Sentences with phrase «in acts of defiance»

At the beginning of the study, the researchers measured the girls» externalizing behavior problems (e.g., picking fights and engaging in acts of defiance).

Where once civilians cowered and hid, they now join you in acts of defiance and resistance, taking the zones from a state of lockdown to an open revolution in a single spark.

In acts of defiance, he's walked across culturally important structures all over the world.

At the beginning of the study, the researchers measured the girls» externalizing behavior problems (e.g., picking fights and engaging in acts of defiance).

Starbucks announced a plan to hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years in an act of defiance against Trump.

By Kevin Douglas Femmel (Feb. 20, 2012)-- Someone, in an act of defiance, has put Pokemon Yellow on the iPhone Continue Reading →

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«You made a very brave choice,» Tsipras said in a televised address as jubilant supporters filled Athens» central Syntagma Square to celebrate the act of defiance towards Europe's political and financial establishment.

This act of defiance renders the master incapable of asserting his dominance in this relationship.

11:15), in Elijah (I Kings 19:4), in Jonah (4:3), as also in Jeremiah and Job, the wish or request for death is seen in the Yahweh faith as an act of defiance of deity, an unwarranted gesture of independence, a bitter — perhaps the bitterest — protest of disrespect of Yahweh.

It remains for me to demonstrate the urgency of the problem; that is to say, to fulfill my purpose by showing that we have truly reached the parting of the ways, the point where the waters divide; and also to show that in this momentous hour we can not continue physically to exist (to act) without deciding here and now which of the two attitudes we shall adopt: that of defiance or that of faith in the unification of mankind.

Wal - Mart has been known for years to act in defiance of employee rights, and they are absolutely vicious to you if you are one of their vendors, yet somehow this behavior gets portrayed within the media as Christian?

And if so, would you have enough fortitude to act in defiance of social opinion?

Yet the attempts made to nullify the Supreme Court decision even at the cost of eliminating the public schools and passing acts of open defiance in state legislatures, to say nothing of rioting and violence and the nonviolent but intimidating acts of white citizens» councils, indicate how long a road there is yet to travel.

I am not saying that Caesar is acting out of anything like Christian motives; but I wonder whether he does not actually come off better than we do in remaining silent before our slanders, in turning the other cheek, in forgiving our defiance of his law.

The very fact that we are here in growing numbers and walking up to receive the ashes is an act of public and collective defiance of the destructive situation that has been forced upon us.

Initially, the international fixture was expected to be called off, but in a bold act of defiance, the football authorities have opted to proceed with the match.

Plus, if they are ready, this is the one thing you can not FORCE them to do, so if you make a big deal about it, they may not do it just as an act of defiance... you know to feel like they are in charge of some point of their life.

I watched the moms one by one get comfortable in their act of «defiance.»

Margaret Beckett described the test - which is in defiance of UN security council resolutions - as a «highly irresponsible and provocative act».

That will secure that your House of Commons for the time being, is always either fresh from the polls which gave it authority, or - and this is an equally effective check upon acting in defiance of the popular will - it is looking forward to the polls at which it will have to render an account of its stewardship.»

In an act of open defiance toward Albany and Cuomo's education reform agenda, the Kenmore - Town of Tonawanda School Board voted unanimously to «seriously consider» boycotting teacher evaluations and standardized testing in the districIn an act of open defiance toward Albany and Cuomo's education reform agenda, the Kenmore - Town of Tonawanda School Board voted unanimously to «seriously consider» boycotting teacher evaluations and standardized testing in the districin the district.

Clegg's act of defiance might not win many votes directly, but it will give activists a huge spring in their step as they plough through Tory shires, fighting to win county council seats in next week's local elections.

For those in the minority, voting is act of defiance against the cruelest tyrant of all — the tyranny of the majority.

As NJ notes, this would set up the bill to be voted on when the Senate returns in January, and would represent a «bold act of defiance against the administration, which was still begging lawmakers this week to sit back and wait to see whether a comprehensive agreement can be reached.»

President Nishani's emotional presentation in the Assembly parlor drew comparisons between his fellow citizens» acts of defiance towards the Nazis and his nation's recent assistance to the U.S. in the fight against other forms of violent extremism.

In response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Davis, who grew up in Mississippi, designed a 106 - foot - tall piece that is both a work of art and an act of defiancIn response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Davis, who grew up in Mississippi, designed a 106 - foot - tall piece that is both a work of art and an act of defiancin Mississippi, designed a 106 - foot - tall piece that is both a work of art and an act of defiance.

