Sentences with phrase «leading defender of»

Inhofe Pulls Out: Senator James M. Inhofe, the Republican of Oklahoma who is the leading defender of unfettered fossil fuel combustion in the Senate, sent his regrets for having to skip giving the keynote talk at the sixth climate conference organized by the Heartland Institute.

The leading defender of the forest gods» interests is San, a.k.a. Princess Mononoke (Claire Danes), a young human whose raised by old wolf Moro (Gillian Anderson).

Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, long the nation's leading defender of evolution education, discusses the NCSE's new initiative to help climate science education

Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy, who has emerged as the leading defender of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's mandate relief proposals for struggling upstate cities, told Alan Chartock in an interview to air Friday that he would more than pleased with the pension smoothing proposal if he held his old job as the mayor of Rochester.

It is that sense of loyalty that has led Malek, a prominent Republican rainmaker, to emerge as the leading defender of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in the wake of the 2008 election where she served as the party's vice presidential nominee.

Tom Watson, leading defender of FPTP in the past, made this clear in the AV campaign, and he was a crucial figure in putting the AV commitment into Labour's manifesto when Gordon Brown proposed it (not because he believed in it, but because, utterly wrongly, he thought constitutional change was the right response to the MPs» expenses scandal).

The talk thus presented a unique opportunity to question a leading defender of what many regard as one of the most flagrant and persistent breaches of international law by a democratic state today.

The scientists at RealClimate (lead defenders of the climate orthodoxy) are not unaware that the hot spot is not appearing.

Not exact matches

In June of that year, he led a flight of U.S. defenders against an 80 - plane attack by Japanese forces, disrupting the attack and shooting down seven of the enemy.

Garcia Zarate (right) is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi (left) for his arraignment in the death of Kate Steinle at the Hall of Justice in 2015.

One of the leading candidates to replace Bernanke is Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Fed and a stalwart defender of its existing policies.

Several of the Catholic intelligentsia understood that to lead a democratic confrontation with the dying Communist despotism would allow the Church to fulfill two of its roles: defender of human rights and initiator of the moral renewal of society.

Imagine, then, their great surprise when defenders of the status quo, who included some of the leading political scientists in the nation, instructed them in no uncertain terms that devices like competitive elections, labeled «procedural democracy,» counted as next to nothing in comparison to «substantive democracy.»

He was hailed in the popular religious press as «Royce, Defender of the Faith,» and one Congregationalist magazine declared that «when these doctrines come from the leading philosophical thinker of America, and from an institution popularly regarded as liberal, the event is more than noteworthy.»

One of the leading legal defenders of China's churches, Zhang Kai, was released from jail on Wednesday after being arrested in August 2015.

This is such an important topic that the opposing forces (the political defenders of neoliberalism) will not hesitate to use their power to deflect the anger of the people and to lead them into an impasse such as represented by ethnicism or certain religious integrist attitudes.

The province is west of Zhejiang province, where authorities have removed hundreds of crosses from church buildings, jailed a megachurch pastor for protesting those removals, and jailed (and then released) one of the leading legal defenders of those churches.

The dynamic of despotism was such that the rejection of first principles led inexorably to an assault on constitutional rights, as the defenders of slavery sought to undermine the rights of speech, press, assembly, and petition (whenever they were exercised by slavery's opponents, that is).

Wenger is sitted on the bench noticing all that but come up with a solution to it, flamini keeps on making silly fouls but even when the referee is lenient wenger can't take him off... we lead a red carded side with an injured defender but wenger can't think of how to keep the lead instead he opts to replace AS17 who had a «leg» in both goals and bring in a non effective monreal who isn't good going forward neither is he good defending... i strongly believe had it been AS17 at the rebound of the shot from Carzola that would have been the winning goal.

We have an excellent defense but I think all of our defenders have made mistakes that led to goals.

Miscast as the primary defender of lead guards.

