Sentences with phrase «beating back attempts»

Automakers have been successful in beating back attempts to raise standards for years, saying the system perverts the market by forcing them to heavily discount smaller cars to meet mandates.

As one of the leading education groups on Capitol Hill, the federation lobbied heavily on President Bush's education plan, beating back attempts to attach pro-voucher amendments.

State Senate Republicans beat back an attempt by Democrats to force a vote on measures tightening gun regulations in New York.

Senate Republicans bowed to the idea as a revenue - raising move, though they beat back an attempt by Assembly Democrats to boost the tax rates even higher on high - income earners.

For at least the third year in a row, Cuomo successfully beat back attempts by the two houses to increase transparency of state economic development spending.

The Legislature has repeatedly beat back attempts to pass the proposed Opportunity Scholarship Act, the school voucher measure.

Why did I hear from North and South Carolinians who had beaten back attempt after attempt from HSUS to have them taxed, registered, regulated, raided, and otherwise priced out of their hobby?

Not exact matches

But the deployment could stretch US resources thin, and complicate efforts by the Trump administration to increase troop numbers in Afghanistan in an attempt to beat back recent Taliban gains.

Sometimes I do it without even realizing and have to go back, apologize to her and divulge the simple truth; other times, I have to say something and can't bring myself to say the actual words because I'm too embarassed; I end up beating around the bush, attempting and rejecting spin after spin before I can finally bring myself to admit something I've done or say something that I know will be difficult for others to hear.

Attempts by the broadcasters to reduce their public service obligations were beaten back.

If they denounce their intellectual adversaries in the harshest of terms, can we not see in this a desperate attempt to beat back the enemy that lurks within — within, that is, Kurzweil and Leibowitz themselves?

Lewis knows a thing or two about backing up other drivers, having done so in his attempt to beat Nico Rosberg to the title last year.

Aiming to Set Up an Upset 16 Roaring back from a two - game deficit, Boston beat Montreal twice in an attempt to turn the Stanley Cup playoffs upside down by Mark Mulvoy

It is also a fact that Ranieri has only beaten Arsenal once in 14 attempts, and he is unhappy that his team have had to fight back after conceding first lately.

And then Collin getting beat; seeing again, tackle attempt was really poor w / Long in support + Kemar tracking back pic.twitter.com/RvoNO8r 0WN

11th — free kick from 35 metres blocked by GK Irwin, cleared momentarily, ball falls to Bradley who shoots high 14th — Takes pass from Findley, eludes a player and runs the length of the field from the midfield stripe, hits right foot shot from top of box, deflects off defender and ball goes through the hands of Irwin and in (18th goal) 18th — Cheyrou plays ball through middle, Osorio backheels to onrushing Giovinco, takes touch then bends right foot shot past Irwin and in (19th) 36th — takes pass from Bradley, floats a cross to back post where Altidore heads just wide 37th — takes long pass from Cheyrou, beats defender, charges in but shot is deflected out for corner 38th — takes corner to near post — Perquis heads in to score (14th assist) 60th — starts run from defensive half, left side of field, cuts into middle, tripped by Pittinari who earns yellow card — resulting free kick from 30 yards is just over bar 76th — takes breakout punch from corner from Konopka, is fouled by Cronin, who earns yellow card 82nd — steals ball from Ramirez, sprints past Burling, attempts cross but hits own foot and rolls behind end line

However, Blackburn haven't beaten the reigning English champions in their last seven attempts, three of those were at Ewood Park, and can only seek inspiration from their 4 - 3 win way back in 2006.

The Daily Mirror report that both clubs are interested in the winger, but they claim that Liverpool are set to offer to loan Murphy back to Norwich for the rest of the season in an attempt to beat Spurs to their man.

It's reversed around the other way; Jamie Vardy is one of the best in the business at running onto a ball over the top, but teams are sitting back and giving him three or four yards, and making him turn and attempt to beat two or three players.

