Sentences with phrase «against opponents of»

And thanks to you, and Mr Watts, and probably many others from skeptic camp who can not accept the idea that AGWers are taking no chances in this fight against opponents of their «new religion».

Ranked matches will be added, where you can play 2on2 matches against opponents of a similar level, in an attempt to get promoted.

You can earn coins with every win as you test and battle with your favorite decks against opponents of varying difficulty.

You will be allowed to play online games against opponents of your choice whether it is friends, family members or total strangers from another part of the world.

He did, however, use President George W. Bush's famous NCLB line against opponents of federal accountability.

«It's been suggested that many coaches regard sport as at least 50 percent mental when competing against opponents of similar ability.

Most amusingly of all, Dennis Skinner felt that the most noteworthy piece of parliamentary oratory of the last one hundred years came from the member for Bolsover - one Dennis Skinner - in a filibuster against opponents of stem cell research.

To be honest, it looked pretty straightforward: a 50 - yard run around Victoria Tower Gardens with a pan in hand, competing against opponents of varying physiques.

His plus / minus is a staggering plus - 30 percent, against opponents of very similar strength.

Setback for Opponents of Walt Ranch Vineyard Development A Napa County Superior Court on Tuesday tentatively ruled against the opponents of a vineyard slated to be developed above the Napa Valley floor...

When your connection's running smoothly and you're playing against an opponent of equal skill, the online play is an absolute blast, letting you train up and play Smash the way it was meant to be played.

Under s 194 of the Legal Services Act 2007, a court may make a costs order against the opponent of a party who has been represented free of charge.

Not exact matches

- them formula that McConnell had used against Democratic opponents, painting them as tools of East Coast elites.

A political opponent of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen wants Facebook to hand over information that might help him fight legal claims against him by the government.

Newman, who had the backing of an array of national abortion - rights groups and two members of Illinois» congressional delegation, campaigned heavily against her opponent's voting record and promoted herself as a champion of «working families, healthcare for all, and everybody's rights,» she told Business Insider last year.

President Francois Hollande's Socialist government, accused by political opponents of doing too little to avert the attack that killed 84 and hurt hundreds, also said it would step up strikes against Islamic State in its strongholds in Iraq and Syria.

Top allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Bannon, the head of the far - right website Breitbart News who pledged to run opponents against McConnell - backed candidates whom Bannon deemed not sufficiently conservative.

In one of Kilduff's studies, he had subjects face - off against a simulated opponent to complete a typing contest.

The study was designed so that each participant won two out of the four contests, but half the group faced off against the same opponent each time and won or lost by a narrow margin; these slight victories and losses to the same opponent encouraged feelings of rivalry among participants, who subsequently reported higher scores on the Machiavellianism scale.

Clinton has repeatedly accused her opponent as being soft on Russia, pointing to his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a strong leader, his suggestion that he would rethink sanctions against Russian officials, his sharp criticism of NATO and other policy positions.

Members of this generation can rent couture dresses for proms and play video games against opponents on different continents.

«Some of the large retailers who are big importers have been some of the most vocal opponents,» Rosenberg said, noting they haven't been the only ones who have come out against the proposal, but also pointing to support the plan has from companies such as Boeing, General Electric, and Johnson and Johnson.

U.S. lawmakers are close to delivering a draft of the Federal Aviation Authority's reauthorization bill, which will include rules for nonmilitary drones, and drone opponents are lobbying hard against the unmanned flying machines, The New York Times reports.

«The stark choice that Keystone's opponents have put at the heart of the debate is an illusion,» she said today speaking at the Brookings Institution, adding: «they say that you either stand against the oilsands or you write off the environment.»

To guard against potential threats to his power, he maintains a large force of secret police who watch his political opponents, tap many telephones, and even investigate all students applying for admission to a university.

In fact, when you line up Ryan against his direct opponent, Vice President Joe Biden, you can see two versions of the same person — at least in that they both came to Washington in their 20s, were elected to office far younger than their peers, and never left.

Former sheriff's deputies in Virginia brought a lawsuit against their old boss, claiming he had fired them because they had liked the Facebook campaign page of his opponent in the upcoming election.

