Sentences with phrase «against the mainstream in»

Great leaders, when necessary, will go against the mainstream in terms of thinking, and take the chances of having their ideas and actions ridiculed or criticized.

Not exact matches

Detentions and arrests have not been limited to mainstream media, with several people in the last week having detention or arrest warrants issued against them on charges of insulting the president or praising the coup on social media, according to Anadolu.

Such conflicts may stoke Machiavellian suspicion between VCs and Mainstream SPV investors, and worse, they are likely to pit SPV investors against one another as some investors in the SPV may want to participate in the cram - down, while others may not.

In fact, there are attacks against copts on a regular basis (including during these protests) that are never reported by mainstream media.

Mainstream muslims have (sadly as a result of the 9/11 backlash) started in earnest to try and be heard and fight against these extremists.

In today's mainstream style, genres often merge unhappily, pitting one mode against another.

He notes that Balthasar set himself against the mainstream of modern thought from Descartes to Kant to Hegel with its «epistemological obsession» and «turn to the subject»» a belief that truth can only be found, and indeed is founded, in the subject.

Unfortunately, as you'll find out when you do finish your book, getting anything distributed in the mainstream publishing market is like banging your head against a wall.

The hard line against immigration clashes with Catholic and some mainstream Protestant beliefs, found in the bible, about showing hospitality to strangers.

Church of Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler, by Mark Riebling (Basic Books): It's scandalous that this deeply - researched study of Pius XII's involvement in plots to depose Adolf Hitler has been largely ignored by the mainstream press, but the reason why isn't hard to guess — Church of Spies confounds the «Hitler's Pope» rubbish that Catholic - bashers find useful.

Greg Easterbrook's brief, masterful tribute to Charles Hartshorne in U.S. News and World Report (23 February 1998) similarly credits Hartshorne's ability to achieve his great philosophical work while standing outside the mainstream of philosophical thought, and swimming against the tide of intellectual fashion.

His principal concern was with building a healthy and unified mainstream culture to which socially progressive Christianity might make a contribution.10 Today o there is much more awareness that «culture» means different things to different people: Often people define themselves against the mainstream culture by defining themselves in terms of a sub-culture.

Endeavour Forum is one of the few women's organisations which speaks out against the oppression of women under Islam — not just radical Islam as in ISIS and Boko Haram, but mainstream Islam which allows polygamy, child marriage, discrimination against women in divorce proceedings and inheritance laws.

Mainstream (leftist) journalism LOVES to use this question against high - profile republicans in an attempt to make them look «stupid» to the general public.

Catholicism is now mainstream and not discriminated against in the public forum any more than Protestantism is.

In sum, by reading the announcements very strictly, Turner goes against the «predestinarian» mainstream of Genesis interpretation and sees God's commands and promises only partly fulfilled.

Notice the shift that is occurring in the mainstream media and medical community concerning the official response against coconut oil: They have moved from «coconut oil is bad and should be never be consumed» to «coconut oil is OK in moderation but still dangerous in excess.»

As food sovereignty enters the mainstream language in Australia, it is important that we collectively guard against food sovereignty and agroecology being co-opted by those who wish to use it for personal gain and profit.

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.

In recent years, though, it's moved toward the mainstream, spurred by the rise of attachment parenting, a reaction against a dysfunctional medical system, and pro-midwife documentaries like The Business of Being Born, which featured producer Ricki Lake giving birth in her bathtuIn recent years, though, it's moved toward the mainstream, spurred by the rise of attachment parenting, a reaction against a dysfunctional medical system, and pro-midwife documentaries like The Business of Being Born, which featured producer Ricki Lake giving birth in her bathtuin her bathtub.

Adding to this disillusion, he continues, is a gradual erosion of public faith in politics, driven in part by the distorting impact of 24 - hour news and social media — «it does trivialise politics, and it has done a real amount of damage to the perception of politics» — a backlash against a political class that favours spin over frankness — «I detest spin, it is deceit and it is intended to be deceit» — and, ultimately, by the failure of mainstream parties to «reach out beyond the political sphere» and speak to people's real concerns.

Luke Akehurst, a leading light in Momentum's smaller Right - wing rival Labour First, tweeted triumphantly that Chris Ostrowski, a candidate he labelled contentiously as «mainstream», was readopted in the Watford Tory marginal against a Momentum and Unite - backed activist.

All mainstream media rely on the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) regarding reports about attrocities being committed against the Syrian population in the ongoing conflict.

