Sentences with phrase «under public pressure»

Testing an interactionist perspective on the relationship between personality traits and performance under public pressure

In the 2000s, under public pressure, EU fleets stopped fishing in coastal waters off much of West Africa, except Mauritania and Morocco.

Under public pressure, Cuomo lifted the 90 - day automatic deletion policy — but only after thousands of messages had already been killed.

He's not the only manager under public pressure right now though.

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A lot of times companies or brands are taken over or go public and they're suddenly under pressure to make it new and fresh to placate investors.

Congress considered removing or capping this tax break, but changed their minds under heavy pressure from lobbyists and the public.

Daniel Feldman, a special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan under Obama, said the Obama administration found it more effective to pressure Islamabad over safe havens «in private than in public, and to keep the long - standing Indo - Pak rivalry from playing out in Afghanistan».

They'll be forced to rethink their practices under mounting litigation filed by cities, counties, and states, not to mention growing public pressure.

Among the people who've left or announced departures, either under pressure or for other reasons, are seven executives who had reported to Mr. Kalanick: SVP of Business Emil Michael, who is one of Mr. Kalanick's best friends and was the second-most powerful person at the company; ridesharing president Jeff Jones (ostensibly the No. 2 executive for Uber's core business); head of growth Ed Baker; engineering vice president Amit Singhal; communications and public policy chief Rachel Whetstone; head of finance Gautam Gupta; and Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's autonomous vehicles program, who was fired amid theft allegations made against him by his former employer.

He has been under pressure for his aggressive management style, and had acknowledged he needed leadership help after a video of him berating an Uber driver became public.

But rather than caving under the pressure, Hogg and his friends have flourished, using humor, restraint, and public pressure to engage strategically with their trolls.

The NRA has come under considerable public pressure for the influence its lobbying has cultivated in Washington, D.C..

Management at a public company is under a great deal of pressure to meet quarterly earnings forecasts, because falling slightly short can cause a significant drop in the stock price.

The Liberal government, under pressure from the Wet» suwet» en Nation, New Democrats and the general public, passed a regulation on Tuesday, however Donaldson said a regulation can be reversed by a signature from a Liberal cabinet member at any time.

Coming off a year wracked with public scandal, Khosrowshahi is under a great deal of pressure to turn the company around in 2018.

Co-presented by Scotiabank and KPMG, the WXN awards celebrate and highlight the professional achievements of women across the country in the private, public and not - for - profit sectors at a time when corporate Canada is under growing pressure to promote more female leaders into senior management and corporate director roles.

The strategy forced the directors of CIA and IRS to reply, and finally — after all this time — wrung a down - in - the - mouth public apology from Clarence Kelley, the FBI head who has been under pressure from the ranks of bureau faithful not to confess Hoover's wrongdoing.

In that year, the FCC released a programming statement in which they concluded, under a good deal of pressure from particular groups) that no public - interest basis was to be served by distinguishing between sustaining - time programs (those broadcast on free air - time) and commercially sponsored programs in evaluating a station's performance in the public interest.

Under the pressure of public opinion and mobilization of activists, they had to abandon plans to negotiate this agreement in the framework of the OECD, but discussions will resume in the framework of the World Trade Organization.

In any kind of hard work (especially work that takes place in public and often under considerable pressure), it is our natural human tendency to attend primarily to our own performance, to our own action, to what we ourselves are doing, to how well we are performing — and, perhaps especially, to how other people think we are doing.

In the face of a threat to public order, those with public power and the responsibility for maintaining peace, even if they care about justice, as Pilate did, are sometimes under pressure to sacrifice justice — and with it, all pretense of determining whose views are correct when it comes to life's big questions.

The attacking talent has come under pressure from his club's fans, having made his desire to join a bigger club public, and he has reaffirmed his stance on wishing to leave.

British women have the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world because they are being put under pressure to resume their old routines as quickly as possible after birth, a leading public health academic has said.

But I know what intense pressure the public schools are under — it's challenging to get everything in.

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I suspect Hannan in particular has taken himself off - air during the campaign, presumably under pressure from Dave's people - he is too much the poster - boy for the Barmy Right for them to want him in the public eye too much.

Haruna Iddrisu since last month appeared to have come under some pressure from persons within the party to run as flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2020 general elections or make his stance on who he will support public.

We can now expect to inherit an economy with families under real financial pressure, businesses that have lost vital opportunities to invest, and public finances in poor shape, despite deep cuts to vital public services.

Ninety four per cent of public spending cuts are yet to hit the UK, and the public sector is due to come under more pressure in the next few years.

Members of the public may feel under pressure to provide an answer that is deemed to be more publicly acceptable, or «politically correct».

The public matching program was approved in the state budget in 2014 as a compromise with Senate Republicans and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was under pressure that year from good - government advocates and public - financing supporters to create a public financing system.

The Philippino authorities can under same public pressure.

«This will exert yet more pressure on a jobs market that is buckling under the strains of contractions in economic growth and public sector employment.

So Conference, at a time when the public services that pensioners rely on are under such pressure, we can not continue paying the winter fuel allowance to the richest five per cent of pensioners.

Under intense public pressure, the Presidency, ordered the company to cough up the excess funds it unjustly took from the state.

«There will be a comprehensive programme to address the pressures that working people are under,» said McDonnell, promising to address pay and public services cuts, with a budget by mid-July.

They wrote that the McDonnell ruling did hold that exerting pressure on another public official to perform an official act qualifies as an official act under bribery statutes.

Meanwhile pressure continues to build against Coughlan, who has been under fire since April over retweets he sent from his personal Twitter account, including one made public this week that stated, «Unless you're my wife don't call them «our» children.

Commisso implied Monday that some poll respondents might have felt pressured to support Sheehan under fear that their poll responses could be seen by the incumbent or siomehow made public.

But Lopez and Silver have been under increased pressure since last week, when reports from Special Prosecutor Daniel Donovan and the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics detailed allegations involving four female staffers.

But he said his group, which has been under intense pressure from progressives to return to the fold since the election of President Trump, is «ready to move forward,» but only if any final agreement is based on a legislative agenda that includes passage of a bill to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.

Cuomo also said he has overwhelming support from unions, even though the state's AFL - CIO — a labor coalition encompassing 2.5 million workers — declined to endorse him under pressure from teachers and public employees.

Six months later, on the House floor, every member of the Progressive Caucus wilted under pressure and voted for a healthcare bill with no public option at all.

As with the above, HMRC is also under pressure from the public to see more companies and partnerships prosecuted — in particular those who fail to prevent their staff and agents from criminally facilitating third party tax evasion.

It also comes as Cuomo comes under increasing pressure from liberal and progressive advocacy groups that are part of a well - funded campaign to push for public financing.

Government is under enormous public pressure to resolve its persistent energy challenges sooner rather than later.

The Greater Accra regional passport office has in recent times come under intense pressure and criticisms from the general public on the poor service rendered to applicants.Source: Tv3network.com

In one of the first public appearances of his post-presidency, Barack Obama will accept the Centennial John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this spring for a career of «grace under pressure» and «exceptional dignity and courage,» receiving the honor on the special occasion of the 100th anniversary of Kennedy's birth.

But when public services are under pressure, it is those people who do not have the luxury of being able to afford the alternatives who are most vulnerable,» she wrote.

Under growing pressure from lawmakers and the public to reveal more about the spread of covert Russian propaganda on Facebook, the company said it's turning over more than 3,000 Russia - linked ads to congressional committees investigating the Kremlin's influence operation during the 2016 presidential campaign.