Sentences with phrase «as contra»

You must meet some general requirements as a Contra Costa driver: you need to have a valid drivers license, and you may not have been cited while driving a commercial vehicle.

There are of course limits to this way of remedying discrepancies between EU law and national law such as contra legem interpretation.

In my opinion this game is as good as Contra 3 with it's humour pushing it ahead of the other shooters in the SNES library.

The NES Classic was released with one controller so anybody who was lucky enough to get their hands on the system but not an extra controller, can now play some multiplayer titles on the NES Classic such as Contra and Double Dragon.

Gunstar Future Heroes is the sequel to the 1993 Genesis game, Gunstar Heroes, Sega's dream answer to popular run - and - gun games such as Contra, where fast - paced action and intense fights are always around the corner.

Other levels are said to contain «elaborate boss battles and dangerous hazards reminiscent of classics such as Contra and Castlevania.»

Brazilian developer Joymasher will team up with The Arcade Crew, a new publishing label from DotEmu, to release Blazing Chrome, a side - scrolling shooter with a look and feel inspired by several classics of the genre (such as Contra III: The Alien Wars, Conra: Hard Corps, and Metal Slug):

GamePro notes this in a big review of Shadow of the Ninja, describing Natsume as a newcomer «whose programming prowess appears in a bunch of other carts, such as Contra and Abadox.»

This game features many of the same features as the Contra franchise.

We've seen people re-create a number of classic video games with LittleBigPlanet's robust content creation tools such as Contra, Tetris, and Gradius, but this awesome production by Bra2008 pays homage IGF 2010 multi-award winner and XBLA Summer of Arcade release Limbo.

Think of it as a Contra take on Batman, and it begins to make sense, even if not as part of the Batman canon.

The artwork above and below shows off what must be some concept art for it and pretty much confirms the game as a Contra style shooter.

We believe our precious metals equity products can provide favorable rates of return as a contra - cyclical investment in periods of declining financial asset markets.

Taking the form of a run and gun platformer, one of the things I took away from my hands - on was that it was reassuringly tough, readily carrying the spirit of the titans of the genre such as Contra.

Contra: Hard Corps, released in Japan as Contra: The Hard Corps (魂斗羅 ザ ・ ハードコア?)

This sequel has the same basic idea: a 2D side - scrolling action platformer that, while it has influences from all the aforementioned games, is also reminiscent of other old school classics such as Contra and Metal Slug, as well as newer bullet hell shooters.

While not quite so brutally difficult as Contra, it still scratches that 2d shoot»em up itch.

Several of the stages are obviously inspired by series such as Contra and Dance Dance Revolution.

Prior to joining the Legislature, she served as a Contra Costa County supervisor as well as Concord mayor and council member.

Nearly a quarter - century ago, CST Wastewater Solutions P / L (CST) was founded as Contra Shear Technology: a supplier of specialised, patented wastewater screens for the industrial and municipal wastewater markets.

Not exact matches

Lawson describes Nichols as «the Zelig of conspiracy theories» — a mystery man rumoured to be involved in everything from the Iran - Contra scandal to the CIA's MK - Ultra mind control experiments to the JFK assassination.

It was Ronald Reagan who said «mistakes were made» when referring to the Iran - Contra scandal in his 1987 State of the Union address, but Democrats and Republicans alike, as well as some CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, have used this verbal dodge to escape responsibility.

As an example, most Unicorn CEOs still have no idea that discounts, coupons, and subsidies are contra - revenue.

According to Zillow, the median home value for Contra Costa County is $ 532,500, as of July 2016.

Did you know: VA loan limits in Contra Costa are the exact same as the conforming caps shown above, at least for 2016.

As the author stated: «home buyers in the county might have a harder time finding a suitable property within FHA limits, when compared to borrowers in neighboring Contra Costa County [where average home prices are lower].»

According to the real estate information company Zillow, the median home value in Contra Costa County was $ 532,500 as of July 2016.

If Chinese investors become serious buyers of gold, their purchases are likely to be contra - cyclical to China's stock market — and, thus, to global stock markets as a whole.

Therefore, God wishes things to be multiplied, because He wills and loves His essence and perfection» (Summa Contra Gentiles I, 25; as quoted in William T. Jones.

A major part of my job as communications officer was to work to improve the image of the F.D.N. [the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, which is the largest contra group] forces.

The United States also managed the repression and terror utilized by the contras in Nicaragua as part of a proinsurgency campaign against a popularly elected government.

[T] he exposure of persistent human rights violations by the contras has led the Administration not to pressure contra leaders to enforce international codes of conduct,» the Americas Watch Report cited earlier states, «but to drown U.S. public opinion with praise for the «freedom fighters,» and to attempt to discredit all reports of their violations as inspired by communist or Sandinista propaganda.

Witness for Peace and other religious groups, former CIA officials, and human rights organizations such as Americas Watch and Amnesty International have all documented and condemned U.S. support for the contras and other «friendly» governments that terrorize civilians.

Her oldest daughter, Aureliana, was delivered to the contra leader known as «El Gato.»

• Finally, as previously discussed, «military pressure» from the contras was the principal means by which the United States waged economic war against the people of Nicaragua.

For yet another, there are movements within the UCC, calling for a Barmen - like commitment to classical Christian faith contra cultural accommodation» such as the fifteen - year - old «Confessing Christ» movement and the Craigville Theological Colloquies celebrating this year their twenty - fifth anniversary.

Hungry and penniless, the Indians often had no choice but to join the contras, although they hated them at least as much as they did the Sandinistas.

Hence Pannenberg contra Ford: «it still seems unavoidable (as long as one is not an atheist) to admit that God «is» becoming» (TWP 326, emphasis added).

(Yes, I realize that this belief is just as irrational and contra - evidence as a belief in God, but y» know what?

As Ruben Alvarado has recently argued in the Reformed journal Contra Mundum, Christian theology has throughout the ages understood the censura morum to be within the jurisdiction of the Church.

Although Congress refused, it is likely that the request will be made again and again until Congress gives in, or perhaps, as with the Iran - contra case, a way will be found to circumvent the law

There are other Latin patristic bridal mystics as well, and, contra Messrs. Clark and Schrader, they use the image of spiritual marriage to describe the individual believer's union with God.

Senator Daniel Inouye at the Iran - contra hearings described the network that had subverted the U.S. Constitution and carried out illegal foreign policy as «a shadowy government with its own air force, its own navy, its own fundraising mechanism and the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.

The previous definitions and characterizations resonate with me in various ways, particularly David Koyzis's confessional core contra pragmatism and especially the «essence» offered by the inimitable John Stott (as shared by Justin Taylor).

Robert Owen and the National Security Council were selling a positive image of the contras to the U.S. public even as they offered more - honest assessments among themselves.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

And of course, most congregations take it as unanimous in the New Testament that Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth before Jesus was born (contra Matthew), there was at Jesus» baptism a public announcement from heaven as to his divinity (contra Mark and Luke), Jesus was rejected in his home town because he was a familiar local figure (contra Luke), Peter was the foremost apostle (contra John), and Judas hanged himself (contra Luke, in Acts)

In writing about the Iran - Contra scandal and the Persian Gulf War, Tesich had said «we, as a free people, have freely decided that we want to live in some post-truth world».

To be sure, the Church must be prepared to be countercultural, and when the crunch comes» as in the conflict between the culture of life and the culture of death» even contra mundum.

• First, the Nicaraguan people made a logical choice in an election that the U.S. government, its UNO backed coalition, and its contra army all framed as a choice between ongoing war and «peace.»