Sentences with phrase «for beating back»

Drawing on Japanese writer Kobo Abe's short story «Nawa» (Strand, or Rope), Kojima explained that a strand is a tool for attracting things that are good for you, while a stick is for beating back enemies.

In expanding Race to the Top to include districts, the Obama administration has given reform - minded districts another tool for beating back opposition to more - stringent teacher evaluations and other efforts.

Thank you, Governor Cuomo and the legislature, for beating back the bureaucracy and putting our students first... keep going

While Senate Republicans take credit for beating back Cuomo tax hikes, Friedfel said nearly $ 621 million is coming from new revenue actions, including the opioid surcharge and the Fidelis insurance levy.

Not exact matches

Besides Oakland residents arrested within the city for pot crimes dating back to 1996, the permits are available to residents living at least 10 of the past 20 years in police beats torn apart by the war on drugs.

Stockbroker and funds manager Euroz has beaten expectations for its interim profit result, which was achieved on the back of an improved performance of its Euroz Securities business and increase in the share prices of its listed investment companies.

Not exactly a tribute for the ages, the short clip is a strange if somewhat entertaining diversion, backed by tacky techno beats.

It also means that over the next year, Apple will be paying more back in dividends than any other publicly traded company, beating out oil giant Exxon Mobil for the position, according to Howard Siliverblatt, veteran market watcher and senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

Now, at 6 - 6, they're back in a bowl taking on Utah State, who they beat for their last bowl victory back in 1960.

While there are probably a few things Millennials themselves can do to beat back perfectionism (for the love of all that is holy, spend less time on social media, for instance), the underlying causes of this shift suggested by the study, including an increasingly terrifying scramble for a shrinking number of slots in the middle class, are something we're all going to have to address together.

We've finally begun beating back a disease that's been called «one of the world's most intractable human afflictions» — and the simple bed net is one of the key reasons for this success.

RBS reported a large earnings beat on Friday morning with the U.K. lender highlighting that it had swung back to a first - half profit for the first time in three years.

Looking at individual stocks, RBS reported a large earnings beat on Friday morning with the U.K. lender highlighting that it had swung back to a first - half profit for the first time in three years.

Beats dominates the U.S. market for high - end headphones, but it failed to give HTC its groove back, so the Taiwanese smartphone company is pulling the plug on their partnership.

Taiwanese giant HTC bought a majority stake in the venture for $ 309 million in 2011 (Beats bought back half of HTC's investment in 2012 and now owns the controlling stake) and Adams used a portion of his proceeds as seed capital for the i.am +.

The 0 percent down payment required for a VA - backed loan is hard to beat (though there is an upfront fee of 2.15 percent or 3.3 percent of the loan amount that can be rolled into the mortgage.)

The smallest basket is for what Chai calls «special situations» — beaten - down stocks with a catalyst, such as a merger or a major change in the business model, to spark the business back to growth.

Another side effect of the BEAT provision is that investors in existing tax equity deals are at risk for tax credits that are «clawed back» under the new tax.

While results have been strong — according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S, 79.9 % of S&P stocks reported earnings above analysts» expectations, putting the season on track for the highest beat rate on record, going back to 1994 — investors haven't been enthused.

«We'll have our work cut out for us [in beating back protectionist measures] but this is a way better start than many predicted,» he said.

It may be possible for either Ripple or Ethereum to beat the market cap of Bitcoin in the long term if future protocol enhancements are implemented and with the continued backing of global financial heavyweights.

The equivalent report for manufacturing also beat consensus expectations, moving back above the 50 level that divides expansion from contraction.

Also: Remember a couple weeks back when Wired magazine put Zuckerberg on the cover, with a bandage on his bruised and scratched face — a metaphor for the beating he's been taking over Facebook's missteps?

Piano, tambourine, lackadaisical guitars and steady drums accompany Yorke's vocals to about 2:23, where Yorke, backing vocals and distant guitars languish until 2:47, when strings swell in cooperation, waiting for the driving beat to return that will carry us through to an effect - laden ending.

Put a burden on their backs they could not carry, then beat them when they fell under the load Read your history, Gilbert... the church has historically justified all manner of evil against the Jews because of their «failure» to accept this new version of G - d's «mercy», which requires them to believe that G - d wasn't serious when he told them their covenant was «for ALL generations».

Sometimes I do it without even realizing and have to go back, apologize to her and divulge the simple truth; other times, I have to say something and can't bring myself to say the actual words because I'm too embarassed; I end up beating around the bush, attempting and rejecting spin after spin before I can finally bring myself to admit something I've done or say something that I know will be difficult for others to hear.

Then it's time for a «hymn» — or whatever one calls religious music that is not a dirge, not a joyous folk song, but a pop ditty whose beat and back - up would fit it to the format of any middle - of - the - road radio station, were it not for the lyrics (try «I Am the Righteousness of God in Christ» to the tune of «Up, Up and Away»).

