Sentences with phrase «action on an assault»

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The Syrian government denied its forces had launched a chemical assault, while Russia, Assad's most powerful ally, called the reports fake and warned against military action on the basis of «invented and fabricated excuses.»

Fourteen women sent a letter to Uber's 11 - member board on Thursday insisting that the startup let their class action lawsuit alleging assault or harassment by Uber drivers go forward in open court.

Congress hasn't taken action on gun control, and President Trump, who initially supported a higher age limit for purchasing assault rifles, later backed off, putting forward a plan that included a proposal to arm teachers instead.

For almost a half - hour after a school shooter dropped his assault - style rifle and escaped Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, police officers thought they were seeing his actions live on the school's security system.

In a new complaint seeking class action status, two women — who are maintaining anonymity — are asking a court to force the $ 69 billion ride - hail company to change many of its driver screening and other practices on behalf of all U.S. riders who were «subject to rape, sexual assault or gender - motivated violence or harassment by their Uber driver in the last four years.»

So, make what one will of the Occupy protestors — their stated aims are certainly amorphous enough to allow one to love or despise or ignore them as one chooses, and they are far too various a group to characterize uniformly, in any event — but I can not really see how their actions constitute an assault on «Christian values.»

Although the Muslim perpetrator was not a government actor, the court's approval of his assault on the atheist arguably could be considered state action.

Teaching unions have called for «urgent action» following an increase in the number of assaults on staff at Edinburgh primary schools.

Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has condemned the actions of some hoodlums who burnt down the state High Court in Ilesa, describing it as a major assault on civilization.

«This assault on our values is an affront to all New Yorkers and we need to take action against it.»

Governor Cuomo is taking dramatic action to fight the federal tax assault on New York caused by the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

The Transport Officer of the New Juaben Municipal Assembly, Batscott Nkrumah, has threatened legal action against traders who assaulted him on Thursday morning at the Koforidua Agartha Market.

On Monday, city Public Advocate Bill de Blasio called on the NYPD to take action against sexual assaults — specifically in parks — by compiling and publishing data specific to assaults on park lanOn Monday, city Public Advocate Bill de Blasio called on the NYPD to take action against sexual assaults — specifically in parks — by compiling and publishing data specific to assaults on park lanon the NYPD to take action against sexual assaults — specifically in parks — by compiling and publishing data specific to assaults on park lanon park land.

Under the Trade Union Bill - the Conservatives» biggest assault on the unions since the 1980s - a turnout of at least 50 % of members will be needed to authorise action.

«The Trump Administration's persistent and indefensible denial of climate change — and their continued assault on actions essential to stemming its increasing devastation — is reprehensible, and I will use every available legal tool to fight their dangerous agenda.»

In this regard, for this careless and unwarranted assault on the person of the President of the Senate — after several previous warnings — the lawyers of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, will be initiating legal action on this particular matter.

At 8:15 a.m., Prisoners rights activist Cecily McMillan, NYC Jails Action Coalition, and former Rikers detainees urge New York City Board of Corrections to address the current «crisis of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment occurring on Rikers Island and other New York City jails,» 125 Worth St., Manhattan.

«This budget is a bold blueprint for progressive action that builds on seven years of success and helps New York continue to lead amid a concerted and sustained assault from Washington on our values and principles,» Cuomo said in statement.

Meeting in the White House's West Wing, the Democratic governor, Biden and staff members for both discussed Obama's proposed program of executive and legislative action — including a federal ban on assault weapons and high - capacity magazines that would eliminate differences «across state borders,» Malloy said.

With a second case of alleged assault on a Buffalo School Bus in just the past few months, Common Council members are calling for increased action by school administrators.

Implicit in Skelos» comment is a struggle over who will take credit for future legislative action on the issue of sexual assault on college campuses.

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN)- Erie County legislators Thursday took quick action on a proposal called for by Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw and submitted by legislator Joe Lorigo that will name a special counsel to investigate sexual assault claims against Erie County.

Some 17 assembly members from Ada East have lodged a complaint relating to assault with the police, and the Regional Police Commander, is expected to expedite action on the matter.

Long Island Congressman Peter King also criticized HUD's latest assault on Westchester in a statement: «When I spoke to Secretary Castro last month, he said that HUD uses «mission - driven flexibility to work with communities to meet the goals of programs,» but there is a clear contradiction between what the Secretary said in his testimony and the actions of HUD's federal monitor.

The trips are part of the White House's «It's On Us» week of action focused on engaging college students in a discussion about sexual assaults on campuOn Us» week of action focused on engaging college students in a discussion about sexual assaults on campuon engaging college students in a discussion about sexual assaults on campuon campus.

If we had an 85 percent graduation rate and we were inching up toward 90 percent, if we didn't have the worst SAT scores among 50 upstate school districts, if we didn't have a Syracuse Teachers Union survey — the results of which revealed that 300 teachers reported being assaulted on the job and more than half feel threatened on the job, and 21 percent of their new teachers teaching from zero to five years leave in addition to more seasoned veteran teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not in that category.

