Sentences with phrase «as opponents say»

Recently the Rockland County Times reported that: Residents of New Hempstead, Pomona, Hillcrest, Spring Valley and New City have been protesting the plans for a slaughterhouse in New Square for several years, but apparently to little avail, as opponents say the plans are progressing to the point where actual construction may soon begin.

But a pipeline company representative says the projects are not as harmful as opponents say, and essential for the state's current electric needs.

Not exact matches

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

In a letter to Obama at the time, Brennan said he was «a strong opponent of many of the policies of the Bush administration, such as the preemptive war in Iraq and coercive interrogation tactics, to include water boarding.»

«Some of the large retailers who are big importers have been some of the most vocal opponents,» Rosenberg said, noting they haven't been the only ones who have come out against the proposal, but also pointing to support the plan has from companies such as Boeing, General Electric, and Johnson and Johnson.

AT&T, a longtime opponent of net neutrality, this week said it would join the day of action, though many regarded its claim as a cynical tactic.

Puzder has positioned himself as a staunch opponent of workplace regulations like overtime rules, which he say hurt business.

But firing Mueller or issuing pardons «would be certain to ignite the kind of political firestorm that we haven't seen since the Saturday Night Massacre,» he said, and Trump's political opponents would undoubtedly paint it as obstruction of justice.

A state - run paper, the Global Times, did mention the leaks today in criticizing the Western press, which it said was using the news to sully Western opponents such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose associates were said to have laundered a suspected $ 2 billion through offshore accounts.

Although it was intended only as a statement on the company's position on the trade deal, and «nothing beyond that issue,» a company spokeswoman said in an email, it became kindling for protests from Trump opponents, some of whom posted videos to social media of their sneakers being set on fire in response.

A South African environmental group renewed its call for a moratorium on shale - gas fracking, as the government moves closer to a decision on whether to allow the process opponents say imperils water quality.

Even when there have been efforts at the E.U. level to introduce transparency, Germany has come out as an opponent,» Ryding said.

As an independant (and an opponent of the two party system) I don't get a say in who the Republican nominee is.

«An enemy is as good as a Buddha» the Zen folks say, and we all benefit by a worthy opponent.

«The opponents of enforcing immigration law and supporters of amnesty for illegal immigrants are using this as an emotional issue, raising this phony idea that a nun ladling out soup to an illegal alien is going to be wrestled to the ground by a SWAT team,» he said.

I am proud to say her next match was vs North / Hoovers Jorden Jones (My graduating school) and Jorden took her on as a wrestler, a athlete, a skilled opponent.

Madden says that «public debate predicated on the claim that our opponents are just making errors with regard to their ultimate commitments... strikes me as a non-starter.»

As Landis was saying, we like to demonize our opponents.

I find it as silly as after I have had a debate on religion, and my «opponent» says: «Well, I'm going to pray for you!»

And, as always, Rand's opponents attack her for things she never said or did.

Speaking of telling lies, a really good way to do this is to rephrase what your opponent says and then keep repeating the misquote in hopes that he or she will get bored and leave your lie as the last statement.

The hoi polloi say Ryan was marvelous, controlled and respectful, as he battled two opponents, not....

Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warningby timothy snydertim duggan books, 462 pages, $ 30 F aced with the challenge of finding something new to say about the Holocaust, a lesser author will offer a picture of Nazism that resembles his present - day political opponents.

One thing is certain, Arsenal will be in no danger of taking our opponents lightly and as they say, you have to face the best clubs at some point so we might as well get it out of the way now eh Gooners?

So Arsenal fans will be happy to say that our next opponents Watford suffered a setback to their own confidence and morale yesterday as they crashed out of the EFL cup with a shock defeat at home to Gillingham, a team currently sitting 10th in the third division of English football.

You say (and I agree) «Defending 101, STAY WITH YOUR MAN» but as we play the pathetic zonal marking rubbish no one in the team has any RESPONSIBILITY for stopping any of our opponents!

I know you guys say Ozil is not the type to run around like a headless chicken eg Sanchez, Ramsey, Welbeck, The Ox, Cazorla, Rosicky, Wilshere etc, but as much as you think running about like a headless chicken is stupid it helps the team keep our opponents on their toes and helps us keep the intensity.

Theo is fine as a CF.. He has been playing on the left and I think we can all say that Theo is not as effective on the left compared to the right or as a CF.. It will be good to leave Theo to focus solely on the CF role as it will give Giroud a tougher competition for the starting spot and that will only benefit us fans when we have 2 different style CF to fcuk over opponents with We have a Plan B with Theo and I think that is very important.

It is easy to blame the opponents who hack him down, but as I said after the Man United game, Jack does his utmost to to wind up his opponents and has been known to do his fair share of crunching and mis - timed tackles himself, mostly ending up with Jack being more in pain than his victims!

As they say, «Scare your opponents (Arsenal board and Wenger) and you get to take control of the game, or remain idle and you suffer the damages.»

I feel like he was decent in the City game (not as bad as most people say) even though he played out of position, and he was bullied off by physically stronger opponents (which is case in alot of the PL games).

Although I wasn't a huge fan of starting Sanchez alone up front on Saturday, Besiktas is a different opponent and I agree with some of you saying he she start as our striker.

Wenger also said «All our opponents have been looking for strikers as well and nobody has found a world - class one available better than the one they have.»

As Wenger said: «I think we have a big enough squad to rotate a little bit because games like Paris Saint - Germain demand a lot,» This also shows that the Boss is not underestimating our opponents tomorrow, which is definitely a good thing!

You say «lasted» vs Floyd, while a great many people saw it as his having been «carried» and he was still walked down and finished, by a smaller, retired opponent, in the round when Floyd was watering for the fight to end.

There were several people saying that Ronda was being discussed as the next opponent for Cyborg, including Cyborg herself and Meisha Tate... but you know, don't let the facts started by the people who were there interfere with your pro-Ronda narrative (despite your assertions that you're not a fan, you sure as hell are all - in on any side of the story that favors her, even when there is clearly a debatable aspect to it).

You could say that our opponents that day were unlucky, as Southampton had to play the last 10 minutes with 10 men after picking up an injury having used all their subs.

Like you say, if we concede we should be shouting louder to support our boys, love em or hate em but the atmosphere at Anfield is incredible and players / managers of all clubs pool or opponents mention it as a factor.

«Naturally, as a football player, you have to make a statement to your peers on your team and against your opponents,» rookie cornerback Eli Apple said.

We struggle to put the ball in the opponents net, despite Ozil creating so many opportunities, as you say, but why!

But as I said on Friday about all the post we had here about that we have adventage becasue liverpool this and that and blah blah blah, so what is responce now???? «Fans» need to stop whinning about our opponents problems and hope that we will beat them because of their problems, they need to stop whinning about «Wenger out» and just relax and ejnoy the game.

That includes showing up at 6 a.m. on winter mornings for conditioning because, as Hyder says, «Our philosophy is that we work while our opponents sleep.

As I said a weeks back we've lost the ability to impact fear into our opponents, even small teams come to the Emirates and make noise these days.

She did not say something that implies she «sees» Amanda as a potential opponent, that media guy did.