Sentences with phrase «of playing defense»

Interestingly, just as investors are rediscovering the value of playing defense, one of the classic ways to play that theme is starting to look more reasonable.

«They're up against a huge onslaught right now,» said Ms. Dean, who sees a chance for them to build a more «activist, engaged» membership that can help drive the policy debate on educational matters instead of playing defense.

«Instead of playing defense, the host is playing offense.»

everyone knows the fundamentals of playing defense.

The Panthers will be similarly locked - in this weekend against a Tampa Bay team playing on short rest and incapable of playing defense.

Interestingly, just as investors are rediscovering the value of playing defense, one of the classic ways to play that theme is starting to look more reasonable.

Not exact matches

«During the Trump Administration, we will shift from playing defense at the FCC to going on offense,» Ajit Pai said in December last year, a month before president - elect Donald Trump appointed him as the new chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

49ers cornerback Richard Sherman came to the defense of Reid during his introductory press conference with the team in March, arguing that Reid deserves a contract for playing like one of the top 10 safeties in the NFL.

Boeing Defense Space and Security CEO, Leanne Caret, discusses the future of space technology and what role Boeing will play.

Though his effort may wane on defense at times, and he preserves energy for a late postseason run — he's now played into June seven years in a row — part of it is that no player in the NBA carries as much responsibility as James.

The offense runs through him, and though the Cavs, like all teams, have plays that they run, a lot of the time, it's James dictating the action and poking holes in the defense.

Plank found himself playing a bit of defense on his conference call with analysts on Tuesday.

Those three and, more recently, Ya'alon's successor, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, have taken aim at Bennett for «playing politics» with national security discussions, all but accusing him outright of leaking information about cabinet meetings.

The Department of Defense has only classified these figures once before — in 2015, when the Obama administration «was trying to portray the war in Afghanistan as all but over,» as the New York Times put it; today, the Afghan government appears to be playing defense, aDefense has only classified these figures once before — in 2015, when the Obama administration «was trying to portray the war in Afghanistan as all but over,» as the New York Times put it; today, the Afghan government appears to be playing defense, adefense, as well.

«Yet whenever I speak to a truly competitive company, that's exactly what they're doing — playing both offense and defense using the power of digital, using the power of technology.

The new Defense Clandestine Service, which is part of the Defense Intelligence Agency, is expected to play a large role in human intelligence and espionage in Africa.

That's because Datastream spends nearly all of its marketing dollars playing defense.

StriVR's VR technology, designed by former Stanford kicker Derek Belch of StriVR Labs, uses 360 - degree high definition video capture of each position on the football field and every play on both offense and defense for each team it works with.

For one, half of American defense contractors believe that the fields they play in — unmanned technology, cybersecurity and satellites — are ripe for commercial - sector disruption, per a recent McKinsey survey.

There's not a lot of great value plays on defense this week, so if you have the cash, splurge on the Jaguars.

In the June 13 issue of Canadian Business, I wrote about how investors can play defense with their equity allocation.

Having a diversified portfolio is the best way for 99 % of investors to play defense.

But factors other than political ones were at play as well, including a big (5 percent) drop in shares of defense behemoth United Technologies after it announced plans to buy another company for what some analysts deemed an exorbitant price.

But top to bottom, Obama to congressman, all talk was of a grand bargain to cut the deficit, and were left playing defense.

We also suggested that sometimes the best move in stock trading is to play defense, and that now may be one of those times.

Tribune Publishing, of course, has found itself in the harsh glare of public scrutiny of late («Tribune Publishing prepares to play more defense»).

Despite Monday's bullish reversal candles, we continued playing defense because one of the most important and reliable indicators of technical analysis is the volume patterns of the broad market (this was the focus of our May 3 commentary).

Since his election, Trump's pushback against Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on expanding the Afghanistan troop presence (which Trump backed down on) and his promises to bring back 2,000 Americans in Syria «very, very soon» (let's see) play strongly with his base.

