Sentences with phrase «clinging to power for»

The Europa league certainly fits that bill and if Arsène — who we all know will be clinging to power for another two years — fields more of a development squad in the competition — then there is even more of a link towards the approach taken in the League Cup.

Not exact matches

New power is eroding the traditional hierarchy of who has power and who is powerless — a shift that frightens those clinging to old power and invigorates those acquiring new power, with game - changing implications for everything from our politics to our purchases.

Much of their problems are a result of desperation in clinging to power over a genuine interest in reinventing a politic commitment to service for Albertans.

My own desperate clinging to the tattered label evangelical has less to do with any political or cultural uniformity as it does to these core convictions, or rather, the core conviction that the good news of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection for sinners and a broken world is the mightiest power set loose in the history of the world.

No need to set our faces sternly against the massive cultural power of the academic and media establishment if we qualify any peculiar practices we retain by the qualification: We're open to change, that is, you progressives may be right» in fact it seems you are, so please excuse our very temporary clinging to old ways here, we're just waiting for the right (that is left) revelation to come along, let's hope sooner rather than later...

There is not a more hypocritical or repulsive group than those who are not only so distressed by people accepting what they view as nothing more than a fairy tale, but who reject a higher power for lack of proof, only to cling (defacto) to the idea that everything came into existence without any sort of guidance, intent, or intelligence behind it.

The biggest problem has been wenger for long time now «project» run Arsenal football club as an academy and try to prove to everyone else he is the one who knows better and try to bring in kids who have potential but not ready for 1st team resisting spending money to improve squad depth and cling in on average players: Iwobi, welbeck, theo, chambers, holding and player other players on wrong position Monreal and not give opportunity to good footballer Perez and Campell also you have been holding too much power from transfer, players contracts, arsenal finances as a whole and now all that BS start to backfire

For instance, they struck a bargain with the Liberal Party (the so - called «Lib - Lab Pact») in a desperate bid to cling to power in 1977, by the terms of which Labour agreed to take on board certain policy proposals favoured by the Liberals, including electoral reform.

It would be more becoming for you to distance yourselves from Brown's doomed, pathetic, hypocritical and indecorous desperation to cling to power irrespective of clearly expressed will of the people.

I think they have declared their support for clinging on to power....

She said candidates will be obligated to promise to back the Women's Equality Agenda to get the line, and that it could make up the margin of error in close races for the State Senate, where the Republicans cling to power by a single seat.

Stefanik, who is seeking a third term this year, has repeatedly expressed disdain for Pelosi, criticizing her for «clinging to power.»

Of course, the connection is back to point 1 above, that a LibDem surge now seems to be the only way for Labour to cling on to power.

The second - term representative hailed Ryan for not «clinging to power» like Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi, who she slammed as being unpopular — particularly in the North Country.

Africa is now characterized by political instability, electoral problems, civil wars and the desire for some Africa leaders to cling to power giving rise to all sort of issues.

He clung for far too long to the delusion that Britain could remain a world power with a strong pound.

The government clung to power only by negotiating a «confidence and supply» agreement with the 10 MPs from the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), at a reputed minimum cost of a # 1bn «bung» for public spending there.

So here's a question for Iain Dale: if Brown «clings» on to power after 6 May, despite coming third, and you join the front of a march on Downing Street, will you be carrying a placard proclaiming, «Time for PR»?

They are not desperate to cling on to power for power's sake.»

The level of agita over the mayor's role in campaigns outside the city underscores the uncertainty over the Senate: The Republicans, who have ruled the chamber for most of past 50 years, are clinging to power only by dint of an alliance with a Democrat, Simcha Felder of Brooklyn.

We use the methodology, we effort (it should be noted that a relaxed effort is best as trying too hard or clinging and attaching to an outcome can actually impede progress) to patiently and diligently practice the techniques in order to prepare ourselves for Spontaneous Awakening (your own magnetic power of attraction toward awakening to your inner divineness that requires no effort on your part).

«For O'Connor, writing about integration was a way of exposing the dangers of clinging to the fiction of power,» Als later notes, while pointing out that even for all that, she struggled to portray black people of the sorts who didn't fall within her own circlFor O'Connor, writing about integration was a way of exposing the dangers of clinging to the fiction of power,» Als later notes, while pointing out that even for all that, she struggled to portray black people of the sorts who didn't fall within her own circlfor all that, she struggled to portray black people of the sorts who didn't fall within her own circles.

While most of me wonders why people cling so desperately to the idea of having a physical keyboard for their touch - screen devices, another part has to admit there are occasions when having one would be awfully convenient (especially when it works equally well with Android, iOS, and Windows Phone powered devices — complete with the special, platform - specific keys present and accounted).

Sony's PS4 epic God of War remains the UK's top - selling video game for a fourth week, but Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on Switch proves it has some staying power, too - it's been able to cling onto second place for a second week.

American Power is Epstein's portrait of early twenty - first - century America, as it clings to past comforts and gropes for a more sensible and sustainable future.