Sentences with phrase «drive a wedge»

Asian Americans and the issue of affirmative action have long been used to drive a wedge between communities of color and obfuscate the real purpose of the program, which brings opportunity to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
While housing policy was crafted to ensure Canadians had equal opportunity to purchase a home, runaway prices are driving a wedge between those who can afford to and those who can't.
Hurting the NRA by driving a wedge between them and a couple dozen national brands is intended to send a signal to politicians who are cozy with the NRA.
The poignant question, then, is whether technology is driving these wedges between people, or is it simply bringing us closer to our truer natures?
The EU is on alert for Chinese attempts to drive a wedge through the bloc as more states on the periphery line up to join the European fold, diplomatic observers and sources said.
«The absence of adequate market access for crude oil out of Canada has repeatedly impeded equity valuations and is once again driving a wedge between the performance of Canadian investments and global alternatives,» it said.
And that wasn't wise: Instead of nurturing my employees» strengths, my micromanagement was driving a wedge between me and them.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer also attempted to drive a wedge between Canada and Mexico when he suggested the United States would be willing to hold bilateral, rather than trilateral talks.
«International Trade 101 analyses the partial equilibrium effects of a tariff as driving a wedge between demand and supply curves, whereby the price goes up and the quantity down,» he said in a note to clients.
Far from filling the gaps in its support, the party under Stephen Harper drove wedges into them.
This could include trying to drive a wedge on Site C, LNG, Proportional Representation — any issue where the feds see a bit of daylight between Green leader Andrew Weaver and the NDP Premier.
There is a serious risk that North Korea will use renewed dialogue tactically to drive a wedge between Washington and Seoul and to dilute the effects of recently imposed sanctions.
The chief difference that drives a wedge between the two Chase business credit cards is their annual cost.
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However wise on many scores, he was a dictator who by raw force drove a wedge between state and society.
Often religion just drives wedges between us as humans.
It is the loud & confrontational (believers & atheists alike) that seem to feel they are supreme and drive a wedge into what could be a peaceful relationship with a majority of believers.
«The strategic goal of this project is to drive a wedge between gays and blacks - two key Democratic constituencies,» one NOM memo states.
Therefore, they seek to drive a wedge between the Church's pastoral practice and her doctrine.
Noah, awakening to discover what Ham had done, curses Canaan the son of Ham, measure for measure driving a wedge between Ham and his own son.
Industrial development has brought workers into the great urban organizing centers and in the process has driven a wedge between a person's work life and his or her home life.
This is where Hartshorne could, and in some implicit ways does, drive a wedge in Brightman's view, because Brightman is willing as a point of method to collapse metaphysical questions into epistemological questions.29 Hartshorne is not so willing, and thinks personalism must employ both inductive (empirical) and transcendental argumentation to support its own claims.
It aims to drive a wedge between Christians and the world which is so close to them that they fail to see it and keep their guard up against it, And so Kierkegaard's program is exactly the opposite of Bultmann's: it is not to change the gospel to conform it to the spirit of the age, but to help individuals who desire a relationship with God to arm themselves against the spirit of the age.
However, it did seem to me possible to drive a wedge between these and the people of good will who had been giving them support.
There is room for all perspectives in our country; actively driving wedges between us only serves to increase acrimony and hatred.
That is the bottom line; the diocese of Westminster has now driven a wedge between the divine liturgical proclamation and some Church teachings.
We all are susceptible to regret, it is a tool that the «legions of the enemy» use to drive a wedge between us and our Lord.
Jeremy, I'm not sure I can agree with this, because it seems to drive a wedge between Jesus» humanity and ours.
Certainly we must avoid driving a wedge between the two halves of the New Testament, the gospels and the epistles.
Parents should note that this website brazenly drives a wedge between parents and children by including a «Hide this page» icon, a feature which enables a child to press it quickly if he / she is unexpectedly disturbed by a parent.
The nation's bitter political divisions are driving a wedge between some of the most powerful leaders in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church, according to the Religion News Service.
In an early negative judgment on Frei, Carl F. H. Henry summarized the problem: Narrative theology drives a wedge between biblical narrative (which it plays up) and historical factuality (which it plays down).
It's the far left and the far right that have driven a wedge between this country... and the ignorant people like yourself.
Thirdly, we must at all costs avoid driving a wedge between the epistles and the gospels.
It may not be a good place to be because I feel as though I don't belong anywhere, but paradoxically I'm now free to belong everywhere and to be honest in my relationship with God, unfettered by church hierarchy who drove a wedge into my faith.
It is easy with hindsight to understand why it drove a wedge between rational understanding and religion.
This is a democracy, it is only because of some BS rules in congress that the minority party has been able to drive a wedge in our system.
What started to drive the wedge between me and the church was the overemphasis on sexuality, around questions such as, who sleeps with who, who can marry who, what kind of families are good vs. bad, divorce, abortion etc..
The enemy loves to use the views and words of atheists to attempt to drive a wedge between the believer and the Almighty.
Nebraskans feel they have ownership in the team, yet Callahan drove a wedge between the program and its supporters.
Even after the Arsenal fans public backing of the boss, some anti-Arsenal folk (Jamie Redknapp the ex-spud I am looking at you) seem determined to drive a wedge between the manager and fans and the different sections of fans and focus only on the negative aspects of our club to do so.
Meanwhile, in a stunt that was obviously intended to drive a wedge between the player and the Arsenal fans, Wilshere was grabbed from behind by a number of Stevenage Borough footballers during a live charity radio broadcast and was forced to dress up like a chav — the official Stevenage uniform.
I've told my wife how I feel and it's driving a wedge between us.
We recognize the Mommy Wars as manufactured crap that preys upon insecurities and hopes to drive a wedge between natural allies.
Differing political views, religious views (this is less common), or just different personalities can drive a wedge in your family ties.
Forbidding us did nothing except drive a wedge between us and our families, putting us in the position of having to choose between our families and our faith, or each other.
Even when mom and dad stay civil and friendly after the divorce, the details of joint custody can drive wedges and create difficulties.
The board's action clearly drove a wedge between some Hoffman Estates residents and parks officials that still hasn't quite healed.
I feel like it's driving a wedge between us.
You worry your reaction is just going to make everything worse and drive a wedge between you and your child.
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