Sentences with phrase «launched a pointed attack»

Last week, Peter Hain launched a pointed attack on the Welsh Lib Dems, saying that the «destructive» Tory policies in London could be «mirrored» in Wales

Alan Johnson, the health secretary, will tomorrow launch a pointed attack on David Cameron, saying the recession has seen the Tories revert to their default position of cutting public services at the expense of the most vulnerable people in society.

Not exact matches

He pointed to a possible North Korea missile launch or an event similar to the Sept. 11 attacks.

As The New York Times pointed out, the proposed attack «in some respects resembles the limited types that many presidents — Ronald Reagan in Grenada, Bill Clinton in Kosovo and even Mr. Obama in Libya — have launched on their own.»

After I pointed this out to him he responded with letting me know how much he appreciated my civil exchange with him, and then launched into a nearly identical repeat of the denial of the problems and an attack on those who would speak up about it.

Unfortunately, despite their attacking prowess they often have low hit points, which translates into lots of injuries in the real world, but what even is the real world anymore after the launch of Pokémon Go?

At one point in the second half, Pogba committed an act of expertly audacious daylight robbery, dispossessing a befuddled opponent with a kind of dance - tackle, sweeping the ball away from two disbelieving Southampton players, who were left looking aghast and confused as the Frenchman pirouetted serenely on his way to launch a United attack.

Watch Emre Mor vs Marcelo first - Mor tracks back, dispossesses Marcelo and then produces a pin point long pass that launches Dortmund's counter attack.

The Iddrisu family is extremely scandalized by the inexorable attempts by some political entrepreneurs to score despicable political points with the sudden death of Alhaji Bature Iddrisu by launching unwarranted scathing attacks on former President John Dramani Mahama.

Still, NYPIRG researcher Bill Mahoney points out that the money is meant to show Republicans in other states they would be insulated by attacks launched by groups like NOM.

A clear case in point is the gratuitous attack he launched on the Electoral Commission and Government when claiming at an International event last year that the 2016 elections will be rigged hence the need for foreign intervention.

The National Republican Congressional Committee on Tuesday launched a digital advertisement pointing out the similarities between Pennsylvania's Democratic Congressional nominee Conor Lamb and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) in their «crumby words» used to attack Republican tax reform.

Base Battle requires teams to score points whilst keeping control of at least 2 out of 3 barrier areas, where the layout of the map and its structures could be great for launching surprise attacks from to reclaim areas.

The trick is to find a good point where you can launch an attack on a vulnerable enemy but still hide behind cover to reduce your chances of getting counter-attacked in the next turn.

Haythorpe launched a scathing attack on the Federal Government's attitude towards public education and pointed it out as the biggest barrier Australia faces to being able to implement the full recommendations of The Gonski Review.

Act like a professional boxer as you bob and weave, looking for weak points in your adversaries» strategies on which to launch your competitive attack.

Many in the short - term online lending industry were surprised by the announcement, which seems to be in lock - step with the current administration's Operation Choke Point, an initiative launched in 2013 by the United States Department of Justice, whose stated intent was to «attack Internet, telemarketing, mail, and other mass market fraud against consumers, by choking fraudsters» access to the banking system.»

Likewise attacking a town is a drag: you simply use your ships to annihilate any town defenses and then park them at the harbour to launch your troops, at which point you just have to sit and watcht the action play out, unable to influence it in any way.

Each one will launch Samus into a cinematic - close quarters attack, where she will wrestle with the opponent, and you have to release your shot once she's got her gun lined up for the creature's mouth or weak point.

Each character gains power points to launch special power attacks — super shot, rapid strike, wide impact — depending on the weapon types used.»

The unique selling point of this sword is its charged attack — when fully charged you can launch into multi-hit combos and shatter enemies under the sheet force and weight of the sword.

From medium difficulty upwards; there is a noticeable increase in the movement and aggressiveness produced by any opponent which results in a far more intense and frenetic battle, while the very hard difficulty level is for absolute veterans of fighting games as the enemy is constantly attacking your character to a point in which it can be hard to land a single attack, therefore requiring an element of strategy in how to defend against the enemy in order to buy that window of opportunity to launch a counter-offensive to turn the fight in your favour.

At the very end of this era came Turning Point, with an intriguing twist: an alternate - reality setting in which the Germans are about to cross the Atlantic to launch an all - out attack on the American east coast.

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For example, at 2:22 pm (Damascus), he pointed to the supposed impossibility of Jaish al - Islam («rebels») launching cylinders which could cause the same damage shown in the Bilal video, which Higgins had presented as the attack munition: «You see, the rebels copied the modifications on the chlorine cylinders used by the Syrian air force, planted them in the building, smashed through the roof to make it look like it had been dropped, killed everyone, then got everyone else to cover it up».

They can surreptitiously disrupt or intercept communication along with using it as a launch point to attack other systems on the internal network,» he told LinuxInsider.

Perhaps our favorite skill in the new skill tree, this skill will cost you 3 Skill Points to acquire, but it's well worth the price, as it allows you to press the Square button and launch Aloy from the back of her mount and into a striking attack that deals a moderate amount of damage, and is more than enough to take down humans and small machines in one hit.