Sentences with word «hackles»

Uber's fierce response to the de Blasio administration and Councilmen Ydanis Rodriguez and Stephen Levin, who are sponsoring the bills, has raised hackles of its own.

A barking dog with hackles up, body erect, ears forward, and tail wagging stiffly at half - mast is telling interlopers to keep their distance.

I first heard him speak at a Harrogate leaders» conference (he is speaking there again in 2015), during which he raised hackles when a church leader asked him: «What is your theology of suffering?»

De Blasio's outgoing press secretary, Karen Hinton, won over journalists with her candor — even if it occasionally raised hackles in City Hall.

However, when it comes to heritage, some people's hackles go up.

Unlike the Veyron coupe, which provides an eerie and outlandish virtual - reality experience when pushed beyond 200 mph, the Grand Sport raises hackles at a mere 100 mph.

Andrew Weaver, the climate scientist turned Green Party politician, has raised hackles among environmental activists by lending support to a proposal to build a huge oil refinery near Kitimat in northwestern British Columbia.

That deal raised hackles because it relocated the merged companies headquarters to Canada, a move critics said was aimed at avoiding taxes.

But hackles for Thomas seem louder than for Petri.

«Since arousal and aggression are closely linked, hackles often get labeled as a sign of aggression, but it is not always the case.

I posted a review on the First Things website of Michael Voris» «FBI: Homosexuality,» and it's raised a few hackles in the com - box.

As I think about it, I've seen hackles up mostly during play or when a dog is barking at visitors or another dog.

This year, Hastings raised another set of hackles by criticizing school boards in a keynote speech on March 4 at the California Charter Schools Association's annual conference.

Sirs: Anybody whose hackles are raised by J. B. Priestley's article should have his sense of humor examined.

That can, and has, raised hackles from owners who say these laws stigmatize their old buildings.

The biologists» latest findings, which have not yet been published, have raised hackles higher still.

Uncle Sam infamously got involved in Common Core, which raised state and local hackles galore.

Keep an eye out for other concerning body postures coupled with hackles before intervening.

Such a view usually either offends our monotheistic sympathies or raises our rational hackles, so we classify it as primitive.

But they are growing enough to indicate an inevitable future when issues like papacy, episcopacy and presbyterianism will not raise Christian hackles as they now do.

Nothing can raise a mom's hackles like being criticized for her parenting choices.

There will always be a story in the news that raises your mom hackles or there will be another parent who seems to enjoy tearing down another mom.

But every time I feel my scientific hackles start to rise, I turn a corner and there's a reminder, either written or manifest in diorama form, that everything I've seen is merely a theory, a possible scenario, a best guess.

That's somewhat the case here, but by far the most fascinating extra is an interview with Lisa Langlois, who starts off dropping knowledge that raises hackles until she starts listing credits with Claude Chabrol, John Huston, Hal Ashby, and a long, fantastic anecdote of nearly getting the Sarah Connor part in The Terminator.

The key difference between this backlash and the usual, annual one is that McDonagh's movie is raising hackles less for its dramatic failures (though some have objected to it on those grounds, too) then for how insensitively it handles sensitive subject matter.

Pussy Galore's name raised enough hackles with censors and the filmmakers weren't about to risk a total ban with an avowedly lesbian leading lady.

The changes are likely to raise some middle - class hackles, especially among those who take on big mortgages to buy homes in catchment areas in the hope of getting their children into popular schools.

His penchant for taking risk with his investment dollars may raise her more conservative hackles.

Sophie stays very close, hackles receding slowly.

Raised hackles indicate either fright or aggression either of these states of mind may result in unpredictable behavior

Hackles alone can't tell you whether or not a dog is concerned about the other and they may calm over time.

I used to panic, thinking she was going to become aggressive, until I learned about the neck hackles.

Raised hackles become more obvious on some dogs than others depending on the type of coat, but it always means a much heightened state of awareness and excitement.

It was this portrait which raised most hackles when Sensation opened at London's Royal Academy in London two years ago.

We reviewed Mark Wallinger's challenging Tate Britain show, which raised a few hackles amongst critics locally — don't rock the boat, was the reaction.

Hackles up and hacking expertise at the ready, Lisbeth starts to dig and gets Mikael Blomkvist to help.

Peter raises eyebrows and hackles when he proclaims that «we can't adopt our way out of the problem,» referring to the needless killing of shelter animals.

Has your dog ever raised hackles at the letter carrier or growled at the neighbor's kid?

Egan raised hackles among audience members when he claimed 39 seniors died on the waiting list for the in - home services under McCoy's watch.

Anthony Albanese, the acting head of New York's Department of Financial Services, will step down before the end of the year, giving Cuomo a run at reshaping a regulator that has levied billions of dollars of penalties against international banks and at times raised hackles in foreign capitals.