Sentences with phrase «wake of protests»

UK government to seek capped fee agreements with its external law firms in wake of protests at Freshfields» # 2.8 m legal fees

In the wake of protests in Charlottesville, Va., and Boston earlier this month — and the Women's March in January — the size of which have not been seen since the Vietnam War era of the Seventies, the Whitney Museum's latest exhibition takes a creative approach to political and social activism, and how the past can inform the present.

On September 22, 2016, in an interview in the wake of protests over the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, Pittenger said that the violence in Charlotte stems from protesters who «hate white people because white people are successful and they're not.»

In the wake of protests and threats of strikes from a number of labour unions a few months ago, President Nana Addo told many agitating worker unions in the country that government is cash - strapped.

Coalition, which formed in the wake of the protests and carries the slogan, «This is a movement, not a moment.»

In the wake of the protest, he was interviewed by Ben Brown at the BBC and was the subject of an unpleasant comment piece by Richard Littlejohn in the Daily Mail.

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Votes on anti-piracy bills are placed on hold in the wake of dramatic online and in - person protests.

In the wake of last week's violent protest by alt - right groups in Charlottesville, more tech companies have disavowed relationships with extremist groups.

The move came after the manufacturing council witnessed an exodus of members in the wake of Trump's handling of the white - supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend.

Cooper recently wrote a candid op - ed article about race in the workplace in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests.

Formed in the wake of Trump's inauguration, The Resistance Revival Chorus are bringing protest songs to the women's revolution.

In the midst of his tweet - storm Monday night about the NFL's kneeling protests, US President Donald Trump took a minute to address the emergent humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Thousands of people are expected to attend the March for Our Lives protest in Washington, DC, on Saturday to advocate for gun control reform in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

In the wake of the fetal organ harvesting exposé, the pro-life movement mounted vigorous and continuing protests in front of Planned Parenthood clinics across the country.

The event was seen as hugely insensitive in the wake of the Parkland shootings, in which a gunman used a weapon similar to the AR - 15 rifle to take 17 lives and was protested by members of the community.

You need to wake up if you missed the atheist protests over the Cross of Christ over the past 10 years.

Negative comments, protests, abuse is water off a ducks back to him, he doesn't listen to anybody or anything negative, he just goes home to a lonely house and plays videos of past successes hoping and dreaming that it's all going to comeback, then he wakes up and starts another day

The Falcons, like so many other teams around the league, participated in a pregame demonstration last Sunday in the wake of President Trump's comments about NFL player protests.

In wake of the on - field protests that swept the NFL, when players knelt during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice, the NBA released a memo to teams that recommended ways to support community activism while reminding them of a league rule that enforced players standing during the anthem.

The demonstration will be a show of unity against bigotry, hate and racism in the wake of a white nationalist protest protecting a Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Va..

For opposition parties, it may be tempting to hound the Government in the wake of the Fathers4Justice protests.

I am not sure what is happening at bedtime but make sure that before bedtime he's not having a milk cup in your lap with a book and getting nice and cozy and drowsy and then there is not much of a protest at bedtime (in other words he is too drowsy) so he goes right to sleep and wakes up at 5 a.m..

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State who attended to the protesting groups at the Government House, said internally displaced camp (IDP) would be set up at Ukpabi - Nimbo very shortly to cater for those who abandoned their homes at the wake of the invasion.

But the domestic scandal over tax avoidance — the outraged bluster of Margaret Hodge's mock trial of the Great Avoiders before the UK Public Accounts Committee; David Cameron's barely - veiled threat at Davos to corporations who needed to «wake up and smell the coffee»; UK Uncut's shop - floor protests — has done little damage to its targets.

Several officials, including the head of the NYPD's biggest union, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, for whom Bratton served as police chief in the 1990s, and former Gov. George Pataki have criticized the mayor in the wake of the officers» deaths and ongoing protests against grand jury decisions not to indict police in the Garner and Brown cases.

De Blasio, a Democrat, has faced criticism from the Italian - American group after he named a blue - ribbon panel last month to examine the city's controversial monuments and other «symbols of hate» in the wake of violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, over a statue honoring a Confederate leader.

The call comes as violent protests continue to roil Baltimore in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody.

The protest might be viewed as a wake - up call for the governor regarding how some of the cuts in his budget proposal might go over with the general public.

He also called the waves of protests in the wake of Garner's death «peaceful» despite increasing confrontations between police and marchers.

Protests have already been erupting in the city in the wake of the Ferguson, Mo., grand jury decision last month not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for killing unarmed teen Michael Brown.

The numbers come in the wake of a wave of protests throughout the city about the police force, particularly an NYPD officer who was not indicted for the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

The majority of Houston Texans players took a knee or sat during a pregame protest as a unit before yesterday's game against the Seattle Seahawks in the wake of team owner Bob McNair's controversial «inmates running the prison» comment.

In the wake of the Orlando shooting which killed 49, Higgins joined other Democratic House members in protesting the Senate's inaction on gun safety legislation.

Mr. Sharpton lamented that the stories of Mr. de Blasio's successes — the implementation of universal pre-K, paid sick days, municipal ID cards, and his ability to manage mass protests in the wake of the Eric Garner grand jury decision last year — aren't being told enough by other Democrats.

ALBANY — Hoosick Falls residents who have advocated for the village in the wake of its PFOA water contamination crisis traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to protest the appointment of a former chemical company consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

During a closed - door meeting with Mayor Bill de Blasio, the unions asked the mayor to «denounce» Mark - Viverito and the Council for their protests in the wake of a grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner on Staten Island.

Last year in the wake of sexual assault charges — later dropped — against Dominique Strauss - Kahn, then a Socialist presidential hopeful, several female MPs protested against alleged sexist behaviour in the national assembly.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer said the idea for the report came in the wake of the death of Staten Island man Eric Garner after being placed in a chokehold by police and the protests that followed.

But in the wake of the international boycott by scientists protesting against apartheid, it is hardly surprising that the country now lags far behind other sophisticated nations.

All eyes were on Jerusalem's Old City for anticipated protests on Friday in the wake of Donald Trump's decision to recognise the city as the capital of

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All eyes were on Jerusalem's Old City for anticipated protests on Friday in the wake of Donald Trump's decision to recognise the city as the capital of In 1921, nurse trainees from Madrid's upper class open a hospital in Melilla for Rif War soldiers, finding friendship and romance while saving lives.

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Following the #MeToo movement, which emerged in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, this year's Golden Globes became something of a protest rally.

Negga's nomination is of particular significance in the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite protests taking place over the past two years.

And in a further gesture of joint female protest co-ordinated with the American Time's Up group formed in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein allegations last autumn, 190 British and Irish actors — including Carey Mulligan, Kate Winslet, Claire Foy, Noma Dumezweni, Emma Thompson, Jodie Whittaker, Sophie Okonedo, Emma Watson and Saoirse Ronan — have signed an open letter of intent, published in the Observer for the first time, and setting out their demands for change.

In the wake of two years of #OscarsSoWhite protests, the academy began taking dramatic steps in 2016 to bring more women and people of color into its historically overwhelmingly white and male membership ranks, and as a result the pool of academy members — now numbering roughly 8,400 — has become younger and more diverse.

The news comes as Powell, along with 15 other shadow cabinet members, have resigned in protest to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the wake of the referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU).

Baltimore students are planning a #gunsdowngradesup protest in the wake of the Parkland high school shooting.

Veteran educator and CT3 associate Karen Baptiste wrote an opinion piece for The 74 in the wake of the Charlottesville protests.