Sentences with phrase «pushing against my choices»

I am going to write a book that is 100 % authentic to me, a gay man, and I'm really excited that I can do that without even subtle influences pushing against my choices,» notes Priuska, who independently published his book thanks to his and his partner's skills in computer fields, will be available this fall.

Not exact matches

These paybacks have pushed up the yen's exchange rate by 12 % against the dollar so far during 2010, prompting Bank of Japan governor Masaaki Shirakawa to announce on Tuesday, October 5, that Japan had «no choice» but to «spend 5 trillion yen ($ 60 billion) to buy government bonds, corporate IOUs, real - estate investment trust funds and exchange - traded funds — the latter two a departure from past practice.»

Ned Stark — declared a traitor and decapitated Catelyn Stark — throat slit at her brother's wedding Robb Stark — murdered after watching his pregnant wife get murdered Jon Snow — stabbed to death by his subordinates Sansa Stark — twice married against her choice; raped in front of childhood friend Brandon Stark — pushed out of a tower window and paralyzed Arya Stark — blind and at the mercy of assassins in a foreign country Rickon Stark — ¯ \ (ツ) / ¯

Inter Milan are fifth and after three games without a win or scoring a goal have no choice but to take three points at home against Cagliari on Tuesday to push for a Champions League place for the first time since 2012.

Community members are also pushing back against the site choice for the incoming microgrid, in the Sheridan Hollow ANSWERS plant (Albany New York Solid Waste Energy Recovery System) that was shut down in 1994.

The results suggest that making the utilitarian choice — killing the baby, tossing the man off the footbridge — requires a lot of cognitive override as we effortfully push against our instincts to hold back.

Extreme events In some cases engineers will have little choice but to armor structures against rare extreme events — say, the 9.4 - foot storm surge that Hurricane Sandy pushed into lower Manhattan last fall.

Open Road Films would be an interesting choice; they're the reigning Best Picture distributor (Spotlight) and their major (only) push this year, Bleed for This, was not only met with middling reviews at Telluride, it doesn't have a Best Actress contender to compete against.

When they insist that ideas like school choice, performance pay, and teacher evaluations based on value - added measures will themselves boost student achievement, would - be reformers stifle creativity, encourage their allies to lock elbows and march forward rather than engage in useful debate and reflection, turn every reform proposal into an us - against - them steel - cage match, and push researchers into the awkward position of studying whether reforms «work» rather than when, why, and how they make it easier to improve schooling.

School Choice Isn't «Either - Or» Betsy DeVos» one - sided push against public education isn't productive.

And even as they badmouth families, they also engage in intimidating families daring to speak out on the ground, and are working together with traditional districts to push back against Parent Power and choice initiatives in states such as Mississippi and Alabama.

Even though he didn't push back on school choice that night, Obama later pushed back against Romney's idea after winning re-election.

[1] Each wave of reform has been led by different combinations of leaders and stakeholders: government officials, educators, parents, and activists (focused on equity); business leaders and policymakers (focused on excellence / accountability); and parents (focused on choice and pushing back against assessment).

I probably cover Lakewood's morally and fiscally bankrupt schools too often, but this Ocean County school district that enrolls almost entirely Latino and Black low - income students pushes all my education reform buttons: tyranny of the majority (in this case the ultra-Orthodox residents who control the municipal government and the school board); lack of accountability; lack of school choice for poor kids of color but anything goes (at public expense) for children of the ruling class; discrimination against minority special education students.

Players will experience numerous choices in navigation and combat with the debut of the innovative Web Rush gameplay mechanic, pushing Spider - Man's abilities to the limit against classic Marvel villains that are re-imagined exclusively for the game, such as Scorpion, Felicia Hardy, Rhino, Iguana and more.

Artists cross limits, push against them formally, conceptually, and through the materials of their choice.

I can't recall the last time I met someone who was passionately against having a sustained push for developing and deploying nonpolluting energy choices.