Sentences with phrase «against specific people»

They're struggling with and battling against specific people who have their own motives for applying pressure on these women.

Not exact matches

This time, the focus is more narrowly on ensuring that people not be forced to agree to potential arbitration as a condition of their employment and that employers be prohibited from «threatening, retaliating or discriminating against, or terminating any applicant for employment or prospective employment or any employee because of the refusal to consent to the waiver of any right, forum, or procedure for a violation of specific statutes governing employment.»

Rather than avoid speculation or pray it doesn't turn one group against another, some people actually appear to thirst for a specific motive — to yearn for the revelation that the accused in question does in fact belong to a particular group, Emma Teitel writes.

It can certainly be credited for geographical knowledge, as well as folk wisdom learned from experience, such as the proscriptions against eating shellfish or pork, but it is certainly nothing more than the recorded myths of a specific people from specific points in time.

For Leff, readers «can attest to the rhetorical power of this blend,» of mixing «playful attacks against the professional and philosophical pursuits (but not the persons)» of the prosecutors, including the powerful Cato, «deadly serious emotional appeals,» and «deft maneuvering around the specific legal issues.»

He simply outlines the reason why our nation would benefit by addressing the grievous wrongs perpetrated even in recent history against a specific group of people — of citizens — in our country.

It is because they were specific that people in and outside of the Catholic Church saw what their values really were and how they stood over against the dominant economic thinking in North America.

The issue comes to light in their public statements about inequality and hate speech against a specific group of people, as well as the millions of dollars in donations to actively block equal rights to those people.

Of course, people on the left can be morally arrogant, but it would have helped if he had offered some specific evidence rather than simply the fact that those writers had argued on moral terms for a stronger presumption against war or a greater redistributive role for the state.

Even though resistance takes many different forms (against the MAI, towards a jubilee year in 2000, for the Tobin tax, seeking alternatives, etc.), and even if the struggles are specific in their aims (farmers, workers, indigenous or coloured people, citizens, ecologists or women, the urban poor, etc.) and though the various co-ordination groups are numerous (Peoples Power for the XXI Century in Asia, São Paulo Forum in Latin America, etc.), all of these have a common thread: they all work to highlight the unacceptable nature of the current economic system.

Only 4 states had specific sodomy laws against gay people.

go back and read, our conversation was quite specific about the agenda of some people against Powell.

People that are absolutely against CIO do not necessarily have sleep issues, They may have used gentle methods to encourage good sleep or it may have just come naturally because they created a healthy sleep environment without necessarily doing anything specific.

So, in particular, this quote from a comment you replied to resonated with me:» People that are absolutely against CIO do not necessarily have sleep issues, They may have used gentle methods to encourage good sleep or it may have just come naturally because they created a healthy sleep environment without necessarily doing anything specific.»

While it's hard to argue against anything you wrote (i agree with most points), specific examples - especially of people citing those specific individual reasons - would improve this answer a lot.

If you polled those supporting Trump and Moore, they'd probably come in heavily against molesting people who are legally minors, if you removed specific context or individuals and polled on the topic, alone.

On a side note, the lingering 21st century bans were / are against specific ANC members; and the US» reasons for adding or removing people from their T.E.L. is opaque and deeply political, so we can't easily extrapolate to entire post-apartheid political parties.

«Details of the specific charges against Silver were unclear on Wednesday night, but one of the people with knowledge of the matter said they stemmed from payments Mr. Silver received from a small law firm that specializes in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes,» the Times reported.

«In general, and I don't want to speak specific about this particular case, but if somebody makes a threat against a building, an institution, a group of people and the threat is of a violent nature you can be charged with making a terroristic threat and it is a felony,» stated Lt. Rinaldo.

In February, Cuomo signed another order that gave the attorney general specific authority to probe Abelove and to pursue charges against any person for unlawful acts «in any way connected with the incident and its subsequent investigation, including its grand jury presentation.»

The mayor did not offer any specific reason as to why the culture at one particular agency would lend itself to people filing false complaints against co-workers.

«If you're going to test a new vaccine in a specific place, you should look at the local strains first and see if your vaccines are effective against the local strains people are catching,» he said.

This could be an important breakthrough: Anyone who has survived a dengue - related illness has then acquired immunity against that specific pathogen, but when it comes to the other three strains, that person is at even greater risk.

As frightening as that sounds, most of us were born with a defense against exposure to mercury, initiated by specific sequences of genetic code that cause most people to expel the metal in 30 to 40 days.

On the basis of the current studies as well as previous reports on the use of intradermal immunization against influenza, hepatitis B, rabies, and other infectious diseases, 2,3,8 it is becoming clear that use of the intradermal route may at least partially overcome the relatively poor influenza - specific immune responses seen in certain at - risk populations, particularly the elderly, in whom the immune response in general is known to diminish with age.9 Moreover, in times of shortage, the dose - sparing intradermal approach might be particularly well suited to the young, healthy persons included in the CDC's high - priority group for vaccination, such as health care workers, as well as to younger, otherwise healthy populations in general.