OccupyGhana ® Condemns And Demands Action On Reported Military Assault On Police Personnel In Tamale

She feels her perpetrator is living free of his actions while she and her family take on daily challenges that come with surviving sexual assault.

After a class action lawsuit was filed against Match.com by a woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a man she met on the dating site, that's an advantage many are poised to appreciate.

Aficionados of the action - packed war film will savor the crackling, combat - centered approach of The Thin Red Line, an explosive melodramatization of the Yank assault on Guadalcanal in World War II.

The men are then assigned new duties as guards at a military prison, and much as they showed a troubling enthusiasm for assaulting women at home, they clearly enjoy heaping abuse on the prisoners they're supposed to watch until their actions become a clear parallel to the crimes committed at Abu Ghraib.

Enhanced team play features allow players to enter the action on the front lines as part of a formal squad, or work behind the scenes in Commander Mode to direct the strategic assaults of their teammates.

The pedal - to - the - metal assault on Moscow at the end of The Bourne Supremacy shows Paul Greengrass» much - imitated approach to action at its most persuasive.

Assault on Precinct 13 is a first - rate action film that looks and sounds excellent on this new Blu - Ray release.

A rhythm action title that aimed to be more of an experience rather than an assault on your hands, it was the presentation as much as anything else that won millions over.

There's more action, more style, more CGI, more characters, and it all drowns whatever this movie could have been, turning it into a barely tolerable assault on the senses that's all confection and nothing more.

After his first film, the seminal science fiction comedy Dark Star (1974) and his second, the legendary action thriller Assault On Precinct 13 (1976), Carpenter cemented his place in pop culture with the terrifying Halloween (1978), the film widely credited with bringing the slasher sub-genre into the mainstream.

Scene - Stealers Editor - in - Chief Eric Melin and a gaggle of guest reviewers take on Zack Snyder «s (300, Watchmen) latest cinematic assault, the girl - powered action fantasy «Sucker Punch.»

The first trailer for Steven S. DeKnight's upcoming sci - fi action sequel Pacific Rim Uprising has been unveiled at the New York Comic Con, and we have it for you here; take a look... The globe - spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human - piloted super-machines built to vanquish them was only a prelude to the all - out assault on -LSB-...]

But in a time when so many action pictures are mindless assaults on the eyes, ears and intelligence, it works as superior craftsmanship.

John Carpenter's nod to Howard Hawks» Rio Bravo (in which John Wayne's sheriff relies on a drunk Dean Martin), Assault on Precinct 13 is a brilliantly tense action film, its most electrifying moment coming when Stoker and Joston join forces.

With a nod to the movies» first action western, Edwin Porter's The Great Train Robbery (1903), and innumerable train - jacking movies since, the assault on the train is a long, elaborate and cleverly executed sequence.

Part war movie, part doomed romance, overfull with artful and exciting action sequences (the No Man's Land assault led by Diana is worth the cost of admission alone), and all told some pretty subversive content for a populist DC superhero film ---- and easily the best outside of Nolan's Batman films, from that expanded universe ---- this is a charismatic, crowd - pleasing, comic book conversion that works on every conceivable level.

The 15:17 to Paris (PG - 13 for violence, profanity, bloody images, drug references and suggestive material) Clint Eastwood directed this action thriller reenacting the subduing by three American tourists of an Islamist terrorist who opened fire with an assault rifle on passengers aboard a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris.

The film is definitely more action - oriented than its predecessor, less concerned with building suspense than watching its would - be victims fight off a never - ending onslaught of crazies («The Warriors» and «Assault on Precinct 13» were obvious influences), but there are still so many questions about the sheer absurdity of the premise that it's hard to invest in the story.

Tags: Action, Animation, August 2014, Batman Assault on Arkham, CCH Pounder, Eliza Dushku, Ethan Spaulding, Giancarlo Esposito, Greg Ellis, Hynden Walch, Jay Oliva, Kevin Conroy, Kevin Grevioux, Martin Jarvis, Matthew Gray Gubler, Neal McDonough, Nolan North, Superhero, Thriller, Troy Baker

Batman Assault on Arkham Genre: Animation / Action / Thriller / Superhero Directed by: Jay Oliva, Ethan Spaulding Starring: Matthew Gray Gubler, Eliza Dushku, Giancarlo Esposito, Neal McDonough, Troy Baker, CCH Pounder, Kevin Grevioux, Nolan North, Kevin Conroy, Hynden Walch, Greg Ellis, Martin Jarvis Release Date: August 12, 2014

We get a terrifyingly destructive assault on the Enterprise in the first half of the movie and when the action switches to the ground, it rarely lets up.

And during the film's highpoint - a terrifying assault on a series of hilltop bunkers - he confines the action to such a small area that you wonder if anyone will survive the storm of gunfire.

Jamie Lee Curtis has broken her silence on Eliza Dushku's allegation that stunt coordinator Joel Kramer sexually assaulted her when she was 12 years old on the set of James Cameron's action thriller «True Lies.»