Sentences with phrase «widespread calls for»

The past week's series of revelations about the misuse of Facebook user data by the election firm Cambridge Analytica has led to widespread calls for users to delete their accounts.

The 2007 amendments suffered a tortuous journey from the widespread calls for change in 2000, to government approval in 2006.

As the report notes, despite widespread calls for connecting evidence of new teachers» effectiveness back to their preparation programs, «there has been no coordinated effort to provide these programs with valid, reliable, timely, and comparable data about the [educators] they prepare» (p. 2).

But the criminal charges, brought last week by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as well as state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, have sparked widespread calls for more oversight and check - off procedures to prevent the kind of bid - rigging and pay - to - play allegations facing the defendants.

However, Rebekah Brooks, the chief executive of News International and former editor of the News of the World, has been allowed to keep her job despite widespread calls for her to be sacked.

Skelos becomes the second of New York's most powerful political leaders in nine days to be sentenced to prison for public corruption crimes, a double - whammy that has cemented the state government's reputation as an organization plagued by corruption and prompted widespread calls for ethics reforms in Albany.

Since news broke about claims of abuse in football, there have been widespread calls for the authorities of the game to fully investigate any part they may have played in enabling, allowing or concealing abuse.

Revelations about Facebook's role in the exploitation of user data by a company called Cambridge Analytica have provoked widespread calls for tough, new data privacy laws.

The disaster led to widespread calls for reform of the garment industry.

In June 2009, as a response to widespread calls for bans or other anti-bag measures from environmental groups, the city of Toronto required that all local stores charge 5 cents for every plastic bag they handed out.

Last night (March 4) Frances McDormand picked up Best Actress at the Oscars for her jaw - dropping performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and took the opportunity to honour the #TimesUp movement, which has seen widespread call for greater equality across the entertainment industries — and beyond — in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

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However, a deep divide is emerging across the EU, with one side calling for further controls and the other pushing for each country to do their part, against a backdrop of widespread border confrontations and chaos.

The Wells Fargo case came to light late last week when the bank agreed to pay a $ 185 million fine for what regulators called «widespread illegal» sales practices.

NFL ratings drew attention this weekend, with widespread protests by players during pregame ceremonies and President Donald Trump calling for Americans to boycott the league.

Why aren't you calling for Catholics to talk about their scandals on their websites or for Catholic people to donate money to victims of widespread and systematic abuse by Priests?

A Christian charity's calling for better training for government - funded companies, following widespread... More

The editors of GQ magazine are facing widespread criticism for a new article called «21 Books You Don't Have to Read.»

And of course, part of the difference was rhetorical: Leithart continued to identify «Protestantism» by its most widespread contemporary expressions, and accordingly called for its abolition, while Sanders and Trueman remained puzzled by this odd attempt to define something in terms of its most defective forms, rather than its historic essence.

In calling for this emphasis on the individual's duty, Nixon is in tune with deep and widespread feelings in the American public.

There was widespread response from the Iranian Shi'ite community calling for an immediate jihad against the West.

For the past three decades there has been a widespread interest in what is called «spirituality.»

There has been widespread praise from TV critics, calling the show «intimate and heartfelt» and «as good as it gets» and praising TLC for how it has «upended the conventions of reality television.»

It was conceded that the application of so strict a rule as celibacy to those not called to a life of asceticism but ordained to the diaconate in preparation for ministry in the church had led to widespread abuse and immorality.

His principal message at present is about evangelisation, echoing the call of recent popes, and giving voice to a widespread concern about a sense of life having lost its meaning for many people «There is this reduction of living to a general soft - core list of things: money, health, individualism.

It calls for widespread dissemination of the Report, for study and reflection, but little concrete action as far as implementation is concerned» (italics supplied).9

It calls for widespread dissemination of the Report, for study and reflection,

Familiar also are a pair of widespread responses to the mainline's statistical decline: an increasing adaptation to conservative agendas and a growing enthusiasm for what some call the church growth movement.

IFOAM - Organics International calls for the widespread adoption of a whole - chain - approach to organic textiles.

Argentina soccer legend Diego Maradona has called for the widespread use of the Video Assistant Referee (VARs) in modern football.

Called Nate or Nat for short and Bartholomew by some, the name gained widespread popularity in the early 2000s and has since remained high up in the popularity charts, never having dropped out of the top 300 baby boy names.

With student supporters criticising them for heavy handed tactics, many media outlets calling for tougher enforcement and widespread disbelief that the attack on Prince Charles and Camilla's car had been allowed to take place, the Met is under unprecedented scrutiny over its policing of the marches.

In her keynote address titled «The Role of Technology in Improving Mother and Child Healthcare in Nigeria — Raising Quality Standards For Health Care, Putting People First», Saraki called for more widespread use and digitization of Personal Health Records (PHFor Health Care, Putting People First», Saraki called for more widespread use and digitization of Personal Health Records (PHfor more widespread use and digitization of Personal Health Records (PHR).

Following the independence referendum in Scotland, calls for a constitutional convention are widespread and growing.

When in February 2013, US President Obama called for negotiations on a US - EU free trade agreement and was immediately echoed by EU officials van Rompuy and Barroso, widespread enthusiasm came first: Businessmen cheered the vision of joining the two regions accounting for almost half of the world's GDP, and economists stood ready to present their age - old calculations about the benefits of free trade.

The video has attracted widespread condemnation and calls for Bishop Obinim's arrest has been unrelenting..

That something is a vote - winner is not necessarily a good reason to do it Maybe so but deal with the political reality for a minute and I maintain that the chances of getting widespread support for the LD proposals are far greater than a call to increase benefits by # 17b.

Labour is calling for cross-party talks on how religious education is conducted and monitored in the state sector as a special poll for the Observer shows widespread concerns about the use of taxpayers» money to fund faith schools in a multicultural Britain.

The SAT cheating scandal has so far resulted in criminal charges against 20 students, and also sparked calls for widespread reform.

Sen. Eric Adams, who drew widespread criticism for his «show me the money» speech on the Senate floor in 2007 while debating a legislative pay raise, has shelved his call for a salary boost — at least for the time being.

Holyrood's local government committee calls for widespread changes to the government's Planning Bill.

Last May, the information commission, Richard Thomas, called for urgent action to tackle the «pervasive and widespread industry» of buying and selling everything from ex-directory telephone numbers to bank details.

Talking to politics.co.uk, Ruth Deech, former chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, reiterated her call for a widespread public education campaign.

Cuomo and Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello are calling for a new, modern electrical system for Puerto Rico following devastation and widespread outages caused by Hurricane Maria.

To address widespread complaints of sexual misconduct at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand today will propose more training, a better reporting system and giving midshipmen at sea satellite phones to call for help if sexually abused.

Last December, Paladino had his controversial and racial remarks about the Obama family published in Artvoice, leading to widespread criticism and even a resolution from the school board calling for his resignation.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello are calling for a new, modern electrical system for Puerto Rico following devastation and widespread outages caused by Hurricane Maria.

In California, 150 women signed a letter charging widespread problems in the state Legislature and calling for sweeping changes.

Cuomo's declaration for governor is expected to be short on clichés and long on newsmaking specifics, addressing the state's widespread financial, economic, and corruption problems without resorting to what one Democratic activist called «the normal political pabulum.»

WASHINGTON — To address widespread complaints of sexual misconduct at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday will propose more training, a better reporting system and giving midshipmen at sea satellite phones to call for help if sexually abused.

Mr Cable continued by remarking that «the usual suspects will call for general strikes and widespread disruption», before being interrupted by further cheering and applause.