Sentences with phrase «struggling against a tide»

Like other department store operators, including those in the luxury segment, Neiman Marcus has been struggling against a tide of declining same - store sales and consumers» evolving shopping habits.

Not exact matches

Even in boards of missions there were some suggestions that the real struggle was of the higher religions against the rising tide of secularism and atheism, rather than conversion from one religion to another.

In last week's struggle against Mississippi State, the Tide still averaged 5.32 per carry.

Bama is the second most profitable team in our database against ranked opponents (37 -24-2 ATS, +11.31 units) but the Tide have struggled to cover the number against conference foes.

The Tide are expected to win but don't be surprised if they struggle to cover the spread against Mississippi State.

But with an economy still struggling to recover, rent control laws due to expire in New York City and a tax cap wanted by a large portion of the public, Senate Democrats may be trying to swim against the tide on the issue.

The rising tide of eugenics and the concomitant glorification of war as a means of purifying the races was also influential in creating a permissive environment for conflict to occur: «with such attitudes, war often seemed desirable, both as the honourable way to struggle against fate and as a way of reinvigorating society» (p. 246).

Certainly any strategy that seeks to improve life chances and equalise opportunities for children without turning the tide against growing levels of child poverty is going to face an uphill struggle and place an even greater burden on services that seek to alleviate various negative effects of inadequate family resources.

Fatal to the production, then, is the introduction of an unsullied male hero — a literal martyr this time instead of the figurative types of LaBute's last couple pictures: a man of action (no milquetoast intellectuals here) struggling against a rising tide of castrating, hippie harpies.

Boguslaw Linda embodies the aging artist who struggles against the rising tide of Communist censorship, inspires awe and devotion in his students and has an almost hostile relationship with his young daughter.

And it's like Aston Martin is going against the tide, which isn't exactly what it needs at this point as it has yet to reach that safe point after years of struggle.

People trying to start out will still be struggling along like tiny minnows against the flooding tide of existing artists.

Thanks to Visceral Game's proficiency, players spent more energy struggling against the escalating tide of nefarious necromorphs than fighting with the game's controls, creating a wonderfully intense experience then helped reinvigorate the horror title.

It might be hard to stand against what is going to be a real tide, I suspect, especially if you're a small struggling firm and every penny counts, or if you're young and into technology and the latest things.