Sentences with phrase «subject of debate over»

«There is no doubt that tax has become an important subject of debate over the past several weeks and I think it's important to share that the emotion of the issue has taken us a bit by surprise,» Engskov added.

Not exact matches

He said he was glad that the presidential candidates at least mentioned the word «cybersecurity» during the debate instead of ignoring the subject, but he expressed dismay over Trump's comments that a recent hack into the Democratic National Committee's servers could have involved «somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.»

But it's also become a magnet for anti-Trump protesters and the subject of an ethics debate over his invitation to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to join him this weekend — with Trump pledging to pay for the accommodations.

The adoption of cryptocurrency in the Muslim world and — in particular — the Middle East, has been the subject of heated debate over the last few months.

This is a subject that's been hotly debated over the years, but the most recent data seems to suggest that organic click - through rates (the percentage of people who see your entry in SERPs and click through to your site) does have a direct and significant bearing on the ranking of your site.

Neither involved a nearly 5 - mile - long underwater segment in the Straits of Mackinac, the channel that connects Lakes Michigan and Huron, which received several dents from a suspected tugboat anchor strike last month and is the subject of public debate over its safety.

Where debate on the subject of religion versus secularism is concerned, it's always easy to find voices shrieking over the banishment of religion and Christianity from American life, and claims the nation is morally bankrupt because of the success progressives have had with marginalizing or outlawing religious practices.

And further, ask yourself why we should have to rely on very stale, thousands - of - years - old, many - versioned old text, that is only reasonably subject to debates over its meaning.

Also ask yourself, regarding the text that we clearly disagree about, why we should have to rely on very stale, thousands - of - years - old, multiply - translated and re-transcribed old text, that is only reasonably subject to debates over its meaning.

The exact mechanisms by which bacteria reach the mammary gland have been the subject of much debate over the years.

Although Churchill and the crisis of May 1940 is a subject almost over written by many authors, David Owen in Cabinet's Finest Hour The Hidden Agenda of May 1940 (University of Chicago Press) uses Cabinet papers as well as private ones to explore the debate over whether to seek a negotiated peace.

While the debate is over approval of the Green Code, Monday night's protest rally and then Common Council hearing show the over-arching plan for Buffalo's new zoning and development rules is subject to attack on the specifics.

As «man's best friend» and closest companion animal, the researchers believe that the latest results may offer a new piece of the puzzle over the reported significant decline in human semen quality — a controversial subject which scientists continue to debate.

But few have noted that the idea at the core of the book, M - theory, is the subject of an ongoing scientific debate — specifically over the very aspect of the theory that might scrap the need for a divine creator.

The panel, which will begin meeting next week, includes several prominent players from both sides of the ongoing debate over whether recent curricular reforms provide students with enough mathematical rigor while also fostering a deeper understanding of the subject.

Teenage bodies burdened with chemicals The debate over the safety of cosmetic ingredients was reignited in September when the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a Washington, D.C.â $ «based nonprofit, published a report on the subject.

The magazine's January cover surfaced on our forums over the weekend and we are currently debating Anna Wintour's choice of cover subject.

«And disagreements over complex policy issues remain the subject of spirited, although increasingly civil, debate.

This involved over thirty students in a conference room at UniSA for two days, researching, debating, discussing and providing comprehensive plans for the teaching of this subject in their respective schools.

Assembly Bill 484, which has been approved by the Assembly and is currently being debated in a state Senate committee, would eliminate all of the California Standardized Tests that high school students would have taken over the 2013 - 2014 academic year — tests in subjects like history, algebra, chemistry and physics.

In addition to debate over their technical merit, one generally agreed - upon and significant drawback of value - added measures is that they can only apply to teachers in tested grades and subjects.

The crisis was the subject of heated parliamentary debate last week, with Teresa May's government struggling on multiple fronts to defend the idea of public services contracting, launch a convincing investigation of what happened, take credible steps to deal with what is widely seen as compensation - gouging by the company's directors, the perception of sweetheart contracts extended to a struggling company, continuing doubtsabout official and company conflicts of interest, and about the impact of still - undetermined huge taxpayer losses — not least over underfunded pensions that have now come onto its books.

This can involve attention to some important period in the over two - thousand - year - long history of the subject or a study of more recent debates; and in tutorials and written work you acquire by practice the skill of advancing cogent and informed arguments of your own...

