Sentences with phrase «back on critics»

Typically, Vallas turns the criticism back on his critics.

The big media outlets have been adding Oscar columns and blogs almost at the same rate that they've been cutting back on critics.

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On the other hand, critics have blamed the Aussie rules for contributing to a boom in unsightly condo towers aimed at foreign investors while doing little to bring sky - high house prices in cities like Sydney and Melbourne back down to Earth.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Back in February, the company announced that it has «returned to profitable growth» after a «record performance» in the gaming division and «a blockbuster release» of a movie based on Angry Birds, which received iffy reviews from critics and audiences, according to the site Rotten Tomatoes.

Back in the 1980s, when people were wondering whether Virgin Atlantic, our other airline, would survive, some critics said that few people would fly across the Atlantic on an airline called Virgin.

Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo, struck back on Wednesday at critics who have charged tech companies with doing too little to fight off NSA surveillance.

Back in August — with the Greek debt crisis escalating and U.S. political gridlock on budget policy frightening investors everywhere — Flaherty was pressed by NDP finance critic Peggy Nash to consider pumping some federal cash into the vulnerable Canadian economy.

Then he did exactly what critics of Smith's calculations say no hedge fund would really do — Buffett reinvested the fees he drew from his partners back into the partnerships, compounding his own share of the capital year on year.

In one concession to the app's critics, Snap is making a further tweak to Snapchat's design to put some updates from friends back into the part of the application with news and celebrities, Spiegel said on Tuesday.

With these tools, historians and their critics can construct and analyze narratives without falling back on the self - defeating claim that the story explains itself.

In» Critics on the Left Meet the Critics on the Right,» Beiler disapprovingly cites my «Back to Zero Cheers for Jim Wallis» as an example of how unfair I and other pro-lifers have been to Wallis.

They should have been ready: when the Times, for instance, ran a piece headlined «critics attack Pope for his «myopic» views on condoms», their reporters had to fall back on old general statements on condoms, rather than having a vigorous defence against the latest attacks, based oncurrent scientific literature, to quote.

(New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov wrote an excellent article on the subject back in 2004.)

Origi has hit back strongly at his critics, after being dubbed one of the worst players in Ligue 1 while out on loan load season.

I would praise Mr Wenger for finishing in the top 3 or 4 if he brought the world class players that we all know we need in the right positions and made a sincere effort to win something... The reason why a large number of Arsenal fans and critics are on his back is because for many years now Mr Wenger has neglected to strengthen certain key positions that would of given us a much better chance of winning trophies.

Head coach Dabo Swinney used his podium time on national television to fire back at the incredulous critics — who, much like all those pro-Washington media folks, seem to be an apparition — who think Clemson isn't truly a national brand, isn't truly elite.

Refusing to lashout at his critics, Beckham earned back his starting position, to say nothingof his teammates» respect, and helped lead Real Madrid on a fairy - tale run fromfourth place to the La ¬ † Liga title, his first significant trophy during hisfour years in Spain.

The Arsenal number 11 and Germany international Mesut Ozil hit back at his critics this week after putting on a Man of the Match performance in the Premier League win at Aston Villa.

The Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka has hit back at his critics today, in an attempt to silence those who say he's reckless on the pitch.

«So for me to come back and, on top of that, (critics) reproach me for not having won the championship during that period, it is a bit overboard.»

Having been dropped against Brighton last weekend, he would likely have been eager to get back on the pitch and silence his critics, but instead, it would seem as though Arsenal fear that they could be without Bellerin for some time depending on the severity of the injury.

He's not afraid to clap back at critics on Twitter or in interviews, whether it's about the Confederate flag, or an opponent's grandstanding.

And it was the fact we already had the German that was the reason for Arsene Wenger passing up the opportunity to bring Fabregas back to north London, so the big game on Sunday would be an ideal time for Ozil to defy his growing bunch of critics and show that the Prof was right to sign him and subsequently snub Cesc, but can he pull a rabbit out of the hat for us?

The boss revealed the other day, in a report by The Mirror, that his playmaker would not be back in action until the new year but he also defended the German from his critics, putting the blame for the start of this season on an injury picked up with the national team and declaring that Arsenal will soon see the best of him.

Personally, I want to see Ozil get back on the pitch and rake in performances that will silent the wide - mouthed critics of his.

Ozil has enough critics in the media from the likes of Michael Owen and Paul Scholes, without players connected to Arsenal getting on his back as well.

Still, some critics keep harking back to Houston's on - and - off performances of the past.

On the back of their disappointing Super Cup defeat to Barcelona and humiliating display of behaviour from their manager Jose Mourinho, Real Madrid really need a convincing win on Sunday to keep the critics off their bacOn the back of their disappointing Super Cup defeat to Barcelona and humiliating display of behaviour from their manager Jose Mourinho, Real Madrid really need a convincing win on Sunday to keep the critics off their bacon Sunday to keep the critics off their back.

As far back as our very first friendly of pre-season against Adelaide United, you could see that the senior members of the squad looked fired up and ready to answer their critics and, on the evidence of the first two matches of 15/16, that's certainly the case.