His strong showing against George Bush in 1992 seemed to make him a mainstream candidate.

Rep. Chris Collins is turning a late - May clarification in The Buffalo News into a push against the mainstream media — and a campaign fundraising opportunity.

Stephanie Miner — The Syracuse mayor took her fight against the governor mainstream, penning an op - ed in The New York Times this week that takes him to task for a budget proposal that she says does little to help municipalities in dire financial straits.

It seems to go against what the Prime Minister said in her very first words from Number Ten; fighting for ordinary families (or the «mainstream» as she called them today), who work around the clock but worry about the cost of living.

Paladino laid low for a while after his gubernatorial race, but he reemerged in 2012 spewing harsh rhetoric against mainstream Republicans and Democrats alike.

From the first time he came to mainstream media's attention in 1994 proclaiming that the Gay Games in New York that year would spread AIDS in the city, to his resignation from the Civilian Complaint Review Board because of the constant protest from the LGBT community, to his attacks on the Harvey Milk School and his bussing in evangelical Christians from the tri-state area to stage a protest against gay marriage on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse, he has crusaded against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

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.

COLONIE — Speaking in a video message and by phone, Governor Andrew Cuomo told delegates of the Working Families Party on Saturday that he wants Democrats to take control of the state Senate, and he threatened to support primaries against members of the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference if they did not re-join with mainstream colleagues.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer announced that he was using the money he received from Loeb to donate to a mainstream Democratic candidate running in a primary against one of the breakaway Democrats.

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.

When his voice is unopposed, as it was in a 15 - minute segment for Fox News last week (which predictably warned of a «silent takeover» by British Muslims) the danger of «mainstreaming» prejudice against Muslims is magnified.

Tokar is on to something, however, when he says «with the Nader campaigns in 1996 and 2000, the existing Green networks were taken over by tendencies with mainstream electoral ambitions that pitted them against the more left - wing voices within the Greens.»

Prominent education groups in New York are rooting for and against a reunion of mainstream Democrats and the I.D.C., based on their lobbying interests.

Worried by the increasing phenomenon of hate speech in the both the mainstream and social media, the Resident Electoral commissioner (REC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Sokoto State, Malam Sadiq Abubakar Musa has urged the leadership of Faith Based Organizations (FBO) and religious leaders to stem the tide by preaching against it.

«Look at what happened to the moderate mainstream Republicans in America who didn't defend their views against a Tea Party - led lurch to the right — eventually they ended up with Donald Trump as their candidate.»

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

Members of the Working Families Party, which sits to the left of most mainstream Democrats and has a tense relationship with Mr. Cuomo, have entertained the idea of a third - party run against the governor next year, either in a primary or general election.

In June, at the European election that triggered this BBC decision, many voted for the BNP as a protest against the mainstream parties at the height of the MPs» expenses scandal.

The report, part of a reevaluation of the country's regulation of medical and scientific use of human embryos, goes against mainstream public and scientific opinion in many areas.

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.

There are indeed several highly underrated benefits of calorie counting as a fat loss strategy, so underrated because of said strong bias against calorie counting in the mainstream health and fitness discussion.

The Paleo diet movementis backed by some academics and fitness gurus, and has gained some praise in medical research in the US and elsewhere even though it goes against recommendations of most mainstream nutritionists and government guidelines.

Goss, who is married, said his conservative friends in the dating world often run up against clear «no Trump voters» stances on mainstream apps like Tinder.

In the opening scenes we see him leading his forces into battle against the barbarous Germans, who deserve everything they get for cutting off the head of the luckless Roman cavalryman despatched to issue a surrender ultimatum (like most mainstream movies, Gladiator is strong on audience emotion cues to nudge us in the right directioIn the opening scenes we see him leading his forces into battle against the barbarous Germans, who deserve everything they get for cutting off the head of the luckless Roman cavalryman despatched to issue a surrender ultimatum (like most mainstream movies, Gladiator is strong on audience emotion cues to nudge us in the right directioin the right direction.

In line with other Schrader movies, but perhaps more so than any, it defines itself against many of the central assumptions and conventions of most mainstream moviemaking.

It's something of a feat that the makers of Big Love are willing to put the ugly side of this phenomenon up against the mainstream sheen of Bill's setup, and — thanks in great part to the marvelous acting on display, from Paxton's rugged haplessness to all three women's unique variations on maternal stress and wifely sensuality — still offer up a family to root for, warts and all.

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 counseloin 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 counseloin 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 counseloIn 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 counseloin 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 counseloin 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.