Sentences with phrase «as lackeys»

It is these very standards that preserve our status as legal professionals and prevent us all from being written off as the lackeys or hired guns of our organizations.

Such rhetoric feeds into tensions with Muslims, and paints Christians as lackeys of the West.

Even in Hades he tries to use Lazarus (whose name he now remembers) as his lackey to «dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.»

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Their papers have been denied publication in some journals, their grants and promotions have dried up, and they have been subjected to such ad hominem attacks as being aging and out - of - touch or worse, lackeys of the energy companies.

Benedict allowed them to be moved around or hidden world - wide during his tenure as John Paul's lackey.

Anyone that disagrees with millionaire Rush and his Republican lackeys and their culture of «I got mine, F the rest of you» is immediately attacked as a socialist, a marxist, or someone preaching class warfare.

This is the kind of article that highlights exactly what is wrong with this club as a whole... so the question you're asking is what option would be less shitty... after the firestorm surrounding Wenger's contract last season, which somehow led to his highly questionable re-upping for 2 more years, things needed to dramatically change or the inevitable same old, same old was bound to occur... as of right now the bare minimum has occurred... we knew about Sead long before Wenger's renewal so that can't be considered a part of the «new world order»... so the only real changes are Lehman coming into the coaching staff, which could be positive but he's always been a Wenger lackey so the jury is still out, and the acquisition of Lacazette, who I really like as a player but I question the reasoning behind his signing

Let's not forget that he sabotaged his own anti-corruption commission as it began getting close to his donors and has repeatedly appointed his lackeys to boards, ethics commissions and other prominent watchdog positions.

Percoco wasn't some lackey; he was known as Cuomo's enforcer, and the governor has called him «my father's [former Gov. Mario Cuomo] third son.»

In taking on the party's support, Nixon called Gov. Andrew Cuomo a lackey of Wall Street interests, and said of New York, «We need a governor that is as true and blue as its people.»

The rebels are fuming at a recent snub to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, as the rebel MP (played by Bruce Alexander) laments that his leader «can't stop being a protestor» while his lackey Ollie (played by Joseph Prowen) criticises the party steward's «maths teacher» attire.

The supporting cast includes Riz Ahmed (The Night Of), as Dr. Carlton Drake — the aforementioned lackey, and Michelle Williams, as Anne Weying — Eddie's love interest.

Rewatching this film gave me two shocks — first was seeing William H. Macy as Laura Charles» lackey and Chazz Palminteri as one of Arkadian's goons who is dispatched by Leroy.

One shrewd change from the book is the incorporation of Elizabeth Banks» Effie into the rebellion: formerly a primped Capitol lackey, she's de-glammed but still elegant here as a quiet source of strength.

The film, directed by Steven Soderbergh, would be worth seeing just for Stamp's performance, at once rock - hard and goofily blinkered, and for Peter Fonda's wittily self - parodic turn as the suspected killer, a music producer who coasts on»60s counterculture easiness while his lackeys do the dirty work.

This mentor - rookie relationship is rather hackneyed and is reminiscent of other, better movies, such as «My Favorite Year,» about showbiz divas and their young lackeys.

When a lackey on one side (the great Jack Reynor) recognizes a lackey on the other side (the also - great Sam Riley) as the chap with whom he got into a fight at the bar the night before, all Hell breaks loose.

Meanwhile, in Chicago, Capone's still got a chip on his shoulder when it comes to people perceiving him as Johnny Torrio's lackey, as evidenced by his reaction to George Remus, whose ridiculous tendency to refer to himself in the third person completely confuses Capone.

The blacks teach the whites valuable lessons, but it's the whites who save the blacks — sometimes from themselves, as Grisham, Schumacher, and Goldsman (not a black guy among them) toss in some avaricious ACLU / NAACP lackeys hungry for their ring in the media circus.

Wallace Shawn (who is revered by many as the conniving Vizzini in The Princess Bride) is reduced to the buffoonish role of Albert, Barbara's date and doting lackey for the weekend.

Josh Gad is hilarious as Gaston's overzealous lackey LeFou.

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In his latest column entitled, Already Feeling Squeezed As I Attempt to «Align» With Common Core, Barth Keck provides a direct view into the challenges facing teachers and the chaos being created by the corporate education reform industry and their elected and appointed lackeys who are implementing their strategies.

There are still a few in the old lackey trade, and some do it as a sideline, and use it as a lever.

Naturally, you play as Batman and his lackey, Robin.

And, as a consumer and not some corporate lackey (I presume and hope), that's really how I think you should be thinking about it too.

The problem here is that, despite you being a consumer and not some corporate lackey (as far as I'm aware), all you seem to be able to do is see everything from the point of view of the corporation and in a way that only serves the corporation and nothing else, even though the law itself isn't alway quite that black & white in favour of our corporate overlords.

Corporal Paraplonk is a red - shelled Paratroopa who wears green shoes and a red bucket on his head, and he serves as one Bowser's lackeys, alongside Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy, all whom are members of the Elite Trio.

Add in combos, counters and various attacks and the developers give the player everything they need to have a thoroughly enjoyable experience as they take down the Templars and their lackeys.

Say 1.5 or 2 times what I'm making now as a corporate lackey.

«Nothing that Trump and his lackeys do should come as a surprise.

And by the way almost everyone who freelances has done work for Petrol companies (possibly Gore at times as well), my old new media company did work for Shell - that doesn't make me a lackey for Big Oil.

Then why is the tone of Sharon Begley's cover story — nine pages in which anyone skeptical of the claim that human activity is causing global warming is painted as a bought - and - paid - for lackey of the coal and oil industries — so strident and censorious?

This type of query is fairly offensive to working people but management lackeys present it as a right to work issue and principle.

An attorney rubber stamps it to give it a modicum of legitimacy and then hands it off to a lackey referred to as a «case manager».