Sentences with phrase «coming to the defense of»

49ers cornerback Richard Sherman came to the defense of Reid during his introductory press conference with the team in March, arguing that Reid deserves a contract for playing like one of the top 10 safeties in the NFL.

On Sunday, Film director Spike Lee came to the defense of Kaepernick, posting an Instagram in which he said the lack of interest in Kaepernick is «fishy.»

I'm sticking with my analysis — which is basically Obama combined conservatism in the precise sense when it came to defense of entitlements with progressive libertarianism on the so - called social issues.

I do find it puzzling, however, to watch theologians, both conservative and liberal, come to the defense of the human, the rational, objectivity, the «text,» «moral values,» science, and all the other conceits the modern university cherishes in the name of «humanism.»

I appreciate your attempt, albeit feeble, to come to the defense of the OP.

Interesting how you come to the defense of old john t, but when john t writes: «Your -LCB- fishon -RCB- just a little quieter / subtle when it comes to expressing your hate.

The only way this kind of situation is remedied is when the more mature ones, even the disagreeing ones, come to the defense of the one being attacked.

Amid today's dietary climate of fad diets and special restrictions, it feels revelatory to experience a documentary series that comes to the defense of food, plain and simple.

In your attempt to to come to the defense of one group of people, you use a very derogatory term to identify another.

Repeatedly he came to their defense as he came to the defense of children.

Some will immediately come to the defense of the church and say that I'm painting with a wide brush.

I wonder if the same people that are attacking Christians and our beliefs are the first ones to come to the defense of others religions citing the First Amendment?

While I got beyond my pre-teen enjoyment of those songs, hearing them in subsequent holiday seasons reminded me of my earlier discontent with the homiletical condemnations of Rudolph and Frosty, and I kept reflecting upon why I had wanted to come to the defense of these tales.

Not only has Jourdan Lewis come to the defense of the No. 1 RB recruit, but Jim Harbaugh dropped a message for fans tweeting recruits over Twitter.

After Brandon Browner and others came to the defense of Butler, Butler posted a statement on his Twitter and Instagram thanking Robert Kraft and the Patriots» coaches for his four years in New England:

Jake Butt, who came to the defense of Jim Harbaugh after Paul Finebaum called Jim Harbaugh a «cartoon character,» retweeted several SEC fans giving him a hard time with his tweet.

Trevor Ariza, who got a technical, came to the defense of the MVP candidate and several words were exchanged.

A mini-brawl broke out too as the Devils came to the defense of their goaltender against an ex-teammate in Rupp.

Jake Butt, who came to the defense of Jim Harbaugh after Paul Finebaum called Jim Harbaugh a «cartoon character,» retweeted several...

Colin Cowherd, who once did a painfully awkward interview with Jim Harbaugh, came to the defense of the Michigan coach after his...

Colin Cowherd, who once did a painfully awkward interview with Jim Harbaugh, came to the defense of the Michigan coach after his Twitter shot in the direction of Nick Saban.

First, Nashville mayor Megan Barry came to the defense of Jake Waddell, the Predators fan who was arrested and charged after fulfilling his team's tradition in an opponent's arena:

I have been pleasantly surprised by the increase in those coming to the defense of the right of children to have proper feeding (breastfeeding) and of the right of their Mothers to provide it.

Dear Abby: Now that you have come to the defense of school bus drivers who complained that, like Rodney Dangerfield, they get no respect, how about doing the same for substitute teachers, who also get no respect?

Remember, many parents naturally come to the defense of their child and may have a difficult time believing their child is engaging in any type of bullying behavior.

Moreover, anyone who comes to the defense of flavored milk is often accused of being co-opted (or haplessly brainwashed) by the dairy industry, which obviously has a vested interest in keeping flavored milk in school cafeterias.

Townsend, who endorsed Rick Lazio in the GOP primary but is now (unlike some of his fellow statewide hopefuls) supporting Paladino for governor (even though Paladino backed his now - vanquished opponent, Gary Berntsen), came to the defense of his friend, former Gov. George Pataki, whom Paladino called a «degenerate idiot.»

