Sentences with phrase «hostile act of»

The sacking of Winterton has been seen by some Labour MPs the most hostile act of Corbyn's leadership.

Overt, hostile acts of rejection are not the child's preferred strategy.

Not exact matches

«If Russia considers this a hostile act rather than an error, we could see a crisis that invokes the charter of NATO, given Turkey's status in the multilateral organization.»

While President Obama has supported a few proposals that benefit high - growth, high - tech entrepreneurs (like the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, most of his policies have been hostile to the interests of Main Street business owners, particularly those running labor - intensive businesses with low - wage employees.

Rockwell has a staggered board of directors and no ability to act by written consent to call a special meeting, making a hostile approach more difficult.

And it must act consistently and holistically with its support and the elimination of economically hostile policies and laws, such as restrictive labor laws, ever - changing tax policies and an almost exclusive emphasis on funding the government for one more month instead of growing the economy.

He called the alleged conspiracy «an act of unprecedented treachery: the campaign of a nominee for President of the United States in league with a hostile foreign power to bolster its own chance to win the presidency.»

The complaint describes the «conspiracy» as «an act of previously unimaginable treachery: the campaign of the presidential nominee of a major party in league with a hostile foreign power to bolster its own chance to win the presidency,» adding that WikiLeaks «disseminated the information at times when it would best suit the Trump campaign.»

The selective willingness to act on trend - following measures even when our market return / risk estimates are negative (but only in the absence of hostile syndromes of market conditions) is one of the two adaptations we've introduced to our investment approach in the recent market cycle.

The signatures of Ministers to the GATT Final Act must be reconsidered because it is hostile to human rights.

And then, Lord, at that point where all things are set ablaze, do you act upon me though the united flames of all those internal and external influences which, were I less close to you, would be neutral or ambivalent or hostile, but which when animated by an Energy quae possit sibi omnia subjicere7 become, in the physical depths of your heart, the angels of your triumphant activity.

How come some people on here claim to possess a logical and fact based mindset, yet can't explain their point of view without acting hostile and demeaning toward «religious people».

Is it the Promethean or Faustian spirit: the spirit of autonomy and solitude; Man with his own strength and for his own sake opposing a blind and hostile Universe; the rise of consciousness concluding in an act of possession?

As Jonas Barish points out in his sharply observed monograph The Anti «Theatrical Prejudice (1981), terms such as theatrical, operatic, melodramatic, and stagey tend to be hostile or belittling, as do phrases like play «acting, putting on an act, making a scene, making a spectacle of oneself, playing to the gallery, and so forth.

And if so, how does her hostile views towards Christianity, doing acts of charity, caring for the least of these and individualism intersect with your understanding as a follower of Jesus?

-- Afghanistan as of 10/23/2013, 2,151 US troops killed, 1,782 from hostile fire, 369 from non-hostile activities, Over 40,000 Afghan civilians killed due to the dark - age, koranic - driven Taliban acts of horror

Look at Daenerys: ever since she hatched some dragons, she's acted like a queen — even when dying of thirst in the Red Waste, even when captured by a hostile Dothraki horde — and that faith in herself convinces others to believe in her claim to the Iron Throne.

And the Times quotes one Labour MP fuming: «This is the single most hostile and divisive act that there has been in all of this.

As a matter of fact, the term «populism» is commonly (assuming more or less sensible and reasonable people) used for a way of unreasonable, partly violent, acting, ignorant thinking (not necessarily uneducated) and hostile feeling.

provided that in any of these cases he abstains from any hostile act and does not attempt to escape.

Syracuse University suspended an engineering fraternity after footage surfaced of members speaking and acting in ways «that are extremely racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist and hostile to people with disabilities,» the university's chancellor said.

(3) Mr. Padilla engaged in conduct that constituted hostile and warlike acts, including conduct in preparation for acts of international terrorism that had the aim to cause injury to or adverse effects on the United States;

They also argued that Paladino's statements create a hostile and intimidating environment in a district where the majority of students are minorities, something they believe is a violation of the state's Dignity for All Students Act.

My union — the Public and Commercial Services Union — has been clear from the outset: we opposed the Immigration Act 2014, and many of our members were appalled at the «hostile environment» created by then home secretary Theresa May as she sought to make political capital out of the sensitive issue of immigration.

The implementation of SAFE Act is not only going to cost NY state 36 million dollars a year, it has created a hostile environment for both in - state and out of state sports men and women and shooting enthusiasts who now risk committing felony crimes for the countless technical criminal violations created by the SAFE Act for possessing items which can be purchased over the counter in all our neighboring states.

The hostile act put the PM in the extremely awkward position of having to reject the president elect's proposal.

Driscoll said withdrawing the resolution rather than holding it was a hostile act and could delay implementation of the bureau by about a month.

But Democrats damaged some lawmakers and candidates by labeling the G.O.P. as hostile to women, claims that are rooted in Republican opposition to the controversial abortion provision of Cuomo's Women's Equality Act.

The day long maneuvering resulted in the unusual action of one of the co-leaders of the Senate offering a hostile amendment to try to force a vote on a section of the women's equality act dealing with abortion rights.

The research was carried out in the wake of the then home secretary's Immigration Act, which came with a pledge to make Britain a «hostile environment» for illegal immigrants.

That second nature is expressed in the unreported «10,000 acts of kindness,» as the late Stephen Jay Gould memorably styled the number of typically benevolent interactions among people for every hostile act.

