Sentences with phrase «against characters who»

Au contraire, they're up against characters who drop their spear guns BEFORE they jump into the water with the sharks.

In one of the final story mode races I had to go up against another character who was driving a semi-truck.

Not exact matches

Overall, the character plays more like a potential antagonist for the next season of «Silicon Valley» than anyone who should have been going up against the likes of Superman.

What I tried to do was come up with common characters we face at work — like the «manterrupter» who interrupts you in a meeting, or the office mom who ends up taking on the mother lode of menial tasks — as well as some of the internal barriers, like the feeling of being an imposter, and then digging through the research to find out how you can push back against these things.

At the time that Democrats began paying for the research, Mr. Trump was in the process of clinching the Republican presidential nomination, and Ms. Clinton's allies were scrambling to figure out how to run against a candidate who had already weathered attacks from Republican rivals about his shifting policy positions, his character and his business record.

Kelly — who first learned of the domestic violence allegations against Porter months ago — issued a glowing statement of support for Porter's personal character after the allegations first surfaced publicly Tuesday and privately urged him to remain on the job until the next day when his resignation was announced.

Out of all the postings on this site today, I found «Derp's «post the most fascinating and informative, as well as deeply revealing.Even after boasting of what seems to be a practically perfect live by any measure, he informs us that he takes pleasure in mocking and ridiculing those of faith who are presumably his opposite; I can only wonder if, given all his supposed accomplishments, he is smart enough to realize how deeply revealing of his true character his remarks are.As a believer, I rarely engage in arguments with my atheist friends, and like to think I wouldn't lower myself to the level of juvenile name - calling and personal attacks against whatever my atheist friends hold dear.Most of the time we simply agree to disagree; when they hold forth with misinformation or ignorance on their assumed «knowledge «of my faith, I try to gently correct them; I certainly don't allow any disagreements we have to devolve into hateful insults and name - calling.

For those who rebel against this relational matrix, either embracing or acquiescing to a lifestyle of isolation, separation, destructiveness, and exploitation, the totality will have the character of enemy or void.

Gandhi, who defended the theory of caste, said, «I consider untouchability to be a heinous crime against humanity... I know of no argument for its retention and I have no hesitation in rejecting scriptural authority of a doubtful character in order to support a sinful institution.»

What I do believe is that we need to really know Jesus to know God — Although text meaning can change Jesus who is the word of God — His personality doesn't change...... so when you read behind the text and see the personality of Jesus — you get to know Him for who He is and then I can test anything the bible or text say against His character for truth!

Somehow, against all odds, Pete seems to be the character who has found the most redemption, having stitched his family back together.

seem to want to mold public policy based on the rantings of fictional characters created by a hypocrite who railed against socialist and collectivist principles and then collected her Medicare and Social Security benefits later in life, can we also consider alternatives?

In War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy gives us the character Andrei Bolkonsky, a prince and soldier who nearly dies in battle against Napoleon.

«The Rite» is chock - full of heaving, cursing, ranting characters, who, according to the screenplay, are possessed by Satan, people who one moment seem fine and the next are raging against all that is holy.

The Bible presupposes a right and a wrong interpretation of Jesus» coming and the nature and character of God, as it uses strong language against false teachers who promote doctrines that undermine the gospel.

It is interesting to note that, well before now, certain notable characters who were part of the rebellion against Christian ethics began to see the downside of what they had set in motion.

Not only was Mary Magdalene the most prominent among the disciples of the Galilean Jesus Movement, the discipleship of the women also has a very special character and occasionally expresses the quality of «true discipleship» over against the failure of Peter who denies Jesus and Judas who betrays him.

De Lubac is often depicted as a «progressive» theologian who fought against the insular character of pre-Vatican II Catholicism in order to advance a vision of the Christian life more «open to the world.»

It seems that whatever tack you are taking, if part of the argument is that Jesus defines God's character with respect to using force against some, you have to consider the things he said in places like Matthew 24 are part of who Jesus is.

And like Anvil who calls for extermination, that character trait is a Godly one, used for good against evil, and for the protection of a place called Holy.

I cant stress enough we need a fit koss and another great cb he did everything against southhampton and mert just headed and gave them the ball back i like mert he has good character but the boss should be our captain and have someone who can share the workload next to him not covering for everyone else chambers is great but has been thrown in to many games........

Statement is baffling and is in fact the very thing that guys like cap and others are fighting against the truth is Colin didn't orignaly kneel during the anthem he sat on his bench he was then approached by vets who asked why he was sitting and asked him to do something else because sitting was disprectful it was those army vets who told cap to kneel because it shows your fighting against something and not just sitting to sit they told him it would be a better look and it's funny how people turn around and say he is disrespecting the very people who told him what to do and how to do it to get his message across this is the ignorance of America and everything cap fights against you judge a man by the color of his skin and his upbringing and not the content of his character you don't know anything about cap yet you pull this entire story out your ass go sit down clown

Bryan's character has been a fighter who won't back down, regardless of the odds stacked against him.

My concern regards their character and mental toughness, as they'll need an abundance of both at Old Trafford against a United team who will be eager to put to bed a run of two consecutive defeats.

We target parents, guardians, brothers and sisters, and caregivers who are the primary characters in the battle against attachment disorder.