Opponents — including the state of Hawaii and civil rights groups — say that both the first ban and the revised ban discriminate against Muslims.

The Art of War says that victory comes to a general — read, a business leader — who avoids following conventional strategies and instead uses surprising tactics to unsettle a seemingly dominant opponent: David wielding his humble slingshot against a clueless, stodgy Goliath.

«Part of the reasons active measures have worked in the US election is because the commander - in - chief has used Russian active measures at times against his opponents,» Watts said, pointing to Manafort and Trump's citations of fake - news stories pushed out by Russian - linked entities last year.

To some, Gov. Rick Scott, who hasn't been a staunch critic of drilling, only changed his mind to secure enviromental credentials in his run against Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, a longtime drilling opponent.

The euro dropped against its major opponents in the New York session on Thursday, erased its recent gains, after the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi acknowledged recent signs of moderation in bloc's economic growth, with some countries experiencing a loss of momentum.

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Deep state is weaponizing staff security clearances against Trump: Sean Bigley

Political opponents of President Donald Trump have «weaponized» the security - clearance process against him in an undemocratic «power grab,» stalling his nominations and systematically impeding White House operations,...

People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group and dedicated Bachmann opponent, resurfaced the petition earlier this month after news that the congresswoman would remain on the high - profile panel despite spearheading a controversial campaign against Muslim members of President Barack Obama's administration last year.

Were religious people promoting peace when they voted down gay marriage (a civil rights issue, opponents of which will be viewed in the same light as the opponents against civil rights in the 50s and 60s) You are just so comfortable in the majority, you can't see the prejudice and bias you put on people that aren't like you.

For this reason, opponents of anticipated features of the two international trade agreements, argued strongly against «fast track.»

After MAT (a campaign that will continue with the shift to the WTO where there is a project to coöpt, in the framework of the American lobbying system, a part of the opponents) concentration could be focussed on the tax on capital (Tobin tax etc.), the struggle against the plans of the IMF, the struggle against Third World debt.

The opponents of the dominant system could sometimes be played off against one another.

Instead, using a brilliant strategy of using his opponent's teaching against them, Paul shows that those who teach that everybody else is evil and defiled have painted themselves into a theological corner.

Yet these same people will read of the battles Paul had to fight against the Judaizers in the New Testament who were insisting that believers had to be circumcised — and laugh at Paul's opponents for their denseness!

Deneen was a vocal opponent of the White House's contraceptive mandate, joining other academics in signing a protest letter against it.

In my opinion these conferences largely ended the possibility of opponents playing one group off against the others.

George N. Boyd argues against the traditional position of the opponents of capital punishment that no crime ever «deserves» the death penalty, and suggests that the debate is not over what murderers deserve, but rather about how society should express and defend its fundamental values.

Looking at this side of the ambiguity, we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that lives without question or resistance in a state founded on violence and made prosperous by the exploitation of less fortunate nations; a church that accepts various perquisites from that state as its due; a church where changing jobs for the sake of peace and justice is seldom considered; a church that constantly speaks in the language of war; a church given to eloquent invective in its internal disputes and against outside opponents; a church quite sure that God will punish the wicked.

In a debate with an advocate for abortion, one occasionally comes up against an informed opponent who seeks to undermine the Church's position on the issue by pointing out that the Universal Doctor of the Church, St Thomas Aquinas, held to the doctrine of delayed animation or hominisation.

Although not in itself an argument against the opponent to abortion, nor an argument in favor of infanticide, the following consideration by Hartshorne indicates the counter intuitiveness of the theory of strict identity:

When a movement against slavery was first introduced in Europe and then America, some of the most vocal opponents to this movement came from Christians.

Opponents were thus faced with two tasks: to raise the level of debate to a plane of ethics beyond the emotive and the anecdotal, and then to argue against the regnant libertarian ethos.

Jesus could have been blaspheming, his exorcisms could be collusion with evil forces, and what his opponents, no doubt, regarded as the indiscriminate nature of both the forgiveness (including tax collectors and sinners) and the healings (Samaritan leper) could be an argument against these aspects of his ministry, but for faith both are a manifestation of the kingly activity of God.

The strong man, the winner, is the reliever of our own frustrations and the surrogate for our vindictiveness against opponents.