Sentences with phrase «very public call»

It has issued a very public call for states and metropolitan areas to make their best pitches.

Not exact matches

I expect, however, that there will be three first - order effects that will be very similar to those that followed the BP spill: 1) increased public consciousness of the dangers inherent in transporting oil and oil products and more aversion to having these products moved nearby; 2) increased calls for alternatives to oil rather than alternative means of transporting oil; and 3) decreased trust in regulators» and firms» abilities to sufficiently mitigate risks from transporting oil.

Unlike the public trashing that other women have gotten when accusing powerful men in the past — think Anita Hill, called «nutty» and «slutty» in 1991 or the long line of Bill Cosby accusers who, until very recently, were dismissed as gold diggers — Carlson's claims that Ailes ogled her and forced her out when she rebuffed him were taken seriously, listened to, and investigated.

The enhanced industrial paint used in both public urination - plagued cities is called Ultra-Ever Dry, the very same nanotech coating that made Nissan's recent self - cleaning car prototype possible.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

They got the slap on the wrists they deserved as a wake up call to the real world, which is very very skiddish about people practicing foreign religions on an airplane in public.

This is just the beginning, I personally will call you out in public or anywhere you flaunt your ridiculous «beliefs» which are just nonsense to say the very least.

I am weary of an American public that is all too willing to accept the lies and half - truths instead of thinking for themselves or calling themselves Christians too and are a too willing to demonize the very people they should be helping.

Since public opinion, or world opinion, or the opinion of governments in general has become a powerful factor in the situation, and since the West must depend very much on capturing the opinion and the sympathy of what might be called the uncommitted powers, our future is going to depend on the kind of internationalism which does not attempt to freeze the existing situation in a legalistic manner but takes the lead in predicting and preparing the necessary changes in the status quo.

Consequently, because women are rejecting the idea that family itself is more important than one's own physical well - being, the violence that has been hidden for centuries is finally being talked about, and emerging into public view, And that's the very sore «problem» called «family violence» of which we're becoming increasingly aware.

the government should move immediately to suspend the church's tax exempt status until they cough up every single pedophile priest — and every bishop or grand poobah or whatever they call the guys who consistently protect these priests — so they can face a very public trial and hard time in federal prison, where they can have all the man - on - man they want.

Indeed, or so it seems to me, it was in this feature called «The Public Square» where he most copiously displayed his very special literary gift.

I think I will refrain from commenting too much on a public blog but I question anyone's scholarship who goes on CNN and calls Obama «socialist» and has ties to some very conservative organizations.

As Woolies learnt last year with its disastrous ANZAC campaign, and as ALDI is discovering now after refusing to heed the call to phase out caged eggs (as Woolworths and Coles are doing), the consequences of alienating consumers are very real — and very public.»

The wider public have to demand this type of pieces that are very original and supported by facts, emotion and logical development of ideas.The main stream medias like sky sports and BT have to start inviting individual bloggers and fans of different clubs in the premier league and champions league pre, mid and after match discussions rather than sticking to the so called «pundits» who are vomiting their rotten, ill fated and unbalanced views.

How awful... I can't believe somebody actually called her, NOT for a refund, but just to whinge at this poor woman for not including such very personal information in a public advertisement.

Many women i know BF in public and rarely if ever get called on it, maybe Northeastern US is just a very accepting place to BF publicly.

John Holt, who was for a time a public school teacher, was very influential in fostering and molding what is now generally called «unschooling.»

The report also called into question the government's «health premium», which is supposed to focus funding on specific, often deprived, areas with very poor public health.

Interestingly, we haven't heard a PUBLIC word from Skelos since Klein's big reveal, although Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous went on Talk 1300 this morning with the NY Post's Fred Dicker and called Klein's coalition government statement «very powerful,» without either confirming or denying that talks to form a coalition are actually underway.

In a remarkable public break with one of his earliest political supporters, Trump said that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation that has dogged his presidency, calling the decision «very unfair to the president.»

But among the very worst is the so - called plan to desegregate public schools.

Klein called the proposal a «very exciting development» but added the new Democratic coalition majority would need to be able to pass a range of issues sought by the left, including bolstering abortion rights, single - payer health care and the public financing of campaigns.

After lunching today with NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, former Staten Island BP Guy Molinari says the so - called GOP «dream» candidate for NYC mayor won't be running in 2013, explaining: «He has been in the public sector for a very long time.

