The phrase
"urgent question" means a pressing or important query that needs to be answered quickly or immediately.
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We were asking
urgent questions about whether women, people of color, religious minorities, immigrants, would ever be treated with dignity and respect.
For many sensitive people this is the most
urgent question of all today, and they often look in vain to theology for some assistance.
The
most urgent question today's column raises is not about Will, but about how media organizations decide how to present science to the public.
To answer
such urgent questions, scientists need exponentially more data than they have collected so far.
The rise of Muslim minority populations
makes urgent the question of international law: What is the appropriate treatment for religious minorities?
A public register of all
rejected urgent questions would be established, which would include the grounds for rejection justified by the criteria.
At this turning - point in history,
urgent questions present themselves when considering the artistic, social and political options available today.
His works
examine urgent questions of how brutality is embedded in institutional systems such as law enforcement, education, and the medical industry.
Spacious, eye - catching pages pack in a wealth of information about evolution over four billion years and link theories about dinosaur extinction to
urgent questions about global warming today.
The book casts long shadows and explores the most important,
urgent questions of desire, freedom, and identity.
Applying these advances will help to address
urgent questions on macroecological dynamics of temperate, mesic forests as climate change intensifies over the next century.
Even some Labour figures privately observe that Speaker John Bercow's willingness to
grant urgent questions is hampering the ability of government to function properly.
Reporters were quizzing experts at scientific meetings and telephoning them
with urgent questions about one or another discovery that was about to be published.
Chesterton, Lewis, and many capable, contemporary apologists seem to address more
urgent questions for the faithful in the modern world.
Most notable here is the biannual journal How to Sleep Faster, which
asks urgent questions such as «Is Survivalism humankind's only viable ideological position?»
Beautifully presented, the exhibition
addresses urgent questions of female sexuality, the male gaze in female dress and investigates the fault - line between the respectable and the obscene.
The artists
pose urgent questions about the systems of power that can devalue the lives of minorities in the United States.
As a physicist whose career is divided between universities in Pakistan and the US, Pervez Hoodbhoy's personal experiences have given him a unique insight into a number of
urgent questions at the very heart of this crisis.
The pair were in constant contact with Mr McBride, raising
urgent questions over what they knew of his brutal tactics.»
House of Commons Library statistics show that he has increased the number of
Urgent Questions taken in the House, although the average number of oral and supplementary parliamentary questions answered daily is little different than under Betty Boothroyd or Michael Martin.
Reform of the Assembly's
urgent question process, including a register of questions rejected by the Presiding Officer and the reason for rejection
The 2017 Biennial raises
urgent questions around race, violence, the ethics of representation, and the limits of empathy.
That's two month's running Fox has been hit by
urgent questions as his rushed strategic defence and securityreview (SDSR) continues to unravel.
Presented by the FOR - SITE Foundation in partnership with the National Park Service and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, the exhibition
explores urgent questions about human rights and freedom of expression and responds to the potent and layered history of Alcatraz as a place of detainment and protest.
The Neukom Chair will
investigate urgent questions surrounding diversity in the legal profession, as well as equal justice and opportunity, and will build on the Research Group in Legal Diversity's work to pursue a larger research program.
In a
Commons urgent question, Cooper said that May was partly culpable because Tpims are less stringent than the Labour control orders they replaced.
John Bercow has remarkably granted an emergency SO24 debate to Labour on money resolutions based on exact
same Urgent Question he granted to Afzal Khan last week.
Bercow is supported by many Labour MPs for his often interventionist role in helping MPs hold the government to account, regularly
allowing urgent questions — part of the reason why a number of Tories object to him.
The decision to drag the prime minister away from a speech in Milton Keynes to answer Labour's
urgent question reflected a new low in the relationship between the Conservatives and Speaker John Bercow, who made the decision.
The party's plans would see clear criteria to be used by the Presiding Officer when ruling on
urgent questions laid down in Standing Orders.
Passan sets out to learn why this epidemic has stricken the game, how it has affected players and whether it can be stopped — an
especially urgent question given the money teams spend on top wings.
In keeping with the New Museum's dedication to showcasing the most engaging new art from around the globe, «Here and Elsewhere» is the most recent in a series of exhibitions that have
introduced urgent questions and new aesthetics to US audiences.
The president of the jury, Manuel Borja - Villel has described the piece as «a powerful and disturbing installation that
poseses urgent questions about our time.»
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis
increasingly urgent questions arise that are related to neoliberal values seeping into almost every aspect of our lives.
What was created with Tech Helpline was a kind of virtual «Genius Bar» for real estate agents, who could connect with a trained tech expert by dialing a toll - free number, opening up a chat window online, or simply shooting out an email if they had a
less urgent question or need.
The Salisbury poisoning suddenly pitched them head to head this week in an early audition in front of Tory MPs for the top job: with Johnson answering Tugendhat's
Urgent Question on Tuesday and then Rudd's Commons statement on Tuesday.