Sentences with phrase «by rooting against»

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Edward Walker, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles who focuses on grass - roots lobbying by businesses, said such a public call to mobilize against Airbnb was unusual.

That is the root core, right there, of the animosity shown by Tea partiers against Obama.

Von Hayek and his comrades assert that the roots of the crisis are to be found in the ominous and excessive power of unions, and in a more general way, of the labour movement; according to them, unions have undermined the base of private accumulation (of investment) by their salary claims and by their pressure against the rise by the State of the parasitical social expenses without end.

In their reaction against scientific scepticism, and scientific generalisation which were as sweeping and as prejudiced as any theological temerity, they failed to distinguish the root causes of the new unbelief from the arrogance of the unbelievers, and met with equal contempt and malediction what could only be properly answered by the careful separation of fact frompresumption and prejudice on either side.

«So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings,» John Stuart Mill observed, «it gains rather than loses in stability by having a preponderating weight of argument against it.

In its original context the second important root of the presumption against war was a formulation of this concept of just war set out in the Jesuit journal Theological Studies in 1978 by James F. Childress, an American academic ethicist of Quaker background.

yes, there were male victims, but the violence was against women and rooted in a fear CREATED BY MEN that being unable to get a woman is to fail at life.

Walter Cardinal Kasper, who heads the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, put it very well last May when he said that the Catholic Church had weakened itself by «cutting itself off from its Jewish roots for centuries... a weakness that became evident in the altogether too feeble resistance against the persecution of the Jews.»

Rebellion against the church by the individual member is a serious matter for God alone to decide; «the only valid motive... would be a perfect obedience rooted in the closest attachment to the church and to the Word in it.34

Some would add also that sin roots in anxiety and the frustration of human finitude as the ego attempts to rebel against the limits set by our existence.2 Redemption is granted when one becomes aware of his presumption and self - righteousness, repents in humility and turns to Christ in faith.

The just - war tradition, rooted in the ethical theories of Plato and Cicero and formulated within the Christian tradition by Augustine, Aquinas and the Protestant Reformers, defends military force as a last resort against grave injustice.

(For that history one should turn to the recent, posthumously released book by Isaiah Berlin, The Roots of Romanticism, which describes the rise of fascism as growing out of the Romantic revolt against the Enlightenment.)

These published studies showed that crude kuzu root preparations or their extracted flavonoids, given as injections or taken orally, Researchers also report that flavonoids lower cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of forming blood clots, protect the heart against cardiovascular disease, and protect the brain by dilating cerebral microvessels to increase blood flow.

The Dutchman was pleased to receive a tweet from Wayne Rooney congratulating him for his powerful strike against Australia — referring to him by his club nickname of Batman, in a play on words around his first name — and said he would root for his Man Utd club colleague for the Three Lions in their vital Group D clash.

The Solstice Celebration also pulls in the ancient summer festival's agricultural roots by asking visitors to bring non-perishable food for the Arts Against Hunger food drive.

Without access to the city's internal records, we may never know what really brought about Milwaukee's dangerously substandard medical care implicated in the Fetal Infant Mortality Review, or discern the cause of the extreme bias toward African - American babies dying in Milwaukee, or discover the root of the subsequent bizarre publicity campaign by the local Milwaukee government against cosleeping, but we can be sure of one thing, «Something's rotten in Denmark... er, Milwaukee.»

We must hold the line against further capitulation to the foul rot in the White House by rooting out the deep corruption in Albany.

Only strangers would be ignorant that my war against the Mills / Mahama Government is rooted in the looting of GHC51million by the Government and Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

Jurors also heard briefly about the Moreland Commission, an effort to root out corruption started an unceremoniously ended by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — but not before some of its work was used by Mr. Bharara to bring the case against Mr. Silver, who Ms. Cohen said sought to hide his behavior from the commission.

They will be joined by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a proven progressive leader who has rooted out fraud and corruption in New York and whose current law suit against Donald Trump is leading the charge to protect Dreamers and preserve DACA.

But Mr Corbyn has made it clear he will fight any move against him by MPs and rely on the backing of grass root party members if it comes to a leadership challenge.

Many rooting methods essentially operate by launching an exploit (or malicious code) against a vulnerability in the Android system.

Model simulations can always be improved by testing predictions against field data collected from different ecosystems, and Sulman and Phillips are doing just that: investigating how roots influence soil decomposition and protected forms of carbon in forests that vary in the composition of tree and microbial communities.

Its roots can be traced back a century to three - time Democratic candidate for president William Jennings Bryan, who ran fundamentalist campaigns against the theory of evolution, which he argued was causing moral decay in the nation's youth by undermining the authority of the Bible.

(A leading theory: flavonoids in tea and carotenoids in leafy greens, which act as antioxidants, may protect against cancer by rooting out free radicals.)

