Sentences with phrase «sparked fierce»

President Donald Trump, who has reveled in his confrontational style with the news media, sparked fierce debate Sunday over whether he is inciting violence against journalists by posting a doctored video clip showing him bashing the head of a figure...

The debate over the possible existence of a warming slowdown has sparked fierce scientific controversy over the past two decades.

The proposal sparked fierce opposition from faculty and students at the University of California - Berkeley, which will host the institute.

In 1988, Mapplethorpe's major retrospective exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, which included sexually explicit images depicting homoerotic and sadomasochistic subjects, sparked a fierce on - going public debate in America about censorship, the public funding for the arts and the definition of art itself.

Edelblut's nomination sparked fierce public debate, mirroring the outcry over President Donald Trump's nomination of school choice advocate and wealthy GOP donor Betsy DeVos to lead the federal education department.

The education provisions sparked fierce resistance from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and the powerful statewide teachers union, which mounted an almost nonstop effort over the past few days to block them.

Nearly four years after a front - page story in The New York Times sparked a fierce debate by suggesting that charter school students nationally were lagging academically behind their peers in regular public schools, the national testing program that informed the controversy has generated far more data for researchers and advocates to scrutinize.

After being dormant for a lengthy stretch of time, it seems the poor reception to Inafune's Mighty No. 9 has sparked a fierce desire to return to the classic Mega Man series — as such, an eleventh title in the core series is well on its way later in 2018.

When the International Astronomical Union changed its definition of what constitutes a planet in our solar system in 2006, demoting hapless Pluto to a dwarf planet, the decision sparked fierce scientific debate and an outcry from the public.

The unprecedented decision by the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) has sparked fierce criticism and strong support.

Frankel took the example of the avian flu research that in 2011 sparked a fierce debate about whether it should be published, given that it identified mutations that could make the H5N1 virus much more transmittable to humans.

Trump's attack on Gillibrand sparked a fierce backlash, as critics said the president made an outlandish and sexually suggestive accusation against the Senate's foremost fighter against sexual harassment.

The 2012 Health and Social Care Act saw major changes to the way the health service is organised but the plans sparked fierce criticism from the start.

The potential impact of a plan proposed by Trump on legal immigration has sparked fierce Democratic opposition and appears it may sink chances for a bipartisan deal in Congress.

The 18 - year - old rejected Milan's offer last week, and that decision sparked a fierce backlash from supporters who were hugely disappointed and frustrated with his response.

An attempt by the dairy industry to counter Veganuary via a social media campaign sparked fierce resistance on social media.

The video of her talk went viral and sparked a fierce debate among evangelicals about their role in the movement.

The decision by the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong to allow dual - class shares just one week ago has sparked fierce debate here.

The news sparked a fierce backlash among work - life balance advocates who saw the changes as sexist and anti-family.

Health systems, genetically modified anything, gluten, vaccinating children — these are all things that spark fierce arguments.

The allure of becoming the next big gaming star is already sparking fierce competition to get into the market, said David Ng, head of Super Generation Investment, which owns the EDG e-sports team.

Juan Cuadrado doubled Fiorentina's lead from the spot in the 12th minute after Guglielmo Stendardo was harshly adjudged to have fouled Gomez, sparking fierce Atalanta protests.

* / Drawing connections between the past and present often sparks fierce debates within the American political landscape.

Emotions run high in this film, and the actors are up to the challenge: Grief sparks fierce anger; fear nearly gets in the way of hope and love.

Having gone where no woman (who wasn't an aspiring or actual transsexual) has gone for any significant length of time, let alone eighteen months, Norah Vincent's surprising account is an enthralling reading experience and a revelatory piece of anecdotally based gender analysis that is sure to spark fierce and fascinating conversation.

With millions of credit card transaction occurring each day, there is a lot of money to be made which sparks fierce competition.

It is a debate that never seems to deflate and always sparks fierce discussions.

An assault on environmental laws and regulations will spark fierce, organized resistance, just as it did during the Bush years.

Such questions already are sparking fierce lobbying fights among industries in Europe.

In a relatively short period of time, the debate over patent reform has transformed an arcane, low - salience issue into one that sparks fierce controversy and national headlines.

Not exact matches

The spark that ignited this fierce competition can be traced back almost thirty - five years to the 1984 edition of the Monaco Grand Prix, and the politically charged decision to throw out the red flag when it was clear that the young Brazilian charger was about ruffle some feathers!

In our post bag this month: the unitary authority debate sparks anger, fierce resistance to compulsory voting and Parliament isn't all about the commons

Although one of the land swaps enjoys wide support, the other has sparked controversy and a fierce debate among environmentalists.

During the past decade, much of Australia was gripped by a fierce dry spell that sparked stringent water rationing measures throughout the southern and eastern parts of the country.

Only 17 at the time of her audition, she was one of that year's youngest competitors; as the competition winded down in May 2007, Sparks found her fiercest competition eliminated, and was eventually crowned the next American Idol.

Sharbino and Gregg are joined in the cast by Felicity Huffman as a fierce producer and Paul Sparks as Lydia's drunken father.

The Enterprise crew ventures to an uninhabited region of Kronos, where they hide their affiliation in an effort to avoid sparking an all - out war with the fierce and touchy Klingons.

Sparks seems likeable enough, but the fierce, sexy Ejogo easily outclasses her.

I won't tell you the rest of that story, needless to say her eyes would spark and her speech would slow down and even though she is propa tiny compared to me — you know when a woman is fierce!