Sentences with phrase «hard against the facts»

But Norman Lewis» stature was bumping hard against the facts that governed mid-century life for a black man, even in the art world.

Not exact matches

Zimmer explained that when motivating employees of Lyft to work hard against Uber — which has six times the funding of Lyft, and is the highest - valued private startup in the world — he focuses on the company's «humanity:» the fact that it values person - to - person interaction.

Sacca, who is known for his early investments in tech companies such as Twitter and Uber, launched into an impassioned speech criticizing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, firing off a barrage of charges against Trump that were as fast, furious, and hard to fact check as those coming from the candidates themselves.

To add insult to injury, the vast majority of the arguments against crypto lack any hard, verifiable facts.

These are hard facts about lunatic Obama / Bush's twilight zone administrations (HORROR) or genocide against whites per ZIONIST Washington DC and in complete agreement with communist Moscow!!!

Noni and all those who find themselves ostracised or slandered unfairly firstly God loves you and you are special to him you are his children his daughters and sons do nt ever forget that so you are not alone in fact you are the apple of his eye and he loves you.No matter what people say about you it does nt change the fact that he loves you and will protect you just abide in him he will strengthen you in your weakness.Never think you are alone we have the holy spirit and have other believers even though we may not go to church together we love the Lord just as much as you do which means we are brothers and sisters in Christ.Just trust him and take each day as it comes he promises to never leave us or forsake us.He has given us his strength in our weakness so that like him we are overcomers the head not the tail.Keep asking the Lord what it is he wants you to do and be obedient though it may be hard but in the end it will prove good for you for the Lord is for you not against you.regards brentnz

Paul clearly states that we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities in high places; He is suppose to be setting a principal and he is in fact destroying the thing that God stand for, serving the flesh and the creation more than the creator who is blessed forever; Man will always have a battle between flesh and spirit; he is more flesh than spirit ever in his dress muscles and tight shirts; which has no place in the spirit;» dealing with matters of the holy ghost «he can speck it but he can «t live it; which is the trouble with a lot of modern day Christians; do as i say not as i do... old fashion parents had the same concept, its not just Eddie he got caught, he was just falling weak to the flesh and his own desires; only thing is, he is responsible for the souls of those under his leadership; He must answer and atone to God for those actions, you think for a moment we are being hard on him; God has a way of letting us know when we are wrong that lets us know we need to change.

I am sure that some Arsenal fans will be sick of hearing that the Gunners have been unlucky, but it is hard to get away from the fact sometimes and once again tonight against Barcelona in the Nou Camp a key moment went against Arsenal and it could have proved to be a turning point in the game and the two - legged tie in general.

Its all if's and maybe's at the moment, its hard to call this game, but the facts are they will defend like crazy and even B.Munich struggled to score against them until the last 10 - 15 minutes and then went on to win 3 nil in Athens.

All well and good, but facts are facts (everyone seems to have a hard - on for stats right now) and that Man City performance was the only significant win against the top 6 this season — it's not a measure of how we typically perform in these games.

The fact that it's going to take some hard damn work for Robinson to get better technique wise also makes it harder to watch those plays against Tennessee.

While I wouldn't be against any of those 3 at 12 (in fact I advocated for it hard about a month ago), I'm starting to lean more towards one of the pass rushers at 12.

the obvious fact is that the club began to stagnate in football terms a decade ago after the CL semi against man utd and has been in outright retreat over the last 3 years... some fans were calling for wenger to leave in 2011 - 12 as it was clear he could not cope with a more competitive environment others have been more tolerant, hanging on to fa cup glory and hoping that he would somehow self correct his weak and erratic management style but most now realise that is not possible and that the club will deteriorate further under his management so also want him gone, that has left a hard core of wenger loyalists who are either fixated with the past (selecting episodic good and bad times to justify wengers decade long failure) or too frightened of the future to contemplate a change (with selective reference to failed managerial changes by way of justification) or both, to conclude, through a mixture of panglossian fatalism and corporate philosophising, how lucky we are to have such an honourable and educated man in charge... along with their confused references to club loyalty and addiction to computer games these are troubled souls who need our sympathy and concerned medical advice... SO JUST F OFF STOCK UP ON CANNED SOUP AND GO SUPPORT ASTON VILLA ON FIFA!

