Sentences with phrase «action in opposition»

Indigenous leaders and supporters will meet at Kwekwecnewtxw — the Watch House and move towards Kinder Morgan's construction zone where many may choose to take action in opposition to the proposed tar sands pipeline and tanker project.

His previous work always seemed to conform to gravity, while the new paintings indicated action in opposition to it.

NYSUT and dozens and dozens of local teacher unions across New York are taking strong, principled action in opposition to the Common Core testing program and the right of parents to refuse to have their children bullied, abused, tormented or labeled by the disastrous Common Core tests.

The Utah Governor's strong action in opposition to the Common Core standards and its related Common Core testing scheme won him praise from conservatives and educators, but some of the state's top Republicans are now joining the Utah business community and the state's corporate education reform allies to try and keep pro-Common Core incumbents on the Utah Board of Education.

The NUT conference will hear calls for industrial action in opposition to the changes, which union leaders say could threaten teachers» pay and job security, as such decisions about pay and conditions would be decided by academy chains.

The NUT conference heard calls for industrial action in opposition to the changes, which union leaders say could threaten teachers» pay and job security, as such decisions about pay and conditions would be decided by academy chains.

Needless to say, when a public education cabal uses a communication system funded by taxpayers to lobby against those same taxpayers while helping create PACs dedicated to electing tax - and - spend educators, any action in opposition becomes like screaming into the wind.

A Dutchess County - based utility company is turning to legal action in its opposition to a new capacity zone that it says is already translating into higher electric rates.

The government is preparing for a pitched battle with unions, who have declared a campaign of co-ordinated industrial action in opposition to the austerity drive.

Unions in Wales have sent their support to colleagues in London who are taking a day's regional strike action in opposition to the Westminster Government pensions raid.

«Now that a few of the misdeeds against the Trump Movement have been partially revealed, I look forward to updating my pending legal action in opposition to DOJ this weekend in preparation for Monday's next small step on the long, potholed road toward helping to restore law and order in our great country.»

Earlier in April the company announced it is suspending all non-essential activity and spending on the pipeline, in part due to «the continued actions in opposition to the project by the Province of British Columbia.»

Puritanism was one of the most effective forces in colonial America in «mobilizing the general mood» and effectively organizing both ideas and actions in opposition to Crown and Parliament.21 Puritanism had consistently pointed to, preached, and attempted to live out the central values and beliefs that gave coherence and meaning to Puritan society.

Protests are planned to continue throughout the week as community vows to sustain actions in opposition to Kinder Morgan's pipeline and tanker project

In 2012, the Nebraska Bar Association was sued over its actions in opposition to shared parenting, resulting in its dues being reduced, requiring the elimination of staff, subleasing of office space and cutbacks in travel and elimination of events.

Not exact matches

But the administration's actions, along with individual sanctions, appear to have had mixed effects, and there are now signs that deepening them in an effort to isolate Maduro or boost his opposition could backfire.

In the 2008 federal election, Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion also tried but failed to convince the public of the need for a carbon tax, despite Canadians» support for action on climate change.

Another member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died of an apparent suicide, the seventh such death in the last two months, while Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair called on the prime minister to take «urgent action» and address the «crisis.»

Amongst those taken aback by the speed and dismissiveness of Renault's reply was Pierre Gattaz, the president of France's largest employer federation (Medef), who professed himself «shocked» by the swiftness of the board's action, and «uneasy» that the proposal that had been «forced through» in the face of shareholder opposition.

As members of the Opposition it is our civic moral obligation to every taxpayer in Alberta to question the government on their policies and actions to ensure that Albertans get the most from their representation.

The allegations have sparked a political and government crisis of a magnitude «never seen in Malaysia's 58 - year history,» said Lim Kit Siang, parliamentary leader of the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP).

In this present age (history as we know it) God has, for reasons best known to Himself allowed relative freedom of action to the powers of this world, which often act in opposition to His will, and cause suffering to those who keep His laIn this present age (history as we know it) God has, for reasons best known to Himself allowed relative freedom of action to the powers of this world, which often act in opposition to His will, and cause suffering to those who keep His lain opposition to His will, and cause suffering to those who keep His law.

«While there are small marginal groups within evangelical Christianity who are often quoted in the press in opposition to climate change action, almost all major global evangelical bodies including the Lausanne Movement have declared their commitment to care for God's creation and to serve the poor affected by climate change impacts.»

The political version of crying racism in the face of every form of opposition to, say, busing or affirmative action has brought on the current crisis in the politics of both blacks and white liberals.

Signed by 126 of the world's top Islamic voices, it outlined 24 specific areas in which ISIS» actions were in direct opposition to Islamic teaching.

Any non-Muslim action offends Islam and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam, with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam.

