Sentences with phrase «best efforts to the contrary»

Perhaps Dashboard Confessional founder / frontman Chris Carrabba should have released his new album, Dusk and Summer, as two five - song EPs instead — because, despite the singer / songwriter's best efforts to the contrary — that's exactly what...

Not exact matches

The question disputed is whether humans can achieve their own First Good simply by seeking the Second Good, or whether, to the contrary, one must actually succeed in that effort.

There will be no questioning as to whether I have won men (quite on the contrary, it might well be asked whether I had any notion of having by my own efforts done the least thing toward winning them); no questioning as to whether, by the talk I have gained some earthly advantage (quite on the contrary, it might well be asked whether I had any notion of having myself done the least thing toward gaining it); no questioning about what results I have produced, or whether I may have produced no results at all, or whether loss and the sport that others made of me were the only results I have produced.

Even if the state was to carry out raids on the homes of judges in pursuit of legitimate corruption allegations, I am persuaded (and I've not seen any provision to the contrary in spite of the best efforts of many pro-DSS persons) that such should have been carried out by the Police or EFCC, and certainly not the DSS.

Released smack in the middle of the»70s, Nashville would become the director's most decorated effort and, contrary to IMDb's «Known for» section, one of the films Altman is best remembered for today.

Final results of these movies vary big time, some become lame efforts, where we think it was not right in the first place to go for the movie adaption, but some on the contrary and to our surprise turn out to be the best examples of how a video game should transform into a movie.

Put simply, contrary to the arguments of many White Democrats (as well as pundits such as Jonathan Chait of New York, Frank Bruni of the New York Times and academic Mark Lilla), focusing on the efforts of Black, Latino, immigrant, and low - income communities for economic, social and political equality (which has often been derisively called «identity politics»), is critical to Democrat success in winning elections as well as in winning support from younger voters who are also concerned about these matters.

The models show that contrary to the best efforts to show that carbon dioxide is a climate driver the models show that it isn't.

I have followed Mr. Christie's cases for 30 years and have never seen or heard he supported positions he was asked to defend, on the contrary, I believe his position was quite clear, freedom of speech in Canada needs support and he intended to give his best effort to that cause.

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The appointment may be terminated if further efforts by the Parenting Coordinator would be contrary to the best interests of the child; the child has reached the age of majority; or the child no longer lives with a party.