Sentences with phrase «aggressive attempts at»

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

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

is still a passive aggressive attempt at tanking.

Not exact matches

«It's passive aggressive and a very thinly veiled attempt at passing blame for a project that has stalled.»

At the core of the Crapo bill is the assumption that the Dodd - Frank financial overhaul was overly aggressive and harmed smaller banks in attempting to rein in the larger financial institutions that caused the 2008 financial crisis.

massive chipmaker Qualcomm, at present centered with the aid of aggressive acquisition makes an attempt via Broadcom,...

At the same time, attempting to fill the ideological vacuum left by the decline of the old liberal - Protestant consensus is aggressive pluralistic secularism, growing out of the 1960s and flourishing as students of the 1960s become the tenured scholars of the 1980s and 1990s.

Infants of mothers with an oversupply of breastmilk (or more accurately, an aggressive milk ejection - and I think you have both oversupply and a powerful milk ejection or just one) will often choke and sputter at the breast, and pull off and reattach themselves to the breast as they attempt to control the flow of milk.

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.

Whereas at first Goldsmith seemed subdued and reluctant to attack his rival, he has since become increasingly aggressive in his attempts to target Khan.

In fact, this attempt has already been made by a ferocious dumping of supply into the market to depress the price, followed by an aggressive consolidation of supply from suppliers who were unable to compete at the deflated price.

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.

Although attempts to knock people off the ballot are not unusual, this year's challenges have been particularly aggressive, with those opposing candidates aligned with the board's current majority showing up at homes and calling voters who signed petitions to verify their authenticity.

Remarkably, when artificially assembled colonies were placed in new locations, the spiders — over two generations — attempted to recreate the composition of docile - to - aggressive spiders that would be ideal in their home conditions — where the colony evolved — even if the environmental conditions at the new location were different.

There's little doubt, as well, that the movie's many attempts at comedy fall hopelessly (and aggressively) flat, with Kubrick's decision to seemingly give Sellers free reign contributing heavily to Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb's atmosphere of almost aggressive triviality (ie the majority of this stuff is distressingly free of relevance or even laughs).

When Tim crashes his car into a tree in what appears to be a passive / aggressive suicide attempt, Jim bears some of the blame, having offhandedly suggested moments earlier that Tim, living at home with a dead - end job and alimony payments, would be better off dead.

However, this 2012 article also provides an interesting perspective: «Reading between the lines of the NTR annual report, it would appear that the aggressive Greenstar [NTR's Irish waste management business] writedowns were at least in part a game of high - stakes poker» as NTR was «attempting to buy the loans from the banks at a discount».

Attempts at mating can lead to aggressive outbursts if the female is not receptive, and unwanted puppies if she is.

The bad news is that if allowed to get bored or if left alone too often, you can expect trouble in the form of destructive behavior, attempts at escape, and even obnoxious and pushy behaviors that border on aggressive tendencies.

But the key here is that you must start pushing your limits, pushing you comfort zone, surfing perhaps a little bigger waves than you have in the past, trying a new surf spot or two to feel the rhythm of the ocean at a different surf location, and attempt more aggressive maneuvers closer to the pocket.

The A.I. loves to harass opposition with a steady stream of troops that force you to either take an early aggressive approach and begin storming cities with small squads of soldiers, or go heavily defensive because the steady pounding of a few groups at a time will leave you attempting to replace men while building up your forces.

However, the judge will be more focused on determining what attempts the parties have made to settle thus far in the process, and will be more aggressive in offering opinions on the issues at hand, and how those issues might play out if the matter goes to trial.

Recently, AMC Theatres has been more passive aggressive about their attempts at creating MoviePass restrictions.

«The defendant may be able to show complicity in permitting certain acts to go unchecked or unaddressed, the lack of any attempts at addressing the defendant's aggressive behavior before the shooting, and preventing this tragedy through some form of intervention,» Arreaza wrote in a motion to disqualify the public defender's office from the Cruz case.

Not only is childhood physical aggression a precursor of the physical and mental health problems that will be visited on victims, but also aggressive children themselves are at higher risk of alcohol and drug abuse, accidents, violent crimes, depression, suicide attempts, spouse abuse, and neglectful and abusive parenting.

Aggressive feelings drown out any attempt at addressing the underlying conflicts or problems in the relationship.

This could cause adolescents to behave hostile and aggressive in situations where they can not play, for instance at school, or at home when their parents attempt to restrict them from playing.

Legislatively, stimulus from tax reform and the recently passed budget could add to growth; however, if additional growth is accompanied by signs — or even fears — of inflationary pressure, it could complicate the Fed's attempt at a «soft landing» and may require more aggressive monetary action.»