It shares the border with the US and the Ontario real estate market has long been the subject of heated debate because of Toronto and other cities that have experienced widespread growth in the real estate sector over the last few years.

The general real estate market of Ontario is the subject of much debate as its cities and towns have experienced major growth in real estate over the last couple of years.

Over the years, changes to the themes, mechanics, and other systems have often been the subject of debate among fans.

It provoked debate on tricky subjects like finance — in the UK men were six times more likely than women to earn over # 60k a year, in the US designers were more likely to describe themselves as financially comfortable, and across both sides of the Atlantic designers disagreed with free pitching.

From then on they were the subject of a widely conducted debate over the goal and future of painting, charged with emotions that erupted in numerous articles such as «The End of Painting» or «Last Exit: Painting».

Since the ascendance of the term «identity politics» into mainstream discourse in the 1980s, the debate, vitriol, and confusion over what it means to acknowledge our unique subject - positions in the world is enough to drive one away from using the term at all.

In this state of relative non-recognition within the discourse and debate around art and culture in general, the subject of the «reductive» as a possible antithesis to the overpowering reintroduction of representational painting and at the same time to the emergence of the focus on new media, technology and photography, has regained considerable strength over the last decade within an international frame of cultural production and commerce, as well as through the firmly held lone positions of artists like Mosset, Charlton, Armleder, Morellet, Palermo and others throughout the 80's and 90's.

I regret deeply that the attacks on me now appear to have spilled over onto other scientists who have dared to question the degree to which human activities might be causing dangerous global warming, a topic that ought rightly be the subject of rigorous open debate, not personal attack.

These coordinates are forced over any story about the climate, which dares to raise the subject of the climate debate, rather than the inevitable doom.

Besides, FREE BEER, there are lots of subjects were scientists are in agreement were THE DEBATE IS OVER, such as scientific observations that the Earth is round, the Earth revolves around the sun, the law of gravity, dinosaurs once existed, the Cubs will never win the World Series (Oops, sorry that is the agreement among St. Louis scientists), smoking causes cancer, and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969.

Like constitutions, these apparently simple Principles are open to interpretation and subject to debate, as I was to learn as over the course of the next four weeks.

You're trying to have a debate over science with people a high proportion of whom know very little about the subject; who have no idea what the basic threads of debate are, and who fantastic notions of both the scientific community and are bombarded by all sorts of misinformation about the political world (e.g. anyone to the left of Milton Friedman is a Marxist).

Here is their description of the work: The influence of solar variability on Earth's climate over centennial to millennial time scales is the subject of considerable debate.

Compared to building a «pretty good house» I continue to wonder at the economics of Passive Houses; Tim and I will again debate that subject over a few beers after we journey to Philly for the week after Christmas.

The accuracy of computer models that predict climate change over the coming decades has been the subject of debate among politicians, environmentalists and even scientists.

Deciding which infrared cooling model to include in the climate models has been the subject of considerable debate over the years.

These issues have been the subject of debate among policymakers, academics, think tanks and in the media for over 20 years.

The «seeding of the oceans» with iron as a «quick fix» to climate change has been the subject of much debate over recent years, with some companies going as far as commercialising the selling the concept in exchange for carbon credits.

Charles Komanoff of the Carbon Tax Center echoes Patterson's pessimism, especially as it contrasts with the bulk of the debate over the subject in the United States.

And though not as widely read as the encyclical, it too has been the subject of discussion and debate in news outlets the world over.

The news magazine highlights the debate over the Renewable Fuel Standard, which will be the subject of an upcoming House hearing.

The future of articling has been subject of much debate over the last year.

«For over one and a half centuries, the annual Gracious Address has been drafted inside Government and agreed by the Cabinet far from the public arena, but I believe that it is right, in the interests of good and open government and public debate, that each year the Prime Minister make a summer statement to the House so that initial thinking, previously private, can be the subject of widespread and informed public debate.»

It was the subject of an intense and often bitter debate, stretched over two days, among members of the law society.

The trust's value to investors has been subject to debate, as its shares have traded at a significant premium over the net asset value (NAV) of the underlying asset.

The adoption of cryptocurrency in the Muslim world and — in particular — the Middle East, has been the subject of heated debate over the last few months.

Each professional had their own opinions on subjects such as the importance of listing GPA, objective statement, and the ever - raging debate over one page vs. multiple page résumés.