Sentences with phrase «against the status quo with»

The 72 % of the GMREB member Realtors who voted against the status quo with CREA reflects positively on the 63 % who voted nation - wide in a REM poll earlier wherein that 63 % voted to leave CREA.

Not exact matches

More broadly, the battle over IEX's exchange application pitted those who think there is predatory high - speed trading taking place on Wall Street against those who are comfortable with the status quo.

The NEA failed to reach its goal, however, not just because it was dumb enough to finance the infamous Piss Christ, the anti-Catholic propaganda of homosexual activism, along with Robert Mapplethorpe's sadomasochistic sex photographs, but because it became somehow seized by the wrong - headed notion that art is good only when it sets itself against the political and social status quo.

Although family owned companies or those with longevity can have a tendency to follow status quo, O.K. Foods goes against the grain.

A lot of Dems are unhappy out there as well and may be looking to go against the status quo associated with Bishop.

In the Downing Street rose garden they promised a new politics, but less than one year on Cameron chooses to stand with the status quo against political change, and Clegg can not credibly stand for change because of his broken promises.

We knew that Shelly Silver's allies would be working to elect Alice Cancel, so we're not surprised to see Margaret Chin lining up with the status quo to stand against reform.

INEC had suspended the recall process against Melaye after it was served with an order granted by Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja which directed the commission to maintain the status quo pending the determination of the suit that Melaye filed to challenge his recall process.

He battled against the status quo — with people trying to claim silly things like fasting would slow your metabolism.

The first is there is no question that Three Billboards, even though told through the eyes of someone who isn't American, sizzles with what we're going through in terms of our anger at Trump, anger at how America has turned out, anger at inaction against police brutality, anger at the status quo.

In November 2010, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan presciently observed that, in coming years, educators would «face the challenge of doing more with less,» but warned against discouragement: «Enormous opportunities for improving the productivity of our education system lie ahead if we are smart, innovative, and courageous in rethinking the status quo.»

A Great Night For School Choice In Mississippi August 5, 2015 by Brett Kittredge Last night, four legislative incumbents in Desoto County who were aligned with the education status quo and fought against student - centered education reforms fell to conservative challengers supported by Empower PAC.

Last night, four legislative incumbents in Desoto County who were aligned with the education status quo and fought against student - centered education reforms fell to conservative challengers supported by Empower PAC.

Self - described progressives like New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (though I really have trouble with that designation; progressives want to change things and, at least when it comes to schools, the Mayor comes down strongly on the side of status quo) are staunchly against them.

«Reform» is a word to conjure with, with a built - in capacity to stifle opposition: come out against reform and you incriminate yourself of being opposed to change, against improvement, against innovation, in favor of the horrible old status quo.

With the help of his friends, and a magic sword of course, Dick will take up the fight against the evil political mastermind who threatens the very existence of the status quo.

So whether you come from the t - party, Occupy, or someplace else, you might harbor resentment against the status quo: big government in league with big corporations, and wealthy people.

I'm sure that's the way that the likes of Princess Peach and Bowser see it, but the grim reality for the vast majority of the population is a nightmarish 1984 situation with the interminable wars that they are engaged in merely a smokescreen for the real war being waged against the working populace of Mushroom Kingdom to maintain the intolerable status quo.

With each brushstroke, she pushes back against the status quo, inserting herself into a larger dialogue about signification in contemporary abstract painting.

After attending the fair's twenty - sixth edition in New York, which took place last month, writer Carlo McCormick said that «the fair's relevance today is a healthy reminder that our love of art has to do with its capacity for fun, weirdness, unpredictability, and upending hierarchies against all those cultural currents that work to limn the status quo.»