Sentences with phrase «against accusations by»

It is important to defend yourself against these accusations by explaining, excusing, or justifying your behavior.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named a scientific ombudsman on Monday to fight back against accusations by Republican lawmakers of being opaque in its scientific findings and not allowing outside parties to review them.

Despite this, Nestlé Chairman, Peter Brabeck - Letmathé did exactly this in an interview with The Guardian in January 2014: «Brabeck also defended Nestlé against accusations by Baby Milk Action that it contributes to the unnecessary death and suffering of infants around the world by aggressively marketing baby foods.

Not exact matches

In the midst of a week where Rob Ford, the Mayor of Toronto, admitted driving while drunk, was censured by his colleagues, and defended himself against accusations of sexual misconduct in the crudest possible terms, the author and university professor Richard Florida noted «Toronto's business leaders lie silent,» as the chaos continued.

In a letter obtained by Vanessa Murphy of the Las Vegas CBS affiliate, detective Steve Grammas, the president of the union, called on Goodell to investigate Bennett for «obvious false accusations against our police officers.»

Until Friday, Louis C.K., whose real name is Louis Székely, refused to respond to accusations of sexual misconduct against coworkers and female comedians that have been reported in various articles, such as one in 2015 by Gawker.

Netanyahu's office has repeatedly denied wrongdoing over the investigations, portraying the accusations as a witch hunt against him and his family by a hostile media opposed to his hard - line political views.

And similarly, the story is being exploited by conservative media to deflect from accusations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.

According to an opinion by columnist Ronald Littlepage in the Florida Times - Union, «A representative of the Northeast Florida Builders Association, Neil Aikenhead, went so far in another e-mail as to make the ridiculous accusation that the higher standard «would be a crime against the environment» and that «this crime would be perpetrated by the St. Johns Riverkeeper, who while claiming to be working for the river, is in fact knowingly doing the precise opposite.»

In an effort to prevent this alliance forming against it, look for China to announce the opening of more sectors to foreign businesses followed by American accusations that they have not gone far enough.

Wynn, chief executive and chairman of Wynn Resorts, said that accusations of sexual misconduct made against him that were reported by the Wall Street Journal on Jan. 26 were «preposterous.»

Accusations of sexual misconduct against Wynn were reported by the Wall Street Journal in January, and he resigned as chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts on Feb. 6.

The lawsuit was against the city of Ferguson, Wilson and former police Chief Tom Jackson because of Ferguson's «culture of hostility» against black people that led to the death of Brown — an accusation supported by the Department of Justice's findings.

'» Driscoll has since announced a six - week leave absence saying, «The current climate is not healthy for me or for this church,» adding, «I have submitted to the process prescribed by our church bylaws as overwhelmingly approved by our entire eldership for addressing accusations against me.»

They are the ones who oppose Job, even during his suffering, who bring lying accusations against him, (Job 22:6; 18:5,19; 11:5 - 6), and who are rebuked by God at the end of the matter (Job 42:7 - 8).

Pressure had been building on the Vatican to proceed with criminal charges against Wesolowski, a Polish native ordained by Saint John Paul II, since the accusations against him became public.

«From the mythology created by these accusations against the Templars, we now have a symbol for Satan pictured as a goat - headed beast,» Greaves said.

Now when he is faced by this accusation, which is repeated a hundredfold by man against God, and which finds an echo in the Bible, God never answers.

He did not know whether any allowance was made for the age of the accused nor «whether pardon is given to those who repent» nor «whether punishment attaches to the mere name apart from secret crimes, or to the secret crimes connected with the name».3 In reply, Trajan wrote that Christians «are not to be sought out, but if they are accused and convicted, they must be punished — yet on this condition, that whoso denies himself to be a Christian, and makes the fact plain by his action, that is by worshipping our gods, shall obtain pardon on his repentance, however suspicious his past conduct may be».4 The Emperor Hadrian (76 - 138; ruled 117 - 138) made clear that slanderous accusations against Christians were unacceptable and that it had to be proved that they had acted contrary to the laws.

CNN: My Take: McCain takes down Bachmannism and stands up for America Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of «The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation,» praises Sen. John McCain for defending Huma Abedin, deputy chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, after accusations were leveled against her by some congressional Republicans.

One of the constant accusations brought against the Christian faith by atheists, is that the presence of so much evil is allowed in the world by this «Almighty God» of the Christians.