The Chilean was left out of the starting line - up against Chelsea last weekend, and our side earned a hard - fought 0 - 0 draw away to the champions, and were in fact unlucky not to have come away with more than one point.

You can imagine that the Villa players will find it hard to forget the fact that we have done the double over them this season, putting three past them at Villa Park and five at the Emirates, while they have failed to score against us once.

He is a relative late - bloomer, does not have a very special career goals / game ratio (less than OG in fact), scores fairly straightforward goals, is very awkward to play against and works incredibly hard for the team all over the pitch.

I am sick and tired of listening to how great Arsenal is Arsenal have to prove on the pitch that they are great ant thing else is just noise annoying noise the reality of the matter we are below the tenth position in the premier league and this political noise dose not make any difference what so ever to our standing in fact it devises our club into small segments the for the against and the in betweeners and the essence of a strong club its in its unity and hard work in proving to the masses that this club is a great club because of it unity its work and ethics and remember how we got here and the principles behind it

Facts Fans need to make a stand against the Owners, Kroenkes statement is an insult to every fan that spend their hard earned money so this joke of an owner can make profit and be ok giving nothing in return.

i agree andy but its not just the 4 years of hard work that should be taken into account, firstly the fai hav missed out on millions at a time where money is already tight, and more importantly the fact that given, kilbane, o shea, dunne, duff, whelan and keane may be too old when the next one comes around and for a professional footballer to hav a chance to represent his country on the biggest stage of all taken away in this manner is cruel, there can be no argument against technology when there is so much at stake as for henry being labelled a cheat i do not agree as it came at him so quick and although he in fact handled it twice i do not believe it was pre-meditated like maradonnas effort or that disgusting dive by anelka at 0 - 1... can any1 who watched the game live please tell me how lass diarra stayed on the pitch let alone avoided a yellow??

KEY FACT: David Moyes has never lost a home league match against Watford MATCH ODDS: West Ham 31/20 Draw 23/10 Watford 2/1 bet365 Pick: 2 or more Watford cards @ 4/5 ANDY SAYS: Hard to separate these two and I think this will end up a draw... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I can see West Ham getting the victory they need... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: West Ham win for me, will have too much for Watford... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Richarlison is in the top - 100 and a terrific signing

AL It's hard to argue against some simple facts man city and chelsea have spent billions of pounds on players and wages.

Although the upcoming fixtures are not categorized amongst hard ones and the fact that in December they will be playing four games at home, still the last three fixtures against Villa, Everton and Swansea also don't come into that category but Gunners could only earn two points from them.

It's hard to argue against the fact that Philip Lahm has been one of the best players to have performed for Germany and Bayern Munich in recent times.

I didn't see the game but am not surprised by the result given the facts that we were playing away against an in - form team, had several first - teamers injured or rested, had played a hard game in Moscow on Thursday night and then travelled back Friday morning.

KEY FACT: Arsenal have never failed to score in 17 home league matches against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: Arsenal 1/2 Draw 15/4 Palace 6/1 bet365 Pick: Under 2.5 goals @ 27/20 ANDY SAYS: I can see my former club claiming a point from this... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Hard to see Palace getting anything here, and they probably won't... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Arsenal will have too much for Palace here, home win... 3 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Wilfried Zaha at # 1.79 looks a very good buy

It is hard to argue against the fact that countries are influenced in their strategic thinking and security policies by historical narratives of their respective national «cultures», which have sources in history, a shared sense of identity, folklore and cultural heritage.

In fact, I don't remember her once standing up against any of the austerity policies which made the lives of those struggling to get by, so much harder.

NYSUT insisted politics played no role in its decision to honor Kennedy, but it's hard to ignore the fact that the teachers have been at war with her ex-husband, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and were one of the few groups to actually advertise against him during the budget battle (not that it did them much good in the end).

In her statement announcing her support for Cuomo, she pointed to the fact that he raised the minimum wage — of which women make up two - thirds of earners — as well as his work in enacting paid family leave and making it harder for individuals to discriminate against pregnant workers.

