Sentences with phrase «worked on controversial issues»

I know of one highly experienced research press officer, who had worked on controversial issues like human animal hybrids, GM crops, animal research, minimum alcohol pricing and climate change, who admitted: «Nothing had prepared me for the most polarising, knee - jerking subject of all: breastfeeding.»

Not exact matches

«I have taken strong positions on issues that have been very controversial, and worked with people on both sides of those issues to achieve reform and to achieve growth,» she said.

Collins said he will work with the new administration as an ally in Congress and make sure that Upstate has the attention of the White House on issues such as Plan 2014, a controversial agreement with Canada to regulate Lake Ontario water levels.

Still, whatever the grumblings, Mr. Cuomo's strategy has largely worked: He has avoided taking positions on controversial issues, even as the state, facing a large budget gap, grapples with the prospects of laying off state workers, raising taxes or eliminating programs.

Members of the Democratic conference have voiced support for Sampson's approach on this controversial issue, and ESPA Executive Director Ross Levi told me earlier this week that his organization has a «good working relationship» with Sampson and suggested talk of «timelines and commitments» deflects attention from the push to elect pro-gay marriage senators.

Several new groups work to amplify the voices of top classroom teachers as they weigh in on controversial policy issues, as with the evaluations in Los Angeles.

As Colvin explains, some groups work to amplify the voices of top classroom teachers as they weigh in on controversial policy issues; other groups try to keep successful teachers in the profession by giving them opportunities to assume leadership roles or try to change the way teacher unions work so that they are more democratic.

I remember well the intensity of my participation in a four - week summer program entitled «Teaching Controversial Issues,» which was based on the curriculum work of Jim Shaver and his colleagues at Utah State University.

Through works motivated by the controversial policies and practices of our current president, the exhibition sheds light on the challenging issues of contemporary culture in the face of the presidential political agenda.

Through works inspired by the controversial policies and practices of our current president, the exhibition sheds light on the challenging issues of contemporary culture in the face of the current presidential political agenda,» says a press statement about the show.

Through works inspired by the controversial policies and practices of our current president, the exhibition sheds light on the challenging issues of contemporary culture in the face of the current presidential political agenda.

On May 10, conceptual artist Adrian Piper, whose controversial work addresses racial issues, will deliver the institute's McBean Distinguished Lecture.

The more frequently a climate scientist's work touches on sensitive or controversial issues, the more interference he or she reported.

According to the IPCC guidelines, Review Editors are supposed to ``... assist the Working Group / Task Force Bureaux in identifying reviewers for the expert review process, ensure that all substantive expert and government review comments are afforded appropriate consideration, advise lead authors on how to handle contentious / controversial issues and ensure genuine controversies are reflected adequately in the text of the Report.»

They start by educating people on the peripheral points - the basic physics of various weather and climate phenomena, and only gradually work their way in to the more controversial issues.

They start by educating people on the peripheral points - the basic physics of various weather and climate phenomena, and only gradually work their way in to the more controversial issues [Probably true of Curry - RPJr.?

The role of Review Editors in the IPCC assessment process is to assist the Working Group / Task Force Bureaux in identifying reviewers for the expert review process, ensure that all substantive expert and government review comments are afforded appropriate consideration by the author teams, advise Lead Authors on how to handle contentious / controversial issues and ensure genuine controversies are reflected adequately in the text of the report.

The first is cohort shift: based on their experience and common exposure to social influences, the Millennials, while far from uniform in their assessments of controversial science - issues, are less worked up over them.

These counterclaims seek to defend the jewel in the crown of our civil liberties... If successful, they will make plaintiff liable for his serial efforts to stifle and avoid criticism of his work on a highly controversial issue of intense public interest...