Sentences with phrase «opponents of progress»

No matter how many states implement proven, successful welfare reforms, however, opponents of progress and innovation continue to drum up one odd excuse after another to convince the nation serious welfare reform isn't needed.

Downwingers are present on both the left and the right, but are more sound than fury — refocusing the debate toward upwinger varieties on the right and the left would further marginalize the opponents of progress.

The true opponents of progress are conservatives who fight tooth and nail against new ideas, only to end up declaring «of course, it was my idea all along».

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Opponents of a delay also argued that the Fiduciary Rule and PTEs have already contributed to positive changes in the marketplace, and that further delay could slow or reverse this progress.

An early opponent of Nazism, Canaris, with trusted assistants, remained in regular contact with the Vatican, through Joseph Müller, and reported the progress achieved in forming an anti-Nazi coalition willing to challenge Hitler's rule.

Now some of the opponents to the unlimited progress of biotechnology do worry that changing human nature will ruin our «natural rights republic.»

Since a 2 - 4 start in 2015, the Sun Devils lost 12 of 19, and a rugged schedule — four of their first five opponents were ranked 51st or better in S&P +, as was Saturday's opponent (and three of the next four as well)-- had prevented them from proving any major progress in 2017.

They are pursuing a fourth successive Champions League semi-final, while Porto will surely have to snap their opponents» 11 - match unbeaten run in Portugal to have any chance of progressing.

The competition progresses in a tree format so potential opponents are known straight away, similar to that of the World Cup.

This year I see one of our failings being that our midfield has been over ran by better opponents of whom there seem to be more and more as the season progressed.

The forward progress rule reads, «The Forward Progress of a runner or airborne receiver is the point at which his advance toward his opponent's goal ends and is the spot at which the ball is declared dead by rule, irrespective of the runner or receiver being pushed or carried backward by an opponentprogress rule reads, «The Forward Progress of a runner or airborne receiver is the point at which his advance toward his opponent's goal ends and is the spot at which the ball is declared dead by rule, irrespective of the runner or receiver being pushed or carried backward by an opponentProgress of a runner or airborne receiver is the point at which his advance toward his opponent's goal ends and is the spot at which the ball is declared dead by rule, irrespective of the runner or receiver being pushed or carried backward by an opponent.»

Possession football with no end product and respect for our opponents are some of the major stumbling blocks in our progress, so even teams like Burnley won't fear us.

Since the unveiling a year ago, Roma have made some slow progress on the new facility The mafia corruption scandal at city hall played in their favor, neutralizing their opponents on the council and empowering Mayor Ignazio Marino, a surgeon who studied in the United States and whose outsider status in Roman politics kept him clear of the dirty business.

Reigning Brazilian champions Cruzeiro will progress to the knock out stages of the 2015 Copa Libertadores if they can manage to take at least a point from Argentine opponents Huracan in their Group 3 encounter tonight.

What we miss as a country is trust, progress and creativity of the game in the opponent's half.

Hence my call for Jansson but then we will be short for a defender from my own analysis of the season we were shay in the attacking department and we were gifting opponents goals on set pieces so we need 2 players whether we have the funds or not a defender and a striker are very much essential requirements to progress a head

A two - legged tie against the French Principality side promises to be an intriguing spectacle, but while Arsenal will be considered strong favourites to progress, they would be unwise to under - estimate their Ligue 1 opponents, despite them not being in the best of form leading up to the first leg at the Emirates.

But when there are basic problems within a squad, when the team doesn't pull together — then it doesn't matter who you play, the opponent will always have a chance of progressing.

So we have four possible BRILLIANT opponents and two very difficult ones, so we have realistically a 1 in 3 possibility of having a chance to progress to the next round.

As witnessed by the amazing amount of giant - killing that goes on in the FA Cup, as doubly proven by Arsenal's last two opponents in the competition, Lincoln and Sutton, who progressed far despite not even being in the lowest division in the League, just shows that when it comes to the FA Cup absolutely anything can happen on the day.

An early Gonzalo Higuain goal was enough for the South American giants to get the better of their European opponents 1 - 0 and progress to the semi-finals, meaning that Herrera will be able to enjoy more of their supporters in the tournament.

Guardiola's team look assured of progress to the quarter - finals at the Etihad, with the luxury of a 4 - 0 win against their Swiss opponents in the first leg of their last - 16 tie.

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But they now face a Round of 16 game in Nice next Sunday against one of the best third - placed teams, with France as likely quarter - final opponents if they progress.

The benefits of this include more recipients of the ball to progress it, opponents» defensive structure can be spread across the field, etc..

