Sentences with phrase «stacking the deck in favor of»

The God you believe in created us unequally and stacked the deck in favor of some and against others.

I see this as the same thing — let's stack the deck in favor of breastfeeding.

But this arrangement stacks the deck in favor of the union.

«The Koch Brothers and billionaires like them are behind Elise Stefanik because they know she will stack the deck in favor of the special interests and the ultra-wealthy at the expense of hardworking New York families and seniors.»

«The probability of all those things happening out of a convergence of natural variability in the climate system — it strikes me as a lower probability than recognizing that we stacked the deck in favor of [these conditions.]»

One of the first Hollywood films to take a serious look at child - custody issues, the movie stacks the deck in favor of Dustin Hoffman's harried single dad, painting runaway mom Meryl Streep as something of a feminist caricature.

The availability of arbitration therefore highlights two additional considerations for would - be reformers: the need to scrutinize state laws governing a contract impasse to ensure that they do not stack the deck in favor of union interests and the importance of raising public awareness of contract provisions that arbitrators might otherwise leave untouched.

The guidance created an unequal balance of power, stacking the deck in favor of the accuser and significantly weakening the due process rights of the accused.

In some regions, there is evidence that the hottest temperatures may increase at a faster rate than the average, further stacking the deck in favor of extreme heat.

But scientific consensus breaks down when it comes to the issue of whether Arctic warming is altering weather patterns in the northern midlatitudes, stacking the deck in favor of extreme weather events.

This jaded view ignores the history of massive plaintiffs» bar abuses that stack the deck in favor of a select group of opportunistic plaintiffs» attorneys, while shortchanging taxpayers, consumers, and sometimes even the supposed victims these attorneys allege to represent.

Although this approach incorporates solution - oriented therapy, you will learn how to go beyond the limits of this therapy model to access couples» marriage - saving, family - preserving values and commitments in order to stack the deck in favor of the marriage.

Divorce Busting therapy is a solution - based, biased model that intentionally accesses couples» marriage - saving, family - preserving values and commitments in order to stack the deck in favor of the marriage.

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Challenges also usually involve some level of tracking and accountability, and are often also (naturally or formally) social: all these things stack the decks of change in your favor.

In Clinton's campaign video, she said, «Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the toIn Clinton's campaign video, she said, «Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the toin favor of those at the top.

They often criticize immigration policies and a «globalist» agenda as examples of how the deck is stacked in favor of outsiders instead of «real Americans.»

That he has chosen a loyal business associate to administer a position that will have oversight over his own company seems to indicate how, rather than putting the best interests of the American people above all else, the president can make decisions that stack the regulatory deck in his own favor.

Bama can get any recruit they want, sure, but a lot of Bama's success is they stack the deck in their favor.

Dems get what they deserve and since the deck is stacked in their favor Im tired of hearing how great they are and how great our state is doing.

Many of the Sanders delegates are angered by the news that DNC staffers may have stacked the deck against their candidate in favor of Clinton.

Finally, the tax cap help will put the odds in favor of the taxpayer and they deserve it, because the deck has been stacked against the taxpayers for too long.

The ad was announced in an email that doubles as a fundraising pitch signed by Pataki, who says: «Now is the time for us to take the initiative and present a proactive agenda that addresses, head on, Americans» perception that the deck is stacked in favor of the rich and powerful.»

I'm tired of Governor 1 %'s efforts to stack every deck in his favor.

Many of the Sanders delegates are angered by the news that DNC staffers may have stacked the deck against their candidate in favor of Hillary Clinton.

The deck was stacked in favor of success in the choice of this particular disease since it was known that the therapeutic gene just had to be expressed in a modest number of blood cells to achieve therapeutic benefit.

Females and males of many animal species employ an array of tactics to stack the deck in their reproductive favor.

He claims that if we want better outputs — to have more energy and focus, to be free of disease, to have a better memory, to perform optimally in business and athletics — we need to adjust the things we put into our bodies and minds to stack the deck in our favor.

This way you can easily stack the deck in your favor by halting or reversing the decline in cognitive function that leads to such memory lapses as forgetting common words or the inability to recall the names of familiar faces.

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Bahrani showcases the greed involved in the real estate deals that leave homeowners taking the big losses, while banks and foreclosure agencies reap big financial rewards, with the deck firmly stacked in favor of bailing out the wealthy over the needy in desperate times.

But he also stacks the deck so entirely in Jimmy's favor that the film never rises above the level of a mildly stirring protest song.

To be fair, he's stacked the deck in his favor with an A list cast that includes Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, and the late Alan Rickman, in one of his final roles, but wouldn't you do the same?

Many of the African American professionals in Ashburn thought they had stacked the decks in their children's favor.

So, why not stack the deck in your favor, and invest in low - cost index mutual funds instead of high - cost actively - managed mutual funds?

While the deck seems to be stacked clearly in favor of Amazon credit cards, there are a few alternatives that may surprise you.

Deck in Congress is stacked in favor of fossil fuels, throwing Obama's climate agenda in doubt during his lame - duck years.

The role of the United States in confronting the global climate crisis has been cast into serious doubt after an election that stacked the deck in Congress in favor of fossil fuel industries.

Trucking companies know all too well the level of damage that their vehicles cause, and they attempt to stack the deck in their favor after a wreck.

In effect, the deck was stacked in favor of Spotify, well stackeIn effect, the deck was stacked in favor of Spotify, well stackein favor of Spotify, well stacked.

Mediating problems won't always be so easy for kids, but practicing now helps stack the deck in their favor, explained Joan Duffell, executive director of Committee for Children, a Seattle - based nonprofit that developed the Second Step, one of the programs used at Cossitt and dozens of other Chicago - area schools.