Sentences with phrase «as bastions»

It is, thus, not unreasonable that this new generation of law school students and lawyers are held out as bastions of hope for a new age of legal technology.

That shift from triple - A to other models globally has left Rockstar North and Ruffian as the bastions of traditional console gaming in Scotland, and fostered a spirit of nimbleness that the nation's developers seem particularly comfortable with.

When my reporter - sleuth Liz Higgins asks librarians to reveal the reading habits of a missing woman, the librarians stand as bastions protecting the privacy of library patron circulation records.

In Scandinavian countries, which are often regarded as bastions of education best practice, becoming a teacher is a desirable career option in the same way that becoming a doctor is.

These three states, which, along with Florida, have significantly outpaced the rest of the country in student - achievement gains since the early 1990s, are often viewed as bastions of union influence.

That leaves among the major studios only Fox Searchlight and Sony Pictures Classics as bastions still nurturing movies that are more difficult for some — like this year's «12 Years a Slave» — but enduring.

But both LWR and LS cut a niche as bastions of African nationalism, which often even fired the imagination and awe of the Eko aborigines, especially when newspapers like Herbert Macaulay» sLagos Daily News, the town's first daily newspaper, fought community crusades, over land and water issues, against the British, to roaring cheer from the appreciative community.

As the obesity pandemic grows, vending machines around the country have come under fire, described as bastions of empty calories and trans fats in a sea of hungry consumers.

Citing USDA findings, the Post revealed that fraudulent «organic» corn and soybeans were produced in a number of countries not known as bastions of agricultural transparency and truth including Russia, Moldova, Romania, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.

They do not see Pentecostal or other fundamentalist groups as bastions of security or islands of peace.

As Lauck points out, for more than a century, Americans have pictured places like Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as bastions of Mom - and - apple - pie normality.

After establishing CamcorderInfo.com and DigitalCameraInfo.com as bastions of independent, ethical, consumer technology review publishing, I decided it was time to grow.

Meanwhile, an entire generation of people under 30 have moved over to Instagram and tend to avoid Twitter, which is widely known as a bastion of trolls.

«In a sea of global political uncertainty,» says David Rosenberg, Chief Economist and Strategist with Gluskin Sheff in Toronto, «Canada stands out as a bastion of stability.»

After a shooting that left several people wounded at the southern edge of Tepito — a rough neighborhood known as a bastion of the Sante Muerte faith — 200 police officers were dispatched, shutting down streets and searching alleys and buildings in pursuit of suspects who fled the scene.

Despite Canada's image as a bastion for conservative banking laws and post-crisis economic stability, Krugman warned that the crisis has yet to play itself out globally, and that the other shoe has yet to drop.

While some foreigners see America as a bastion of prudery, a number of others agree that this is a sex - obsessed nation.

When the Chinese regime was at the nadir of its brutality, the religious left was hailing it as a bastion of social progress, if not the very kingdom of God on earth.»

An establishment viewed as a bastion of tradition is turning to a new app to encourage more «applications.»

The shift envisaged is from the de-historical post-Tridentine model of theology as the bastion of certitudes to a model in which Christian understanding of faith takes place in the midst of changing modem situations.

The crash at Tie Siding has propelled people in Laramie, only 16 miles to the north, and beyond into a frenzy of self - examination, with both the state's image as a bastion of macho self - reliance and its conservative political establishment coming under fire.

March 23 — Regarded as the root of everything morally correct about the German club structure, the Bundesliga has voted to retain the 50 +1 rule which has been held up as a bastion of commercial fair play.

The other presents a more negative picture that views the current trends towards single motherhood as a bastion of irresponsibility.

Then again, the Upper West Side is know as a bastion of liberalism, so I guess it's not really a surprise that some of these clubs are going to for the left - of - center option, following the lead of the Working Families Party, Citizen Action and others.

But Nana Akufo - Addo on Wednesday, in a statement signed and issued in Accra, said the result of the election, which had resulted in a change in government after eight years of the Obama - led Democratic government, had strengthened even further the status of the United States of America, as a bastion of democracy in the modern world.

Dickson commended the judiciary «for upholding our nation's democracy and once again acquitting itself as the bastion of our democracy.»

It is, per capita, the richest country in the world and likes to promote itself as a bastion of liberalism in the Middle East.

«Our party joins family, friends, well - wishers, and associates in celebrating the retired general, who has emerged as a bastion of democracy, good governance and development in Nigeria and beyond.

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For a looooooonnngg time I've sort of held up the nomenclature of «geek» as a bastion of pride for myself.

He seeks refuge in the floating island known as the Bastion which needs to be rebuilt.

As the price climbs through the $ 30,000 range, features pile on, like power sliding doors, power tailgate, leather interior, sunshades, driving and parking aids, and upgraded stereo, there is value for your money, but Chrysler might have a hard time convincing people to part with more than $ 40,000 when many perceive the brand as a bastion of poor reliability and low quality.

So much for Big Publishing as a bastion of literary quality.

While private colleges are often seen as bastion of privilege, Augustana was founded to help the children of immigrants make their way in a new land.

Some of our long - term dogs also found homes, such as Bastion, Sadie (pictured left with new owner, Frank Plume) and sweet, shy Tyler!!

As a bastion of calm and sophisticated quietude, Villa Elegance is at times a paradox on the island of Ibiza, which is world renowned for its lively nightlife and clubs — though there is more to Ibiza than just music and dancing.

After the Great War, the precious white Carrara marbles and exquisite Murano glass chandeliers welcomed Ernest Hemingway, Alfred Hitchcock, and Agatha Christie - who is said to have begun Murder on the Orient Express within its walls - as well as that bastion of Turkish nationalism Kemal Atatürk.

The Landmark Hotel is exactly as the name suggests a building which has defined the area of Marylebone as a bastion of British elegance and the luxury hotel experience.

As a bastion of calm and sophisticated quietude, Villa Alegria is at times a paradox on the island of Ibiza, which is world renowned for its lively nightlife and clubs — though there is more to Ibiza than just music and dancing.

In X-Men: Destiny Professor X is dead, killed at the hands of an enemy known as Bastion, the X-Men are barely holding together and now operating in San Francisco, and a group known as Purifiers are on a mission to kill every mutant they find.

You may remember Supergiant from such indie hits as Bastion and Transistor, both which had very unique storylines, fun gameplay, insanely good soundtracks (hey there, Darren Korb and Ashley Barrett) and pretty, pretty art.

Alright, so they went back on their word, but it's hard to say no to extra content for a game such as Bastion.

In recent months Valve has changed its company tune, portraying itself less as a single - minded games developer, and more as the bastion of hope for a threatened platform.

China ain't exactly known as a bastion of human / workers rights.

I wasn't expecting it to be that good as Bastion but this is one of those games that you will be proud of completing 100 %.

I also like Indie games such as Bastion and Thomas Was Alone, and I hope that my writing will allow independent developers to get the exposure they deserve.

But, really, a game made as well as Bastion is exactly as long as it needs to be.

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