Sentences with phrase «back against a society»

We love the «new again» trend of packing school lunches in reusable containers — it is a little way even small children can push back against a society addicted to disposables.

Yet because the only way these outlaw martyrs can reclaim their freedom is to nobly strike back against a society characterized by male - propagated sexism and objectification — in one of many instances of overkill, a truck driver, besides simply gesturing obscenely to the women, even has mud flaps with silvery nude women decals protecting his truck's tires — Thelma & Louise «s feminist call to arms winds up sounding woefully simple - minded.

Not exact matches

«Do something to really connect back with society» and don't «be known as the companies that pushed back against what was right for the world.»

The author mentions Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Ben Franklin in a positive light regarding Islam, but conveniently leaves out that these and many other Founding Fathers were against Islam (commonly referred to as Mahometism back then) as a threat to American society and safety.

One of the reasons that atheists comment here is that religious beliefs unfortunately impact laws and government policy and our laws.The idiocy of religion unfortunately permeates much of our society, so the more we can fight back and speak out against religious idiocy, and the more visibly, the better.

I know that John Paul II takes a dimmer view of American society than would totally gladden my heart; and I must confess that I have felt a certain cold wind at my back as I listened to him caution people in Latin America who do not even yet own shoes against falling into the trap of materialism.

But does our fight against the modern pattern of development mean that we want to go back to the traditional pattern of society?

Bev Jullien from Mother's Union, which is backing the campaign, told Premier why violence against women and girls is tolerated in so many societies around the world.

She condemned the heretic not to punish him but to save him, not to protect herself or society against him but to lead him back to the truth; for on the other side of his heresy, as it were, she loved the person she put to death to deliver him from his heresy.

«As a movement we will continue to push back against attempts to undermine and diminish workers» rights, to extend trade unions» reach into workplaces and to continue to ensure that unions remain a strong, progressive force in civil society.»

The Greater New York Hospital Association and the Medical Society of the State of New York are pushing back against an argument being advanced by the Assembly Democrats and state Bar Association that the best way to address high medical malpractice insurance is to prevent the incidents that spark lawsuits.

«I am heartened to see so many neighbors and members of our community come out to honor his memory, and stand together ready to push back against those who wish to divide us and thwart our efforts for a more just society.»

I have had this weird love for this symbol ever since I read a book called Secret Society, where they got this symbol tattooed on the back of their neck once inducted into the society (against their Society, where they got this symbol tattooed on the back of their neck once inducted into the society (against their society (against their will!).

Other times the societies he fought against destroyed him: the vengeful Detective Jim McLeod getting shot by a perp whose life he ruined in William Wyler's Detective Story (1951); Colonel Dax being sent back to the front by the World War One military brass he dared to defy in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957); Spartacus getting crucified for leading a slave rebellion in Kubrick's Spartacus (1960).

A society that dictates what «is and isn't acceptable for us, what we are good at, what's beautiful, who to trust / love, how to dress, eat, behave etc.... often works against our well - being,» writes Alusine Barrie, who admits that his pursuit of well - being is shaped by standing back from his experiences «to see the lessons hidden inside books, articles, blogs, and videos as well as advices / opinions of people» he encounters in life.

Slowly, as Ella explores the Society and its history, disturbing secrets that had been buried start to come to light... In Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen's chilling, witty novel, The Rabbit Back Literature Society, the uncanny brushes up against the everyday in the most beguiling and unexpected of ways.

Could the once «democratic» society the Author's Guild created back in the 90's be creating a revolt against big time media companies such as Google and Amazon, have they really got true premise to contend that Google and Amazon are harming the book publishing industry much like the RIAA is attempting to do with P2P companies and their users.

Against the back wall of the Berkeley East Bay Humane Society's adoption room is a maze of cages, containing one lone cat.

Featuring a massive selection of DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains, Injustice 2 continues the story from the previous game as Batman and his allies work towards putting the pieces of society back together while struggling against those who want to restore Superman's regime.

DedSec is society's best hope for shutting down the overreaching ctOS system and Holloway spearheads that effort, after false charges lead him to fight back against the game's police state.

Featuring a massive selection of DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains, Injustice 2 continues the epic cinematic story introduced in «Injustice: Gods Among Us» as Batman and his allies work towards putting the pieces of society back together while struggling against those who want to restore Superman's regime.

When Hudson walked into Chancery Lane back in 2006, the Law Society looked like an organisation in deep trauma that veered from one calamity to the next: a clash with the then Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, over its campaign against the Access to Justice Bill; non-stop criticism flowing from the profession's inability to get a grip on its handling of consumer complaints; and then there was the Kamlesh Bahl saga, a rancorous dispute with the first Asian woman to become vice-president.

The Mental Costs of Linguistic Assimilation — Julie Sedivy — The linguist, who grew up partly in Montreal, inveighs against those who would force a unilingual society — and has evidence of cognitive advantages to back up her support of bi - and multi-lingualism.

Dating back to April 2005, Anica Visic had filed multiple human rights complaints against the University of Windsor, two of her former articling principals, and the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Such as expressing a revolt against the legislation and putting an onus back where it belongs... the legal society.

Woody Allen's latest film, Cafe Society, which stars Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg and Blake Lively, kicked off the festival and a whole lot of controversy as sex abuse allegations against Woody were put back in the spotlight by Mia Farrow's son Ronan.