Sentences with phrase «find themselves at odds»

The rivals often find themselves at odds when a key license product comes up for renewal.

Divorced people often find themselves at odds with their exes over child - care and other issues, Friedman says.

Over the past year, the Times had found itself at odds with Tribune's previous management, which fired a publisher, Austin Beutner, who was pursuing an aggressively local strategy designed to shore up the paper's value and influence on its home turf.

On this issue among others — like funding the government, raising the federal borrowing limit and financing highways — such business groups have found themselves at odds with traditional Republican allies who increasingly reflect a new populist strain of conservatism in the party that is often hostile toward big business.

Finance and investment professionals who preferred more economic growth would often find themselves at odds with Greenspan's keen focus on inflation.

It's probably the one file where long - time allies will find themselves at odds in the months ahead, as U.S. President Barack Obama tries to cobble together a deal to liberalize trade among the dozen countries with a combined population of 792 million.

Although I frequently find myself at odds with First Things over issues pertaining to economics and the role of government in public life, I usually find its critique of American social mores and ethics to be insightful and illuminating.

As an atheist I often find myself at odds with fellow atheists who do not see the difference between Christians and Muslims as I do.

As a result our influence is ebbing from public life and we are increasingly finding ourselves at odds with popular culture and political opinion in areas of morality such as bioethics, right to life, family and sexual ethics.

And as Priscilla and Aquila find themselves at odds over the future of their community, it is the resolve of Paul they look to for answers.

Parents increasingly find themselves at odds with the philosophy espoused in the public schools.

Reagan was similarly always prepared to talk tough but would generally engage militarily only as a last resort, often finding himself at odds with the more hawkish elements in his party.

While those who were labeled as «sinners» by the religious people loved to hang out with Jesus, those who were religious often found themselves at odds with Jesus.

When we find ourselves at odds with our fellow Christians over issues that are important to us, it's easy to slip into the habit of expecting the worst in one another, forgetting just how much we have in common as followers of Jesus.

Christians always have found themselves at odds with the dominant values and assumptions in secular society.

Critics of The Secular City who complained that I wanted to bar God completely from the world often found themselves at odds with those who insisted that I wanted to enlist him too quickly in the cause of liberation politics.

A conservative activist who served in George W. Bush's White House, Suhail Khan has lately found himself at odds with certain figures who should be allies, like fellow activists on the right and some leading lights of the Republican Party.

True prophets often found themselves at odds with Israel's leaders.

Jephthah is as rough and tough a package of male humanity as one will find anywhere, destined to act out his years in reaction to a human environment with which he always found himself at odds.

After topping their group, Wales found themselves at odds of 25/1 to win the tournament.

Families that previously had a strong and respectful co-existence between their respective faiths can find themselves at odds with how to balance these religions post-divorce.

David Cameron recently revealed that the book reduced him to tears when he read it during the Christmas break, though that could be due to the sense of frustration that occasionally breaks onto the page as Marsh finds himself at odds with the worst of box - ticking NHS bureaucracy.

LG Dick Ravitch, who finds himself at odds with Paterson over borrowing, said state leaders are «not even close to an agreement» on the budget.

She already has found herself at odds sometimes with both because of her stances on education policies.

Stefanik crossed party lines back in 2015 to vote in favor of the TPA (edited, see below), putting her on the same side of the issue as President Obama, who now finds himself at odds with the woman who is seeking to replace him, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

This year — which follows a two - decade stretch that has seen dozens of elected officials leave office due to ethical or legal scandal — there appears to be a marked shift and legislative leaders are finding themselves at odds with government reform organizations who view the convention more favorably, even those who sat out the vote in 1997.

«What's interesting here is that the president and the GOP congressional leadership may find themselves at odds as details of the policies are spelled out.»

Now the Queens Dems are with Meng and 1199 again finds itself at odds with the party organization, while HTC is aligned with Chairman Joe Crowley.

He asserted that Republican senators and congressmen will find themselves at odds with their constituents if they repeal the Affordable Care Act, cut taxes for wealthy interests or slash outlays affordable housing, mass transit or education.

Though both are Democrats, the mayor and governor found themselves at odds shortly after de Blasio took office.

If you find yourself at odds with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), locked in a state of suspended inaction, Congress created the Taxpayer Advocate Service, to assist taxpayers with IRS problems.

In a string of Democratic primary elections around the country, two of the long - memoried protagonists of the Barack Obama - Hillary Clinton nomination fight keep finding themselves at odds as they rally to support down - ballot candidates who picked the «right» side in 2008.

Last week, it found itself at odds with the Institute for Fiscal Studies on this very point, in an arid war over methodologies.

While Sen. Jeff Klein, leader of the Independent Democratic Conference, and Sen. Andrea Stewart Cousins, leader of the mainline Democratic conference, have found themselves at odds in recent weeks, they both came to the conclusion that their Tuesday - evening fundraisers — including the «O'Klein St. Patrick's Day Celebration» at the Fort Orange Club — should be postponed.

Schwartz believed that this was because his patients were in fact using the power of their minds to rewire their adult brains — a finding at odds with the view in those days that only children's brains could go through such enormous change.

The explosions revealed a universe expanding at an ever - faster rate, a finding at odds with previous expectations that the expansion of the cosmos should be slowing down, braked by the collective gravitational pull of all the matter out there.

The Obama Administration opposed the suing states in this case largely on grounds that they lack standing, marking a rare instance in which the Administration finds itself at odds with environmentalists on a major legal issue.

A new study led by Western University's all - star cosmochemist Audrey Bouvier proves that the Earth and other planetary objects formed in the early years of the Solar System share similar chemical origins — a finding at odds with accepted wisdom held by scientists for decades.

It's hard for some people who have been raised Christian to suddenly find themselves at odds with their religion and particular sexual orientation.

Her latest novel Being with Him, the first book of the Being Trilogy, tells the dreamy and surreal love story of reclusive artist Mila and financial whiz Garrick who find themselves at odds with ordinary life because they both have superhuman talents.

When a private investigator (Philip Michael Thomas) arrives to investigate the mysterious death of a British governer, he finds himself at odds with the Cuban Secret Police, the Miami Homicide Sqaud, and the mob itself.

When Chan mixes up his luggage during a train trip, he finds himself at odds with evil foreigners trying to steal sacred imperial treasures.

Brody and VP Walden find themselves at odds over the future of their political relationship while Dana and Finn come to terms with their own differences.

Tara tries to drop her Abnormal Psychology class but instead receives an intriguing pitch from her instructor, Dr. Hattaras; Charmaine and Neil find parenthood a struggle but still refuse Tara's help; Max finds himself at odds with his boss at his new job; Kate prepares for flight attendant training; Lionel catches Marshall with Noah, jeopardizing their student film project.

However, he continually finds himself at odds with his deeply religious wife.

ProjectionCast is back again, but our hosts find themselves at odds over... well, nearly every film they discuss.

Black Butterflies (Unrated) bittersweet biopic, set in South Africa in the Sixties, recounting the ill - fated arc of a defiant, anti-Apartheid poet (Carice van Houten) who found herself at odds with her father (Rutger Hauer) serving as the racist regime's Minister of Censorship.

Meanwhile, Britta (Gillian Jacobs) meddles in Abed's (Danny Pudi) education and finds herself at odds with his father (Iqbal Theba).

There's no honor among thieves, as the three quickly find themselves at odds with one another.

In years past I haven't spent much time going into detail about the major categories recognized at the Oscars ceremony, particularly the official selections as quite often I find myself at odds with the Academy's choices.