Roger Stone this morning came to the defense of John Haggerty, calling Manhattan DA Cy Vance's indictment of the Queens operative «outrageous» and insisting that Mayor Bloomberg would have faced a $ 15 million to $ 20 million GOP primary last year had it not been for Haggerty's efforts.

Jewish members of Trump's administration remained largely silent after the president came to the defense of nationalist and right - wing protesters in Charlottesville, Va., who had chanted anti-Semitic slogans and demeaned the president's Jewish son - in - law, Jared Kushner.

In 2014, Edwers also came to the defense of County Executive Rob Astorino amid racism accusations in connection with affordable housing and HUD.

And when she wasn't enjoying lurid e-sex with mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner, she was elsewhere online, coming to the defense of both Weiner and his wife.

Red States Called Moochers as Hillary Defends Tunnel Project Hillary Clinton came to the defense of the Gateway Project and accused President Donald Trump of playing politics by holding back federal funds as several members of the New Jersey congressional delegation criticized Republican House efforts to cut funding.

I am clearly going to stand up and come to the defense of Len Bernard... I welcome any ethics board review.»

He also came to the defense of President Barack Obama, saying the Democratic president «inherited» a bad economy.

Mayor Byron Brown, though, also came to the defense of the Buffalo Billion, pointing to examples of where those investments are working in neighborhoods neglected for decades.

The Street Vendor Project (part of the Urban Justice Center) is coming to the defense of the Forsyth Street vegetable merchants.

But forest scientists who were cited in the same section of the IPCC report have come to the defense of the 40 % statement, and it appears the error is one of citing the wrong references for the right information.

Several research organizations came to the defense of the university in a letter to Blackburn released yesterday.

I was fascinated to read in Global Meat News that the Australian agriculture department has had to come to the defense of eating kangaroo meat.

Aaron Eckhart stars as a very different monster in this adaptation of Kevin Grevioux «s graphic novel in which Frankenstein's creation comes to the defense of the human race as it faces extinction at the hands of immortal clans led by Bill Nighy and Miranda Otto.

The financial realities facing movies often have no place in my reviews — I find it boring if not depressing to bring up numbers and statistics, and I'm sure I've already lost people here — but I feel an obligation to come to the defense of producer Scott Rudin, who said damn the torpedoes and pushed through Garland's original vision for the film, despite fears from Paramount over Annihilation posing too much of an intellectual challenge for the general moviegoing public.

Director Chris Weitz came to the defense of the woman who accidentally recorded three minutes of the movie.

Kevin Smith has come to the defense of «Suicide Squad» and director David Ayer after the bulk of reviews for the highly - anticipated DC Comics movie have been overwhelmingly bad.

None of the other kids, including cute, tween - y Cora (Kristen Bell) suspect that Astro isn't human, but they find out soon enough when he comes to the defense of the exploited metal machines.

All this plus our top 5 car chase scenes, new trailers for Ratatouille and Stardust, and Jay comes to the defense of John Carpenter (again).

In that case Jepsen and Malloy used public funds to come to the defense of Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, when Pryor decided that while the law required that Paul Vallas could only stay on as the head of Bridgeport's school system if he completed a school leadership program at a Connecticut institution of higher education, Pryor would allow Vallas to stay if he only took a three - credit independent study class instead.

Coming to the defense of her old friend, Weingarten told POLITICO, «Hillary Clinton looks at the evidence.

We can not, of course, say that these groups came to the defense of high - stakes, standardized testing at the behest of the Gates Foundation, but we should be clear that their politics align with that of the Gates Foundation, and so the fact that these particular civil rights organizations came out in force to support a central reform backed by the foundation should come as no surprise to anyone.

But what would it look like if they were to come to defense of testing.

Once again, parents, teachers and the Clark School Community have been forced to come to the defense of their local elementary school