Sentences with phrase «series of action against»

The case is just the latest in a series of actions against scientists, including a writ against Peter Wilmshurst, heart specialist at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, by American firm NMT Medical, for suggesting medical trials into one of its devices had been described inaccurately.

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[5] This action was not taken in a vacuum: It followed a series of earlier US complaints to the WTO against the EU and UK and ensuing counterclaims aimed at conserving duties on steel.

In the first of a three part series on Christian involvement in social action, Sam Hailes investigates the ways in which today's Church is joining the fight against...

In the first of a three part series on Christian involvement in social action, Sam Hailes investigates the ways in which today's Church is joining the fight against UK poverty.

Pressure mounted for Fox News to take action against its top - rated host, Bill O'Reilly, as a series of prominent companies pulled advertising from his show and a leading women's rights group called for his ouster.

Over a million public sector workers are set to take industrial action against the government in a series of rows over pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending cuts, according to union figures.

«It is on record that Amnesty International embarked on such series of false allegations against the Nigerian military and other security forces as far back as the inception of the military action against terrorists in the North East.

The most recent convention, held in 1967, was initiated by legislative action and approved by voters following a series of Supreme Court decisions that ruled against New York's redistricting process.

«Reach for the Peaks» is the newest addition to The Prouty Challenge event series, a series of athletic events which brings people together to take action in the fight against cancer.

The Great Dairy Deception and Why You'll Thrive Without Milk and Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice, which helped spark a series of class - action lawsuits in the US against orange juice companies.

This week, the United States Soccer Federation released a series of safety initiatives, resolving a class - action lawsuit filed against U.S Soccer.

Rather than a cohesive narrative, Avengers: Infinity War resembles the penultimate sequence of every Marvel Studios production that has come before, an exhausting series of ultimately futile action scenes that endlessly proclaim the goodness and importance of the supposedly heroic characters as they engage in battle against an all - powerful foe.

But before he lets his staff at Kojima Productions take over, he wanted to reinvent the series and make it a contender against Western action games — V instead of 5, as in Victory.

As the title implies, the focus of this hour - long live - action series is not on the larger than life costumed superheroes who turned The Avengers into the third highest - grossing film of all time, but the employees of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, the government agency of espionage and law enforcement that has worked with and sometimes against the likes of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and the Hulk.

Lucas Hood, Carrie Hopewell and the Banshee Sheriff's Department cope with the fallout from their bloody face - off against Rabbit while Lucas faces a new and deadly threat in Season 2 of this gritty Cinemax action series.

Comparisons will immediately be drawn between Divergent and The Hunger Games, as both are dystopian sci - fi film series based on a trilogy of young adult novels written by women, featuring teenage female protagonists in an action - thriller scenario leading a rebellion against a corrupt and manipulative government force, while also engaging in a bit of romance on the side.

But Alan Sepinwall, writing for Hitfix, didn't register such resounding applause for the series finale: «It all felt a bit like the climax of Man of Steel, in which a situation is contrived in which our hero has no choice but to take deadly action that goes against the things that have defined the character for decades.

This style of action would be a perfect fit for the «Deadpool» series, as everyone's favorite Merc - With - A-Mouth uses his katana and guns against whatever baddies he has to face.

The 48 - minute mark is also when the picture's narrative ceases to be anything but a series of non-sequiturs: «good» terrorist attacks against the occupying soldiers; random ambushes and sniper assaults; spontaneous eruptions of the «Star Spangled Banner»; and the continued forced evolution of Lea Thompson and C. Thomas Howell into action heroes.

Through the series» first three episodes (it debuts Monday night at 10), Good Girls itself winds up facing the same dilemma as its three title characters, fighting against the implications of actions it hasn't entirely thought through, with plot choices often creating more problems than they solve.

Imagine if Edgar Wright's adaptation of the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim, all whooshing, 8 - bit inspired graphics and psychedelic action sequences, took place against the bleak backdrop of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, a world filled with gray, heavily polluted skies harshly illuminated by the glow of neon signs.

