Sentences with phrase «stiff resistance from»

It was quite inspiring to hear about her role in mobilising Aboriginal women to reduce alcohol - related harm in her local area, which has been met with stiff resistance from the alcohol lobby.

Bulls are experiencing stiff resistance from bears in creating a sustainable uptrend; BTC price retreated to the $ 7000 mark...

Bulls are experiencing stiff resistance from bears in creating a sustainable uptrend; BTC price retreated to the $ 7000 mark today after trading around the $ 7500 level yesterday.

Bonner R. Cohen — Heartland.org — December 2012 Two wind farms in Maryland, one proposed and the other one already in operation, are running into stiff resistance from local authorities and residents, conservation groups, state officials, and the U.S. Navy.

European attempts to make them compulsory in the agreement face stiff resistance from the Obama administration, which needs to submit any internationally binding targets to a skeptical Senate for approval.

Even after decades of increasingly dire warnings, the US has still not passed comprehensive federal legislation to combat global warming; Canada has abandoned past pledges in order to exploit its emissions - heavy tar sands; China continues to depend on coal for its energy production; Indonesia's effort to stem widespread deforestation is facing stiff resistance from industry; Europe is mulling pulling back on its more ambitious cuts if other nations do not join it; northern nations are scrambling to exploit the melting Arctic for untapped oil and gas reserves; and fossil fuels continue to be subsidized worldwide to the tune of $ 400 billion.

Cuomo's proposals met stiff resistance from the state's teachers unions and Assembly Democrats.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is facing stiff resistance from City Council members and immigrant advocates who are opposed to how the mayor would like to set up a fund intended to protect the city's immigrants in deportation proceedings, with the deadline for a budget deal inching closer.

That proposal met stiff resistance from upstate lawmakers who represent districts near the Canadian border and from Canadian officials themselves who feared that it would harm cross-border economic traffic.

The African Union has decided to allow Morocco back into the fold after a 33 - year absence, despite stiff resistance from some member states over the status of Western Sahara.

A proposal to diversify middle schools on the Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from some parents.

Republicans working on their own version of an Obamacare repeal and replace bill in the U.S. Senate are debating whether to tax employer health plans, a move that would generate stiff resistance from companies.

Bill sponsors insisted they had the votes available for a Friday vote on the measure, but the effort has been met with stiff resistance from racino operators, who spent much the day personally lobbying lawmakers in the Senate.

A statement, on Monday, from Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole said the insurgents met stiff resistance from troops who killed six of the insurgents and neutralised 7 suicide bombers in the encounter.

Mr. Cuomo himself backed away from such a proposal after hitting stiff resistance from Mr. de Blasio and the press, and said instead that he hoped to streamline the university bureaucracy, an idea Mr. Heastie voiced support for today.

A New York City proposal to diversify middle schools on Manhattan's Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from parents worried their high - achieving children might lose access to the popular public schools.

According to him, this new law is a horrific government policy and warned that any attempt to impose the tariffs on them will result in a stiff resistance from them.

But Mills said he sometimes encountered stiff resistance from the local Chartwells manager because the products Mills wanted to serve were not on Chartwell «preferred» product list.

When the members of the school board of Dover, Pennsylvania, a small community near Harrisburg, required students to read a short statement concerning intelligent design before studying ninth - grade biology, they met stiff resistance from some parents and teachers.

Order books looking northbound have stiff resistance from the $ 1K zone all the way to the $ 1,050 before opposition starts to taper.

Uber faces stiff resistance from taxi and limousine interests in countries like Spain, Germany and Belgium, among others, and will probably need to spend heavily to market itself to win favor with locals.

But he faced stiff resistance from some provinces, especially Quebec and Alberta.

We'd expect to see some stiff resistance from the unions, including some very noisy and visible national strikes.

The U.S. auto proposal is a central plank of Trump's America First strategy to boost U.S. manufacturing, but it faces stiff resistance from the auto industry, which worries it will make North American carmakers less competitive and costlier.

However the CPP boosters will encounter stiff resistance from the meeting's host, Alberta finance minister Ted Morton, as well as a number of prominent pension experts.

«The short answer is, yes, it is going to be hard to find offsets, and many proposals will meet stiff resistance from interest groups, but we don't know the exact level of difficulty,» Gardner told Business Insider.

Unless your company is fortunate enough to create its own industry, or to become so ubiquitous that its name becomes a verb (i.e. «google it»), you're going to encounter some stiff resistance from other companies that do similar things to you.

Not exact matches

The agreement still faces stiff regulatory scrutiny from the Trump administration, which has thrown up resistance to at least one other megadeal — ATT's proposed acquisition of Time Warner.

However, the deal is likely to face stiff regulatory scrutiny from the Trump administration, which has been resistance to AT&T's proposed acquisition of Time Warner.

Using a small serrated knife, remove a 1» strip of peel from lemon (some white pith is okay); it should be stiff enough to provide some resistance when bent.

Using a small serrated knife, remove a 1» strip of peel from the orange (some white pith is okay); it should be stiff enough to provide some resistance when bent.

Using a small knife, remove a 1» piece of peel from lemon; it should be stiff enough to provide some resistance (a little white pith is okay).

Armed with 20 years of research (and with a little help from popular media), cities have recently begun mounting stiff resistance against demanding teams.

Ex-lobbyist Todd Howe put up little resistance as Percoco defense lawyer Barry Bohrer laid out a litany of stiffed creditors — from mortgage lenders on million - dollar houses to HVAC and kitchen contractors to tutors, nurseries and a succession of his own lawyers who got bad checks and then had to sue and garnish his wages.

The bill, which would lift the current cap of 200 charter schools to 460, has met stiff resistance in the Democrat - controlled Assembly and from the teachers unions.

Proposed repeal of oil - industry tax breaks White House budget documents re-emphasize Obama's proposals to end billions of dollars in oil industry tax breaks — plans that face stiff resistance on Capitol Hill from oil - state Democrats and most Republicans.

«Folks made it known that Vermonters, and our friends from the Northeast, oppose the proposed tar sands pipeline, and that this project will face a concerted and stiff local resistance if and when big oil decides to try and move it forward,» said David Vandeusen, conservation organizer for the Vermont Sierra Club.

It seems there is no stopping Bitcoin to reach $ 5000 mark from here, where it may face stiff resistance since it's a major psychological barrier.