Cech cuts a composed and solid figure at the back of our defence, which leads to our defenders seemingly being more comfortable and calm, there have been games (Such as vs Liverpool) where Cech has almost single handedly kept us in the game.

Mikael Granlund, MIN — Granlund's creativity along the boards in the offensive end led to both of his points, including a beautiful spin - o-rama pass to Eric Staal at the faceoff dot that make Jets defender Dustin Byfuglien look silly.

However, it was for Bayern that the versatile defender really shone, with Lahm leading his club side to an historic Treble of league, cup and European Cup that had never before been achieved in Germany.

Despite keeping a respectable defensive record along with the likes of David de Gea and Chris Smalling, it is claimed by Sky that he doesn't fit the profile of the central defender that Mourinho desires, namely a physical presence with strength and pace to lead from the back.

A nice defender and, as importantly, rebounder in Robinson would help round out the DeMarcus Cousins - led frontcourt and relieve pressure on the retention of restricted free agent Jason Thompson.

Liverpool's Martin Skrtel led the chants with the help of defender Jan Durica who was slapping a drum to conduct the chants of his teammates and coaching staff.

The 25 - year - old has certainly established himself as one of the leading defenders in Serie A, forming a crucial part of Roma's success over the last two years.

The Blues centre - forward was heavily involved in the incident which led to Gunners defender Gabriel Paulista being shown a straight red card on the stroke of half - time at Stamford Bridge as he reacted to an apparent kick from the Brazilian as the pair continued their argument following an incident seconds earlier.

Monreal MOTM, monreal is not only our best defender but also best left back in epl but obviously you cant see that because of where he came from, it will be always monreal had good game.Giroud had a lucky goal but you do nt flick the ball backwards when leading the line, I did nt see Aguero do that yesterday.Otherwise mancity bought the league already we are just playing for our top sponsors

Talented defender Fryers, 19, is coming to the end of his current deal and could be snatched away in the summer for a small fee, with Tottenham leading the list of interested teams.

The Patriots stacked every hole available to Miller, and with no lead blocker, the only way Miller could've possibly found success was if one of the Patriots defenders literally fell flat on his face and left the gap unattended.

Or perhaps it's a simple matter of Kent's using 10 players to execute its 94 - foot style and starting its five best defenders while sixth man Trevor Huffman leads the Flashes in scoring and assists — the only Division I nonstarter to do so.

please stop these silly articles this is a joke Wenger would die rather than play 7 defenders in his team he is no mourinho are u influenced by him there is no problem with this formation our past 2 seasons best performances have come playing this formation and about your one time theory this season only we beat manu that lead us to a run of fa cup and we won that so do your homework properly.

Willian had given the Blues the lead against the La Liga leaders but a poorly placed pass from Christensen fell into the path of pressing Barcelona attackers before Lionel Messi finished off a move to make the defender pay for his mistake.

KickAss i thought he (AW) got it just right this time, we complain he plays players for too long when its unnecessary like Sanchez replacing Gibbs who dose a good job in that left position and a great defender to hold the lead, Coq is been eased slowly so he doesn't have a relapse of his injury, and Theo was to use up time, i don't see any thing wrong with this we did win comfortably

Indiana was leading at halftime by three, but then, VanVleet changed the momentum of the game using high - screen and roles and a mixture of in - and - out moves coupled with flashy passing between defenders to get the Shockers rolling.

Hummels is a solid defender who isn't afraid to get stuck in and also have a voice on the pitch, leading the rest of the back line to his very word.

wenger is not openly known to lie about a «dead certain transfer» of a player maybe on certain occasions to cover some targets he denies any involvement in some circumstances but generally if he says that we are not close to signing a defender then it ai nt happening until he gives the go ahead and not a second sooner, it just drives the papers mad not knowing wengers next move absolute genius at it he is at leading the press a merry dance and i love it am certain wenger will get who we need not more not less

Watford were gifted a third - minute lead courtesy of a catastrophic error from stand - in goalkeeper Adam Bogan on his Premier League bow for Liverpool — on - loan Chelsea defender Nathan Ake the beneficiary.

