Sentences with phrase «against the tide on»
But with an economy still struggling to recover, rent control laws due to expire in New York City and a tax cap wanted by a large portion of the public, Senate Democrats may be trying to swim against the tide on the issue.
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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.
«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.
«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 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.
A version of this article appears in print on December 13, 2011, on Page A33 of the New York edition with the headline: From Finland, a Story Of Educational Success In Going Against the Tide.
Supporters praise the uprising of popular politics against the shared interests of an entrenched patrician and business elite, while party leaders and pundits on both sides fear the rising tide of populist fervor.
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It was only later, he said that he was prepared to «buck the tide... [and] go against public opinion» on the race issue.
It's always hard to swim against the tide, and in the debate on homosexual lifestyle it feels, at times, more like a tsunami.»
«Only global pressure on governments, employers and communities can begin to turn the tide against exploitative child labor.
These precious few have been equipped to stand against the tide of subjectivism that has overwhelmed our society - what the Holy Father, on the eve of his election, called the tyranny of «relativism».
For example, the Vietnamese War was the first to be a livingroom, TV affair, and it is not too much to believe that the tide of public opinion finally turned against the whole enterprise in large part because of TV viewers sickened by the continuous sequence of gruesome spectacles on the nightly news.
Even in such a highly technological society like that of Japan it is reported that there are 81,511 Shinto shrines, 77,186 Buddhist temples and 6,446 Christian churches, well attended by people.22 Second, the strongest defense against the creeping tide of a secular global culture today is based on religions — Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim.
«An improved labelling system would have the additional benefit of enabling Australian growers to compete on a level playing field against the tide of cheap, inferior, and potentially dangerous imports.»
Not to pick on Vandy, but this happened after a few days of the Dores expressing way more confidence in a game against the Tide than the Dores have traditionally expressed in anything, let alone a game against the Tide.
The Tide brought a single - deep safety blitz with the other linebacker and the boundary safety rushing, which meant Fitzpatrick was on an island against the «stick» option route by the TE.
That complexity turned in on itself when Alabama tried to use it against up - tempo teams that rushed to run curl - flat or zone read before the Tide could get set.
The Tide went either 3 - 1 or 2 - 1 against ranked teams, depending on whether Fresno State wins the Mountain West, and had seven.500 - plus wins, but zero top - 10 wins.
While the Tide never lacked for space - eaters along the DL, smart inside linebackers, or run - support DBs, they have gotten into trouble against teams that could run enough to create one - on - one matchups for receivers.
However, the tide turned in Chelsea's favour on 35 minutes when Ander Herrera was sent off for picking up a second yellow card for a foul on Eden Hazard, seconds after referee Michael Oliver had warned his teammates against persistently fouling the lively Belgian.
You could say that Alabama has the most to gain on Saturday; the Tide have only two road games against top - 20 teams, and if they survive Saturday's trip to Oxford, that leaves only one more (at LSU on November 8).
When A&M was jumping out to a 20 - 0 lead against the Tide, the Aggies attempted 14 passes; on four of them (29 percent), Alabama brought more than four pass rushers.
He later went on the describe Steve Sarkisian, who will call plays for the Tide for the game against Clemson, as well as the 2017 season.
It is this increased enthusiasm against Wenger staying at Arsenal and the fact that he only has a few months left on his contract for why many think that the «tide is turning.»
On Monday, it was announced that Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin would not be coaching the Tide's offense for the College Football Playoff National Championship Game against Clemson.
He leaves with 104 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries against the Tide.
Nick Saban's Tide rolled through every opponent on their schedule this season, going 14 - 0 straight up (SU) and 10 - 4 against the spread (ATS).
Against Alabama, later in Bo's freshman year, Auburn faced fourth - and - goal on the Tide one - yard line with 2:30 left and the Tide ahead 22 - 17.
Five of those came against Mississippi State Bulldogs, but the Tide managed to avoid succumbing to that fate again Saturday night, pulling out a slow - paced 20 - 7 victory on the road.
Payne was one of the next men up on the line for the Crimson Tide and showed out on the biggest stage in the national championship against Georgia.
The Tide appeared to be taking on serious water with senior safety Lawrence «Hootie» Jones going down against Auburn in the Iron Bowl and freshman inside - backer Dylan Moses, who won the job late in the year, going down during bowl practices.
Despite not being on the field too long he completed 3 out of 4 take - ons, against the likes Kondogbia (69 ′, 90 ′) and Fabinho (73 ′), however was stopped by Almany Toure (89 ′) in the box as we looked to change the tide around.
I'm not proud of this story but I'm sharing it to let all of you know that even someone like me, with strong views on the subject of junk food in schools, can be cowed by the prospect of swimming against the tide.
So, clearly, McDonald's saw the handwriting on the wall and knew that the tide of public opinion was turning against a uniformly unhealthy Happy Meal.
Like, «you can not swim against the tide» on this one or my personal favorite «we can not put the genie back in the bottle,» but the fact is Uber has changed the game.
Those who want to fight new technology on the beaches will soon find that the tide is turning against them.
«While we congratulate the Lagos Governor Emeritus on his birthday, the PDP considers it needful, to forewarn him to study the current ambience of Nigerian politics as it relates to the failures of the Buhari Presidency and the fact that the citizens have since rejected this Presidency and the APC, so that Asiwaju will not find himself swimming against the tide.»
In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, the Minister said all the trips have been anything but frivolous, and that they have started yielding fruits in terms of turning the tide in the fight against the insurgents who have been most active in the North - east, attracting investments in the range of billions of dollars, and securing global support for the administration's anti-corruption fight.
Accepting the failures of his leadership as his alone against a tide of media hostility and so on, and not of his message and policies — not a wholly implausible argument for those inclined to believe — would give the left's next candidate a much clearer run, a sympathetic hearing and a wave of righteous indignation to ride.
In Lord Ashcroft's previous polling in Lib Dem seats he's often found wide variation from one seat to another, and it's the same here — in some seats the Lib Dems are holding on against the national tide, in other seats they are doing very badly indeed.
Washington, D.C. (WBEN / AP)- With both sides digging in, and the tide turning against a deal to end the government shutdown on Monday, Senator Susan Collins R - Maine, gathered a meeting about two dozen leaders from both parties in her office.
In the wake of the BP PLC Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year, a rising tide of public push - back against the gas industry, resulting in a temporary moratorium on exploration in New York, prompted the White House to get involved.
New infantry - style tactics of concealment and ambush by armed park rangers are credited with turning the tide in the war against poachers of the endangered rhino on one front, in South Africa's Madikwe Game Reserve.
The poignant moment when the tide of scientific history turned against the greatest physicist of the 20th century is marked by a long - forgotten paperthat Einstein delivered at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences on 7 May 1925.
Certainly any strategy that seeks to improve life chances and equalise opportunities for children without turning the tide against growing levels of child poverty is going to face an uphill struggle and place an even greater burden on services that seek to alleviate various negative effects of inadequate family resources.
In the war against malaria, one small corner of the globe has repeatedly turned the tide, rendering our best weapons moot and medicine on the brink of defeat.
«When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.»
They would try to keep the momentum going the following week as they traveled to Alabama to take on the Crimson Tide, but were clearly outmatched on the road against the best program in college football.