Sentences with phrase «took particular issue»

The initial report, published by The Information, took particular issue with the involvement of Weta Workshop in one of Magic Leap's earliest demo reels.

«Lois Miller, the retired executive director of Independent Living Nova Scotia, a group dedicated to assisting people with disabilities, took particular issue with the government's focus on advocating for change that would not be onerous to businesses or create more red tape.»

The Center for Biological Diversity took particular issue with the way the agency calculated methane's potency.

Bill McKibben, co-founder of the nonprofit climate advocacy group 350.org, took particular issue with Exxon Mobil's assertion that it remained confident that the supply - and - demand equation for petroleum would remain in its favor, even in an era of generally tightening carbon regulation.

Both the board and Adams took particular issue with the condominiums planned on the armory site, which would be built on a portion of the building sold off to project developers BFC Partners.

They took particular issue with one excerpt in the book claiming the buses were «reported to be falling short in their fuel consumption and emission figures, in some cases worryingly.»

Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi, who was on hand at the Yulman Theater last night, took particular issue with Blakeman's attacks.

Limbaugh took particular issue with the Pope's criticism of the «culture of prosperity,» which the pontiff called a «mere spectacle» for the many people who can't afford to participate.

Trump took particular issue with the idea that people who'd fled to the U.S. after disasters hit their homes in places such as El Salvador, Guatemala and Haiti would be allowed to stay as part of the deal, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to publicly describe the discussion.

He takes particular issue with doctrines ratified by popes down the centuries, such as the immaculate conception (the belief that Mary was born free from original sin) which, in his view, have no basis in scripture.

The report takes particular issue with the Cuomo administration's claims when it comes to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit and Foundation Aid funding.

His statement was released shortly after Mayor Bill de Blasio convened a Gracie Mansion press conference with Mr. Bratton to assail the recent news reports surrounding Mr. Banks» resignation and tension among NYPD brass and City Hall — with the mayor and commissioner taking particular issue with a New York Post story that reported Chirlane McCray, Mr. de Blasio's wife, was furious about Mr. Banks» departure, and never trusted Mr. Bratton and fought his appointment.

Reacting to Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State message earlier this month, Democratic Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner of Washington and Saratoga Counties said she was encouraged by the governor's promises for education funding, but she did take particular issue with one aspect of the plan.

Smolin takes particular issue with two tenets of present - day physics: the claim that time as we know it emerges from some deeper set of laws, like the quantum cosmological equations Albrecht works with, and the belief that our universe is just one of many.

Bates takes particular issue with the way Karl handled land temperature data in the Science study which addressed the so - called «climate hiatus.»

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The claim takes particular issue with the collection of metadata, which it claims is potentially even be more revealing than the contents of private communications because it allows for a profile to be created of the individuals involved,

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«I have given him that credit because Donald Trump has taken a very, very strong, hard line on the denuclearization issue and he has been able to bring in the support of the global community and, in particular, China,» Turnbull told a televised news conference, referring to «overwhelming» economic ties between China and North Korea.

If you can not, take a hard look at that particular employee, ask what may be wrong, and take necessary action to address the issue.

The New York Times: China Assails U.S. «Arrogance» in Report on Religious Freedom The United States has issued its annual report on religious freedom around the world, taking particular aim at repression and crackdowns in China, North Korea and Myanmar.

And yet, when the gifted musician / author Jeremy Begbie reviewed art historian Dan Siedell's book God in the Gallery in the current issue of Image, Begbie appeared - ever so subtly - to take issue that Dan Siedell, in a book about art, limited himself to «one particular current within the Nicene river, the Eastern Orthodox tradition... and the council of Niceae (787 CE), the conference which established the orthodoxy of icons.»

Now I can take delight in enjoying a novel, in writing a poem, and not feel so guilty when there on my desk sits the latest theological study on a particular issue.

Jesus» answer refers to this particular issue, and can not be taken as a general guide to all the problems of political responsibility.

Did Jesus in fact take this particular stand on this particular issue?

Others might have a different take in the sense of holding a particular view about life issues.