Today, most participants in the debate about welfare reform» at least those outside the realms of the ACLU and the Children's Defense Fund» agree with Olasky that the government has not and can not offer this kind of effective compassion, and that consequently we must enlarge the role private charities play in the lives of the underclass.

Recently Vice-Minister of Defense Colonel Inocente Montano accused the archbishop and Auxiliary Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chávez of «playing into the hands of the guerrillas» and «tilting the human rights statistics in favor of the guerrillas.»

And today, rather than playing defense, American seminaries like Mundelein in Chicago are exploring how the Church might go on offense — not in an offensive way, but by developing new models of a 21st - century apologetics that invites disenchanted post-moderns to experience the divine mercy and come to know the truths to which that experience leads.

All this in defense of a document that left the ordinary citizen with little or no role to play in the new government.

But one can not ignore the fact that professional military officers seem to have played a considerable role in getting rid of their civilian overlord, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

Plantinga plays «defense» because he is an adherent of a popular epistemic perspective — affirmed by many theists and nontheists alike — that maintains that defense is all that is required with respect to beliefs formed the way Plantinga contends that belief in God is formed for most «intellectually sophisticated adult theists» (FP 3: 312).

Plantinga does not play defense because he believes that his brand of theism holds some privileged position or because he is not interested in learning from others or because he is not involved in a common quest for truth with his critics.

Leading the bruising Fighting Irish defense was senior linebacker Manti Te'o, whose play this season has earned him consideration for the Heisman Trophy and has helped lead a storied squad back to the top of college football after years of floundering.

(Ezekiel 18:25 - 30; 33:17 - 20) The prophet, therefore, rose in defense of divine fair play, and asserted that Yahweh's rewards and retributions, in dealing not only with the nation but with individuals, were exactly just.

As Castelli later reported to Galileo, he «commenced to play the theologian,» and in defense of reconciliation of Scripture and the new science apparently acquitted himself well.

When the author recalls the long gallery of persons whom, in the course of this inquiry, he has come to know with the impetuous but temporary intimacy of the stranger — sharecroppers and plantation owners, workers and employers, merchants and bankers, intellectuals, preachers, organization leaders, political bosses, gangsters, black and white, men and women, young and old, Southerners and Northerners — the general observation retained is the following: Behind all outward dissimilarities, behind their contradictory valuations, rationalizations, vested interests, group allegiances and animosities, behind fears and defense constructions, behind the role they play in life and the mask they wear, people are all much alike on a fundamental level And they are all good people.

It is still possible, at the moment, to play good defense here, both in terms of public policy and in legally defending Church - based institutions from the assault of the dictatorship of relativism.

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In addition, Red Star Nutritional Yeast contains other beneficial components, such as beta - 1,3 glucan and mannan, complex carbohydrates known to improve the immune response and help maintain cholesterol levels that are already within a healthy range; trehalose, a disaccharide that helps maintain the health of brain cells; and glutathione, an antioxidant that plays an important role in cellular defense mechanisms.

I'm scared s *** less of Sunday Playing City @ City with our inconsistent defense and not knowing which Ozil will turn up and if Wenger will put out the right lineup.

Many here are looking for a «Beast» to break up play and convert defense to offense at the drop of a hat all the while striking fear into our opponents.

Leonard also showed that when he's within 10 feet of the basket he knows how to play defense.

Even being a senior, you'll notice that Arteta or Xavi or Alonso, or even the great Matic try to keep it simple when playing out of defense.

As regards our defense i won't blame the players too much for last night result, the manager is to be blamed for not fully prepared and playing players out of position, i think if the manager had called the players in a week earlier than he did, Mustafi at least would have been fit to play, but the result wasn't that bad as most fans make it seems..

The defense brings an experienced secondary to the table but replaces most of its front - six play - makers.

Wenger has always set up his teams to attack and entertain the fans, sometimes maybe at the expense of leaving the defense exposed at the back, and Wenger grudgingly admitted that tactics still have a part to play over a whole season.

It is the guy who feels Wilshere must be accommodated in each game as long as he is match fit, at roles that force other players out of their element — take a case study — Can you ask Welbeck to play in Defense?