Sentence examples for outrage spurred from inspiring English sources

In the two years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed a hundred and forty-six garment workers, in 1911, public outrage spurred major improvements in factory safety.

The rampage came amid deepening public outrage spurred by the burning of Korans by American personnel last month and an earlier video showing American Marines urinating on dead militants.

Wide outrage spurred him and Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator, to suggest in December that the elderly instead put their voucher towards either a private plan or traditional Medicare, which would survive.From 2022, firms would present plans at least as generous as Medicare; the voucher would be set at the price of the second-cheapest private plan or of traditional Medicare, whichever is lower.

Coming after a period of deepening public outrage, spurred by the Koran burning by American personnel last month and an earlier video showing American Marines urinating on dead militants, the possibility of a violent reaction to the killings added to a feeling of siege here among Western personnel.

The Janet Jackson incident did not involve speech but it drew wide public outrage that spurred a crackdown by the F.C.C.

The gang rape on a Delhi bus in December sparked outrage and spurred the government to pass tough laws for crimes against women, including the death penalty for repeat offenders or for rape attacks that lead to the victim's death.

The discovery two years ago of the four emaciated children in a Camden County home prompted national outrage and spurred calls for changes to the state's child welfare agency, which months earlier had agreed to an overhaul as part of the settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of foster children.

According to the text that appears onscreen at the end of Joel Schumacher's new biopic, in which Cate Blanchett plays Guerin, her death incited public outrage and spurred the passage of new laws, which helped to ease the drug trafficking and related crimes that had plagued Ireland for so long.

Their long detention, some of it in squalid conditions, has sparked outrage and spurred an international campaign for their release.

Goodman's book adds to Casement's reputation as a pioneer of the human rights movement's tactics, including the on-the-spot investigation, the gathering of victims' testimony and the leveraging of public outrage to spur reform.

The Syrian government has accused rebels of conducting chemical strikes in a coordinated effort to draw international outrage and spur foreign intervention in the conflict.