Sentence examples for escalating controversy from inspiring English sources

For his part, Mr. Cain seemed unbowed by the escalating controversy as he addressed a crowd packed into a gymnasium at the college.

This is the first time that prosecutors have joined a suit like the EDMC whistle-blower case, and the government's unprecedented intervention in such a compensation case comes amid escalating controversy over for-profit colleges.

"You now appear intent on escalating controversy and promoting unsubstantiated allegations in a campaign that looks more like an election-year witch hunt than an even-handed investigation," Mr. Cummings told Mr. Issa.

The health minister, Greg Hunt, has been forced to back down because of escalating controversy over My Health Records, saying legislation will be amended so no record can be released to police or government agencies without a court order.

Called everything from a "warrior scholar" to the "rarest of soldiers,", Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is an about-face from the divisive Flynn, who resigned amid the escalating controversy over his contact with Sergey Kislyak, Russian ambassador to the U.S. "Wars like those in Afghanistan and Iraq cannot be waged remotely.

Consider two areas of current and escalating controversy: educator evaluation and common academic standards.

Golden Globe wins and a string of escalating controversies have put quite the spotlight on "Green Book," Peter Farrelly's ingratiating, Oscar-contending two-hander about the friendship that develops between a bigoted white man and his wary black employer as they navigate the heavily segregated Deep South.

CIA Director Leon Panetta yesterday rejected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's charge that the agency misled her about its use of coercive interrogation methods, escalating a controversy that has dogged the speaker for weeks and intensifying a debate over Bush administration policies that the Obama administration has tried to avoid.

The unfulfilling end to the Apec summit and the escalating Jerusalem controversy comes as a new poll published by Fairfax Media has Labor maintaining an election-winning position, although the gap is narrower than in the latest Newspoll and the Guardian Essential poll.

Earlier in the day, President Obama had escalated the controversy, turning it into a personal showdown between him and Romney.

Exonerating the IRA of corporate responsibility, though, does de-escalate the controversy and prevents it from standing in the way of full devolution.