One need only turn on the television to watch Machine Gun Preacher for a similar portrayal of a white character who travels to «Africa» to «save the children» against the backdrop of black - on - black slaughter, rape and torture which is never historically contextualised (see The Guardian's Catherine Shoard's critique of the white criminal - turned - saviour character of Sam in Machine Gun Preacher as «half saint, half psychopath»).

Read St James's consultation: http://www.stjames.tgacademy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/finalconsultation.pdf Read the BHA's correspondence with the Academy and Diocese: http://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/BHA-correspondence-with-Tudor-Grange-Academy-Solihull.pdf Read Tudor Grange's affiliation agreement with the Diocese of Birmingham: http://www.tudor-grange.solihull.sch.uk/images/docs/draftjul11.doc Read the relevant section of the Equality Act 2010: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/85 Visit the local campaign's Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/150736215077978/ View the petition against the plans: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/tudor-grange-admissions-policy Read more about the BHA's campaigns work on «faith» schools: http://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/schools-and-education/faith-schools/ Read the BHA's table of types of school with a religious character: http://www.humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/schools-with-a-religious-character.pdf The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity.

«Jonathan Tasini has already shown a willingness to stand against powerful interests who have chosen already to undermine the American dream, lessen the character of our young people by denying them a complete ability to comprehend their own political power.

It wouldn't look great to start attacking the character of a guy who technically isn't even her opponent, so instead Quinn responded to every question with some variation of «I feel incredibly confident, based on my record, regardless of whom I am running against... that I am going to be mayor.»

The plotting against Neil Kinnock became so public that David Hare wrote an entire play about it, «Absence of War», which included a scene in which the Kinnock character physically assaults an aide who has been exposed for his disloyalty.

«Anyone who has a case against any man of God should swear an oath, proceed to the law court and face the rigours, rather than engage in media trial and character assassination, which have become the hallmark of this administration.»

«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.

Sara - Igbe, who later addressed the crowd, described the former first lady as a woman of unquestionable character and decried the action of the EFCC against the wife of the former President.

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.

People who know me closely, including my teachers and lecturers, know that I have throughout my life stood for the principles I believe in and in my own conscience and it is strange that Ayine, whose family has benefitted from my upright character, insults me because the President has set him against me.

«By resigning from his public position on account of the allegations of bribery against him, Muiz Banire (SAN), a former legal adviser of the All Progressives Congress, has proven to be a man who loves his character more than anything else,» he said.

I am all for the free speech but slanderous statements and character assassination are not a free speech but another act of victimization against the ones who are unable to defend themselves.

«Deathly Hallows 2» also brings back, if only fitfully, many of the wonderful British character actors who have flitted in and out of the series, including Gary Oldman as Sirius Black, Jim Broadbent as potions professor Horace Slughorn, and Maggie Smith, whose Professor Minerva McGonagall crisply defends Hogwarts against Voldemort's looming hordes.

Only in the last half - hour do the usual Emmerich absurdities pile up: I laughed outright at the character who, past 65 and diagnosed with a massive brain tumor that will kill him within months, can not be stopped by a ferocious beating, being stabbed in the neck with a sharp implement, then being crushed against a wall by an SUV moving at a minimum of 30 mph.

However it has a resourceful hero, a race against time, large - scale action and secondary characters who aren't decorative.

Bale's character is a U.S. Army captain who has seen much slaughter, and has done a vengeful lion's share of killing himself, in the wars against the Native American tribes.

Very much a character study, with most of the focus mostly on Bjorn Borg (played by Sverrir Gudnason)-- notably, the film was titled Borg in Sweden — and his meticulous, robotlike preparation pitted against the wild - child spirit of John McEnroe, who was seemingly perfectly stunt cast with real - life powder keg Shia LaBeouf.

It artfully uses the alien characters as engaging stand - ins for countless teenagers who, rebelling against pressures to conform, feel like beings from another planet.

If you didn't remember who Tris is fighting against, the film has a character say, «I'm not the enemy here,» followed by a cut to Jeanine.

There's little that's human about such a character, who becomes entirely defined by the crime perpetrated against her.

In «Three Billboards» those characters take the form of Mildred facing off against the police — which also includes supporting actor contender Sam Rockwell as a racist, absusive, and alcoholic officer who still lives at home with his mother.

Director Danny Boyle is no stranger to characters who see themselves as separate or outside of the flow, and the titular Jobs is a force pushing himself upstream against the current of other people's limitations, as written by Aaron Sorkin.

The unusually well - defined cast of characters includes a family of thieves living in the mountains in southwest France — a widower and grandfather named Victor (Ivan Desny), his eldest son Ivan (Didier Bezace), Ivan's wife Mireille (Fabienne Babe), and Ivan and Mireille's son Justin (Julien Riviere)-- as well as Ivan's kid brother Alex (Auteuil), who has rebelled against his family by becoming a cop in a Lyons suburb.

For the most part, the Russo brothers and Marvel Studios delivered on their promise to bring the disparate corners of film franchise together for a battle against Thanos, all while staying true to the characters who made the MCU so popular.

In these films, the world has usually turned against humanity in some way — a zombie apocalypse, an alien invasion, or simply the indomitability of nature itself — and the relative resourcefulness of characters who were previously reliant on now - absent tools or technologies provide the major dramatic beats as outside forces close in, driving these characters into action.