Sentences with phrase «stance against their use»

If O'Mara found that torture actually does work, would he reverse his moral stance against its use?

Cricketer - turned politician Imran Khan, for instance, did not spare a moment to have a photo opportunity with the victim, even while sticking to his hypocritical stance against the use of American drones and for peace with the Taliban.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Telecommunications Chamber, Ken Ashigbey, has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES), to reconsider its stance against the use of mobile phones in Senior High Schools.

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) position paper takes a strong stance against the use of GMOs for a number of reasons.

A long ignored law in California which stipulates that a teacher's evaluation must be based at least in part on how well her students perform on state tests should help, but due to the teachers unions» hardcore stance against using student performance to measure teacher effectiveness, the conflict to replace LIFO will be a bloody one as well.

For example, Adams takes a hardline stance against using contractions in contracts.

The benefits and risks of using cloud services to store corporate data have been debated for years, and many organisations have taken a firm stance against their use.

Not exact matches

«They are acting as opposition to Trump,» he said, referencing the use of leaked information to take a hard stance against Trump's administration.

As expected, most evangelicals take a strong stance against making businesses provide wedding services to same - sex couples or allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice.

Because they were not well equipped to deal with the intellectual challenges posed by modernism, fundamentalists withdrew from mainstream seminaries and secular universities, frequently adopting an anti-intellectual, populist stance that, to use Carpenter's phrase, «often took the form of railing against one's enemies before an audience of one's friends.»

from where i'm sitting, conor's strengths: - long and athletic - great power in his hands and feet - throws with speed & accuracy - uses all 8 points of contact (and uses them all in multiple ways)- uses good footwork to circle away from power shots and to control pace / location of fight - has shown good to great TD defense (until tired)- has good chin (tested several times and the proof appears to be in the pudding, as they say)- displays good head movement which allows him to absorb fewer strikes while within range - excellent counter puncher (able to get in and out fast using his karate style stance)- has shown better conditioning at lw than fw or ww - has incredible fight iq (lone exception in the ufc was against nate in first fight when he was clearly fatigued)

And Piers Morgan, who used to host a primetime show on CNN and was well known for his stance against gun rights, said it was «appalling».

The underlying logic of this stance is articulated with characteristic clarity by Larry Bartels, who has written: «In a world where most campaigners make reasonably effective use of reasonably similar resources and technologies most of the time, much of their effort will necessarily be without visible impact, simply because every campaigner's efforts are balanced against more or less equally effective efforts to produce the opposite effect.»

Anaylysts believe the government had deliberately gone for the jugular against Ogunlana to shame him over his hard stance against the government over the land use charge issue.

SAN DIEGO — An Indiana - born federal judge, whose Mexican heritage Donald Trump used to paint him as biased against him in a 2016 court case because of his immigration stance,...

During the mayoral campaign, sources said, Cuomo used de Blasio's stance against big business and real estate interests as leverage to strengthen his own relationships.

In the 1980s, CSPI actually spearheaded a highly successful campaign against the use of healthy saturated fats, touting trans fats as a healthier alternative, so take their official stance against coconut oil with a (big) grain of salt.

But he's worked before with the Latino Caucus which, like PEAC, pushes for a tougher stance against certain district policies, like reconstituting schools and using student test scores for teacher evaluations.

Using Windows 8 will put Barnes & Noble in a more aggressive stance against the competitors, but for a higher cost given that Microsoft doesn't freely distribute its OS like Google's open - source Android.

And free tickets or using miles for confirmed upgrades actually cuts against the higher revenue flyers from getting complimentary domestic upgrades, at least given United's current stance towards taking any revenue for a first class seat rather than offering that seat as a free upgrade.

Your own logic can be used against you; your stance is hypocritical.

Gyroscope aiming features of compatible 3DS titles now no longer disrupt the stereoscopic effect, which is awesome, and those who were previously against using the 3D display feature of the 3DS at all when playing games now have a very good reason to reconsider their stance.

Its tenets included the use of commonplace and non-traditional materials and unconventional methods as a stance against the commercialization of art.

Even the UN Environment Program has taken a strong stance against plastic pollution, and started a global campaign to reduce marine debris from microplastics and single use plastics by 2022.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently taken a stance against these fats by ordering food processors to stop using them because they're responsible for most artificial trans fat in processed food.

Using the concept Information governance gives IT departments the ability to take a tougher stance against attorneys within the organization, thus ensuring that convenience will not come before good security hygiene.

The agency is taken a serious stance on finding new ways to help combat against distracted driving, drowsy driving, drunk and drugged driving, failure to use seat belts, speeding, and safety protections for cyclists and pedestrians.

If Congress was indeed using «set aside» in this technical manner, then I might need to rethink my current stance against remedial restraint in administrative law — at least as a matter of statutory interpretation.

With reports about the link between Zika virus and birth defects, Latin Americans must choose whether they should use birth control methods to prevent pregnancy or follow Catholicism's stance against birth control.