In a statement, the White House called Yates, an Obama administration holdover with 27 years of experience prosecuting corrupt public officials and the man who bombed the Atlanta Olympic park, «weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration.»

Editorial pages from New York City to Buffalo are calling for reform measures, and good government groups say Governor Cuomo, who came into office vowing to win back the public trust, may find his very legacy in jeopardy.

«For instance, the proposal for a new state pension Tier 6 with dramatically reduced benefits and increased employee costs is called a reform, but would be very destructive to public service.

Citizen Action of New York's Karen Scharff agreed, saying his new language» is very much tied into his call for ending the inequality gap and raising the minimum wage... Public funding of elections is not only a way to end corruption but to give ordinary New Yorkers a voice in our elections.»

«Isn't this part of a much bigger issue which is there is growing anger in what she calls the court of public opinion not just about the pension and renumeration of what are now public sector employees but about other public sector fat cats including senior civil servants and dare I say it ministers about their very lavish and generous pension?»

It is always dangerous dealing with people who may be intelligent without depth, shrewd without vision, jocular without humour.People whose friends don't like him and courageously describe them as cold and pompous.We heard Kennedy Agyepong openly insult every soul in the Npp including the flagbearer, we heard him call on Akans to wipe off Gas and Ewes from Ghana and heard Osafo Marfo one personality I hitherto admired so much, declare citizens from some particular regions unfit to occupy the executive seat.Nana did not find these inhuman and obnoxious outbursts as insulting, didn't find it expedient bringing these henchmen to order.We heard Ursula who is a spiritual confidant of Nana painfully say on public platform that had it not been free education, many of our northern appointees would have been managers of cows not human beings.This was how far people who are very close to him went.Antwi another close associate courageously referred to Fantes as «fickle minded» fit only for concert shows.

Cuomo has a reputation for making very frequent phone calls, but you wouldn't be able to tell from public records.

A mental health expert has called for urgent action to discontinue the increasing abuse of the strong pain reliever, Tramadol, which has become very popular among the public, particularly the youth.

He called it «a clash between a very lucrative profit - making opportunity and a very serious public safety hazard.»

«That will not likely happen, but I am on the public record very clearly calling for that action to take place,» Higgins said.

The public employees unions are fighting Paterson's furlough plan in court and reacted very negatively to his call for a wage freeze.

«When I called for a not - for - profit public option during my first House race in 2006, in a two - to - one Republican district, it became very clear to me that this is not a partisan issue.

«Supplementing wages may be something that we very much want to do, but to call it a public purpose is a stretch.»

It perhaps also shows that the general public cared very little about the leadership election, as far as details (the so called policies) are concerned.

Sasse, a historian with a PhD from Yale, had called «the timing of this firing very troubling» and praised Comey as «an honorable public servant.»

The Coalition for Public Trained Registered Nurses and Midwives in a statement, described as «very sad» government's plan to recruit them under the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo), calling on members to reject the move.

«We have seen a public announcement in Channels Television about Anambra State governorship debate and the calls other parties are getting from within and outside the country is very worrisome.

«On this note, we the Concern Group condemned in very strong term Dino Melaye's assault on Senator Oluremi Tinubu and therefore call on him to tender unreserved public apology to the hallowed chamber of the Senate and more importantly to the person of Senator Oluremi Tinubu and the entire Nigerians which he has brought into great disrepute.»

Industry also pays more attention to what Clemmons calls «window dressing» policies — policies that affect their public image but may not run very deep — than academia, because any negative publicity may hurt a business's bottom line.

These so - called Novel Data Streams (NDS) are very appealing to public health surveillance officials due to their ease of collection.

They said information from the government was often presented to the public in a «very technical way» and rarely included any type of call to action.

He calls the survey questions «very blunt instruments not designed to capture public understanding» of the two topics.

The case for action rests on the realization that for the first time since the beginning of the Enlightenment era in the mid-17th century, the very idea of science as a way to establish a common book of knowledge about the world is being broadly called into question by heavily financed public relations campaigns.

«We are indeed very worried and our article is a call for global action from the scientific community at large and from the public and policymakers to prevent this.»

And then they set up — very quickly to allay the fears of the public — something called the Ashby Commission.

It's called «The Doctor's Chocolate» and is supplied to the public by True Healthy Products, a very fine ethical company in Florida.