Sentences with phrase «as a threat in»

You are most generous in saying that Driscoll was a victim, since this is not exactly what I've heard and read from those who were closest to him and knew him best, especially those who worked in «ministry» positions under him, those he fired when he perceived them as a threat in any way.

Love him or hate him, rate him or knock him, even when he doesn't have the ball at his feet he stretches defences as good as any player in the world as his threat in behind simply must be accounted for.

Ben Ashitey contested Titus Glover in 2015 during the constituency primary so perhaps he sees him as a threat in future because he won the guy by 49 votes»

With 13 % of the vote in 2005 and not a single Liberal Democrat councillor in the constituency since 1975, the Party of Clegg, Campbell and Kennedy has not been seen as a threat in Wallasey for a generation or more.

While most cases of TB occur in developing countries, it is also reemerging as a threat in major urban populations in Europe, due to the increase in global travel.

You can use self - publishing as a threat in contract negotiations.

Not exact matches

His departure comes as Google is facing growing threats of regulation in Europe and a high - stakes negotiations with record labels in the US.

«Things are not quite the same as in the previous decade, when Iran was regarded as a menace and a threat.

The results showed that as family businesses get passed down through generations, the possibility of a company stagnating in an unchanged state could pose a threat to its overall health.

(Such a rupture, of course, is precisely what President Trump has gleefully tweetened — my portmanteau for a threat delivered in 140 characters or less — in recent days, as he slammed those payments as mere «bailouts» to the insurance companies.)

Musk has in the past referred to A.I. as the «biggest existential threat» to humanity.

As Clay reports, the sudden revelation that America's uncontested tech prowess, after generations of global leadership, may be under threat in the next couple of decades has raised alarm bells in some quarters of Washington.

In some cases, these retailers were able to come to an agreement with their creditors and restructure their debts without going through bankruptcy court, as the threat of bankruptcy motivates the creditors to negotiate.

But while manned aircraft can usually fight back against signal jamming, and pilots in a cockpit can always use their own judgment if communications or navigation is lost, jamming could pose a serious threat to the US Navy's drones, as there's no one in the cockpit, according to Lamrani.

«Today's Summit will underline that we remain committed to defending our people and upholding our values as liberal democracies in the face of any threat, whether at home or abroad,» May said in a statement Wednesday night.

In a column for The Washington Post earlier this month, Ron Klain, who served as chief of staff for the vice presidents Al Gore and Joe Biden, said August could be extremely dangerous for Trump and the administration, highlighting the threat of a major hurricane as a top reason.

As the Roman Empire waned, it faced constant threat by barbarians but lacked money to defend itself, so successive emperors reduced the silver and copper content in coins.

Other companies reporting quarterly results today include book retailer Barnes & Noble (BKS), which is expected to report a decline in its fourth - quarter sales — a drop that would represent the company's fourth - straight quarterly decline — as the retailer faces the increasing threat of online rivals as well as underwhelming demand for its Nook e-readers.

As Nesbitt said, «the next world war will be fought on a keyboard,» and we should expect cyber espionage attacks to increase in frequency in 2015, McAfee's «2015 Threat Predictions» report warned.

Elon Musk has emerged as a leading voice in speaking out on the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, going so far as to call it the «biggest existential threat» to humanity.

Although this arrangement makes sense in many cases, as it can be more efficient, there are many networks where a centralized source of power poses significant threats to the health and fairness of the system.

Critics of the order have noted that the countries it targets seem arbitrary, and do not include countries that have posed serious terror threats in the past such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates.

Notably, the military has put a greater emphasis on tunnels, naming them as a primary threat in army chief Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot's «IDF Strategy» paper.

«New York State strongly opposes the Department of the Interior's National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program as it poses an unacceptable threat to New York's ocean resources, to our economy and to the future of our children,» Cuomo said in announcing the exclusion request.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in Warsaw on Jan. 27 that Washington views the project as a threat to Europe's energy security.