Here's the endorsement I wrote for the back cover: «Drew Hart masterfully cuts through all the platitudes and good intentions to reach the fleshy, beating heart of true justice.

If christianity has taught us anything, its that your god views us as sheep and will use us as such.Luckily for your kind you can sheer a sheep many times, however like a dog, you keep going back for your next beating!

I took a beating, and I know better than to go back for more abuse.

Maybe we should beat this guy to the punch and ask him for all of his possessions before he asks for ours, that way, he can't ask for them back.

Beeca, you seem to be beating yourself up over this.Make your peace with God, then your husband and follow God not your emotions.Know God forgives you and asking his forgiveness the first step.The rest is spending your life making it good.Marriage after a divorce is No Sin!Many people are victims of a spouse's infidelity.I was on a 10 month Navy cruise and came back to a wife who was six months pregnant with twins.God blessed me with my wife of 31 years and I've never looked back.Forgiveness here is up to your husband but know if you've prayed the sinners prayer and made peace with God, Jesus paid that price for us.

Tough, smart, fearlessly outspoken, and possessed of an uncanny gift for strategically mobilizing her Middle American supporters (overwhelmingly women, those housewives from Peoria), she not only beat back the seemingly unstoppable ERA but played a key role in securing the presidential nominations of Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Ronald Reagan in 1980, paving the way for today's Bush presidency and Republican dominance of Congress and statehouses across the country.

That «locker room talk» turned into a teachable moment for a man - in - the - making: make that two men - in the making, because after driving away, the second boy, seated wide - eyed in the back seat the entire time, asked my husband if he was going to «beat up» the other boy for what he said.

The temptation to improvised, catch - as - catch - can preaching, for instance, can be beaten back by calculated ordering of one's study.

His team didn't beat my team, but because he lied about the job at Alabama, it set the Dolphins back big time in preperation for the next season.

and once i had to beat on to win a tortamite for my weight class but i do nt give up... and this religus stuf is a load of crap... when ur on the mat... ur not back or wight, male or female, big or small, Muslim, catholic or Jew, UR A WRESTLER!!!

When, talking to a Hungarian friend, one hears a reference to a great defeat for Hungary, or, by contrast, the beating back of an invader, it is not always clear which invader the Hungarian friend is talking about.

SouthernCelt, yeah... just like every abusive father who defends his beating of his sons, and raping of his own daughters by him, by pointing out that he puts food on the table, and a roof over their heads, and clothes on their backs, so they should be grateful and take their beatings and rapings with grace and praise him publicly, for the «good» he does for them.

ive been wrestling since i was 9 years old and when i went into high school i had to wrestle a girl... growing up learning to wrestle i had ended up having violent style, i never was dirty or broke rules but i was taught to do anything in your power to win whehter it was to club down the head or grab the throat to gain position etc. unfortunately i was in the postion to wrestle a girl once and at the time i did nt care who you were boy / girl, white / black / purple it did nt matter im was going to go out there bounce your head of the mat and bury you, so i went out there and wreslted the same way i always wrestled, 110 % and always to put your oppenents back through the mat i dditn change my style at all bc she was a girl i wrestled the same against everyone but after i pinned her in the first minute i did nt even realize that i broke her ribs when i power doubled through her, now after that for the rest of the tournament i was heckled and berated for forcefully beating a girl ppl were telling my parents «hey, looks like you raised a wife beater» etc. etc.... ever since then i refused to wrestle girls and thank go i eventually grew out of the lower weights, moral of the story is that is great and all that girls are wrestling but they shouldnt wrestle boys even if they know what they are getting into because 1.

Moreover, two of the troopers soon backed out, the other two bargained for a sizable payoff, and Brock warned that someone else would beat him to the story.

If you're up for it AND you have access to bicycles, one of the most fun off - the - beaten - path things I did was to take a bike ride up the canal (it's in the northeast corner of the city, starting in the 10th arrondissement), turning around at Parc de la Villette and going back down until we somehow ended up on Rue des Rosiers in the Marais.

After beating the boys back from eating them all, I then throw the leftovers in the freezer for smoothies or to make syrup for lemonade.

After he scolded me for not following the instructions to beat the batter for a full minute to smooth it out, I sheepishly headed back to the kitchen and made it again.

Perfect for a warming simple dinner to help beat back the Autumnal chill.

You are looking to beat that post carrot cake and ham dinner bloat with a healthy recipe that will help you get back on track for the week ahead.

Increase back to the highest speed again and beat for 8 minutes.

Beat in a food processor until smooth, pour back into the container and refreeze for another 2 hours.

Separately, the company reported a fourth - quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates on the back of higher demand for its products in the U.S., and forecast strong full - year earnings.

After being reminded of how quickly we can be home for a weekend since moving back to southern California, I have a feeling there will be plenty more of these Friday nights to come (thank goodness, cause my heart beats for them).