Richard McKinnon.the idea the far left ago are still trying to save face that they nearly destroyed the party in the early 80's are only letting young student momentum types, takr over some Moribund areas, or ousting hard working councillors from positions by getting their mates to tun up, is more obvious, they're not doing it because not enough people want Blair at th Hague, in fact some blairites were dead against Iraq, some blue labour types want Blair at The Hague, the far left would have gone done their path, had nine of this happened, they waited for their chance 2010 we were bunt out, 2015 was the first time, after we'd lost power in history, where we didn't have a civil war, we showed loyalty to Ed M, and look what happened, the hard left are using tricks, on having their open meetings with motions, or getting George Galloway backers to turn up to meetings, momentum, even have kill Blair protests, via Socialist worker

The CWU - previously led by Alan Johnson, so hardly a hotbed of Hard Leftism - should stop wasting its money on New Labour and start funding individual candidates, regardless of party (if any), who do in fact support public services, strong unions, rural communities, national sovereignty (both as against the EU and as against the foreign acquisition of a key national asset), and the monarchy's direct link to every address in the count.

My point was more to the fact that playing against people on MP isn't mindless at all and is a lot harder over all than playing Co-Op against AI that's all.

According to Peirce, one of the biggest obstacles facing the movement to end violence against women is the fact that it is generally an uncomfortable subject that is hard to bring up without feeling «awkward or insensitive» — a problem she experienced first - hand.

For her work marshaling hard facts and empirical data against corporate - backed «reformers» who rely largely on substance - free rhetoric and platitudes, Ravitch has been named this year's winner of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize — so clearly, she's holding her own, even as U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is launching a desperate PR campaign to make her Public Enemy # 1.

It's hard to argue against the fact that Porsche made the right decision branching out from coupes and convertibles.

I also like the fact the back of the split / folding rear seats are finished with a hard plastic shell — it makes sliding in a longer item easier and it provides some protection to the rear seat riders should the cargo crash up against the seat during a panic stop.

Even strong opponents of mortgage insurance find it hard to argue against this fact: PMI, on average, yields 530 % return on investment.

Due to government secrecy even under FOI, it's hard to make the same case against HAARP but some disturbing facts are coming out.

It's true that the visual quality has suffered dramatically and the control systems could be seen as far too awkward by many, but the fact that DOOM VFR pushes so hard against the VR grain makes it well worth any PlayStation VR owner's time and money.

The prejudices some gallery owners held against women and Latin American artists put her at a disadvantage, as did the fact that her work, some of which prefigured the later trends of Op art and Hard - edged Minimalism, was out of step with the period's fashion for Abstract Expressionism.

It is a well - known fact that cadres of highly paid lobbyists representing ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute fought hard against the so - called Waxman - Markey bill, a comprehensive legislative proposal before the Congress in 2009 that passed the House but was not brought up in the Senate.

Andrew Zimbalist provided hard facts and numbers regarding Boston hosting the Olympics in 2024 and urged us all to continue to organize against the Boston 2024 bid that will not serve our city, economically or otherwise.

These observed facts go against the grain for some and are hard to take.

But you're pressed right up against the same hard facts the day after.

The fact that people like Gavin who represent, in a way, a harder line of scientists who «hold the line» against the deluge of «denialists» have gone so low as to defend these shenanigans speaks to me that the whole process is doomed to degeneration.

True, the talk of the end of industrial culture may not play well with those who see a darker side of Transition Towns, but it seems hard to argue against the fact that our current reliance on fossil fuels to feed and clothe ourselves leaves us incredibly vulnerable to future price shocks and disruption of supply.

Also, one of Samsung's patents is not listed because it was thrown out by Judge Koh on summary judgment and can't be reasserted against Apple unless the facts change in Samsung's favor (hard to imagine) or the appeals court decides in Samsung's favor.

Our team of lawyers and technology experts are able to forensically analyse electronic devices, computer hard drives and telephones, as well as being trained in the software packages used by prosecuting authorities such as the Police, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), the Federation against Copyright & Software Theft (FACT), the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society, as well as numerous local government trading standards departments.

At the time, I thought it unlikely that there could be another case quite like it, but in fact it was the first of several cases on which I have worked (including the litigation against Mukhtar Ablyazov and, more recently, Sergei Pugachev) which have been just as hard fought and interesting.

It's hard to argue against the fact that the Google Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X are — to date — two of the best phones to have ever graced the Nexus lineup.