Domenici's announcement that he was amending his nuclear energy bill to delete the uranium provisions came at the end of a week - long visit to Washington, D.C., by representatives of the two groups that had led grass - roots opposition to the uranium legislation and to HRI's mining plans - Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM) and Concerned Citizens of T'iists «óóz Nídeeshgizh (CCT).

Biocontrol of Bacillus subtilis against infection of Arabidopsis roots by Pseudomonas syringae is facilitated by biofilm formation and surfactin production.

While some of these organisms are harmful to roots by causing damage or even plant death, others are beneficial and enhance nutrient acquisition and protect roots against pathogens.

The current crisis actually has its roots in a row as far back as 1989 when members Kerstin Ekman and Lars Gyllensten left their chairs after a majority of the academy voted against a proposition to submit an appeal to the Swedish government to engage against the fatwa issued by Iran against Salman Rushdie for his controversial novel The Satanic Verses.

Pygeum and nettle root extracts have a positive impact on the prostate gland in that it serves as a prevention against benign prostatic hyperplasia, by blocking the enzyme 5 - alpha reductase.

His recommendation against grains and all starchy root vegetables (tubers) goes against discoveries of grains in the ashes and pottery of some of the most primitive humans and widespread use of tubers by many Traditional Societies.

Adapted very faithfully from the novel by Thomas Keneally (later author of Schindler's Ark), the film concerns a young «half - caste» in turn - of - the - century Australia who feels torn between the values and aspirations of white society on the one hand, and his Aboriginal roots on the other, and who thus takes to violence against his perceived white oppressors.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Stallone Revives Rocky Franchise with Oscar - Quality Performance When most people think of Rocky, what automatically comes to mind is the iconic image of a gutsy underdog easy to root for who held his own in the boxing ring against a variety of imposing adversaries.

They can't have a movie rooted in women's empowerment being part - financed by a man accused of sexual misconduct against women.»

As recounted by the «Being John Malkovich» writer in a post-screening Q&A at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, he and co-director Duke Johnson went against decades of voice acting tradition, staying true to the picture's roots as a sound play.

Apparently, Gadot wants that to stop, with the source saying that she knows Warner Bros. will have to side with her on this because it «can't have a movie rooted in women's empowerment being part - financed by a man accused of sexual misconduct against women.»

Creed Film Review by Kam Williams Rocky Franchise Revived with Compelling, Character - Driven Spin - Off When most people think of Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), what automatically comes to mind is the iconic image of a gutsy underdog easy to root for who held his own in the boxing ring against a variety of imposing adversaries.

Scitent starts each project by matching course learning objectives against core methods that are rooted in optimal instructional design, competency alignment, mastery learning and spaced practice to promote retention.

«So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings, it gains rather than loses in stability by having a preponderating weight of argument against it.»

In some states, they retaliated against the sales tax by dropping affiliate commissions, in the hopes a grass roots effort by local merchants might create some noise.

In the wild, they were also observed to remove dirt from from the roots of the wild ginger by holding the plant with their trunks and hitting the roots against a tree or their leg before eating the ginger.

Furthermore, she manages to hold her own in hand - to - hand combat by utilizing her mastery of the Russian martial art known as Systema, which is fundamentally rooted in the practice of using opponents» momentum against them.

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The model variables that are evaluated against all sorts of observations and measurements range from solar radiation and precipitation rates, air and sea surface temperatures, cloud properties and distributions, winds, river runoff, ocean currents, ice cover, albedos, even the maximum soil depth reached by plant roots (seriously!).

As FoE's forest program gains ground against interests that wreck forest and wreak climate havoc, we are committed to addressing the root causes of deforestation and climate change, and to continuing to advance the perspectives of the indigenous and grassroots communities most impacted by these crises.

The combination of a green roof (unaffixed object), slope, and gravity imply the need to address physical containment and resistance to downward pressures exerted by the green roof against the parapet and mechanical fixtures of the roof especially in cold climate areas where ice crystals may form on the slip sheet / root barrier surface during winter.

If the tobacco strategy has its roots in a defence against litigation, it follows that the «standard of proof» set by Oreskes, Lynas and Monbiot to legitimise political action to mitigate climate change is «beyond reasonable doubt».

Private law as suggested above is a return to feudal law in which the political and economic powerful «made» the law and it was by way of political revolutions this legal regime was defeated: English Revolution of the 17th century; American Revolution against the English monarchy and aristocracy; the French Revolution against the Monarchy and Aristocracy, and the Russian and the Chinese Revolutions were of the same root cause (s).

Successful early intervention and prevention strategies will not only cut offending and imprisonment rates, but importantly will increase safety by addressing the root causes of violence against women and children.

The program will shield lenders against penalties stemming from faulty appraisals as long as those evaluations pass muster under an automated tool designed by Fannie Mae to root out mistakes.