public attention

Yet now, as public attention wanes in the postelection period, they are once again thwarting the will of the voters.

According to congressional staff, the bill’s primary adversary on the Judiciary Committee has been Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a hawkish Republican who gained public attention as an Army officer in 2006 while serving in Iraq by attacking The New York Times for its publication of an investigative article about a counterterrorism finances program.

The mysterious whale first came to public attention five years ago when it approached fishermen off the northern coast of Norway.

The case has faced renewed public attention sparked by television series and documentaries that focused on the killings.

While only a small proportion of people have been affected, he says, “they've been very seriously harmed and that is going to attract public attention. It's going to be reported, and people are going to reflect on that, and people will want to see those people treated fairly”.