Sentences with phrase «agitating against»

The utilities have been agitating against solar PV because it is reducing demand on the grid, particularly in daytime hours when generators could normally generate higher revenues from increased demand.

Behind the Masks: Emma Brockes profiles the Guerrilla Girls (the gorilla - mask - wearing artist collective that has been agitating against sexism and racism in the art world for the past three decades).

Without ever quite saying so, Klein was agitating against the very idea of the neighborhood school with deep roots in a community, which is precisely what González is now trying to revive and reinvent.

Also, recall that labor has been agitating against Gov. David Paterson for some time — since the so - called Kingston summit of last summer — with RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum publicly calling in January for Paterson to step aside and clear the way for Cuomo.

Labour has been agitating against hikes in water and electricity tariffs and a new energy levy charged on the utilities.

Several of them have been tossed out, but that hasn't slowed down Ms. James» brand of agitating against the city while also being careful not to do much damage to her friend, Mr. de Blasio.

Sliwa has been agitating against the AG for some time, handing out fliers at a recent Cuomo fundraiser that blamed him for the mortgage crisis and writing a DN OpEd about how he supported Mario Cuomo but «wont be fooled again.»

Moreover, with Brazil rapidly catching up to traditional power centres Australia and the US and its leading exports openly agitating against the Margaret River Pro, whose side is the WSL likely to take, especially when Australia already has three out of the WCT's 11 events?

They rightly insisted on the constitutional principle that government could not intervene, but then they drew the conclusion that the discussion should thus be over» and that only bigots and un-American theocrats would continue agitating against an Islamic center near Ground Zero.

Grounding the merger has merit, but Carl Icahn and others have had mixed results agitating against M&A.

The change is a win for Wintergreen Advisers LLC, a firm run by activist investor David Winters, who despite a tiny stake in Coke, has loudly agitated against the stock - compensation plan, saying it was a «raw deal» for investors.

He made the right of petition a central issue through which to agitate against slavery.

Don't scrub or agitate it against itself.

Now Mr. Loeb's comments have created another problem for the governor, as those who have long agitated against Mr. Klein and Mr. Cuomo called for them to return Mr. Loeb's largess.

If only a similar effort could be got up by lords who regard themselves as worthy of the name to agitate against the likes of Jeffrey Archer and Douglas Hogg and all the donors and bag - carriers.

«They work with the village rather than agitate against them,» says Pethiyagoda.

Influential community and labor leaders agitated against handing public education over to a for - profit firm.

Modernist glyphs beg interpretation and agitate against the strategic negative space.

Not exact matches

Although Kelly had agitated for the removal of outgoing national security adviser H.R. McMaster, he counseled Trump against hiring Bolton, a neo-conservative media commentator.

As usual, the people most agitated about this are the governance mavens with a knee - jerk reaction against anything that undermines shareholder democracy.

Activist investor Jana Partners agitated for the split, which could moot key anti-trust allegations against Qualcomm that it uses its dominance in cellular chips to extract higher - than - deserved royalties from customers.

Whoever not only says, but feels, «God's will be done,» is mailed against every weakness; and the whole historic array of martyrs, missionaries, and religious reformers is there to prove the tranquil - mindedness, under naturally agitating or distressing circumstances, which self - surrender brings.

-- the blood being, as in a furious fit of anger, enraged and agitated by the impress of revenge conceived against the murderer, at the instant of the soul's compulsive exile from the body.

The AFGC has been agitating for some time against the adoption of such a system, preferring instead to promote their own Dietary Intake Guide (DIG) labelling system.

Arsene Wenger was extremely agitated about Arsenal having to play against Bournemouth just two days after the win against Crystal Palace and the biggest gripe he had was that his players didn't have time to recover from the tiredness and knocks that were sustained in the first game.

You will see how agitated he can be once we get beatens from teams that already know his playing methods, and we will see how said fans that are praising him for winning against Chelsea will be!

however, i have a wry smile on my face whenever i read fans agitating for theo to fit into that over size shoes and a huge vacuum which eclipse is natural ability to perform against a world class team.

Arsenal's fans have been moody at times and they are really getting agitated by the manager and not against the admin, like for eg you are seeing your team 2 - 0 up and then suddenly a misplaced and the game is on where within minutes of comfort turns into irritation and people start posting comments directed towards the manager.

No you do not want to use the highest water level available, if you do that diapers will just float around in the washer and will not agitate, scrub against eachother to get clean, you will want the water level to coincide with the size of dirty laundry you are doing...

Do not agitate, wring or rub wool against wool

While the military was quick to illegally and unconstitutionally declare armless IPOB members as terrorists for peacefully agitating for their rights, it becomes so dumb and voiceless to the gruesome genocide being carried out by the killer Fulani herdsmen against Nigerians.

Plaza is delightful herein, initially all sweetness and smiles, playing against her normally sarcastic type) before she becomes perpetually agitated.

On top of all this she has been saddled with Hamlet, on leave in the Outland to see if people really consider him a ditherer: rather untimely as Kaine is agitating for war against the Danish.

They are very loud, agitated, and constantly rub against anything they can find — furniture, people, walls, etc..

Arshile Gorky's linear biomorphic evocations against luminous chromatic backgrounds provided an early model, followed by the agitated fragmentation of Willem de Kooning's emotionally and erotically charged abstractions.

In her pulsating new large - scale canvases, Gilfilen pits clashing colors against one another in snaking layers and agitated line, filling once pristine areas with murky, mark - cancelling clots of paint.

But unlike so many Pop artists, Hamilton was never an uncritical or ambivalent advocate of postwar society, and he has often agitated directly against it, producing a great deal of openly political, satirical work that assaults both consumer culture at large and more immediate political events.

Accordingly, it is possible for a defendant to agitate the doctrine of contributory negligence despite having default judgment [15] or summary judgment [16] entered against him or her.

People buy lemons - on - wheels because of colour, sun - roofs, fancy wheels, killer sound systems... bling; that is emotion at work... agitating internally against a buyer's best financial interests.