As a recent client note from BNP Paribas pointed out last week, Chairman Ben Bernanke laid out the bank's strategy on «threats to financial stability» quite neatly in his latest public address.

The United States has started to deploy missile defenses in South Korea that China views as a threat, Washington believes Beijing could do more to rein in Pyongyang's weapons programs, and prominent Trump administration officials and Trump himself have bashed China's trade practices.

The national security strategy the Trump administration released in December made no mention of climate change whatsoever, despite the fact Defense Secretary James Mattis has acknowledged it as a threat.

Netanyahu, for his part, has denied the accusation, saying the issue of Hamas's subterranean attack infrastructure was in fact presented as a strategic threat to the cabinet.

Their workplace is frequently a pressure - cooker environment, working conditions are often poor, team members are not valued as human beings, and colleagues view one another as competitors and threats,» Mackey wrote in his 2013 book Conscious Capitalism, co-authored with Raj Sisodia.

They argued that as consumers use their PCs less in lieu of more capable smartphones, the number of security threats to mobile devices would also grow.

But as Austinite Richard Parker put it in an op - ed at the time, «We don't take kindly to threats,» and the overturn effort was soundly defeated.

In late 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on a new security strategy that identified «the striving of a series of governments, above all the United States of America and its allies, to dominate the oceans» as a direct threat.

While this all might add up to a moderate correction in the Toronto condo market, Alexander doesn't believe a slowdown in new condo sales acts as a threat to the GTA economy, or the Canadian economy as a whole.

The Trump - Xi phone call came as Japan set up a missile - defense system in western areas of the country, following a threat by North Korea to fire missiles over Japan toward the U.S. territory of Guam.

«As hackers devise more advanced and less recognizable threats, organizations that continue to settle for cybersecurity strategies that rely on a «feeling» of security are taking even greater risks in the coming year.»

Obama said in the letter the strikes were taken «in self - defense, as necessary and appropriate, to address further threats.»

The acquisition will instantly make Circle a rising threat to Coinbase, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., as well as Bittrex and Kraken, the runner - ups.

U.S. Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said in a statement that it would not be an «exaggeration to suggest that a breach such as this represents a real threat to the economic security of Americans.»

Last year, the central bank sounded an alarm, ranking the expansion of personal credit as the biggest threat to the economy, which is why everyone was shocked when Poloz suddenly cut interest rates in January.

OPEC's supply curtailments and the threat of new sanctions are occurring just as demand in Asia, the biggest oil - consuming region, has risen to a record as new and expanded refineries start up from China to Vietnam.

But had Sony stuck to its guns and released the movie as planned, it would have made a strong statement about standing up for freedom instead of giving in to fear and threats as Ben Franklin once wrote, «Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.»

CIA Director Mike Pompeo thinks Chinese interference in the West is as concerning as the subversion emanating from Russia, and Western countries should do more to counter the Beijing threat.

«The summer should be hot for US equity and oil volatilities, as vulnerable positioning and geopolitical risks are major looming threats,» he said in a note on Friday.

With that in mind, I want to focus on the SWOT analysis — evaluating strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats — as one good way to start thinking strategically.

According to research by PwC, 72 percent of leaders in financial services see a skills gap as a threat to growth.

Smaller cars made in Mexico were not a threat to the future of the unionized U.S. autoworkers; a high - priced SUV may be seen as such.

The Treasury cited Chinese companies like Huawei as a competitive threat in the development of the next generation of wireless network technology.

«But, because the business is so highly regulated on a state level and the threat of federal as well as state prosecution for violation remains, potential investors will want to take a long, hard look at the operations and the people involved in any investment opportunity.»

What constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace varies, but as theAAUW notes, it includes behaviors like «unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, direct or indirect threats or bribes for sexual activity, sexual innuendos and comments, sexually suggestive jokes, unwelcome touching or brushing against a person,» among others.