Sentences with phrase «against cabal»

Because you have proven your worth in the campaign against the Cabal, you are now charged with discovering the whereabouts of a rebel Guardian who goes by the name of Osiris.

The tragedy of it all is that the picture will be more ballyhooed not for the arrival of Kim on our shores, but for the return to the action genre of one Arnold Schwarzenegger (Expendables cameos notwithstanding), here cast as a soft - around - the - middle aging lawman in the Stallone - in - Copland mold who stands up against a cabal of snarling baddies in defense of the AARP and the NRA in one fell, sometimes ironic, swoop.

In the first place, it is to be remarked that, however small the republic may be, the representatives must be raised to a certain number, in order to guard against the cabals of a few; and that, however large it may be, they must be limited to a certain number, in order to guard against the confusion of a multitude.

Not exact matches

Regarding Levine's endorsement by the Council's Progressive Caucus, Ramadan said, «they are holding their noses to endorse him,» and again insisted that unknown forces had «caballed» against Zead Ramadan.

Even if the IDC + Felder cabal vote against this budget, they still facilitate the gutting of important protections and funding that state desperately needs.

Security council attempts to launch targeted sanctions against key members of Mugabe's ruling cabal have also been blocked by China and Russia, while South Africa - the major regional diplomatic power - has opposed further action.

Mr Balls admitted to being part of the damaging «macho» cabal around Mr Brown, but insists that he had no knowledge of «three hideous smears» against John Reid, Charles Clarke and Ivan Lewis and claims that he resisted attempts by Mr Brown to undermine Alistair Darling, then Chancellor.

The Deputy Senate President alleged that mission to move against him was being sponsored by a cabal in the Presidency.

Mr. Mahama has previously spoken of a media cabal against him, and his office has now indicated that such «falsehood» only fuels the perception that the media is «unprofessional and partisan.»

He was a close friend of David Cameron, but always refused to be part of the cabal of Cameroon MPs, which includes former Tory chairman Grant Shapps, dripping poison against May.

Sally Rogers as Wade's tough - talking wife Alice and Bronwyn James as his «mopey» daughter fight back against the male cabal, which is really more pathetic than oppressive — Tony Hirst's hapless alcoholic, Simon Rouse's semi-deaf codger, Craig Parkinson's mordant policeman, and Andy Nyman's former assistant hangman, defined by one ill - judged comment about a criminal's abnormally large privates.

Set after the war, with Ip Man relocated to Hong Kong, it replaces the foreign devils that were the occupying Japanese Army with the colonial British foreign devils ruling Hong Kong in 1950 and sets the honorable sensei against a corrupt cabal of martial arts teachers lead by Sammo Hung (who is also the film's fight choreographer) and a champion boxer called The Twister (Darren Shahlavi), a British brute with a powerful punch and a killer instinct.

Slowly Doctor Strange discovers that he has magic powers of his own — and finds himself co-opted by The Ancient One into the protection of the entire world against an evil cabal led by The Ancient One's rebellious former pupil Kaecilius (poo name but great part, completely owned by Mads Mikkelsen, with lizard scales around his eyes and mascara running everywhere).

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.

Which explains why Google is not simply trying to become the dominant content provider, but why they've also allied themselves with Sony, against the Amazon / Microsoft cabal.

Destiny 2's story revolves around how Guardians will fight back against one of the game's returning enemy factions, the Cabal (specifically, the Red Legion faction headed up by Primus Ghaul) who has attacked and destroyed the game's central hub, The Tower, and imprisoned the floating orb that gives our heroes its power, the Traveller.

Even the primary mission objective that I recall playing should be instantly familiar to fans of the original Destiny: fight against three waves of Cabal in increasingly difficult configurations.

As evidenced by everything we've seen thus far, the focus of this installment is the Guardians» war against the Red Legion — A Cabal faction.

You might think that Sony's battle against the shadowy cabal of hackers are their major legal issue at the moment... but they've got much more serious problems thanks to LG.

The UN political cabal understands that the science charade can keep going a little longer, but it is putting in place insurances to mitigating against lasting damage, hence the scramble to ensure all governments are signed - up to pledges.

The «backlash» against Judith is despicable and was in my view, coordinated in the very same way diatribes against non-compliant editors and reviewers were coordinated — by cabal with a vested interest in suppressing contrary views, especially where those views are backed by sound science.

The irony is, the whole CAGW cabal similarly ignore findings at odds with their narrative and their fellow travellers actively work against those looking to shed light on the deception.

How To Fight Back Against The Lying, Infuriating, Evil Ink - And - Toner Cabal,» by Farhad Manjoo.