However, Spurs have also bounced back to winning ways, after beating Blackburn Rovers 4 - 2 at White Hart Lane seven days ago, but their record away from home against the traditional» Big Four» doesn't bode well for their chances, with Harry Redknapp hoping to become the first manager in 69 attempts to win on the road against either Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool or Man Utd.

But he has failed to gain much attention in the media, which has been largely focused on the Shakespearean drama of Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV's attempt to beat the congressman and win back his father's old seat.

The last Labour government was beaten back on attempts to increase the limit first to 90 days and then to 42 days.

Five years later, he was among the lawmakers who helped then Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver beat back a coup attempt.

Oregon — Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D): Kulongoski is in a world of hurt politically as he attempts to beat back a serious primary challenge from a handful of candidates, including popular former Gov. John Kitzhaber.

During the bill's markup, Gordon managed to beat back Republican attempts to eliminate projected growth in spending that would have resulted in a 10 - year doubling for those agencies, with a total authorization of $ 82 billion.

Three things happened to the TEKS and all - science education standard that called for teaching the strength and weaknesses of theories, which had, back in the last time biology text books were adopted in the mid»90s, had been used as a club to beat publishers over whether or not they included weaknesses of evolution; by which they may enlist creationists and their claims, was taken out by the writing committees and attempted to be put back on several occasions actually by the school board members.

That's why they're shown making feeble and failing attempts to regain control of the property, pathetic in their attempts to beat back the rising influence of natural forces (without and within).

The film will see the Avengers, fractured as they are, attempt to beat back the invading might of Thanos, a villain obsessed with killing off half the life in the universe.

Witness what happened this legislative session in Colorado, where a modest attempt to increase funding for charters was beaten back.

readers know from earlier posts, Governor Malloy, Democratic Party Chair Nancy DiNardo and the Democratic State Central Committee syphoned over more than $ 37,000 in a failed attempt to beat back a Democratic challenge slate in Bridgeport that did not support Paul Vallas or Governor Malloy and Mayor Bill Finch's corporate education reform agenda.

It was the General's latest attempt to build a compact car that would beat back the waves of imports in North America.

Fuming at the Tiki Shack Bar over a rival's latest attempt to derail her career, Ronnie comes to the rescue of a girl being beaten by an angry thug, unaware that Antsy Carruth has stolen twenty - five grand from her drug mule ex-boyfriend, and hired enforcer Neon Polk has been sent to get the money back.

When she arrives, a small group of boys is attempting to beat an unknown opponent on an adjoining arcade machine (they're back to back, so you don't see who you're playing against).

ZHEROS attempts to do this by bringing back the button mashing beat»em ups of the late 80's.

As his list of video games for me to play grows longer and longer (and since you asked, I'm working on Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past before I go back and attempt to beat Chrono Trigger once and for all), we find ourselves discussing video games (his passion) and books (my passion) and where the two converge.

This gives the game a nice chunk of replay value as you will want to go back through the levels to find the collectables, complete challenges and attempt to approach the missions from a different perspective, you'll also want to beat your overall time which on most missions will be in the hours rather than minutes that equates to how large the levels can be.

From the sea - shanty soundtrack to the way the paper grass delicately folds back and forth as you run across it, no stone has been left unturned in an attempt to fully realise a world in which every aspect drums to the same (papery) beat.

While a single playthrough is pretty brief it's still fun to go back and attempt to beat high - scores, attempt to clear without getting hit, or use different weapon loadouts.

Taiko no Tatsujin is a colourful, solid, rhythm game that will keep you coming back for more, whether it's to play your favourite song, progress more in the Story Mode, or attempt to beat your high scores.

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

As much as the various embargoes, supply crunches and other problems have kcost us as a nation., no one wants to pay any of his / her own money NOT to import oil, as evidenced by the beating back of all attempts tax energy or oil in favor of subsidies right and left.

When plaintiffs lawyers have attempted to push the boundaries of existing wage and hour law, we've beat them back with cases that have become precedent setting and that deter future copycat suits.

Back then Chevy claimed a 200 mile range and a price point close to $ 30,000, with a not - so - subtle attempt at beating Tesla to a down - market, practical EV.