of the first lessons the pastoral counselor must learn, and it raises many sharp questions about the meaning of pious observance.

That led to sharp questioning by Caproni of both sides about how long they intend to take questioning upcoming defense witnesses.

Health officials in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration faced sharp questioning Tuesday at the first legislative hearing examining the water contamination crisis in the upstate village of Hoosick Falls.

At the August 2nd SBE Meeting, Board members and advisors offered sharp questions and key comments about tying principals» salaries to the school growth scores of the school.

The government's position has prompted sharp questions about why Ottawa allowed so many foreign same - sex couples to get married for so long before deciding the unions were not valid.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Amid sharp questioning from lawmakers in the state Assembly on Wednesday, the top economic official in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration staunchly defended development spending that has fallen under federal investigation.

«He proceeded politely to ask sharp questions.

If Tuesday was any guide, he'll be able to avoid any major blows unless the representatives come armed with sharper questions and demand answers from him instead of his staff.

With the Administration for Children's Services having suffered several high - profile child deaths in recent weeks, Mr. de Blasio faced sharp questioning over the agency's performance.

Sloan also faced sharp questioning from another shareholder about the bank's relationship with the gun industry.

Facebook has faced a global outcry and sharp questions about its privacy safeguards after reports revealed that an independent researcher passed information covering some 50m users to the consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which were then used by Donald Trump's campaign team to target swing voters in the 2016 presidential election.

Another Fed nominee, Marvin Goodfriend, faced sharp questions from Senate Democrats.

In St. Luke (1:26 — 38) Gabriel has a longer speech, and he must spend more time explaining matters under Mary's sharp questioning: How can God do such a thing?

Isn't the essence of the Christian life to answer that one, nail - sharp question: «God, why in this busted - up world have You abandoned me?»

There were of course some sharp questions about the unequal distribution of wealth and power, hut beyond that was the question whether the quality life was a simple function of wealth and power, or whether the endless accumulation of wealth and power was not destroying the quality and meaning of life, ecologically and sociologically.

The rapturous reception MPs and pundits gave to Yvette Cooper's sharp questioning of Theresa May at PMQs this week has led to fevered speculation she could become Labour leader after the election.

CEO Howard Zemsky staunchly defended the program amid sharp questions, insisting the ad money was being spent to bolster the «perception» New York had turned around its business climate.

They should ask him some sharp questions.

But Hagel will face some sharp questions about his views on key issues.

There is a sharp question to be answered by pro-private school choice state policymakers: Are 529s for K - 12 the place to spend school choice dollars?

Known as acquitted and uncharged conduct sentencing, the practice is raising a sharp question among legal scholars: Should federal judges dole out tougher sentences based on accusations that jurors rejected or never heard during trial?