Fourth, the kingdom meets opposition at every point, and this opposition is latent even in our most meritorious actions.

We needed someone who could answer off the cuff the detailed attacks made on Church history and policy: opposition to the use of condoms to combat AIDS, magisterial teaching about homosexuality; the Church's historical attitude to slavery, involvement in the crusades, relations with the Jewish people; someone who could properly confront and contextualise the evil actions of some members of the Church - in Ireland or Rwanda, for example.

Hawksworth gave support to the Pulayas in their opposition to the landlord's action.

From the time she denounced Britain's participation in World War II as a girl (because it was plain to her, just months out of her teens, that Britain would be carrying out deliberate attacks on civilians), through her widely publicized opposition as a young don to Oxford's awarding an honorary degree to Harry Truman (on the ground that «having a couple of massacres to his credit» disqualifies a man for public honors), to her recent arrests in her seventies for participation in pro-life actions parallel to those carried out by «Operation Rescue» in the United States (because she found the life of a conceived child as worthy of protection and respect as any other), her life recalls John Paul II's injunction: «Always seek the truth; venerate the truth discovered; obey the truth.

The system of checks and balances they built in the Constitution was formed not only by the recognition that good citizens may differ over the proper course of action, but also, at least in part, by the Biblical understanding of humans as fallible and prone to wrong - doing, and therefore frequently in need of some healthy opposition from their fellows.

a) Revolt against Wittenberg: Muentzer «s theological reflection culminating in a theology of society and political action received its first impetus from Luther's opposition to medieval ecclesiastical authority.

Arsenal will provide the opposition on Saturday as Manchester United make a welcome return to action in the first of four consecutive Old Trafford matches.

Paul and Griffin have perfected the pick - and - roll and are complementary partners for each other, moving fluidly into simple action early in the shot clock and probing until a crack appears in the opposition.

I am not talking about flying into tacklesOld British style, but more closing down defenders and forcing them into mistakes and offering himself for out balls into wide areas, rather than just hang around in the middle and only spring into action when the ball gets near the opposition box.

Simon Mignolet — 6 Had little to do in the way of shot - stopping, but communicated well with those in front of him and took action on opposition crosses and through balls when needed.

After seeing off A-League opposition in the form of Perth Glory and Central Coast Mariners respectively, the Bergers and the boys from Blacktown can look forward to another round of knock - out action on the national stage.

Boss Sam Allardyce had hoped to get some of the squad players into action alongside the big fella but failed to find an opposition team who could squeeze a game in.

The new laws were passed despite opposition from Nestle, and were done so in large part because of the actions of Aamar Raza, a former Nestle employee who exposed the company's malpractice in Pakistan half a decade ago.

Britain's main political parties are lining up in their opposition to Russia's military actions in Georgia.

«Also obvious to Nigerians now is the use of the fight against corruption as means of settling scores with perceived enemies as is the case with key PDP leaders including its Spokesman, an action that is ostensibly aimed at silencing the opposition from looking in and exposing the incompetence, and the double standard of the administration.

Indeed the Northern Peoples Party's leader Chief Dombo's action showed great magnanimity towards NOT Busia, but the building of a strong opposition to Nkrumah and his CPP who were having a field's day at elections since 1951 and also in Parliament.

The opposition is in a flurry of inchoate parliamentary action.

At 12:15 p.m., concerned citizens, led by Altamont Main Street USA and including members of MoveOn.org, Citizen Action of NY, the Working Families Party and others gather outside the offices of U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for a peaceful rally in opposition to Trump's cabinet appointees, Leo O'Brien Federal Building, N. Pearl Street and Clinton Avenue, Albany.

At 2 p.m., Rep. Claudia Tenney holds a press conference to express her opposition to the elimination of community services block grants funding in Trump's proposed budget, Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, 9882 River Road, Utica.

Opposition vigilante group, Bolgatanga Bulldogs (BB), has issued a stern warning to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), asking it not to dare suspend the party's National Chairman, Mr. Paul Afoko, since the consequences of that action will be dire for the party's fortunes in 2016.

Paladino told me this afternoon at the annual Conservative Party Political Action Conference in Colonie that he was tired of watching the GOP in the upper chamber not be more of an opposition party in a state that is otherwise controlled by Democrats.

William Hague lashed out at the opposition to further action in an interview with the Today programme this morning.

The coalition that supports a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate on Thursday launched a «day of action» aimed at promoting Republican opposition to the abortion provision in the Women's Equality Act.

SJuan correctly argues that these words were never supported by any significant actions (laws, Government decisions etc.) and this is also emphasized by the presence of Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania in the Government (as of now, they are officially in the opposition, but they support current coalition) who ensures some checks and balances when taking decisions that might affect the Hungarian minority.