PanEm's president Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland), a brutal dictator with a cultured intellectual outward persona, is not pleased with the pair, due to an act of defiance in the Games arena.

For Mana, showing up for practice and competing in the meet are acts of open defiance, and Ariki isn't the kind of character you want to make angry, which pulls the openly conflicted Gen into the center of a potentially violent situation — one that feels like something out of a Paul Schrader movie (say, Travis Bickle's foolhardy attempt to liberate Iris at the end of «Taxi Driver») rather than the sort of climax audiences might anticipate from this otherwise Disney - appropriate inspirational drama.

Survival is the implicit goal of characters in horror films, but a certain subset of these films are able to turn the act of survival into an existential quest, a powerful statement of defiance against the vagaries of the unknown.

Yet Marcus isn't looking to live a bohemian life or otherwise act out in defiance of this tightly clenched love: he just wants to go to school, study, and succeed on his own terms.

Loving is a handsomely crafted drama about two mild - mannered, yet courageous souls from opposite sides of the racial divide in late 1950s Virginia, who followed their hearts in strict defiance of the Racial Integrity Act, which criminalized interracial marriages in the state.

However, this simple act of courage and defiance will set in motion events that put Afshin's life at risk.

Destiny is clearly an act of courage in the face of Islamic fundamentalism, and one of its acts of defiance is to view women and men as equally desirable.

Director Roland Emmerich summed up this mentality in response to criticism over his period drama, Stonewall, in which he created a fictional white, male, cisgender, «straight - acting» character to lead a true story about an act of defiance by some of the most marginalized people in the LGBT community.

Katniss's concocted act of defiance in the last film, wherein she and Peeta threatened suicide in favor of killing each other, didn't just yield a dual triumph, but the start of an uprising.

In the aftermath of Katniss» most recent act of defiance by taking down the games» force field, President Snow has retaliated by raining bullets and bombs from the sky upon her District 12, leaving craters and decomposing skeletons where people once stood.

Though finely acted by all three leads (McAdam's British accent isn't perfect, but she's still plenty effective), Disobedience is, in defiance of its title, too staid and measured to deliver the intended emotional wallop.

Blonde, blue - eyed Craig is certainly unconventional casting for Tuvia, but the acting chops of the three leads go some way to making Defiance's death - march tone palatable, as does the fine lensing by Eduardo Serra on location in Lithuania.

In an extended love scene notable for both its hot - blooded sensuality and its intricate, bittersweet play with memory, «120 Beats Per Minute» embraces sex as not just an expression of love or lust, but something more — an act of life - sustaining defiance.

The oldest film critics» organization in existence, the National Board of Review began in 1909 as an act of defiance when then - New York City...

Cage and Fonda have their appeal, despite the fact that the contrivances in the script by Jane Anderson (How to Make an American Quilt, The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio) stretch their ability to act natural at times.

All is not well in the rest of Panem — as the post-apocalyptic remnants of the United States are called — however, as Katniss's act of defiance at the end of the last games — her refusal to kill Peeta by threatening to have them both eat poisonous berries, thereby leaving the games without a victor — has lit a spark in the tinderbox of rebellion, and mutinies are breaking out in various districts.

Comprising of six stories ranging from the 1800's to centuries in the future, Cloud Atlas shows how one act of defiance against oppression can inspire a revolution centuries later.

November 19, 2009 • Beth Ditto, lead singer from queer indie - disco group The Gossip, read Britney Spears» head - shaving in 2007 as an act of defiance.

And when the school gets these kids, it seems deft in its handling of their quirks and adolescent acts of defiance.

Acting in defiance of norms which with they disagree, they run the risk of reprimand for not following rules.

To trust in your own aliveness, in your own ability to sustain and be sustained - there are times when there is no greater act of defiance.

While John is waking up to the fact that he still loves Eva, Eva is confounded by her own grief, and the three children deal with events in their own way, with much of the focus being on 15 - year - old Daisy as she deals with her loss via various secret acts of defiance, culminating in an affair with an older man.

7 At 11:58 p.m., he settled on a last act of showmanship, creating the Australian wife of the Nawab of Palanpur a highness, in defiance of Indian caste customs and British policy.

New show from Ed Templeton Hairdos of Defiance is a look into a microcosm of a fringe world, one where individuals engage in the act of retreat or refusal as a generative form of identity - making.