Many acting like the Three Wise Monkeys on this particular issue if they believe and have that much faith in their bibles they should take it all and all signs not just take the bits they like or fits situations?

They attend to scripture; struggle to discern the gospel's call and demand on them and their congregations in particular contexts; lead worship, preach and teach; respond to requests for help of all kinds from myriad people in need; live with children, youth and adults through life cycles marked by both great joy and profound sadness; and take responsibility for the unending work of running an organization with buildings, budgets, and public relations and personnel issues.

The same is true of many religious laws, though possibly not some of the particular ones that we of this time might take issues with.

Hi Ella, such a great post thank you, do you mind me asking is there anything in particular you take that helps your gut / stomach issues x

«So it's not surprising that it's taking time and there are particular issues that will be difficult to resolve.

(iv) the water access entitlement is granted, issued or authorised after the Basin Plan first takes effect and is granted, issued or authorised in accordance with the Basin Plan and the water resource plan for the water resources of the water resource plan area, or for the particular part of the water resources of the area; and

Wenger has a particular issue with the scheduling of the Copa America, where Sanchez will aim to take hosts Chile all the way to the final in Santiago on July 4.

«With this particular group of kids, there's been a lot of behavioral issues, and they just didn't seem to take school very seriously,» said Fairmont's assistant principal, Anthony Wilkinson.

All the real action was taking place in the secretive corridors of Westminster, and especially in Gordon Brown's office, where rebel Labour MPs were being ushered to receive promises about their particular issues.

The Institution is taking particular interest in IT, communications, energy, manufacturing, education and research issues, and is seeking to play a major role in influencing government policy in these areas.

In particular, Cox takes issue with Ellison's position on Israel which he says «should be of deep concern to all Americans.»

Sunder, One of the problems with the internet debates, especially those around controversial or hotly contested issues, is that the parties very often do not actually appear to engage with each other at all - they merely stand on their own ground shouting to the world about their particular take on a point and fail to actually listen to what others are saying... the classic examples of this is the «debate» about the promotion of women in the European elections and the «debate» about grammar schools - both on Conservative Home.

Praise also goes to every Assembly Member — Democrat and Republican — who took this issue on, in particular Hakeem Jeffries, and Mike Gianaris when he was in that chamber.»

Assembly Democrats are still holding out hope for a post-budget deal on the rent laws, although Skelos is taking a hard line on that particular issue at the moment.

People are most likely seeking your campaign out for information about a particular issue and / or a way to take action in favor of or against a position on an issue.

For a start, let's talk action rates: for most nonprofits, getting 3 - 5 % of their email list members to take a particular action is pretty good, meaning for instance that a list of 100,000 people should generate several thousand emails to Congress on a given issue.

In particular, he singled out the high cost property taxes and the main cost - driver, public employee pensions, taking issue with DiNapoli's office pointing to a record - high return for the fund at the end of the 2013 - 14 fiscal year.

It may take years before someone realizes that a particular issue, and the communications surrounding it, are of import.

Aliyu said: «Most of the issues that you see us (governors) taking positions on, which many people (elites in particular) are not happy about, were issues that needed to be corrected.

Occasionally where we have concerns about a particular type of agency operation, we might go in as part of our routine audits of state agencies, and take a look at this issue.

According to a copy of the proposed rules obtained by the Times Union, the board's four commissioners would have to approve each subpoena issued by Sugarman, a change that could impact her ability to take investigations in particular directions.

He also said she would raise the minimum wage across the nation, reduce students» college debt and take on issues particular to cities — affordable housing, mass transit, repairing roads and bridges, policing reform and immigration reform.

Savino said again he had no recollection of talking to Mangano about the loan, and he emphatically denied that Mangano would have pressured him to take a particular position on the issue.

However, as a faculty member and graduate advisor, I take issue with some of Julio's comments in particular.

In particular, Roughgarden, an evolutionary biologist at Stanford University in California, takes issue with sexual selection, the portion of evolutionary theory that seeks to explain why male peacocks have big, showy tails, why eggs are bigger than sperm, and...