Sentences with phrase «battle against acting»

Not exact matches

In the latest stage of the provincial government's battle against the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, it has asked the BC Court of Appeal to review four pages of proposed legislation that would amend the Environmental Management Act and address questions about the amendments's constitutionality.

The battle against Mormon polygamy continued while Taylor was underground, with 1887's Edmunds - Tucker Act forcing women to testify against their husbands, requiring anti-polygamy oaths and laying the groundwork for the U.S. government to seize high - value church properties, including temples.

The same pastors who fought the Stamp Act battled against the introduction of bishops.

In 1993, it won a 22 - year court battle against a federal regulation formally called the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1937, or «prorate» in layman's terms.

As a state senator battling for re-election in 2002, he voted against the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act, which barred business and property owners from firing or evicting gays and lesbians on the basis of their identity.

There was a furious upstate - downstate battle, which also pitted some of the more conservative (and anti-gun control) members against more liberal members — like Flanagan — who voted «yes» on the controversial SAFE Act.

Schulz, who has waged court battles against the SAFE Act gun control law, pork barrel spending and tax policies, believes Silver should reimburse taxpayers for the money he authorized in 2012 when the payment was made to two staffers who said Lopez harassed them.

Russell battled against a huge backlash in the North Country to the SAFE Act gun control law, which she voted for.

He argued that the fundamental unit upon which natural selection acted was not the individual but rather the gene itself, which was intrinsically selfish because it engaged in a battle against other genes for survival.

Back home in India, it continues to be a long uphill battle to get justice for the LGBTQ community as Section 377 of the Indian Penal code still bans «carnal intercourse against the order of nature» — an act punishable by life imprisonment.

This is a wasted opportunity to see Lara (and the talented acting skills of Vikander) pitched against the elements alone as she battles the rising odds to survive.

Gray acts as a courier for the British and helps Lavade and his Allies in their small battles against the Nazis.

Star Trek: Nemesis pits man against himself in a battle of shared genetics and lifetime experiences arguing that the aspiration to be a better person may be a human quality, but acting on that potential is an individual choice.

BEST FOREIGN FILM I've Loved You So Long BEST FEMALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Bees BEST UNRELEASED MOVIE: How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES: Nothing But The Truth BEST MUSIC: Cadillac Records BEST ANIMATED FEMALE: Eve: WALL - E BEST FAMILY FILM WALL - E LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Meryl Streep ACTING AND ACTIVISM: Natalie Portman ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women: Changeling JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD: For best expressing the woman of color experience in America: Ballast KAREN MORLEY AWARD: For best exemplifying a woman's place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity: Battle In Seattle COURAGE IN ACTING: Deidra Edwards in DisFigured: For redefining conventional standards of female physical beauty and pride on screen, and promoting positive images of big bodied women.

It starts off strong with a hologram Kate Winslet appearing over skyscrapers leading into Tris and the gang in hiding but only picks up again in the final act when Tris gives herself up to Jeanine and their battle against each other begins.

To Amy's point about the difference between a role where Tom really gets to act, in the classical sense, versus one where he stages He - Man battles against CGI and his own «I do my own stunts, thankyouverymuch» mortality, I'd argue that a number of his best turns feature him capital - A Acting his way through He - Man battles against his own emotions.

Trung Trac and Trung Nhi (39 A.D.), a sister act that battled against China for the independence of Vietnam.

The outcome, which included settlements from most of the publishers seeking to avoid lengthy and costly court battles as well as a guilty verdict for Apple that is currently in appeals, has yet to be finalized, but Judge Denise Cote is expected to seek the maximum amount of damages against Apple for its violation of Section One of the Sherman Act.

Mindy has battled against the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) on the state referendum front serving as the campaign manager for The Alliance for Truth Campaign Committee which was at the forefront of the hard fought campaign opposing the HSUS - driven «Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act» (Proposition B) in the Missouri 2010 election and recently helped defeat the HSUS sponsored «Your Vote Counts» referendum promoting direct democracy.

This is done completely from within the game and allows players to tackle multiplayer content in the shape of group battles against bosses; where the teammates who are not actively fighting act like a sort of sidekicks that can provide the active player with health and such.

The soundtrack for the game isn't exactly noteworthy when put up against something like the Zelda or Final Fantasy franchise, but the voice acting is solid, and the battle tracks can get intense and is always apparent.

Besides that, there are Thwomps with colds called Sniffle Thwomps in Bowser's Castle that act as enemies, as well as Shadow - like Thwomps that appear in the battle against Dark Bowser and Dark Star Core.

There are occasionally battles that go on a bit too long and the reliance on a supernatural enemy for the third act seems a bit too familiar if you've only just played through Drake's Fortune, but this is a game that still stands out against the very best of the PS3 generation.

Lord Monckton, one of the leading scientists battling against the «settled science», has just submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to determine how the U.K. Supreme Court has ruled to support climate change activism in specific legal cases before it.

While the ongoing battle against expansionary (and innovation - destructive) IP legislation in the United States is nothing new, (and will continue even if these bills are defeated) there is something very different about the intensity and reach of SOPA / Protect IP Act as its implications would extend well beyond copyright enforcement.

Samuels has been fighting the battle against dangerously broad patents for some time now, recently traveling to DC to support passage of the SHIELD Act (Saving High - tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes), a congressional bill that would impose heavy fines against so - called patent trolls.