Acts 29 said in a statement: «The nature of the accusations against Mark, most of which have been confirmed by him, make it untenable and unhelpful to keep Mark and Mars Hill in our network.

This can be read both as a forthright advance accusation against the Pharisees as murderers (12:7 - 8), and also as a prediction of the rejection by God of the Jews (verses 9 - 10).

The accusation of blasphemy leads to the first extended discourse delivered against the Jews by Jesus (5:19 - 47).

Plagiarism accusations levied (and later apologized for) by radio host Janet Mefferd against Driscoll first focused on material found in A Call to Resurgence (Tyndale House Publishers), but later expanded to include overlapping paragraphs between Driscoll's...

Jose Barba Martin of Mexico tried for years to have his accusations against the founder of the Legionaries of Christ heard by the Congregation.

So when something dreadful is done by one person against another I do not think any accusation can be raised against God (the Truth).

To the extent there is a God you have through your false attacks against the Bible led many away from God, by making Christians appear foolish and old stereotypes cause class bigotry, by false accusations you have categorized them as hateful......................

Bill Maher is framing his accusation against God with this assumption (held by those «Christians» in his life): that all «the wicked» judged by God in the flood, will also (and so much worse) spend the remainder of their eternal souls in ETERNAL punishment.

Haman had tried to use this law to his own advantage by bringing accusations against the Jews.

On the question of natural law, the accusation against Judge Thomas is that be resists those who would lay a moral foundation for the Constitution other than the foundation laid by those who wrote and ratified the Constitution.

Two accusations are leveled against Jesus: (1) that he is possessed by an unclean spirit, and (2) by the prince of demons he drives out demons.

22 - year - old student Sarah Kwablah made the accusations against Gyan in June, but, as confirmed by Adjabeng, the revelations were part of a plot to blackmail the forward, threatening to disclose a sex tape depicting the pair's antics together.

This time a few of the players who were suspected by the captains of having bet against the team left the room laughing, unaffected by the gravity of the accusation.

This «he doesn't do anything» accusation has been used against Ozil ever since he signed for Arsenal and it has been proven over and over again by the stats to be wrong.

The scandal had included months of media reporting on alleged acts of violence against women by roughly a dozen football players, with accusations that the school and athletic department had responded ineffectively.

«Mr Rodriguez's actions during our game against West Bromwich Albion, followed by statements issued by him and on his behalf, by his various PR and legal advisors, have resulted in my character being questioned and subsequently for a number of accusations to be directed at me.

The date of this payment — early June — corresponds with the timeline provided by Silver's office on the accusations lodged against Lopez with the committee.

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The measures were announced by Sens. Cathy Young and Elaine Phillips and come amid a flood of harassment accusations leveled against powerful men in the media, entertainment and politics.

This latest accusation could lead to another criminal charge against the former Bronx Democrat who was bounced from office in 2010, thanks to a successful primary challenge by Sen. Gustavo Rivera.

His warning came as the Speaker of the Commons» wife Sally Bercow faces legal proceedings brought against her by Lord McAlpine, whose name was falsely associated with paedophilia accusations on social media sites like Twitter.

Our reader expresses concerns over accusations of biases made against him by Student Association members on Monday.

The governor says Vance has a conflict of interest because of the ongoing probe by the attorney general's office into how the DA handled accusations against Harvey Weinstein.

The chairman said the committee is horrified by the accusations against Schneiderman and believed he did need to step down.

Ahead of the election, there have been accusations and counter accusations by aspirants into various councillorship positions under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that some persons have been imposed on the party as favoured candidates for election against rules of the party.

Hillary Clinton has said she was «dismayed» by sexual harassment accusations against a senior «faith» adviser to her 2008 presidential campaign, but said the case was «taken seriously and addressed.»

But owners of the two media houses blacklisted by the NPP have denied accusations of bias against the opposition Party.

``... I believe that he [Dr Bawumia] is actually the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party,» Mrs Bawa Mogtari told Prince Minkah on Class91.3 FM on the Executive Breakfast Show on Tuesday 20 September while responding to some issues and accusations levelled against the government by Mr Boakye Agyarko, Policy Advisor to the opposition party's flag bearer at a press conference the party organised on Monday 19 September.

For example, Poland and Hungary were often threatened by EU sanctions for discrimination, among other accusations, and none of them have ever issued any death threats against ethnic groups.