For those of us who watch replays of our recent games, have you compare the errors caused by our defender (leading to goals) when Per and Kos play to when Gab and Kos play?

This is 3 defenders out of six and the only time we may have 5 in the field will be depend on the game... where we are defending a slim lead and need to shut out an opponent (mostly that happens about 30 closing minutes in the game... The issue about Man United's LvG trial should not scare anyone from looking at our own strengths and playing through them — We are faster, we are younger, we are more technically adept and maybe we can implement this best... Remember guys a wingback is also a defender when the need arises and the questions we should be asking is if Walcott, Ox, Podolski and Carzola can really learn to track back when played in the wing back roles...

Well im not in a wonderland he has his failings as we all do and great teams find a way to win good teams sit where we are 6 -5-4 but thats besides the point and it would be nice if your aunty had bolocks cause then we d be second but ive watched the games were an offensive team most the time although were terrible in the pissing rain but for the most part the game plans have worked weve created chances quality scoring chances one after the other problem is for me the finishing unless we sit back with 9 man behind the ball or ten when you push forward you will give up a goal if you lousy forwards fail to finish the set ups have been there this year but our strikers have failed to kill the games if we create quality chances and grab leads in the first 60 minutes like we have for the most part and in those games those games should of been killed even if we give a goal or two alongside the strategy but we failed to hit multiple should be goals we tried laca we'll see abou auba although hes a bit lazy so far but we'll see but we've lacked that quality in front goal a player the chances have been there im looking at the failure of the strikers and maybe that is his fault but monreal has scored as many goals recently as our strikers and thats sad our defenders or a midfielder will score and our stikers cant tally one in th first 60 mins of a game alongside them then were tired for last 40 give them hope there still only down one and we rue our missed chances while they push thats where iv been frustrated with this season not the tactics but the finishing

You could also add, even though we in theory were playing with 5 defenders, we had so many players in line with or in front of the ball on the throw in, that led to the goal, that it only took 1 mistake and a couple of passes for Austin to be clear in front of our goal.

Wenger was then asked if he was blaming his defenders for the mistakes which led to those early goals, which ultimately cost their side any hope of winning the game.

Who else leads our list of potential incoming defenders, or do Arsenal already have enough centre backs on their books?

Imagine a SWAT guy saying to his mate «cover me» [watch my back] while he attempts to go on rampage only to find that team mate flying ahead of him, we blame Ozil, we blame Wilshere, some of us even blame the Ox for losing the ball that led to the third goal, well he was taking initiative like an attacker should and he lost the ball, are our defender paid to primarily attack?

With a slim 20 - 14 lead, Hughes burst through the middle, broke tackles, and dragged defenders to get the last of the 25 yards for a first down.

WEAKNESSES: Turnover prone in college and needs to better protect the football, specifically with his pocket movements (21 fumbles in his 24 starts)... elongated, wind - up release... chaotic lower body throwing mechanics, influencing his ball placement... too willing to deliver off - balance without setting his feet... bad habit of locking onto targets, leading defenders to the intended receiver... made too many high - risk throws in college, not locating lurking defensive backs... spotty offensive line play in 2017 caused him to play skittish and quicken his reads / movements, leading to mistakes... relatively inexperienced, playing only one full season at quarterback in high school and two years at USC... durable in college, but missed his junior season after a broken foot (Sept. 2013), requiring surgery.

There isn't much to savor from Team USA's 3 — 2 overtime loss to Slovenia on the opening day of the Olympic men's hockey preliminary round in PyeongChang, in which the Americans spoiled a 2 — 0 lead with under 15 minutes to play and then yielded a tap - in winner when all three defenders were caught puck - watching less than a minute into overtime.