Sentences with phrase «rallying point around»

The Communist Party used them as a rallying point around the world.

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Watching the New England Patriots — trailing 21 - zip in the second quarter, down 25 points in the third, 19 points in the hole with less than 600 seconds to go in regulation — rally to win the Super Bowl in overtime, I couldn't help but wonder if there was some mysterious science behind «the miraculous comeback»: something measurable, or at least point - to - able, that captures the transformation of human spirit that drives an individual — or, more inexplicably, a team of separate beings — to see «victory» when «loss» is flashing all around them.

The sector actually hit a low point around mid-February, based on concerns for lower global growth as well as crude oil's slide below $ 30 a barrel, but has rallied significantly over the past month.

The worst - case scenario is that it continues its current rally up to that resistance point around $ 11,200 and crashes at least 70 % again, back to around $ 3,400 or all the way to the late 2016 lows (where this bubble really started), between $ 800 and $ 1,000.

Jesus» original disciples likely never thought of him as anything more than a great rabbi, and some might have thought him a good rallying point for a revolt, they could have even whispered that he was anointed by God, but the idea of his being divine only seems to enter into the gospels around the time many Greek educated folks had converted, bringing their own views of what a «son of God» means into the faith.

Again and again they have identified their constituencies, established organization, set up networks for communication, provided programs and candidates to rally around, and pointed folk toward the voting booth.

As The Nation pointed out after the election, «One out of every four Trump voters voted with the Supreme Court in mind, and it's a safe bet that a very substantial number of those see the Supreme Court through the lens of abortion politics... If you can rally voters around abortion, few other issues matter.»

There are always two kinds of people to keep us going: those who rally around us when times get tough, and those who inspire us as they walk ahead, clearing the brush and pointing the way Without either group of people, the church just isn't the church.

In the end, the future of Masumoto Family Farm may be determined by whether consumers will rally around a smaller, but just - as - tasty peach — a result that is very much in question at this point.

That actually kinda proves my point, because it gave Roman a cause to rally the fans around and one that gave Roman a direction and some support.

Obviously, it's been a tough start to the campaign but who knows, maybe the boys rally around these comments and show a bit more fight, while startin to pile up some points.

Benji Liener had 27 points and it was a definitely a performance his crew can rally around in the coming weeks.

Trump railed against efforts by some frustrated Republicans planning a last - ditch effort to try to thwart him from becoming the party's nominee, threatening at one point to stop fundraising if Republicans don't rally around him.

Gibson offered a brief outline of his platform, stating, «I believe our state can rally around four points: growing the economy through meaningful tax cuts and policy changes, achieving excellence in education by returning power to parents, students and teachers, cleaning up corruption and restoring our faith in our ability to be self - governing and protecting our freedoms while improving on the safety and security of all New Yorkers.»

Elected officials have also come out against the early reports of plans to open mini-jails around the city, including State Sen. Jeff Klein and Bronx Councilman Rafael Salamanca Jr., who held a rally April 15, 2016 to oppose placing any jail facilities in Hunts Point.

Local restaurant owner Nick Canale delivered the keynote address, urging the crowd to rally around the Fitzpatrick and Nine Mile Point nuclear power plants in Oswego County.

They yahoos are rallying around this and trying to make the point that if Nasa does not allow other parties to check the data and see the original alogrithms, then NASA is keeping secrets.

From the mason jar she carries around on the campaign trail — «It's another member of our team at this point,» her communications director, Lauren Angueira jokes — to the vegan food she serves up at all of her rallies, every aspect of Erin's political crusade reflects her green values.

Every console needs a hero, a totem to rally fans around and use as a focal point of pride.

«It's harder to have a clear easy talking point for people to rally around,» acknowledges Weiss.

Many educators have rallied around this last point of addressing low expectations, taking up the call to instill grit and agency in low - achieving students, rightly digging in to empower students to take ownership and pride in their own learning.

For instance AROS put forth a six - point platform that the national coalition has rallied behind including: greater investments in public schools and development of «sustainable community schools» that offer culturally relevant curricula, restorative practices and wrap - around services.

Everybody rallied around that point.»

Will Beaumont makes a sound point about the nature of the coverage: «I prefer the old style of rally coverage, where you'd see each car go around the same corner one after another before moving on to another corner.

It eventually found support around 1,875 points, attempted to rally, but failed to break through the ceiling later in the year.

You'll have to defend your castle against minions and a manioc dragon intent on burning the place down around your ears, all while rallying your own troops, capturing control points and attempting to wipe out the opposition.

«Every country on Earth — except for probably, North Korea — is having rallies around this wonky data point, 350 parts per million CO2,» said McKibben in an interview after addressing the San Francisco gathering.

This will apparently be the most widespread day of political action in the planet's history.And the wild part is: these are people rallying around a semi-arcane scientific data point.

The Dow Jones fell more than 1000 points again today, but the crypto markets seems to be rallying still after the SEC and CFTC hearing, with BTC trading at around $ 8000.