And it gives us seven action steps and a series of recommendations, so that, depending on where you are in your use of technology, you can benchmark yourself against this framework.»

When the Journey 4 Justice Alliance (which is little more than a union - funded front group) filed a series of specious civil rights complaints against the school systems in Newark, Chicago, and New Orleans back in 2014, I wrote that the actions seemed to herald «a cynical shift in strategy by reform opponents» to paint charters in a racially - divisive light.

Two Unlikely Heroes Are Earth's Last Hope Against Alien Invaders In New Manga Action Series Straight From The Pages Of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP; Series To Debut In Print And Digitally

But, fear can work against us too, by causing us to not enter a good price action trade setup only because we are «afraid» of losing money, perhaps because we've just had a series of losing trades.

To halt the downward spiral of island fox populations, the Service partnered with the National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, and Catalina Island Conservancy to launch a series of recovery actions that included relocating non-native golden eagles from the northern Channel Islands; removing the non-native species that provided prey for the eagles; vaccinating foxes against canine distemper; and breeding foxes in captivity and reestablishing them to the wild.

Take a wronged character bent on revenge, throw in a series of mid-boss type enemies to topple en route to a final showdown against your real adversary, and sprinkle liberally with over-the-top action, violence, and gore.

Rising trades in the series» standard stealth - espionage action for in - your - face, energetic swordplay against an army full of cybernetic super-ninjas.

- Blaze your merciless path of devastation through an expansive non-linear game world with 100 + stages of cortex - shattering cubic mayhem - Test your guts and reflexes against the unrelenting challenge of a design based on randomness, where no level ever plays out exactly the same way twice - Battle a host of insidious enemies that combine abilities to create chaotically unpredictable emergent challenges - Unleash hyper - destructive weaponry to achieve ever greater chain combo supremacy and elevate your score to legendary heights - Seek and destroy brutal boss enemies to unlock a series of wickedly challenging multi-boss duels - Bang your head to the hypnotic beats of a full original soundtrack by visionary techno composer Joey Schmidt Your ultimate indie arcade action nightmare begins now.

An entirely modern action console game, Lords of Shadow combines fast - paced weapons and magic based combat against otherworldly enemies, with platforming and puzzle - solving gameplay, to create a fresh gameplay experience that will thrill both fans of the original game series and gamers more rooted in modern action games.

Features • Sci - Fi action / adventure combines aerial and on - foot combat for a totally unique third - person shooter experience • Will's jetpack delives total freedom of movement allowing players to race against UFOs in high - speed chases and rain death from above onto unsuspecting otherworldly foes • Speed and scale unmatched by any other action title: send Will zipping through tight corridors and then out into immense canyons and futuristic geoscapes • Gravity - defying vertical combat system, where moving up is the only way to bring your enemies down • Seemless transition between jetpack flight, ship - to - ship dog fighting and third - person shoot - «em - up action all exists within the same level — not broken up into different «areas» • Unique grip system that allows the players to scale walls by jumping from surface to surface and hijack UFO's while in mid-air • Huge bosses that require fast reflexes and aerial barnstorming manoeuvres to defeat • Developed by Airtight Studios, a new group featuring team members from the Crimson Skies series of video games

Filled with the same humour and action that fans love from the animated series, players will enjoy interacting with some of the show's favourite characters, explore a variety of locations, discover collectibles and take part in epic battles against Ben's most memorable enemies.

The second in the popular Beach Buggy game series, which has had over 30 million downloads worldwide, Beach Buggy Racing pits players against each other in an action - packed world of playful, off - road kart - racing mayhem.

The Dissidia titles pit famous heroes and villains of previous Final Fantasy series against each other in a third person action fighting game.

Created as a tribute to one of Nintendo's flagship series, the action comes thick and fast as you do battle against loathsome creatures and evil - doers with the life of an abducted princess at stake.»