«The committee clarified the definition of a catch such that an airborne player who has forward progress stopped inbounds and is carried out of bounds by an opponent before contacting the ground is awarded a catch at the spot of forward progress,» Colgate said.

Still, even the limited progress made by the Wesh Conservatives looks better than the performance of Labour's other opponents.

They were always just another faction of transactional politicians who were on a run, bludgeoning their opponents as the enemies of progress.

With a record number of 60,000 New Yorkers sleeping in homeless shelters, Christine Quinn — the former council speaker who now runs a nonprofit helping homeless women and children — said her onetime opponent Mayor Bill de Blasio had made progress but that there's still work to be done.

Because he's Rev. Ruben Diaz, Sr., that's why — the Democrat state senator from the Bronx who's been a vocal opponent of LGBT progress in New York since at least 1994, when he tried to keep the Gay Games from his city.

Because he's Rev. Ruben Diaz, Sr., that's why — the Democrat state senator from the Bronx who's been a vocal opponent of LGBT progress... Read

Recently the Rockland County Times reported that: Residents of New Hempstead, Pomona, Hillcrest, Spring Valley and New City have been protesting the plans for a slaughterhouse in New Square for several years, but apparently to little avail, as opponents say the plans are progressing to the point where actual construction may soon begin.

In games like Kingdom Hearts and Champions of Norrath, you slay your opponents to progress to the next checkpoint or cut - scene.

Fans of both the team and their opponents let the newlywed first baseman know they aren't happy with this kind of social progress.

With a winning design, great functionality, but also very important technical and performance progresses, the Asus Transformer Prime could be one of Android's first worthy opponents for the iPad 2.

It's the excuse for a revolving door of both opponents and player characters: you switch your fighter as the story progresses, giving you playtime with 16 of the game's 30 - plus roster.

The name of the game wasn't just for show either, as most missions ended with an AC encounter and progressing further through the game meant you had to beat a certain number of separate arena opponents first.

Players progress by completing objectives and eliminating opponents — this in turn levels them up, granting access to newer weapons, items, outfits and gears which are purchasable via «Gear points», these points are are earned during matches, as of today there are three different gametypes namely, Bounty Hunter (Team Deathmatch with a Fulton twist), Cloak and Dagger (MGS's version of Capture the Flag) and Comm Control (King of the Hill / Domination)- Konami has promised more gametypes to be released as the months pass.

Along the way you will find the rules changing slightly each time, with the aim of the game changing and the difficulty of your opponents increasing as you progress further.

Gameplay takes place in two phases: 1) Rolling your boulder through your enemy's defenses and slamming into their castle door with as much force as possible, and 2) Setting up your defenses to slow the progress of your opponent.

You can opt to show ghosts of your opponents if you wish, though turning these off and relying on split times and the progress bar on the left allowed for a smoother and less distracting experience.

FEATURES ● Duel players from around the world in real - time and take their Trophies ● Earn chests to unlock rewards, collect powerful new cards and upgrade existing ones ● Destroy opponent's towers and win Crowns to earn epic Crown chests ● Build and upgrade your card collection with the Clash Royale Family along with dozens of your favorite Clash troops, spells and defenses ● Construct your ultimate Battle Deck to defeat your opponents ● Progress through multiple Arenas all the way to the top ● Form a Clan to share cards and build your very own battle community ● Challenge your Clanmates and friends to a private duel ● Learn different battle tactics by watching the best duels on TV Royale

I couldn't find an option to concede, and prefer not to quit out of an online game in progress out of respect for my opponents, so I was stuck.

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection pulls together «arcade - perfect» ports of the seminal fighting game series» most popular titles, with four of these also slated to feature low - latency online play in which players can challenge opponents as they progress through arcade mode on their respective title.

Two of our most popular tabletop games are the Mensa Select award winning Letter Tycoon where you work against your opponents to build your alphabet empire, or the Mensa Select and Indie Cade awarded Circular Reasoning - a two to four player strategy game where players race each other to get their tokens to the center of a board at alters as the game progresses, affecting the way the players interact with one another.

If your team falls behind and you're trailing with only control of one gas blaster, or your opponents are nearing 100 % you can still turn the tide of battle by capturing gas blasters to slow the other teams progress.

In Battle Mode, players would be thrust into an arena with the aim of popping all of their opponent's balloons; as the series progressed it was possible to add more players, making this aspect even more compelling.

While you do not see your opponents tables in the online modes, you can see their progress through an easy to glance at gauge in the corner of the screen.

I respect this, because I feel the long, grinding set sitting next to your opponent has been lost with time, but is still one of the best ways to gauge your progress as a player.

The Tour Mode gets more difficult as you progress, and some of the AI opponents are tricky to topple.