Sentences with phrase «stiff resistance in»

Over the past few months, the administration has met stiff resistance in its efforts to hold states responsible for not following through on reforms promised as conditions for receiving the waivers.

Such proposals, however, have met stiff resistance in the Legislature, especially in the GOP - controlled Senate.

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.

Campaign finance law changes are always met with stiff resistance in the Legislature.

The legislation probably will face stiff resistance in the Senate but it provides a road map of sorts for the policies the president plans to put in place as he appoints new regulators.

Not exact matches

But in the last two weeks, Turkish forces have made only limited gains in Afrin, as SDF fighters, including the YPG and all - women YPJ, appear to have put up rather stiff resistance.

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 whereas the constructive information circulation justifies the uptick in LTC, worth chart evaluation signifies the cryptocurrency is nearing stiff resistance zone of $ 230 - $ 240.

And since almost everyone you ask will say it's not all OK, then why put up such stiff resistance for 1 thing in a book that has lots of other (unquestionably) good things to guide human behavior?

The commission has held educational workshops in dioceses around the world, but has faced such stiff resistance to some of its proposals at the Vatican that its most prominent member, Irish abuse survivor Marie Collins, resigned in frustration in March.

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.

The measure, multiple versions of which have been proposed and introduced in the Legislature over the last several years, has been met with stiff resistance by social conservatives and the Catholic Church as well as advocates for the disabled.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The LPG operators had pulled out of the Cylinder Re-circulation Model policy (CRM) Implementation Committee as a result of what it described as «stiff resistance by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to its opposition to the classification of LPG filling plants in the country into high and low risk facilities.»

Jones acknowledged the «stiff resistance» to the plan, particularly in the state Senate, and the adverse impact of President Donald Trump's tax law but is still supportive.

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.

Schoenfeld et al. (2015) explored the EMG amplitude of the proximal (upper) and distal (lower) regions of the medial and lateral hamstrings during the stiff - legged deadlift and the lying leg curl exercises in resistance - trained males.

For the film version, Brian Donlevy (one of the stiffest of Hollywood stars) is the assassin, a doctor working in the resistance who is forced to hide out with a Czech family when his getaway driver (Lionel Stander) is arrested and he is forced to find his own escape.

Yet, even with new forms of resistance ushered in by technological innovation, the stiff - gestured ideology of neoliberalism has arched towards a state of «human exceptionalism» where all of humanity is now supposed to feel free to exploit at will the relations between nature and society any way that it chooses, as long as profits can be squeezed out.

Normally I'd remove a fuse and test the two connections with a multimeter set to measure Ohms / resistance, but removing this is a non-trivial task - not only is the bolt holding it in place incredibly stiff, it's also holding the wiring together and I don't like the risk of re-assembling the wiring incorrectly or losing one of the many small parts like washers held with this bolt.

Of course, the GT4 is a stiffer - sprung car than the standard models, which gives it even tauter body control and roll resistance, but in proper Porsche Motorsport tradition is also rides a bumpy road surface with abundant damping quality.

Resistance to understeer has been improved thanks to a lighter, stiffer hollow front anti-roll bar and along with the rest of the changes Ford says this has resulted in a car with 10 per cent more grip than before.

Here, though, the payback for better fade resistance and a considerable decrease in unsprung weight isn't as dear as the stiff ride that comes with DRC.

John Updike took up the same cause 25 years later: «In the heyday of Abstract Expressionism, the scorn was simple gallery politics; but resistance to Wyeth remains curiously stiff in an art world that has no trouble making room for Photorealists like Richard Estes and Philip Pearlstein and graduates of commercial art like Wayne Thibauld, Andy Warhol, and for that matter, Edward Hopper.&raquIn the heyday of Abstract Expressionism, the scorn was simple gallery politics; but resistance to Wyeth remains curiously stiff in an art world that has no trouble making room for Photorealists like Richard Estes and Philip Pearlstein and graduates of commercial art like Wayne Thibauld, Andy Warhol, and for that matter, Edward Hopper.&raquin an art world that has no trouble making room for Photorealists like Richard Estes and Philip Pearlstein and graduates of commercial art like Wayne Thibauld, Andy Warhol, and for that matter, Edward Hopper.»

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.

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.

A Westbound pipeline is stalled by First Nations opposition; and a pipeline headed to Canada's East coast is facing stiff resistance on several fronts, including in Ontario, where the energy board last week concluded that the project's risks outweigh the benefits.

A Westbound pipeline is stalled by First Nations opposition; and a pipeline headed to Canada's East coast is facing stiff resistance on several fronts, including in Ontario, where the energy board last week

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.

The cryptocurrency showed stiff resistance at $ 9,000 and experts said the probability of a pullback above that level is more likely in the short term given the current scenario.

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.

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

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.