Sentences with phrase «against challenging people»

Not exact matches

When you're up against a deadline or facing a tough challenge, do the people you work with know instinctively that they'll find you in the thick of the fight — pitching in, working long hours, and doing whatever is necessary to succeed?

That is, all it takes is one person to step up, speak up, and keep up the challenge against abusive attitudes, speech, and behavior.

They are the roots of violence and mutual rejection between people; they are both challenged and transformed in encounter with the crucified Jesus, and the «peace» that we may hope for as a result of the act of God in the death of Jesus is something that stands against each of them alike.

Then there is the sad and, to my mind, unmistakable fact that people who have adopted the so - called «presumption against war» tend to get things wrong, time and again: as the U.S. bishops got the dynamics of the Cold War wrong in their 1983 pastoral letter, «The Challenge of Peace»; as most religious leaders and intellectuals got it wrong in predicting a Middle East Armageddon in the first Gulf War and the recent Iraq War.

Question the ideas behind religion, challenge its claims, and push back against its malfeasance, but don't make a habit of attacking the people.

People all have to work against their personal challenges, and ignorance is just a mountain to climb.

The cleric would tell such a person that a refusal to participate in these rites was an act of rebellion against God, and the cleric would question and challenge such a person to decide whether or not they really wanted to be part of this religion.

They can be challenged to work in projects to improve their community through political and social action, to help eradicate sexism, racism, ageism (discrimination against aging persons), and poverty, all of which damage marriages and families.

Some Christian leaders have even rejoiced in the dissolution of a Christendom that allowed, or perhaps encouraged, an excessive degree of nominal Christian allegiance: the impact of modem secular society has challenged people to make a conscious choice about whether they are either for or against Christianity.

But their real grievance against him was that he was rocking the boat — «stirring up the people,» as they put it — challenging the status quo.

So essentially, those who believe that that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is attributing the works of the Holy Spirit to the devil use the fear of this sin to keep other people from challenging or questioning whether are not their miracles really come from God.

We only took two Premier League points and people were saying that our title challenge was faltering but then we stormed back with three wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game against title rivals Man City.

This is his biggest challenge to date in NXT, going up against Baron Corbin, a seemingly unstoppable bruiser who crushes people of no note in short order and thinks very highly of himself.

He is more concerned with making sure that Arsenal do not suffer from the same problems against the big teams that we did last season, when many people thought that our failure in those games was the main reason for the title challenge faltering in the latter half of the season.

That great win has put Arsenal in a great position and looking good for a proper tilt at the title but you do not need me to tell you that keeping our Chilean dynamo fit is key to us keeping up that challenge, so all eyes will be on Chile tomorrow night and all people of an Arsenal persuasion will be hoping to see Alexis rested for their next game against Peru.

, but you have helped me learn that a person may be better positioned to problem solve and tackle a challenge when you're not grinding against the emotional brakes.

But there may be legal challenges against the plans if people are being kept from receiving their entitlements on the basis of their language capability.

The difference now is that the people around Gordon Brown are also making the case against choice and diversity - and challenging the key elements of the Blair settlement.»

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) used the case of Jayson and Charlotte Carmichael, who successfully challenged the bedroom tax at the Supreme Court, to prevent other people from relying on the Human Rights Act when appealing against benefits decisions at the first tier tribunal.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday warned the Presidency against «shrouding» President Muhammadu Buhari's health challenges in secrecy.

The complainants (who at the moment will remain anonymous) even alleged that they was willing to go to News 12 and the Journal News to expose the actions of Mr. Lafayette concerning the process to challenge the signatures, fraudulently having people on Democratic voter rolls and abusing his absolute power over the voting process as Westchester democratic chairman, Mount Vernon City Committee Chairman and Westchester County Democratic Commissioner of Elections which they felt was illegal in nature and the DA's office was against the complainants going public with their complaints.

The Progressive People's Party (PPP) has given strong indications it is ready to challenge the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) in equal measure when the party continue to unleash attacks against its flagbearer, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom.

He admonished the people against voting «skirt and blouse,» thus voting for Parliamentary candidates not from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as that could create numerical challenges for the party's legislators.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Friday, challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to charge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh to court if the commission was sure of evidences of fraud against him, saying «the EFCC appears to be operating a system in which an accused person is first arrested, detained endlessly while the anti-corruption agency goes about looking for evidence.»

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodies.

The 2017 budget was to ensure confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:52 The cedi remains relatively stable against he major currencies — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:51 Interest rate in 2017 continue to decline — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:50 Inflation continue to decline in 2017 — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:48 We have returned to a robust growth after 2016 recorded the worst growth in three decades — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:47 The call to relieve our country and people from a wretched existence is urgent — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 The should not simply be a statement to share the national cake between different groups but it should capture how a nation comes together to meet the challenges of our time — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 We plan on providing opportunities as many Ghanaians as possible.

