Sentences with phrase «against the majority on»

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Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest of the world, but the majority of members in the upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.

On Saturday night, Uber's New York City Twitter account announced that it was turning off surge pricing for trips at JFK airport in light of the protests against Donald Trump's executive order that bans immigrants from seven Muslim - majority countries.

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Attorney General Sessions said that marijuana sale and use is still against federal law and said he does not think that cannabis is something that should be legalized, despite the fact that more than half of all states have some form of a regulated market already in place and the majority of Americans agree that marijuana prohibition should end.

Nabors» board is not legally compelled to abide by the majority vote against Sheinfeld's election, and it has decided to keep him on the board.

On Jan. 27, Trump signed the first executive order for a travel ban — related to travelers from seven Muslim - majority countries — which led to confusion across U.S. and overseas airports and resulted in nationwide protests against the order.

By the early 20th century, bandwagons were commonplace in political campaigns, and «jump on the bandwagon» had become a derogatory term used to describe the social phenomenon of wanting to be part of the majority even when it means going against one's principles or beliefs.

If Republicans are able to get a veto - proof majority to back some kind of bill limiting Trump's authority to issue tariffs, it would echo the time when Republicans forced Trump to impose sanctions on Russia last August and locked old sanctions against the country into law instead of leaving them as executive orders that Trump could unilaterally rescind.

Citizens» chief financial officer, Jennifer Montero, on April 11 acknowledged that the majority of lawsuits against Citizens has «shifted» to Hurricane Irma, but company spokesman Michael Peltier said it's too early to know whether AOB suits would increase again after the Irma suits recede.

The next post will offer some more detailed thoughts on why it has become necessary to campaign against the majority of money managers and what has gone wrong.

Last January, Giuliani appeared on Fox News the day after Trump issued the first version of his controversial travel ban against seven Muslim - majority countries.

There's not that much of a distinction... Jewish Neocons and Christian Neocons (ie the 15 % German Ethnic majority in this country and all of the other White people who are following them hook line and sinker) are on the same team and have waged a war TOGETHER against the Arabs.

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.

There is, of course, always prejudice against minorities on the part of majorities; there are all kinds of ways to put minorities in an inferior position.

Yet another example of a group voting against the majority of their interests solely based on a social issue.

On Thursday, a veto - proof majority in the House voted in favor of the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act.

Almost forty years later, the by - then prominent founder of the Moral Majority and crusader against gay rights inadvertently confirmed the ubiquity of such segregationist thought in Southern white churches when he was asked to comment on his now discarded and discredited opinion.

I'm against allowing any sort of moral law decided by some, even if it is a majority in a democracy, to be forced on the rest with no other support than «thats what God wants».

It's their way or the highway and to compromise is to show a lack of faith which means you have one side willing to make exceptions for all peoples religions as long as they don't force it on others, and the religious side that says making exceptions or compromising is against their religion so if they are not a majority in the democracy they instead decide to play obstructionist.

They are absolutely certain that the «silent majority» of Americans are just like them, and that a punitive and judgemental God is on their side and against «the liberals,» and no electoral defeat or anything else will ever convince them otherwise.

Yes those extremists try to paint the US as the Great Satan who's on a holy war against Islam, but that's not a pill swallowed by the majority of the muslim world.

And if all the generations that have lived on earth rose up and united into one crowd in order to charge against eternity and to coerce it also with their enormous majority, eternity splits them up as easily as the imperturbability of the cliff that, without moving from the spot, disperses the foaming surf, as easily as a storm wind in its advance scatters the chaff.»

In America, he states, the majority of evangelical churches take at least a nominal stand against the use of alcohol; but the move is on to water down this position.

From reading the posts on this blog, along with other posts on other blogs, it seems that the majority of people against abo - rtions are also religious and against bigger government.

In any case, the argument against Christian majoritarianism influencing public policy rests more on respect for minority feelings than on the alleged disintegration of the majority.

To suggest, then, that religious believers (much less majorities who, qua majorities, also have a second claim on shaping public policy) are «wards» depending on the Constitution for their religious freedom and its scope is, to use Posner and Segall's words against them, «to turn the Constitution upside down when it comes to government and religion.»

He argued doggedly against «democratism,» the idea that majorities are always right, because he believed that democracy was the characteristically modern form of political idolatry, based on a flattery of fallen human nature.

The Roman Catholic church seemed to be moving in this direction, until Pope Paul VI issued the encyclical Humanae Vitae in 1968, in which he went against the advice of the majority of those on the commission which he had set up to examine the issue.

Nance, why is it you guys on the Left always think that having an insurance policy against government tyranny is a stupid idea, when the majority of peoples throughout the world are THIS VERY DAY being oppressed by their governments, and have absolutely no way to defend themselves against false imprisonment, torture, and overall tyranny.

On Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, a new Zogby poll shows that the majority of Americans favor teaching biological evidence both for and against evolutionary theory.

Ipsos research commissioned by the Australian Beverages Council shows around two - thirds of Australians agree that a tax on soft drinks would be ineffective in reducing obesity and the majority of those surveyed were against the introduction of such a tax.

Media Statement 10 November 2014 Australians don't support another tax on the supermarket trolley latest research shows Ipsos research commissioned by the Australian Beverages Council shows around two - thirds of Australians agree that a tax on soft drinks would be ineffective in reducing obesity and the majority of those surveyed were against the introduction of such a tax.

Some will say no Santi after his blinder against saints & though I agree I would still play El Neny reason being, Psg are low on confidence they have had a poor start to season and their fans are already on managers and teams back, therefore we need a fast start on the front foot pressing harassing not letting these players who are top class majority of them to settle & El Neny loves to press has unbelievable energy can run all day, and most of all keeps it simple with his passing.

you can also ignore that on off stats where DRZ scored the majority of his points in game 2 against Kelly.

To do this, we highlighted games in which a majority of the public (at least 50 %) was on the over, but the line moved against the public betting percentages.

The majority of sportsbooks have New Orleans listed as a 3 - point favorite against Philadelphia on Monday Night Football.

The game presented a wonderful opportunity for Arsenal to make a real statement of intent and dominate a game we were predicted to win on Coral against a side that have spent the majority of the season in turmoil.

The defender started France's friendly match against Denmark on Sunday evening, and despite playing the majority of the contest, was replaced in the dying minutes in some discomfort.

The majority of bettors lost in blowout fashion betting against Buffalo in Week 1, so the public flip - flopped and jumped on the Bills in their Week 2 game against the Raiders.

Depends on signings, injuries and making sure we show up with the right attitude for the overwhelming majority of our matches, as well as flexibility in how we approach and play games against different kinds of opposition.

This ensures that, despite a majority of bettors loading up on one side, the spread actually moved against the public.

Were YOU.I believe on your PLANET NUTCASE you still believe we have Herbert Chapman as the Manager.No mate this is wrong.Hes been dead for a while now and at the moment we have an aging Frenchman who is paid more per season than most people will earn in several lifetimes.He is taking this Club backwards.We are falling behind Clubs who we used to dominate as rivals.He has the majority of the fan base against him and his tired and outdated methods.We now ger beaten away from home by all the clubs facing relegation.We are no longer in the Champions League.We have a 60,000 seater stadium that is now embarrassingly full of empty seats.This is all down to Wenger.

The Gooners have said in their majority voice they want Joel Campbell at right wing for Arsenal against our bogey Swansea FC XI on Saturday at the Liberty Stadium.

Since we already knew that a majority of public bettors routinely take ranked teams against ranked opposition, I believed that we could exploit this tendency by focusing on heavily bet games where shading would be more prevalent.

You must have seen Dein arrive at AFC and the improvements, the ambition... the loss of Dein, the old board make a pact not to sell their shares, seen Gazidis hired before Silent Stan bought majority share position, the old board sell for a nice payday and going against their words, AFC asset value increase year after year while Silent Stan is happy to let that continue and media focuses on Wenger.

He missed the majority of the last season on account of his ankle injury he incurred during the match against Manchester United in November.

Trend to know: With just 40 percent of the tickets on the Packers, it's worth noting that Rodgers is 13 -6-1 ATS when the majority of the public is betting against him.

How about a 10/10 for the 3000 travelling fans who despite watching the expected collapse against an obviously inferior team continue to follow ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB on their travels.This is despite the majority of games being played on a Sunday due to Europa League fixtures on a Thursday.The fans were supporting the TEAM ON THE PITCH until the very end.The Manager and Owner did not quite receive that same support.I wonder whon their travels.This is despite the majority of games being played on a Sunday due to Europa League fixtures on a Thursday.The fans were supporting the TEAM ON THE PITCH until the very end.The Manager and Owner did not quite receive that same support.I wonder whon a Sunday due to Europa League fixtures on a Thursday.The fans were supporting the TEAM ON THE PITCH until the very end.The Manager and Owner did not quite receive that same support.I wonder whon a Thursday.The fans were supporting the TEAM ON THE PITCH until the very end.The Manager and Owner did not quite receive that same support.I wonder whON THE PITCH until the very end.The Manager and Owner did not quite receive that same support.I wonder why.

Arsenal fans spent the majority of the first half against Crystal Palace trying to ignore what they were watching on a pitch.

You are beating your head against the wall on here, why don't you just calm down and accept that the majority of AAers are prepared to agree to disagree.

Then you go against the majority of bettors and bet on the -LSB-...]