Sentences with phrase «despite such violence»

Despite such violence, Duterte's popularity remains high.

Not exact matches

Some have vigorously denied this possibility despite widespread anti-Sikh violence motivated by misdirected hatred of Muslims (nor are Sikhs the only ones who have faced such violence).

Their sources say around 110 of the 150 extreme Islamist criminals in prison or on parole are proactively resisting attempts to persuade them away from such beliefs despite the government's «Contest» scheme which encourages offenders to choose a path of non violence.

Despite these grim statistics and evidence that victims can end up suffering mental and physical health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder, health professionals have yet to nail down the best way to stop the abuse — which they call «intimate partner violence» — and to care for those affected by it.

Despite their violence, very little is known about silicic eruptions and most knowledge about them comes from ancient rock records, which lack details such as the timing, duration, source, and water depth of the events.

That's when Norman Garmezy, a developmental psychologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, began studying schoolchildren who thrived despite severe hardship, such as neighborhood violence or parents with mental illness.

Few prevention programs target men or encourage bystanders to intervene, despite demonstrated success of such programs in changing behaviors, including encouraging empathy among men and women who have the power to stop violence.

Despite such flights, My Crasy Life resists all sensationalism: there is no spectacular violence, nor any romanticizing or demonizing of its subjects.

It's the Sand Pebbles school of ostentation, such an anomaly in the early supernova of the New American Cinema as to be, despite its somewhat ambiguous resolution and cruel violence, an exact cast - fossil replica of David Lean's epic yawners.

Despite countless «man - on - a-mission» flicks in recent years, DEATH SENTENCE, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, even Cage's tepid JUSTICE, to name a few, as well as future projects such as Joe Carnahan's DEATH WISH remake or Albert Hughes» MOTOR CITY, I'm always a one for a great one of these efforts in this sub-genre, if done right... and heaps of violence!

Even grittier films, such as the Bad Boys movies, can't be taken too seriously despite their level of violence.

Despite this, United Nations and partners have «established referral systems for basic psychological support and health services» and even with such, the «Task Force on Sexual Violence» set up by Transitional Federal Government in December 2011 (UN, 2013, p. 14) hasn't achieved much.

Despite this, Mortal Kombat has inspired many aspects of the gaming industry today, such as setting a benchmark for violence in games (something that is a common thing nowadays.)

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The group issued a statement saying that, despite Government assurances to the contrary, Budget cuts to Indigenous Affairs were impairing the ability of community - controlled organisations to deliver frontline services in critical areas such as legal assistance, family violence, children, youth and women, drug and alcohol misuse, and health.

Second, despite problem behaviour being less common among Chinese adolescents than among their Western counterparts (Jessor et al. 2003), there is a rising trend of adolescent developmental problems, such as abuse of psychotropic substances (Shek 2007), adolescent suicide (Sun and Hui 2007) and school violence (Wong 2004).