Sentences with phrase «directed against forces»

A third characteristic of this method is that the attack is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who are caught in those forces.

Not exact matches

The White House said the troops would number «fewer than 50» and insisted that they would only train and advise the local forces, not play a direct combat role against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

Nearly two dozen churches have been forced to shut their doors this year, and violent attacks against Christians have increased since January, reports Compass Direct News.

These are pseudo-virtues, which you try to shame us into accepting, by directing a polemic against the Church, whose moral force is due simply to its use of certain radical chic cliches that we were all taught to grovel before back in the 1960s.

They know about the anti-Jewish polemics of certain church fathers; about the forced baptisms, especially of children; about the church council decree that sanctioned the removal of such children from their parents; about a papal edict encouraging raids on Jewish synagogues by the faithful; about the expulsion of all Jews from a country like Spain; about Luther's hate language directed against Jews when they did not convert according to his timetable; about the prohibition against Jews living in Calvin's Geneva; and about all the cruelties Christians have felt justified in perpetrating against the people they called «Christ - killers.»

Such a society is not directed against the market, but demands that the market be appropriately controlled by the forces of society and the state, so as to guarantee that the basic needs of the whole of society are satisfied»... (no. 35).

Seventy - five years ago, on Sunday, September 15, 1940, Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine were driven from the prime minister's country house, Chequers, to the nearby village of Uxbridge: a Royal Air Force station and the headquarters from which Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park was directing the RAF's No. 11 Group against the onslaught of the German Luftwaffe in southern England.

In fact the local struggles of the organized movements of dalits, tribals, fisherfolk and women, for living and for survival (some of which have been partly or temporarily successful), against specific expressions of market - directed pattern of development, have been a potent force to educate the middle class regarding the inhuman reality of the present development paradigm; such education is necessary to achieve even our short - term objective.

Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»

The evidence from paleontology, genetics and other evolutionary sciences is also against the existence of any immanent force or vital principle directing evolution toward the production of specified kinds of organisms (emphases added).

Who has man u played before they suddenly become world beaters?the only strong test man u has this season was against real Madrid and they lost, every player in arsenal is rubbish buh every rubbish in another club is world Class, u guys r saying all maner of rubbish against ozil now, forcing him out of our club, even when dude has not said anything, tomorrow u guys will still come here and be blaming Wenger for selling to a direct rival, hope u guys won't cry murder if ozil should go to man u?

«The Sri Lankan security forces must still make sure that their actions are directed against military targets and not civilians,» the Amnesty expert said.

Likewise, though there have been denials of direct support from the air for rebel operations on the ground, the media reported that rebel advances on towns like Ajdabiya (and others) was only made possible because of coalition attacks against Libya military forces defending those towns.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

«The various test fires conducted by DPRK for building up self - defense capabilities are, with no exception, self - defense measures to protect national sovereignty and the safety of the people against direct threats by hostile forces,» Han told the 61 - member - state forum.

This is not a situation of President Obama's making but a direct result of Assad using chemical weapons against his own people, so if you're getting all jacked up and thinking about giving Putin some type of international accolade on the level of the Nobel Peace prize, I'd caution you Congressman, I fully expect this whole deal to fall apart in about 3 days in any case; and for the President Obama to be forced to move forward post haste with Syrian Strike legislation.

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

Here we look at the factors that could doom humanity: natural disasters, human - triggered cataclysms, willful self - destruction, and greater forces directed against us.

Using an onboard source of energy (such as a battery, ultracapacitor, solar panel or any combination thereof), the electrodes will send an electrical current into the plasma, causing the plasma to push against the neutral (noncharged) air surrounding the craft, theoretically generating enough force for liftoff and movement in different directions (depending on where on the craft's surface you direct the electrical current).

This is because the squishy soles behave differently on each rep, which makes it harder to lift properly, while the soles absorb the force generated against the floor instead of directing it towards moving the weight, resulting with a strength loss.

It is hilarious and heartbreaking all at once, especially when factoring in Dave Franco's performance, a beautiful game of shadows in which he's forced to play the more respected artist against his older, more famous brother (who, just to kick things up a notch, method - directed the film as Wiseau).

The Guy Ritchie directed film will, like the series, fix on two agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, employees of the United Network Command for Law Enforcement, who use their gadgets and wits against the evil forces of Thrush.

Steven Knight directed from his own script about a fishing boat captain who is forced to grapple with his mysterious past after a glamorous woman crashes up against his simple life on a small island in the Caribbean and ensnares him in a new reality.

Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, the epic - scaled action - adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.

In 2005, he directed the award - winning play My Name Is Rachel Corrie about the American student who was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer while protesting against the actions of the Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip.

Nothing personal against the teenage Indy, but isn't it a bit disconcerting seeing Nicolas Roeg's career get downsized to the point where he was forced to direct an episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles?

1 In the context of this publication, the definition of «Sexual Violence» will borrow from UN reports that defines it as: Rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization and any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity perpetrated against women, men or children with a direct or indirect (temporal, geographical or causal) link to a conflict.

'' will borrow from UN reports that defines it as: Rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization and any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity perpetrated against women, men or children with a direct or indirect (temporal, geographical or causal) link to a conflict.

There is no direct competition for this SUV, but considering the price bracket it falls in and the meagre feature list it offers the off - roader goes up against the likes of Maruti Suzuki Gypsy and Force Gurkha.

The distinctive terror in Great Expectations comes from the discovery that the world in which Pip finds himself an intruder is not homogeneous, that the forces directed against him are infinite and infinitely different.

NDP: Update the Consumer Protection Act to cap ATM fees at a maximum of 50 cents per withdrawal; ensure all Canadians have reasonable access to a no - frills credit card with an interest rate no more than 5 % over prime; eliminate «pay - to - pay» by banks in which financial institutions charge their customers a fee for making payments on their mortgages, credit cards, or other loans; take action against abusive payday lenders; lower the fees that workers in Canada are forced to pay when sending money to their families abroad; direct the CRTC to crack down on excessive mobile roaming charges; create a Gasoline Ombudsperson to investigate complaints about practices in the gasoline market.

The tutorial area for example, entices you to engage in several battles against enemies who can easily oneshot even your strongest knight, forcing players to adopt a less direct path and adding at least one rogue and one healer right from the get - go.

by Mark Krebs, Spire Energy, and E&E Legal's Tom Tanton As Appearing in MasterResource «What Secretary Perry has yet to recognize is that the same hostile forces behind the «war against coal» are now focused on eliminating the direct use of natural gas....

A campaign of intimidation was meanwhile being waged against climate scientists by influential forces outside the halls of Congress who helped direct hate speech, threats, bullying, and taunting at individual climate scientists.