The result in every one of the 12 cultures was that when children believed an act was the result of hostile intent, they were more likely to react aggressively.

By combining ideas from neuroscience, psychophysiology, psychology, and counterterrorism, Martin concluded that the physiological signs of a future hostile actor would increase with the severity of the impending act and as the moment of the crime approaches.

introduced legislation that would give the states of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as ranchers — all proven hostile to Mexican wolf recovery — the right to dictate the terms of the species» recovery, undermining the scientific standards of the Endangered Species Act.

The real hero of Hostiles, in spite of the fact that Bale acts his ass off, is Scott Cooper's script.

In «Hostiles,» a solemnly bloody tale of white redemption in the Old West from writer - director Scott Cooper, Christian Bale does all his truest, best acting in between his actual lines of dialogue.

Aaron Taylor - Johnson plays US Army sergeant Allen Isaac, whose role is to act as spotter for trigger - man Staff Sgt Shane Matthews (John Cena, pictured below) as they keep watch for hostile activity at the site of the killing of a group of building contractors.

Special Presentations «Battle of the Sexes,» Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton, USA, international premiere «BPM (Beats Per Minute),» Robin Campillo, France, North American premiere «The Brawler,» Anurag Kashyap, India, world premiere «The Breadwinner,» Nora Twomey, Canada / Ireland / Luxembourg, world premiere «Call Me By Your Name,» Luca Guadagnino, Italy / France, Canadian premiere «Catch the Wind,» Gaël Morel, France, international premiere «The Children Act,» Richard Eyre, United Kingdom, world premiere «The Current War,» Alfonso Gomez - Rejon, USA, world premiere «Disobedience,» Sebastián Lelio, United Kingdom, world premiere «Downsizing,» Alexander Payne, USA, Canadian premiere «A Fantastic Woman,» Sebastián Lelio, Chile, Canadian premiere «First They Killed My Father,» Angelina Jolie, Cambodia, Canadian premiere «The Guardians,» Xavier Beauvois, France, world premiere «Hostiles,» Scott Cooper, USA, international premiere «The Hungry,» Bornila Chatterjee, India, world premiere «I, Tonya,» Craig Gillespie, USA, world premiere «Lady Bird,» Greta Gerwig, USA, international premiere

Now acting without assistance from S.H.I.E.L.D., the Avengers work solo in order to bring down HYDRA, but unintentionally spawn a more dangerous adversary in the form of the hostile artificial intelligence, Ultron.

It's like an antibody to the middle - class, medium - attractive girl by virtue of encouraging her to associate herself with upper - middle - class, gorgeous avatars and, through that agency, act in ways completely hostile towards common sense and decency.

As one friend stated, you almost become a fan of the apes by the third act, if only to see just how they go about their hostile takeover.

Another heated rivalry exists between Luigi and Waluigi, with the two sharing bad chemistry in all the games they appear in together, and acting hostile and rude towards each other, such as Luigi making a gesture at Waluigi to anger him in Mario Tennis, the two scowling at each other in the Mario Party 3 group picture, and Waluigi's vandalism of Luigi's picture in the opening movie of Mario Power Tennis.

(Some additional shout - outs to: Frederick Wiseman's extraordinary Ex Libris; Scott Cooper's Searchers - throwback Western Hostiles; Agnes Varda's late - act collaborative documentary Faces / Places; the last half of Brawl on Cell Block 99; the epic look at Parisian ACT UP activists B.P.M. (Beats Per Minute); the Canadian zombie flick Les Affames; The Florida Project and Molly's Game, both coming to a theater near you very soon); the sheer balls on Darren Aronofsky for making mothact collaborative documentary Faces / Places; the last half of Brawl on Cell Block 99; the epic look at Parisian ACT UP activists B.P.M. (Beats Per Minute); the Canadian zombie flick Les Affames; The Florida Project and Molly's Game, both coming to a theater near you very soon); the sheer balls on Darren Aronofsky for making mothACT UP activists B.P.M. (Beats Per Minute); the Canadian zombie flick Les Affames; The Florida Project and Molly's Game, both coming to a theater near you very soon); the sheer balls on Darren Aronofsky for making mother!

Spitting on another person — which often is a hostile act that can cause considerable distress to the target — is a different matter, of course.

As U.S. states roll out the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act under an administration hostile to public education, these states must support the development of excellent, nurturing teachers who provide a rich learning experience.

The selective willingness to act on trend - following measures even when our market return / risk estimates are negative (but only in the absence of hostile syndromes of market conditions) is one of the two adaptations we've introduced to our investment approach in the recent market cycle.

Another heated rivalry exists between Luigi and Waluigi, with the two sharing bad chemistry in all the games they appear in together, and acting hostile and rude towards each other, such as Luigi making a gesture at Waluigi to anger him in Mario Tennis, the two scowling at each other in the Mario Party 3 group picture, and Waluigi's vandalism of Luigi's picture in the opening movie of Mario Power Tennis.

As for the stand - in for mass relays, instead there's ancient Remnant technology from a mysterious, advanced race that can cleanse a planet's atmosphere, acting as a new tool and source of technological intrigue that works well within the fiction of arriving in a hostile new galaxy.

Marshall spoke of the NBA founders» will to act, to break with the desire to seek validation within hostile spheres and to instead create a new institution that was all their own.

Order breaks down and the act of «policing» gives way to a dynamic interplay between the two officers, gestures that fluidly veer between the sexual and the hostile, the amicable and the disaffected.