The government is hiking the costs of the process so much that most people simply won't be able to afford to mount a legal challenge against the executive - whether that's a government minister, your local council, or any other public sector area where busybody officials look to take shortcuts.

Following his defeat at the GOP convention on Wednesday, Coughlan said he will take the fight for the party line to the people by launching a primary challenge against Rolison for the GOP spot on the November ballot.

This was a fall - out of the ruling of the judge when he dismissed a suit filed by seven persons against the Commission and the Attorney General of the Federation challenging their invitation by ICPC during the investigation of a matter involving them and one of Nigeria's notable legal practitioners.

«The longer things lay out there and people don't close ranks — just ask Mitt Romney about this — and when you're going through a primary where the appeal is to the hard right to win, there's the potential for more mischief,» said Rick Lazio, a former Republican congressman and U.S. Senate nominee who struggled through a 2010 gubernatorial bid against challenges by then - Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy (who he beat) and Paladino (who he did not).

Some of the proposals had been challenged by persons within the party who felt that the changes being sought were discriminatory against them.

You still see the press talking about «stalking horse» candidates sometimes, or talk about such - and - such mounting a challenge against the leader, echoing back to the old rules when people like Thatcher in 1975 and Heseltine in 1990 could directly stand against the incumbent leader.

Mr. Schneiderman said the challenge he was facing this time was no different than it was when he first ran for the State Senate, when some people he spoke with asked him why he was running against a certain United States senator.

«We won local battles, brought people together, challenged established assumptions about voters (and sometimes our own) and won elections against Tories that we didn't think were possible.

«Trying to get a candidate to run against me and moving into a district where I reside to potentially challenge me is not the way most people would seek support for a future race.

«I proposed the appointment of a person in the character and stature of Martin Amidu (or Anas) as someone who could do well to surmount the fundamental problem and make some strides in the fight against corruption in spite of the challenges of independence,» Ransford Gyampo wrote.

In my earlier critique of the move to create a Special Prosecutor rather than an Independent Public Prosecutor, I proposed the appointment of a person in the character and stature of Martin Amidu (or Anas) as someone who could do well to surmount the fundamental problem and make some strides in the fight against corruption in spite of the challenges of independence.

However, SNP leader Alex Salmond said it was «blatantly obvious» that people in Scotland had voted against the Conservative Party, and challenged their mandate to govern north of the border.

ALBANY, NY (11/27/2013)(readMedia)-- PEF filed a lawsuit November 26th in state Supreme Court, Albany County, challenging a regulation of state Health Commissioner Nirav R. Shah requiring persons working in patient care to wear surgical masks during flu season, if they have not been vaccinated against the flu.

We've got legal challenges, I think there may still be further legal challenges about the process, issues about who can vote who can't vote, many party members who have been active for years distressed to see people who have been campaigning against the party with an equal vote to them in these circumstances, and I think we've made a series of mistakes.

A war on sugar has begun in the UK that echoes the nation's successful crusade against salt — but cutting sugar out of people's diets poses new challenges

The reliably high percentage of those who develop viremia following exposure to this challenge virus is another advantage — when most or all volunteers develop viremia or other signs of infection, clinical trials can enroll relatively small numbers of people but still achieve answers to such questions as whether a candidate vaccine protects against infection, she noted.

«When you consider that 200 million people across the world are infected with malaria and each of them is harbouring parasites that are continually generating millions of antigenic variants, it becomes apparent why our fight against malaria is so challenging,» says Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski, who leads MalariaGEN and is head of the Malaria Programme at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

«When using thermal cameras to capture facial imagery, the main challenge is that the captured thermal image must be matched against a watch list or gallery that only contains conventional visible imagery from known persons of interest,» Riggan said.

A ground - breaking set of online training tools will help teachers, youth workers and health professionals across Europe identify and challenge controlling and abusive behaviour against young people.

«Reach for the Peaks» is the newest addition to The Prouty Challenge event series, a series of athletic events which brings people together to take action in the fight against cancer.

While food intolerances and allergies are unique for everyone, eliminating these foods strikes the right balance between simplicity and efficacy against PCOS, as well as trying to make the Challenge achievable for as many people as possible.

While Crystal hires various henchmen to get revenge and Julian wanders around as indecisive as Hamlet but without the goal (He does challenge his family's nemesis to a fight, and it does not end well for him), Chang is learning of the plot against him and scheming his own retaliation against the people who would dare seek vengeance against him.

He also challenges his values: If Black Panther is about this warrior - king coming to terms with his responsibilities to the rest of the world, then it takes the extreme version of that imperative presented by Killmonger — a war hawk's hate - fueled, yet sympathetic scheme to avenge a history of violence against people of color — to help T'Challa reach his epiphany.

And, in these very challenging times we live in today, how wonderful it is to hear people laugh continuously — and with, not against — the performers onstage.