Sentences with phrase «back in its disdain»

The long - standing Authors Guild, often scoffed as a proud member of the gatekeepers club and a rather irrelevant entity that has yet to embrace the current publishing climate, released an open letter from one of its board members that holds nothing back in its disdain for the newly formed Authors Alliance.

Not exact matches

Back when I was terrified of public speaking, I'd approach the podium and, in my mind, drop a diaphanous curtain in front of the audience so I could look at them without seeing them, acknowledge their blur of faces without catching any doubt or disdain or incredulity that might lurk in their eyes.

I like to think of myself as a fairly rational individual, which is why what has and is going on at Arsenal confounds me... little wonder people have gone so far as to suggest that Wenger is actually sabotaging the club... one only needs to look at our starting 11 to stoke the flames of conspiracy... just think of the perceived importance of this game, considering the loss to Stoke, the historically significance of the two teams involved, the controversy that swirled around our two meetings last season, the proximity to the closing of the window and the general disdain being directed towards the manager once again... how is it even possible that you wouldn't come to Anfield with all guns blazing... not a single shot on target, with the back - up keeper in no less... where were the new signings?

NBA players have an open disdain for back - to - back games in the regular season.

I felt a little surprised at the disdain I heard in her voice, but when I snapped back into reality I instantly went into defense mode, which for me is self - deprecation in overdrive.

The man who disdained debating back when he was the perceived frontrunner of the GOP gubernatorial primary — even when dogged by a woman (as it turns out) in a duck suit and heckled by Carl Paladino supporters — is now anxious to go mano - a-mano-a-mano with the Buffalo businessman and the Democratic frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo.

The disdain with which rebels in the Parliamentary Labour Party disregarded the statement from General Secretaries of 12 of the 14 affiliated trade unions, indicates turning their backs on the ethos and traditions of the Party.

Brando presents a nicely laid - back turn in which he conveys his disdain with acid looks and snippy quips rather than grand bravado.

They bond over their mutual love of movies and equal disdain for the beautiful people in their orbit, coming closer together and in sight of a future full of domestic bliss in New York until the identity of Vonnie's secret ex-boyfriend threatens to send Bobby back home empty - handed.

Push - back, skeptics and accusations of she and her running mate being two - party «spoilers» notwithstanding, Ebony Murphy, who's running under the Democracy Party, seems up to the task of helping enact change in Connecticut and is part of a growing number of educators who refuse to remain silent about the achievement gap, corporate entities» disdain for teachers and the charter school problem.

In it, Zimmer makes clear his disdain for the wealthy funders who backed the losing candidate, Marshall Tuck, congratulating the state teacher unions for standing up to them and urging them to continue, with a particular eye on next year's LA Unified school board elections.

My disdain for managing items in games dates back to 1993, when I played my first video game, A Link to the Past.

Jefferson's disdain for IP protections stemmed from IP laws dating back to medieval Europe, which granted «guilds,» or associations of artisans in a particular industry, authority by the governments to control the regulation and conduct of the various industries.

Emotional wounds the spouses inflicted upon each other during the marriage cause the pain, anger, and disdain to flare right back up during a custody case, and the children are pawns in this rehashing — or escalation — of old marital fights.

However, far too many fall into the category that I personally disdain, being the category of the slick, quick rehersed - answer - for - every - objection, hand pumping, back slapping jokester on one hand, or the opposite kind, the quiet, won't look you in the eye for more than two seconds, keeps everything to him / her self, doesn't offer advice unless asked for same, personality, both types trying their best to «do the deal» at almost any expense to their clients.