Sentences with phrase «as a weapon against»

Yet its potency has been greatly reduced, particularly as a weapon against officers and directors of public companies.

* OBAMACARE BECOMES WEAPON FOR DEMS: The New York Times reports that the tables have turned, and Democrats are using the Republicans» failed repeal vote as a weapon against them in multiple House races:

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia used the oil trade as a weapon against the U.S.S.R. in the 1980's.

For centuries, he argues, courts in the United Kingdom, United States, and elsewhere recognized that wealthy people could use third - party lawsuits as a weapon against those they disliked — and had rules in place to prevent this power from being abused.

And unfortunately, those same people will use the things we were honest about as weapons against us, because they have to have a reason for leaving and it must be our fault.

This is popular ply by the anti science / antievolution crowd, take a quotation by a reputable scientist out of context, or leave out the salient parts, and use that as a weapon against evolution.

Given your concerns that Christians can use God's call to forgive as a weapon against survivors, did you feel at all apprehensive telling Nassar that you forgive him?

These people saw it as a weapon against Christianity.

Just replace black with gay and you'll understand what is happening when people like you use their religion as a weapon against EQUAL rights in a SECULAR country.

Yet atheists try to use science as a weapon against believers.

The withdrawal of aid has also been used as a weapon against countries whose politics do not respond to U.S. interests.

There will always be people of ill intent who want to use words as weapons, but they must be allowed to exist so that resonable people can use words as weapons against true enemies of freedom.

Alvin Plantinga, explaining the vehemence with which atheists like Dawkins use evolution as a weapon against theism, says that, «For the nontheist, evolution is the only game in town; it is an essential part of any reasonably complex nontheistic way of thinking...» (Plantinga 18 - 19).

Giving generously is to be lauded, but it is not to be used as a weapon against those who don't give as generously as you, Glenn (in your opinion)-- have some humility.

The Bible is not meant as a weapon against men, only a weapon against evil.

Don't use Scripture as a weapon against other people.

In truth, however, the left has a distinguished background of courting Islam as a weapon against Western capitalism.

Even her nakedness, her vulnerability, which should be beautiful and cherished, is used as a weapon against her.

it seems that shame is something you try to use as a weapon against those who have different belief systems than you do, which is one reason why a lot of people have left organized religion.

It really is ironic that the story of Jesus, of Moses, of any prophet or god really, have been taken out of context and used as a weapon against those who do not believe.

It is flattened out and simplified, used as a weapon against other people and a prop for pet political and theological positions.

Women conceal much of their psychology both because they need it as a weapon against the male world, which dominates them, and as a refuge for their injured self.

The «conflict thesis» of science and religion was born in the salons of ancien régime France, where philosophes like Voltaire and d'Alembert used it as a weapon against the Catholic Church.

Yet, FEAR IS ANOTHER CHAMBER TO RELEASE A GUN INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE, WHO ARE GOING TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT FOR ITS ONLY MEANS OF DEFENSE, WHEN WE ARE FINDING THAT IT IS TOO LIKELY THAT A GUN IS SET ON A SHELF TO EVENTUALLY BE USED, WHEN IT IS CONSIDERED AS A WEAPON AGAINST FEAR.

So I find it particularly frustrating when feminists adopt the rhetoric of choice and use it as a weapon against other women, like the assumption in some feminist circles that women who stay home are betraying the sisterhood and giving in to the patriarchy.

I was afraid that my C - section wouldn't feel as special or intimate as my daughter's birth, so I used my birth plan as a weapon against those fears.

He may have masterfully exploited the despair of the precariat to his own advantage, yet it is the precariat, the working class struggling with chronic and manifold precarity, that is using him as a weapon against the invisible oppressive hand of neoliberalism that has ravaged the middle class since the late 1970s.

«Offsetting has become fashionable amongst the carbon conscious, but its usefulness as a weapon against climate change is questionable,» said Mr Huhne.

Yesterday Charles Kennedy - in what could be a gameplan for the next election - stressed the importance of individual liberty and used it as a weapon against «bossy Blair» at the same time as reformulating the core idea that liberty is indivisible from equality of opportunity.

It was shot down in response to its appearance of an attempt to use it as a weapon against US forces.

With tactical nukes now a legitimate weapon many countries would attempt to buy or develop them as a weapon against conventional invasion.

Here's something that counter-programs that narrative a bit: Democrats are currently using a major pillar of the health law — the Medicaid expansion — as a weapon against Republican Governors in multiple 2014 races.

As attorney general, Spitzer's favorite tactic was to use shame and publicity as weapons against publicly traded companies, and for eight years, it was hugely effective — though Spitzer ran roughshod over more than a few innocent parties.

Previously a reporter, writer and editor with Newsweek magazine, she is also author of The Forgotten Cure, which is about bacteriophage viruses and their potential as weapons against antibiotic resistance.

Humanity already has a track record of using disgust as a weapon against «outsiders» — lower castes, immigrants and homosexuals.

Hydrogen is «a highly flexible energy vector and energy carrier capable of serving as a weapon against climate change in a future, integrated multi-sector energy system,» said Mary - Rose de Valladares, manager of the International Energy Administration Hydrogen Implementing Agreement, which is developing a comprehensive road map on the production and utilization of hydrogen due for release early next year.

«The idea is to use a less severe disease as a weapon against malignant melanoma,» says Dr. Jasper van den Boorn from the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology of the University of Bonn, who previously researched this connection in his doctoral thesis at the University of Amsterdam and demonstrated the fundamental feasibility of this option.

Statement from ACS and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) condemning the continued use of chemical agents as weapons against the citizens of Syria.

Using varied loadouts from guns to pheromone grenades, players will also use the zombies themselves as weapons against opposing factions, turning them into undead allies.

This last season focuses on Claudia's long lost sister who's possessed by an artifact and used as a weapon against the Warehouse.

Steve McQueen's «12 Years A Slave,» which is being promoted as a weapon against ongoing racial injustice, had some excruciatingly searing sequences, strong performances from Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong» o, and, alas, much narrow - eyed melodrama and painfully stiff historical re-enactments, including an embarrassing turn from co-producer Brad Pitt as the Good White Guy.

The sex scenes have the calculated, controlled dynamics of Madonna's best videos, while the remainder of the movie — mostly flaccid courtroom drama involving the heroine's murder trial for using her body as a weapon against a man she's just inherited $ 8 million from, with Dafoe as her defense lawyer — chiefly comes across like daytime TV reruns.

Play with up to four friends over Xbox Live to take out a violent criminal empire and use the city as a weapon against your enemies.

Like in prior games, you can use nearly anything as a weapon against zombies — and these weapons have some degree of customization.

Fellow officer Jay Caswell (Jason Patric), on the other hand, uses his limited power to ticket and shackle cars with a Denver Boot as a weapon against the world.

For non-comic book fans, The Mandarin a classic villain from the Iron Man comics who used ten alien - forged rings of power as weapons against his foes.

Three Dunmer households; Telvanni, Dres and Redoran compete for dominance, using the Morag Tong, a faction of assassins, as a weapon against each other.

The opening spreads record the history of space travel — from the first rockets used by the Chinese 2,000 years ago as weapons against the Mongols to the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, as each raced to be the first nation to put a man on the moon.

In a bold and innovative approach, BB100 also includes extensive guidance on the use of fire sprinklers and their importance as a weapon against fire.

An unfortunate hallmark of our hyper - partisan age is the temptation to use the levers of government as a weapon against...