Sentences with phrase «long assailed»

Likewise, Wal - Mart (Research), long assailed for its contribution to urban sprawl, is building new stores that use solar energy to reduce costs and boost its image at the same time.

The cost of standardized tests, long assailed by testing critics as too high, has resurfaced in the debate over reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act currently underway in Congress.

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On the other hand, the religious bigotry and superstition that Hume assailed so mercilessly have persisted long after his critiques of them.

Profoundly established in the centre of its own nothingness, it can be assailed by naught that comes from below; and since it no longer desires anything, what comes from above can not depress it; for its desires alone are the causes of its woes.»

The pagan temptation,» as the philosopher Thomas Molnar described it, is hardly new — the Church has been fighting paganism since the time of Christ — but what is new is its aggressive resurgence, its seduction of so many Christians, and the warnings Pope Francis has issued against it.The Pope's scorching words against paganism have not been well - received by many, but Francis has gone right on assailing it, particularly in areas that pagans care about most: the environment and sex.Francis has been a bold and eloquent defender of the environment, and understands that protecting the environment is not a recent fad, but a long - standing Catholic principle, highlighted by many of Francis's predecessors.

College majors like Exercise Science and General Education have long been assailed by critics as crip - course degrees, but shadow boosters see them as a vital way to perpetuate the cycle.

The dispute over funding to pay for cleanup costs and infrastructure repairs saw Christie and Rep. Peter King of Long Island, Republicans both, openly questioning and assailing the GOP leadership in the House of Representatives.

Also, Michael Long, state Conservative Party chairman, in an unusual move assailed Suffolk Conservatives for backing Sini, a Democrat, after he accepted the endorsement of the Working Families Party.

Clearing land for farms and developments has long been assailed for destroying amphibian habitats, but the main culprit in their deaths, according to the report, is chytridiomycosis, an infectious disease caused by a waterborne fungus.

Trying to turn all this reporting into a coherent two - hour - long feature film is like using the ground meat from dozens of cows to produce a single burger (one of the many dangerous industry practices Schlosser assails in the book).

But Deal repeatedly postponed that pledge after he was elected, and entering his final year in office, he made official what many lawmakers long figured was inevitable: There would be no rewrite of a formula he once assailed as a disservice to students, a drain on taxpayers and not suitable to «meet the needs of a 21st century classroom.»

The long and short of it is that traditional publishers are assailed on all sides.

What the long - term reaction will be to the changes currently assailing the industry, no one knows.