Sentences with phrase «as opponents of»

Which leaves smearing the doubters as opponents of science itself.

(Reuters)- Exxon Mobil on Sunday continued cleanup of a pipeline spill that spewed thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude in Arkansas as opponents of oil sands development latched on to the incident to attack plans to build the Keystone XL line.

(note: I contacted Howey for this article, and though he as extremely cordial, he preferred to hold off going on the record until closer to publication date) Offering Howey this kind of deal shows that publishers, long considered as opponents of change, have become much more progressive.

Does saying yes mean, as some opponents of such a policy argue, that teacher evaluations should be based simply on standardized test scores?

Analysts and reformers tend to focus on the shortcomings of the system, and in so doing they risk being characterized as opponents of children with disabilities.

We end the No2AV campaign with a majority of Labour MPs publicly declared as supporters of First Past The Post (or, at least, as opponents of AV).

Activists have been galvanised by the impact of mass industrial and political action in France, as opponents of the president's plans to raise the retirement age take their campaign to the streets.

It's what IDAs do, as opponents of the proposed Park Point student housing project in New Paltz recently learned.

«You will never have relevance for many workers in this country if you allow yourselves to be painted as the opponents of change.»

And you know you will never have relevance for many workers in this country if you allow yourselves to be painted as the opponents of change.

SilentHunter, Some of the differences are that a newspaper is publishing an account and a dossier; that this is going to an independent complaints commission which the police do not control; that both supporters as well as opponents of the government will ask questions about this - in parliament, on blogs, and in many other places - no doubt pushing for an inquest with a jury, and be pushing for broader changes in policing to ensure its consistency with the human rights legislation we now have (such as those being advocated by Stuart White here on Next Left).

As opponents of a proposed trash incinerator in the Finger Lakes region rallied at the state Capitol, Cuomo announced he is not in favor of the project and is confident a state siting board will reject it.

The rights holders don't want to be seen as the opponents of the democratisation of culture.

However, as opponents of boxing have emphasized, boxing is the only sport where direct blows to the head are rewarded and the ultimate victory may be to render the opponent senseless.

College football was back at its delightfully imperfect best on Saturday, as the opponents of Hawaii that chose to schedule their NCAA - approved 13th game the weekend before Labor Day kicked off the 2017 season with a few sloppy performances and a lot of points.

Right - wing extremists took over unbridled patriotism in the 1960s — a development that led, unfortunately, to the identification of the left, including the Century, as opponents of the United States.

As the opponents of Marcion pointed out, right reading has as much, or more, to do with ecclesiology and confession as with method and virtuosity.

Following the letter of so many laws could easily become overwhelming, confusing, and — as opponents of regulation might argue — paralyzing.

Ironically, this last piece of legislation could be his political undoing as opponents of another of his technocratic initiatives, the Harmonized Sales Tax, have succeeded in mobilizing bipartisan dissent.

The website, meanwhile, paints Aitken as an opponent of privacy.

While tech companies dislike paying taxes — just look at Apple, which keeps much of its money offshore to avoid taxes, or Twitter, which once threatened to leave San Francisco unless it received a special tax break — none of them wants to be labeled as an opponent of anything that would provide help for the homeless and those with low incomes.

Marco Rubio ran as an opponent of «comprehensive immigration reform» in 2010, but he flip - flopped after the 2012 election.

(Saying this as an opponent of giving Sunday such a special status.)

He is on the record as an opponent of assisted suicide and restrictions on campaign donations, and as a supporter of states» rights.

As an opponent of nationalisation, unlike Vince Cable (who Fraser Nelson praises a little too much here), the Conservatives are better positioned to exploit those stories.

Although he had a reputation as an opponent of Hitler, Schrödinger published an accommodating letter about the Nazi takeover, with the hope of being left alone.

Beginning as a dominant part of the East Village Art scene during the 80's, Bickerton resolutely stood as an opponent of consumerism and mechanization of the contemporary world, often making references to the societal concerns.

Mr. Dale is a learned lawyer and has been recorded as an opponent of the current MLS systems.

Not exact matches

- them formula that McConnell had used against Democratic opponents, painting them as tools of East Coast elites.

Ireland in particular is likely to be a vocal opponent of the move, as its low tax rates have encouraged companies such as Facebook and Apple (aapl) to locate their international headquarters there.

At a rare press conference following Bo Xilai's dismissal, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao warned that without further reform China risked plunging into another «tragedy» like the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, when an aged Chairman Mao Zedong rallied peasants, workers and students to upend the social order as a way to vanquish his opponents.

While Miscavige and his organization have held up the media complex as a valuable tool for spreading the message of Scientology and recruiting new members to join, the new facilities have received criticism from opponents of the religion — including some former members — who claim the complex is nothing more than a propaganda machine and a ploy to attract donations.

He knows that if his opponents don't take him seriously, all sorts of great things can happen: they may not prepare as well for debates, work as hard to win certain states or pay attention to what they're saying as carefully as they should.

Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines hold a rally as they protest US President Donald Trump's executive orders advancing their construction, at Lafayette Park next to the White House in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2017.

Manning came across as a laid back southern boy but on the gridiron he was a clinical, ruthless competitor with an off - the - charts football IQ who changed plays at the line of scrimmage to outsmart opposing defenses and torched opponents with a big arm and dead - on accuracy.

One of the pipeline's most vocal opponents, McKibben said the decision gives Obama «new stature as an environmental leader.»

Trump, who's never served, hews to a different standard, as he makes clear when he cites the speculation of «many people» as evidence his Democratic opponent's emails got a scientist killed.

According to a CBS news exit poll analysis, Trump is seen as a better steward of the economy than his opponent.

Newman, who had the backing of an array of national abortion - rights groups and two members of Illinois» congressional delegation, campaigned heavily against her opponent's voting record and promoted herself as a champion of «working families, healthcare for all, and everybody's rights,» she told Business Insider last year.

During his imagined campaign, Franken painted his opponent as a tool of the financial industry and managed to win the White House despite insulting Iowa voters, making outlandish yet simple campaign promises, indulging his mood swings, and being accused of extramarital affairs.

A year from elections, Hollande is under intense pressure as opponents accuse his administration of police failings over the tragedy.

He was accused of being absent during turmoil in the firm, just as his political opponents now notice his time spent away from Canada.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a longtime opponent of marijuana legalization, is embracing the Just - Say - No attitude towards marijuana and links the industry to violence and crime as he begins his role as the nation's top attorney.

But small business groups such as the National Federation of Independent Business and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are vocal opponents, and have lobbied extensively to fight the passage of wage reform bills in Congress.

Just as pro sports players watch hours of game tapes of their opponents, you should have as much knowledge as possible about the style, motivations, and interpersonal dynamics of the other side.

One of the chief gripes of the banks» opponents is that it assists the exporting activities of very large companies such as Boeing, Caterpillar, and General Electric, which they say puts smaller companies at a disadvantage.

The WikiLeaks disclosures should be the kind of «October surprise» that would thrill Clinton's opponents, who've spent years attacking her as untrustworthy and willing to say anything for personal gain.

«He's looking at this as showing he still can be king of the hill, because we don't have the votes to override,» Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, a vocal opponent of Obama's climate change agenda, said in an interview.

Clinton has repeatedly accused her opponent as being soft on Russia, pointing to his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a strong leader, his suggestion that he would rethink sanctions against Russian officials, his sharp criticism of NATO and other policy positions.

Local opponents of the storage, such as Tom Clements, director of SRS Watch, contend the facility was never built for holding plutonium and say there is a risk of leakage and accidents in which large amounts of radioactivity are released.