Why can't people for God sake understand the angle the young man was coming from, this is a guy who has come out to suggest what he feel will be of great glory to the team, futbol is about winning trophy not the samba, champaign, tick taka or jambody style Of playwill be accredited to ur cv after retirement, every professional player will wants to be identify with a medal, mind you he have limited years to his career, therefore we should not allow sentment or affections we have for our various teams erode the basic objective of the game.we should also think about their future too, this guys are proffessionals which young lads are looking up to and questions will be ask tomorrow about theirs playing days.can people tell me why pele and some other famous players in the world both present and past are been celebrated today the answer is simply cos they are successful in their career and have trophy to show for it in their respective clubs or countries, why the complain in nigeria?its simply cos our team for quite a while now has not recorded any troph to her glory, fans should learn how to call a spade a spade in order to balance situation and also for better performance of the team.why then did arsene wenger hurridly went to buy more experienced players after the poor outing he had at the beggining of last season?this players know beta cos they are at the centre of it all, we don't have to trash what they say, we fans are only watching from screen, in as much as we beliv in arsen wenger, we should also know that without the boys no arsen wenger, fans should try to reason along with the players too.an hypotetical cases of similar to rvp has been tested by some players and have put them right over the coach and the team.so, whatelse does the fans needs to prove that futbol has gone beyond living in the past.for example, fabrigas and nasri were able to prove their critics wrong.thank God for them, we should always be objective in our submission, how else do we expect players to show their commitment to a team that was in 8 on the log table and later fought their way back to 3rd this boys are commendable and deserve to be encouraged, I think is high time the manager and the mgt board of arsenal futbol team get to know that game of futbol has gone beyond two teams domination, its now like a pendilum which can swing either way only with a powerful insrument called money.you can't eat ur cake and have.

On a night in which Blind looked in danger of becoming exactly the kind of out - of - position liability at the back his critics have always feared, Fosu - Mensah stepped up to the plate and showed why he is already so admired by his team mates and coaches.

Their record in Manchester is shabby, as have been some of their recent displays against the 19 - time champions of England, but the Gunners will care less about their underachieving past — this has been a week where they've had too defy the critics, sceptics and plenty of damning statistics in order to keep the haters off their back, and they're prepared to go through the motions all over again on Sunday, when they'll be targeting their first league win over United in Manchester since 2006.

Y is everyone so happy that utd lost, i would have rather had it we kicking their arse, although they did loose 4 - 0, which makes their 7 - 1 victory looked long gone and lost, although people might argue (as usual) no berbatov no rooney, but they had a pretty strong line up in my opnion with the likes of giggs, fletcher, chichrito etc... Well even if we do win the CC its nothing to go on ranting abt because the critics and other fans will hit us back saying well its just the carling cup a competition to breed young talent..

Pushing back against her critics, Melania Trump said Tuesday she's committed to fighting cyberbullying despite the knocks she's gotten for taking on the issue when her husband regularly uses Twitter to berate his foes and call them names.

Critics say the new rules will roll back the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act championed by Former First Lady Michelle Obama, who worked to establish strict nutritional standards on the program as part of her campaign against obesity.

For an explanation as to why Cuomo would risk muddying the waters of his own campaign, you should look no further state former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, who has emerged as an outspoken champion of Rangel — and chief critic of Democrats like Rep. Mike Arcuri who have turned their backs on him.

His critics enjoy the safety of knowing that exile — in parliamentary and media terms — involves being patted on the back by almost everyone else.

At least one of the lawmakers has already been burned by a social media campaign: Assemblyman James Skoufis has in the past been targeted by critics on social media with ads that can't be traced back to their funding source.

Yet, the critics of Labour's record on back - to - work benefits are partly right: Britain under Labour should indeed have gone faster and further on welfare reform.

Mr Blair is facing a backbench revolt over the plans, which critics claim will bring in selection by the back door, and Mr Cameron capitalised on this by listing among the proposals that the Tories agree with, a new power for schools to bring back selection.

This anecdote handed critics a new line of attack — that the PM is too laid back to have a firm grip on his government.

Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling hit back at their critics today, urging people to judge the government on how it responds to crises and not the volume of negative headlines which have surrounded the Brown - Darling team.

Of course, that is a notion that will be hysterically rejected by nationalist sympathisers, who will fall back on painting any critic as someone who conflates national pride with hate crimes.

Cuomo also rolled back New York's estate tax, eliminated the dedicated bank tax, cut corporate taxes and has increased economic development spending that critics on the left and right deride as corporate welfare.

The deputy prime minister recently tried to move on from the debate over NHS reform by convincing Shirley Williams, a vocal critic in the Lords, to back a series of amendments restraining private involvement in the health service.

News International has backed down significantly in its battle against its critics on the issue of phone - hacking.

A deal announced by Cuomo last week to bring the splinter Democrats back in line was seen as «just for show,» critics on the left said.

His team, meanwhile, is fighting back against critics who on a near - daily basis try to remind voters of the Manhattan proceedings and the Buffalo Billion trial that will follow.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand shifts on the controversial anti-piracy legislation, saying it's time for Congress to take «a step back and start over» in order to make sure it won't infringe on internet communications, as critics have argued.