Sentences with phrase «aggressive attempt»

Tax authorities are known for aggressive attempts to recover tax funds.

And some Democratic places, such as the District of Columbia and New York, have made aggressive attempts at reform.

We've already seen the United States Postal Service making aggressive attempts to reduce its energy bills, and MSNBC has recently brought us news about Cradle to Cradle going mainstream.

If forests are desired in these locations, more aggressive attempts at reforestation may be needed, they said.

If the Chargers had wanted to stay with a 3 - 4 they could have made an early aggressive attempt to bring back Wade Phillips, who was in charge of the Charger defense in it's last glory.

is still a passive aggressive attempt at tanking.

Of course, this has left me wondering if that was unexpected at all, since part of the Brexit campaign was based on aggressive attempts to demonize foreigners and present them as a danger1.

Laws curbing aggressive attempts to recruit college - age customers has helped rein in reckless credit - card spending.

U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo granted Klinger's bid for summary judgment in December, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed his ruling, following Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner's characterization of the estate's argument as a «very aggressive attempt to enlarge copyright law» during oral arguments.

The reason may boil down to China's Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd. acquiring Legendary Pictures, and also a more aggressive attempt to tap into that ever - important Chinese market.

Affected dogs will often follow the owner obsessively and make aggressive attempts to escape when the owner leaves.

Weak handshakes signal that you lack authority and confidence, while a handshake that is too strong could be perceived as an aggressive attempt at domination, which is just as bad.

With a slightly higher price than Netflix and the requirement of having an existing connection, Shomi looks like a defensive effort for now, rather than an aggressive attempt to push back Netflix's encroachment.

He's constantly making headlines, whether it's for his aggressive attempts to stop a buyout at Dell when the PC maker was pushing to go private — a bid he ended up dropping — or for fights with another activist investor, Bill Ackman, over Herbalife.

Broadcom's aggressive attempts to take over rival Qualcomm are now at an end, after President Donald Trump formally blocked the deal via executive order.

The problem is that most wellness programs are nothing more than lip service, passive - aggressive attempts to control employee behavior and not serious attempts to simplify getting, and staying, healthy.

But these young men weren't just being disrespectful, they were making an aggressive attempt to attack a prophet of God, including discrediting him.

So when I saw this post yesterday on Tony Jones» support page on Scribd, I immediately received it as a passive - aggressive attempt to silence people... Julie, me, and all other bloggers and commenters who have spoken or written in a way that raises questions about those in power.

On Christmas evening, exhausted from the day's adventures, I downed a couple of packets of Tangerine Emergen - C (a clever Christmas party favor given by my sister Sharon) in an aggressive attempt to stave off an oncoming cold.

Despite the aggressive attempt from the Peronist camp to frame Macri as a neoliberal, citizens believed his centrist shift.

Sure, there are some aggressive attempts to shut down free speech, like when Jacob Rees - Mogg was shouted down by masked protestors at the University of the West of England, but extreme incidents like this are quite rare.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, an Upper East Side Democrat, said Mr. de Blasio's aggressive attempt to crack down on the ride - sharing industry's growth doesn't jibe with the «spirit of the city.»

It began as an aggressive attempt to oust two of the five members of the IDC,

It's difficult to determine which is more groan - worthy: the laugh-less jokes, which either can be seen coming from a mile away or don't follow the context of a scene, or the aggressive attempts to yank the audience's heartstrings from their rib cages.

It was a bold, and aggressive attempt to fend off the rise of Internet companies that were destroying booksellers.

Twitter is not a direct - sale platform, and Twitter rules call foul «If you send large numbers of unsolicited @replies, hashtag or @mentions in an aggressive attempt to bring attention to a service or link.»

It took months of litigation, but an SCLS staff attorney defeated all of the ex-husband's aggressive attempts to regain control of Teresa and her son's lives.

As Carol became more mature and powerful, in her own right, she saw Tom's passive - aggressive attempts to control her as abusive and reminiscent of the kind of «mind games» her sexual abuser would play on her to get what he wanted.