Sentences with phrase «defense against the tide»

Peer review is not perfect, but it is the first level of defense against the tide of well meaning (and not so well meaning) nonsense that people want to push.

Not exact matches

What possible defense could these poor, humble Christians, without money, without social standing, without earthly wisdom, without political influence, find against the flood - tide of the majesty of Rome?

Even in such a highly technological society like that of Japan it is reported that there are 81,511 Shinto shrines, 77,186 Buddhist temples and 6,446 Christian churches, well attended by people.22 Second, the strongest defense against the creeping tide of a secular global culture today is based on religions — Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim.

Pope Urban II declared the objective of the Crusades to be the rescue of the holy places in Palestine, the defense of the Christians of the East against the Muslims, and the rolling back of the tide of Muhammedan conquest.

With the Heisman winner and the best defense in the country, the Tide draw the best first - round matchup against Michigan State, which sets them up well to bring Nick Saban's fourth national championship back to Tuscaloosa (fifth overall).

In all, Richardson managed to gain 89 yards — a solid accomplishment against this LSU defense — but the Tide were done in by big losses.

The Tigers swarming defense is enough to match Bama step for step — expect Dabo Swinney's Tigers to make it two in a row against the Tide.

Days before the game against Alabama, Marley faced a group of reporters, called the Crimson Tide's running game «one - dimensional» and all but promised that the Hurricane defense would shut it down.

• How will Georgia respond if Alabama is able to contain Georgia running backs Nick Chubb and Sony Michel, and thus force quarterback Jake Fromm to fully lead the way against the dangerous Tide defense?

The tide has turned against the teachers unions, and they are in defense mode.