The RTM hypothesis is that the immune systems of people who reach the ages at which AS, beta - amyloid, and other pathological aggregates begin to accumulate would generate antibodies against their abnormal form, and that people who remain free of these specific diseases might be producing antibodies that are particularly effective at keeping these aggregates at bay.

Finally, to address the potential for a brain - enhancement arms race pitting people with super-human intelligence and endurance against everyone else, they suggest creating culture - specific commissions to establish norms and regulations.

Camel milk contains several specific proteins, that plays an important role in the defense against bacteria and viruses Camel milk also has anti-inflammatory effect on the pancreas an effect is favorable for people with diabetes It is assumed that camel milk insulin does reach the bloodstream and that camel milk thereby affects sugar metabolism better than cow milk.

Coffey explains: «At the moment there is no specific law against stealing another person's identity.

Cities will have designated game nights, where people log into Match at a specific day and time to play against other singles in their area.

This e-reader is meant to compete against Amazon Kindle Voyage and is ideal for people who don't want to be locked into a specific ecosystem.

That said, there are people who are strongly against specific companies for a variety of different reasons.

The answer for this can be found in Oklahoma Statute, title 12 Section 95 that says that a person has two (2) years to bring their action against another for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property.

Breed specific legislation was dropped in 2014 in Maryland, but many people still hold fast to the aggressive stereotype against the lovable pit bull, leaving far too many stuck at shelters.

«Ollie has been brought into the light because of media, because of word of mouth, because of the good people on this Earth,» said Dahlia Canes, founder of the Miami Coalition Against Breed Specific Legislation.

Breed - specific legislation not only discourages responsible people from owning certain breeds — even though these are the owners that these types of dogs need the most — but it also legalizes discrimination against, and places extra burdens on, the few responsible people who dare to provide a loving home for a dog of one of these breeds.

PFPB is a 501 (c) 3 not - for - profit organization whose mission is to educate people about the history, temperament, and plight of the pit bull - type dog; raising awareness to rally against Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) and Breed Discriminatory Laws (BDL).

As a result of people's irresponsible decision to run out and buy them, we'll surely see breed specific legislation against this beautiful breed very soon.

Because of this, the American Pit Bull Foundation is working to help change public perception, give people the tools they need to be responsible pet guardians and advocate against discriminatory breed - specific legislation.

Obviously, a lot of specific factors come into play so this won't apply to everyone, but for a lot of people, I think they'll be okay with jumping on a «flash offer» even if it means adding one strike against their 5/24 count.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

While you aim with your crossbow, you can also target specific things in the environment to attack or tell the people in your party to use magic against, which is a nice addition.

Because Electronic Arts put the gameplay grind, the drip feed of rewards, the real hook to draw me in and hold me tight against the temptations of Destiny, Call of Duty, or Team Fortress in a very specific place: online, on their servers, mostly with people I don't know.

Once you've finished off Story mode, most of your time with Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite will likely be spent mopping up the challenges in Mission mode — mostly character - specific combos to help familiarise you with some more high - level play — or playing in either Training or Arcade mode while waiting to match up against people online.

Note that while we encourage deferring to experts in any specific domain, due to people's intuitive tendency to have excessive confidence in their own opinions and underestimate the value of expert opinions, we consider going against expert opinion a violation of the pledge only in the case of a clear scientific consensus.

For example, civil trial attorneys within the DOJ's Tax Division are requesting the issuance of John Doe summonses (ie, summonses that seek information regarding specific unidentified persons) and are seeking the enforcement of Nova Scotia summonses (ie, summonses served on a US branch of an overseas bank requesting the production of bank records held by parts of the bank located in a jurisdiction with strict bank secrecy laws) mostly against financial institutions.

You need to choose specific objectives for each component, identify the metrics by which you'll measure progress against these objectives, and assign a senior person within your firm to monitor their implementation and report the results to the firm's leadership on a regular basis.

Your Missouri or Kansas class action lawyer will need to prove that a wrong has been committed against a specific group of people.

73 Although the SBC, which is the basic legislation in the matter, states in Article 12 (4) thereof, that the aim of such surveillance is to apprehend individuals crossing the border illegally, it does not contain any rules concerning the measures which border guards are authorised to apply against persons or ships when they are apprehended and subsequently — such as the application of enforcement measures, the use of force or conducting the persons apprehended to a specific location — or even measures against persons implicated in human trafficking.

With respect to specific profiles, inmates whose crimes were crimes against the person, such as violent and sexual crimes, are at much higher risk of committing suicide than inmates incarcerated for property or financial crimes (a profile which Ariel Castro clearly fit).