Sentences with phrase «covert means»

Whatever happens with the legislation preventing new selective schools we will be keen to guard against an increase in annexe grammar expansion, and other covert means to expand selection.

Through overt and covert means, political and religious leaders want to control religious impulses and reshape spiritual sensibilities.

However, the United States prefers to wage war through less visible, covert means (including participation of some of the SOF groups) and through the use of surrogate troops like the contras and the Salvadoran military.

That seems to leave only extraordinary rendition — essentially kidnapping the wanted person and then using covert means to spirit him out of the United States.

Not exact matches

Relying on other states to deal with threats within their own territory and using Special Operations Forces and covert action as a complement to partner forces means a minimal role for drone strikes.

Justification by faith in the realm of justice means that we will not regard the pressures and counterpressures, the tensions, the overt and covert conflicts by which justice is achieved and maintained as normative in the absolute sense; but neither will we ease our conscience by seeking to escape from involvement in them.

The means used to carry out covert operations not only violated «hitherto accepted norms of human conduct,» they oftentimes circumvented the law, the will of Congress, and the consciences and political wishes of the U.S. public.

Secrecy and covert operations are well suited to a deceptive war of images that is designed to hide real policy goals and the means that are utilized to achieve them.

The issue in the case referenced in the quote is that a foreign nation used covert and illegal means to do so, while allegedly conspiring with one particular side in the process.

The «certain section of the international community» which he refused to name, he said are using all forms of covert and overt means to ensure the government loses favour in the eyes of the Ghanaian electorates so «they have the NPP in power».

Schools» successful efforts in prevention and management of overt bullying may result in increases in covert bullying (including cyberbullying), as young people find alternative means to bully, new technologies emerge and where policy development and management strategies lag behind.

My husband and I stumbled upon a house in Georgia, It was supposedly foreclosed, but when we made the offer at the beginning of march, we found out CW never actually followed through foreclosure with the previous owner, so after coverting to short sale, the previous owner accepted our offer, but we all know with CW that doesn't mean JACK.

That means your office could benefit greatly from working with your advertising agency to design a social strategy now to covert that precious 54 %.

This means you may be able to covert your term insurance policy into a permanent life insurance policy.

A conversion option is typically included and allows the owner of the term policy to covert all or a portion of the term into permanent coverage, such as universal life insurance, without proof of insurability — that means no health questions or medical exam.

«Any covert or overt attempt to misuse social media including Facebook to influence India's electoral process through undesirable means will neither be tolerated, nor be permitted.»

Any covert or overt attempt to misuse Social Media including Facebook to influence India's electoral process through undesirable means will neither be tolerated, nor be permitted: Shri @rsprasad

But any attempt, overt or covert, by social media, including Facebook, of trying to influence India's electoral process through undesirable means will neither be appreciated nor be tolerated,» he said.

But any attempt, covert or overt, by social media, including Facebook, of trying to influence India's electoral process through undesirable means will neither be appreciated nor be tolerated,» Prasad added.

I suffer from Maternal Alienation in which my children (3 girls) have been brainwashed by their father (very much a covert narcissist, whose alter ego portrays him to being their mother) meaning I, as a mother, am no longer needed since he is both dad and mom.