Sentences with phrase «against defenders of»

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In June of that year, he led a flight of U.S. defenders against an 80 - plane attack by Japanese forces, disrupting the attack and shooting down seven of the enemy.

In the first quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers» nationally televised game against the Philadelphia 76ers, James split a pair of defenders and then scored, while also drawing a foul.

Since his identity as Hogan's backer was revealed, Thiel's crusade against Gawker has been decried by a number of prominent journalists and defenders of a free press, who note that a billionaire bankrupting a media outlet as part of a personal vendetta raises serious questions about free speech.

Even one of Trump's most consistent defenders, Rep. Mark Meadows (R - NC), who chairs the conservative House Freedom Caucus, tweeted against the proposal — although, notably, he put the onus on the Commerce Department, not Trump.

Audio calls, video conferences and messages sent by means of WhatsApp or Telegram, will be protected against hackers by a digital defender — a VPN.

Internally, Bannon was his biggest defender against skeptics who accused him of holding anti-Semitic views and playing up his intellectual status by insisting on going by «Dr. Sebastian Gorka.»

Beloved Beowulf, best of defenders, guard against anger and gain for yourself perpetual profit.

And Brown reminds modern interpreters, particularly on the matter of sexuality, that Augustine was the defender of marriage against the extreme asceticism of his contemporaries.

defender of abstract knowledge and deductive methodology against the scientific method through his theory of a priori innate ideas.

You defenders of religion keep some interesting company: Osama Bin LLaden, Iraninan Mullahs, Saudi Wahabists (who will cut your head off in public if you preach anything but Islam), Joe Smith who preached that black people did not have souls (the church changed it mind after the civil rights act and are now bigotted against gay people), the Taliban, the pope and his child rapists, ignorant & stupid evangelicals who think that revelations is a roadmap to the future.

In this way Christian theology becomes both the defender of religion over against the onesidedness and superficiality of Marx's critique of religion, and at the same time the ally of this critique against the «alienation» of man.

How can anyone who claims to be a defender of equal rights for all people regardless of gender or race, be opposed to a law which would make it illegal to discriminate against unborn babies based on their gender or race?

Insofar as the Progressives were Darwinians, we see another similarity: Darwinian conservative Larry Arnhart is one of the defenders of the goodness of our social natures in service to the species against this self - obsessed liberationism.

The glory days of feature film animation were amidst World Wars, when propaganda on both sides was simple: Allies versus fascists, right takes on wrong, world defenders against world destroyers.

Defenders of Confederate memorials, including President Donald Trump, have warned against «changing history» by removing them.

But as even the excellent, aristocratic, Confederate defender of the book [linked by Carl] against democratic [Northern?]

Hence the Modernists are not good defenders of the church against Humanism; secularism is at their very door and they are not strong enough to battle with it.

Similarly, defenders of affirmative action assert that reasonableness will limit the discrimination practiced against whites.

So he becomes a stalwart defender of the trustworthiness of natural impulse against the life - denying interdictions of a society that in the interests of its own survival continues to give lip service to an Augustinian anti-Pelagianism.

In general, it is «those who care only about the interests of the state» against whom «religion needs defenders.»

As for Mr. Trump, defender of traditional culture and religious freedom against «secular judges,» that forlorn hope is belied by the warm welcome afforded proponents of lifestyle libertinism — the principal driver of activist federal judging - as - legislating — at the Republican convention in Cleveland.

The pagan temptation,» as the philosopher Thomas Molnar described it, is hardly new — the Church has been fighting paganism since the time of Christ — but what is new is its aggressive resurgence, its seduction of so many Christians, and the warnings Pope Francis has issued against it.The Pope's scorching words against paganism have not been well - received by many, but Francis has gone right on assailing it, particularly in areas that pagans care about most: the environment and sex.Francis has been a bold and eloquent defender of the environment, and understands that protecting the environment is not a recent fad, but a long - standing Catholic principle, highlighted by many of Francis's predecessors.

While the defenders of a resurrection can point to a unanimity that Mary Magdalene discovered an empty tomb and (including Mark by inference) that Jesus appeared to the apostles, those who argue against it can point to all these inconsistencies.

I think if LACAZETTE can keep this up, he's going to claim a place in the french world cup squad next year, his goal scoring instinct is sharp, he knows he won't get too much chances and makes use of the few ones he gets and he was unluncky not to have scored against chelsea and his header wasn't a fluke, he knew where the post were and he directed the ball, he will be handful for defender when our complete squad starts and luckily for us he's not an injury prone player, having him, Sanchez (if he stays), Giroud and Ozil fit will be vital for us this season and i see plenty of goals..