Undoubtedly one of the finest titles shipped for PSP, Peace Walker delivers a beautifully illustrated story (stylish animated cutscenes by noted artist Ashley Wood) and tense stealth - action gameplay that have no trouble comparing against the series» best home console releases.

It's quite good, just not particularly great when compared against the Tales series that has the action aspect of J - RPG down to a tee.

This next installment in the Lords of Shadow 2 series brings a definitive, action - packed and blood - fueled conclusion to Dracula's crusade against an in - game Satan and his demons.

The action game series from Omega Force that pits one legendary warrior against thousands of others was poised to take a step further on the next generation of consoles.

Bionicle 2003 Based on the popular LEGO toy series, which blends action figures and a detailed storyline along with traditional building, Bionicle casts players in the role of one of six armored Toa characters in their ongoing fight against the dark followers of the evil Makuta.

If you're not familiar with the Diablo series, it revolutionized the hack - and - slash action RPG genre, putting the player in control of heroes of various types clashing against the demonic forces of Hell.

Students for a Free Cooper Union, the student activist group that planned the occupation as part of a «Day of Action» against the administration on Monday, reiterated a series of demands in a statement released Tuesday morning.

More than a year ago, members of Defend Boyle Heights and the Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement (B.H.A.A.A.D.) launched a boycott against all galleries in Boyle Heights, and organized a series of public actions against the growing number of galleries in Boyle Heights, including 356 MAgainst Artwashing and Displacement (B.H.A.A.A.D.) launched a boycott against all galleries in Boyle Heights, and organized a series of public actions against the growing number of galleries in Boyle Heights, including 356 Magainst all galleries in Boyle Heights, and organized a series of public actions against the growing number of galleries in Boyle Heights, including 356 Magainst the growing number of galleries in Boyle Heights, including 356 Mission.

This is the latest in a series of court actions by Earthjustice over more than a decade that seek stronger protections against ozone pollution.

(Or initiate a series of sue - and - settle actions by energy and manufacturing interests against Trump agencies — and then stop the practice!)

After you take out the occasional embarrassment like the citizens assembly on delaying action against climate change as long as electorally convenient, the climate achievements of those governments come down to remarkably low proposed emission reductions, increases in MRET, a series of on again off again focus group - driven programs like Green Loans and the solar feed - in tariff, and shovelling as much coal as possible out of the ground and exporting it.

The San Francisco - based billionaire first gained notice in politics by bankrolling a series of California ballot initiative campaigns that boosted state energy efficiency actions, promoted land conservation, and defended the state's cap - and - trade law against industry rollback.

Nine leading non-profit conservation organizations — 5 Gyres Institute, Algalita, Californians Against Waste, Clean Production Action, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Responsible Purchasing Network, The Story of Stuff Project, Surfrider Foundation, and UPSTREAM Policy — joined together to produce the Plastics BAN (Better Alternatives Now) List, a series of reports that identify the world's most dangerous plastics in order to better protect our oceans and environment.

George Bellas, in association with Clifford Law Offices, filed a series of class actions against several not - for - profit hospitals alleging that these not - for - profits violate their tax exempt status by overcharging uninsured and indigent patients and then employing strong - arm tactics to collect from the indigent and uninsured, driving many people into bankruptcy.

Mr. Whitney's representative work includes a series of successful outcomes pursuing false advertising claims against product review websites, a landmark victory clarifying copyright fair use and parody on behalf of several well - known musicians; a defense win dismissing copyright infringement claims brought by a putative class of attorneys against the leading legal research websites; a favorable outcome for a high - end beauty products company in a trademark and trade dress action against a manufacturer of knock - off products; a district and appellate court decision dismissing all claims by a proposed class against an international bank for alleged violations of, among other things, the Federal False Marking Act, RICO and the CAN - SPAM Act; and counseling prominent art museums and galleries on domestic and international copyright issues.