Sentences with phrase «rear guard action»

Special interest groups are fighting rear guard actions, often based on misrepresentation of government policy.

The reason: much of the past 10 years has been squandered fighting rear guard actions by fossil fuel interests denigrating scientific reality, Now that two of America's biggest coal companies have filed for bankruptcy, things may change.

It's getting to the point now that, far from feeling like I am on the front lines battling dogma and superst.ition, I feel like I am mopping up the remaining pockets of resistance to logic and reason in a boring rear guard action.

If Arsenal qualify top 4 in the league it will be hailed as a brilliant rear guard action motivated by the greatest Arsenal manager ever.

For one thing I expect Chelsea to play a rear guard action while trying to break away and hit us on the counter attack.

Traditional book publishers were caught off guard by the explosion in ebooks and have been fighting a rear guard action for several years now.