Sentences with phrase «against the tide is»

And it is dawning on me that my railing against the tide is possibly just as doomed as those peoples» cries against the future were, particularly considering that I am writing this on a tablet PC that is tailor - made for reading comics like these... and further considering that crippling print costs are the reason I publish my foul opinions about comics on the exact same Web.

Swimming against a tide is a purpose in life.

Pushing back against this tide is New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who on July 21, announced that he was contributing $ 50 million to the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.

As an extremely picky agenda enthusiast and avid handwriter, I'm interested to see what doors the Smart Planner opens for people who often find themselves swimming against the tide re: digital calendars.

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The tide of history — and sound ethical reasoning — is against Snyder on this one.

Conservative donors and operatives who gathered on a mountain shrouded resort this past weekend for the Koch brothers» annual winter retreat know that they're up against a historical tide in this year's midterm elections.

There is tremendous hope that the results obtained from these sites will help us turn the tide against antimalarial resistance in the coming years.

The city is weighed down with debt, billions in unfunded pension obligations, declining credit ratings, a police department often accused of using excessive force against African - Americans, a rising tide of murders, and a host of other troubles.

State Attorney General Andy Beshear is bringing suit against Endo Pharmaceuticals, which makes the opioid Opana ER, for alleged fraudulent and deceptive marketing practices which have contributed to a rising tide of painkiller - related deaths in Kentucky.

«The tide is very clearly turning on this issue, and it's thanks to the growing coalition of interns and young workers across the world who are standing against this worrying employment trend,» Hyde told Business Insider in an email.

Starting a business is always risky, especially if your business is trying to swim against the larger economic tides.

Voters that embraced what became known as the pink tide that swept away the pro-Washington, free - market policies dominant in the 1990s are increasingly tuning hostile against the populist firebrands they once rallied behind.

«When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.»

The cyclical tide is turning once again, so trade in the 1.06 - 1.07 region looks very cheap against a long - term average of 1.22.

Vigilante groups initially took a decisive role in turning the tide against the Knights Templar in Michoacan State, which is only 200 miles west of Mexico City.

Dyson speaks from experience, of course - he's someone who has chosen to go against the tide plenty of times in his career so far, and yeah, it's fair to say that he's fared the better for it.

But when the tide of the Civil War started going against the South, he found that his loyalty to the Southern cause was greater than his dedication to the Hippocratic Oath.

With the Fed signaling a rate hike, policymakers would be swimming against the tide of central bank accommodation around the world.

The report made for good reading, to be sure, but with the stock trading near an all - time high going into the release, it was unable to climb further and swim against the tide of profit taking that ensnared the broader market on this particular day.

The Coca - Cola Co (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) may have to reinvent themselves soon if they are to survive and flourish, as the tide turns against soft drinks and toward hard soda.

Meanwhile, Macy's (M), JC Penney (JCP), and Ralph Lauren (RL) have all announced store closures and cost - cutting initatives to try to reverse the tide against them.

Exacerbating the issue is that owners of lower - priced homes likely don't have the resources to take preventative measures against the rising tides, like putting in sea walls or making changes to foundations to withstand intermittent flooding.

Franklin was swimming against the tide because insurance companies dominated the middle class investing markets, but Charlie was convinced that he had a good story to tell.

Were the Fed to attempt to hike short - term interest rates another 25 basis points, it would be moving against the tide of global central bank policies.

The Fed thus far has resisted that course and is even trying to move against the global tide and raise rates.

You can sail as much as you want but if you are up against a high tide or a thunderstorm, you can't move forward no matter how much you try.

It is apparently for that reason that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's allies in the party leadership, including party president John Walsh and Harper's chief of staff, Ray Novak, are not inviting defeated candidates for the first post-election caucus meeting, apparently in mid-November: They want to contain a rising tide of anger against Harper and his campaign.

But there are strong tides of data pushing back against this idea.

If you're aiming to achieve early retirement yourself, Jason says, «You're most likely going to be swimming against a very strong tide of opinion!

Against the recent tide, we think expectations for «higher and faster» increases are overdone, especially in Canada.

«Hard information has been difficult to come by from either the pipeline's operator, TransCanada, or U.S. regulatory agencies, as to when the pipeline might return to full pressure and help to alleviate a backlog of heavy oil barrels that has been accumulating in Alberta against a rising tide of production.

For those who are swimming against the tide of Crypto you are fighting progress.

What the policy exit looks like is uncertain, and right now the Fed is rowing against the tide.

The question of religious freedom is one of the most difficult and delicate of questions in a pluralistic society, and the tide is currently running against it.

Benedict was unable to stop the tide of growing secularism in Europe and the United States, though he often railed against it.

Keenly aware that he is swimming against the tide, Flannagan,...

It's that they think they're doing God a favour, doing their duty to defend a beleaguered faith against a tide of the unsaved.

We keep reducing discrimination against the handicapped and we are turning the tide against the IGNORANCE of bigotry against gays.

This may well account for the terrible upheavals we have undergone; not an irresistible increase in the tide of war, but simply a clash of currents: the old disruptive surface forces driving against a merging in the depths which is already taking place.

The armies of the Byzantine Empire were long a bulwark against the Moslem tide which, but for them, might have engulfed much of Western Europe.

Although Rev. Falwell was understandably trying to rehabilitate his moral credibility, his explanation confirmed that the tide of public opinion in the Southern white churches ran against desegregation and interracial marriage.

We seem to be going through a period of aversion against religion or theology that seems to influence or change society or the world, and from my desk I can see no sign that the tide will be turning.»

It was only later, he said that he was prepared to «buck the tide... [and] go against public opinion» on the race issue.

Its boisterous currents showed bewildering power when they had overflowed their banks, and all our little human preventions were washed away like piles of sand that children raise against the onset of the tides.

The lights go out and I can't be saved Tides that I tried to swim against Have brought me down upon my knees Oh I beg, I beg and plead singing

I suppose people who owned slaves felt pretty discriminated against as the social tide change and America progressed and realized the evil that was slavery.

It's always hard to swim against the tide, and in the debate on homosexual lifestyle it feels, at times, more like a tsunami.»

It is hard to avoid the impression that he has tired after swimming so far against the tide.

Even in boards of missions there were some suggestions that the real struggle was of the higher religions against the rising tide of secularism and atheism, rather than conversion from one religion to another.

If the wartime Vatican had taken a moral stand against Nazism, the outcome might or might not have been different; the Church might have emerged from the war with the moral authority to stand against the secular tide that has swamped it.