Against Palace when teams sit in their own half, he can play the short passes and flicks to help create a chance for a shot, or can compete physically with defenders to try and get on the end of crosses.

Again the commentator made the observation that defenders do not like playing against him because of his speed.

Two of his surprise selections include Burnley and Crystal Palace defenders Kieran Tripper and Scott Dann, with Merson pointing to the attacking mentality and the physical battle against Diego Costa as reasons why they make his team:

I'm with what Rio said against the sides in the bottom half of the table it works he can get a couple of goals, but against the intelligent defenders like terry's kompany's cahill's he would simply get put on his arse.

At the moment looks like one of the most overpriced defenders in world football, but will be wanting to prove his doubters wrong against the Eagles.

The Saints defender Ryan Bertrand thinks that his teams great record against us will give them confidence, and he reckons the team are now getting the hang of Puel's new formation and style.

The young Arsenal and England defender Calum Chambers may have had the sort of game he would rather forget on Monday against Liverpool, and he has taken his fair share of stick for is as well, but I do not think that it will mean a great deal in the long term.

i have been saying this for along time arsenal would be better surve with a defrent stile of play maker one who can shoot head the ball take on defender dribble into space.we all see it over on over again you don't need one killers pass to win game alot of team don't have ozil on create lots of chance against us.

In case you are saying West Ham are tough defenders, then we have won 12 out of 14 games against them so and Giroud has scored 5 goals in 6 games against them.

Now Arsenal have Giroud, who can play against the stronger, taller defenders, although Lucas also proved with his solo goal that he has plenty of strength and fight in his determination to score.

The two of them were sharp physically, very mobile and if you have their individual quality, that makes them dangerous against any defender.

Until there is reinforcements, we can't afford to loan any of those young defenders out... but saying that, I wouldn't be surprised if Wenger goes against logic and leaves us short at the back.?

He watched as his Miramonte boys water polo teammate Charlie Wiser thrashed about attempting to gain position against his San Ramon Valley defender approximately six feet in front of the goal.

Giroud actually looked like he bumped heads with Bournemouth defender at the end of the game as he kept on rubbing his hand against the back of the head to see if there was any blood there, so I'm hoping it's nothing more than that.

We have already heard that Olivier Giroud has been sent back to Arsenal from the France squad and is out of the friendly match against Germany this week, but now we have even more worrying news from L'Equipe who have told us that our top defender Laurent Koscielny missed yesterday's training session with Les Bleus.

The Arsenal defender Calum Chambers was watched by Roy Hodgson in a few games recently, including at right - back against Chelsea, and it seems that the England boss has decided to pull the 19 year - old out of the U21 squad for the important European Championship play - off against Croatia to give him his first taste of senior football at Wembley, after coming on as a sub in the last friendly in Norway.

His athleticism allowed him to play above the rim in high school; in the SEC, it may help him hold his own against the conference's top defenders until he adjusts to the speed of college ball.

Manchester City defender Micah Richards, currently on loan at Fiorentina, says the lowest moment of his time with City was being taken off at half - time against Watford by Manuel Pellegrini.

The England captain had sights of goal either side of the half - hour mark, but drilled into the side - netting, and later headed against a defender.

There's nothing surreal about Ronaldinho toe - poking the ball against Chelsea from outside the box while being cornered by multiple defenders except that he, unlike almost every other player before and after him, had the presence of mind, vision, and audacity to try it.

I also feel that a lot of people have gone a bit overboard in their slating of the defender, with some suggesting that his pairing with Koscielny just does not work, because he and the French international played very well together when Wenger gave them a run after Mertesacker's red card against Chelsea and he would have kept the pairing for the Leicester and Barcelona matches if Gabriel had not been unlucky enough to pick up a knock.

If the Arsenal new boy gets thrown straight into the mix as is expected this Saturday, he will be up against one of the Premier League's best defenders in Vincent Kompany.

The Swedish defenders has once against been connected with a move to the Red Devils, with the latest baseless figure floating in the ether being a # 42m valuation of the 22 year old, as referenced by the Sun in their piece today.

The defenders returned to training ahead of the match against Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena.

We have Mertesacker playing against Aguero, It is not Mert's fault that he is one of the slowest defenders in the league playing against one of the fastest forwards.

Again, he would not let himself be bullied like United's defenders were against Leicester and would be able to command the respect of his team mates after several excellent years at the top with the German giants.