Sentences with phrase «against mainstream well»

It has worked against mainstream well - heeled Republicans in primaries.

Not exact matches

Because they were not well equipped to deal with the intellectual challenges posed by modernism, fundamentalists withdrew from mainstream seminaries and secular universities, frequently adopting an anti-intellectual, populist stance that, to use Carpenter's phrase, «often took the form of railing against one's enemies before an audience of one's friends.»

The problem is mainstream muslims are clueless about how to stop them, we are doing out best to report them to the authorities but sometimes it is not easy even for US to tell and I think perhaps it is going to take a collective effort of all of us together to rid ourselves of this scourge... rather than a «Its us against the Muslim world» approach which only alienates more people, and is contribute to the problem spreading.

If you look at the biggest stars in other sports (Tom Brady, Sidney Crosby, Cristiano Ronaldo, etc.) they're all consummate professionals because mainstream sports make it all about the best athletes competing against each other.

As elected president, he founded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), with the volcanic Nuhu Ribadu as first chairman, thus mainstreaming the War Against Corruption; as well as the ICPC, to lesser applause.

The perception that he leans well to the Left of mainstream opinion will keep him on guard against confirming he deserves his «Red Ed» moniker.

Matt Wootton at LeftFootForward is more concerned at the failure of the Left to unite against FPTP: «The referendum on the Alternative Vote was a once - in - a-lifetime chance to change politics for the better, and to mainstream red, green and liberal politics, and sideline Conservative.

So far, Trump's approach to the media, labelled as the MSM (Mainstream Media) by predominantly right - wing and / or libertarian demographics has played well with his core voter base who believe that the media bloc are part of a larger coordinated conspiracy against him and the right wing in general.

This all goes directly against what you hear in mainstream health talk... because most health professionals don't truly understand the biochemistry of fats, and falsely believe that saturated fats are bad for you... when in fact, they are actually neutral in most instances... and saturated fats from tropical oils are actually good for you as they contain mostly medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) which are lacking in most people's diets.

As much as I rail against the mainstream fitness scene, I have to admit it's changing for the better.

Although Buscemi has done his best work outside of the mainstream, turning in other sterling performances in Alexandre Rockwell's In the Soup (1992) and Tom Di Cillo's Living in Oblivion (1995), he has occasionally appeared in such Hollywood megaplex fare as Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), Big Daddy (1999), and 28 Days (2000), the last of which cast him against type as Sandra Bullock's rehab counselor.

Just how well Just Wright works formula tropes is highlighted by the other chick flick of the week (and, seriously, Fox Searchlight — way to preordain the underachievement a so - deemed «urban» romance with genuine, potential cross-demo appeal by scheduling against a film that on the surface looks more broadly mainstream), Letters to Juliet.

Had its trippy - dippy, anachronistic cross-cutting and madly - inappropriate scoring appeared in 1968 (the year of Rosemary's Baby, Night of the Living Dead, If..., 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the film to which it perhaps owes its greatest allegiance, Once Upon a Time in the West), Performance would've found traction and good company as a foundational film for the American New Wave instead of as a picture that, for all its foment and formal revolution, seemed hysterical against a maturing, more sedate (d) mainstream avant - garde parade of stuff like El Topo, Zabriskie Point, MASH, and Five Easy Pieces.

While the two - row models offer a strong value proposition against mainstream rivals like the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, Ford Edge and Jeep Grand Cherokee, well - equipped three - row versions, like my Sorento SX + AWD V6, can now be cross-shopped with luxury brand showrooms.

Proceeding an extended range of similarly engineered models due out in the not too distant future, it puts BMW directly into competition against some of Europe's best - selling models, taking its premium appeal into the mainstream.

Daft designer dialogue apart, the new Santa Fe looks good; it's sharper and smoother, dynamic and appealing and looks a proper mainstream SUV offering that — certainly on looks — should be able to hold its own against anything on the market.

This 218d manual is not the best BMW can do, but the company's first front - drive car is clearly only a sensible transmission and wheel and tyre specification from being among the best and is, in any case, a compelling offering against high - end mainstream rivals.

For years I have fought against self - publishing on the basis that if I was good enough I would be picked up by a mainstream publisher.

Even if the audience is here, we could argue that it's good for the series at least, but what it does is it anihilates the potential of the series getting recognition from the mainstream and really going up against western rpgs AS IT SHOULD because mechanically it's clever and filled with idea that SHOULD have a global influence on the genre.

These exhibitions emphasized on the mainstream heterosexual society's self - examination on its prejudices, falsities, and oppression against LGBTQ people as well as its respect for LGBTQ community while honoring the artistic achievements of LGBTQ artists that have revealed their inner world and aesthetic value.

Both these responses (nonsense from the Express / Mail / WUWT, and nothing from the specialist media) confirm a well - known trope about the media in general: The Express covered it because they (incorrectly) saw it as going against the mainstream, while perhaps the specialist press didn't cover it because they (correctly) didn't.

If the «mainstream» experts don't supply this information (i.e. evidence against as well as evidence for), then it is left for Idso et al. to fill in the blanks.

I believe maverick status is achieved when bravery and convictions push outside of the mainstream; better described as someone outside the orthodoxy with reasoned scientific views that haven't been adequately explored, that push against the grain.

Support has also come from non-Indigenous allies who have participated in vigils and awareness campaigns, as well as mainstream media, which has begun documenting and providing public education about violence against Indigenous women and girls, such as CBC.

* 2017 Was Bitcoin's 3rd Best Year Bitcoin's 1200 % annual growth last year took it easily to the top of the league against the global fiat basket, while only a handful of less mainstream altcoins posted bigger returns for investors.

The NIRA provides an overarching summary of action being taken against the closing the gap targets as well as the operation of the mainstream national agreements in health, schools, VET, disability services and housing and several NPs.