Sentences with phrase «than our defense as»

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«As we have consistently said, rather than making a criminal case for obstruction or interference with an ongoing investigation, these memos would be Defense Exhibit A should such a charge be made,» they said.

But Obama fired Flynn as the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 — and Flynn's security clearance would have been renewed at the DIA level rather than by the upper echelons of the White House.

The new air - defense system, designed to defend Russia's borders, can be turned into combat mode in less than five minutes, Interfax news agency quoted Viktor Sevostyanov, a commander with Russia's air forces, as saying.

Seattle's defense played heroically as they helped the Seahawks win last week despite having more penalty yards than total yards on offense.

So rather than learning from our mistakes, we tend to double down and get further entrenched in our position as a defense mechanism.

The new air defense system, designed to defend Russia's borders, can be turned into combat mode in less than five minutes, Interfax news agency quoted Viktor Sevostyanov, a commander with Russia's air forces, as saying.

«Before his conviction, Mr. Libby had rendered more than a decade of honorable service to the Nation as a public servant at the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and the White House.

Although that team doesn't not have as many star players as our side, they beat us on the admittedly widely held but elusive principle that sharing the ball leads to more goals (and better defense) than impressive dribbling or individuality.

Ivi's defense was that it was operating no differently than any other cable company, and that it is part of a new trend of vertically - integrated start - ups that are now being classified as Online Video Distributors.

Good defense is more important than good offense not just on the football field, but on the investing field as well.

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But factors other than political ones were at play as well, including a big (5 percent) drop in shares of defense behemoth United Technologies after it announced plans to buy another company for what some analysts deemed an exorbitant price.

We continue to hold index put option coverage under about 90 % of our stockholdings, though primarily as a «stop loss» against any major continuation, rather than a defense against moderate declines.

Among the largest U.S. defense contractors, Northrop Grumman Corp has spent more than $ 12 billion on share repurchases since 2010, even as revenue has declined in each of the past five years.

That will be more than we spend each year on defense or Medicaid, and as a share of GDP, it could be the highest in history.

Interestingly, just as in every other commodity market, the greatest defense for venture capitalists turns out to be brand: firms like Benchmark, Sequoia, or Andreessen Horowitz can buy into firms at superior prices because it matters to the startup to have them on their cap table.5 Moreover, Andreessen Horowitz in particular has been very open about their goal to offer startups far more than money, including dedicated recruiting teams, marketing teams, and probably most usefully an active business development team.

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This is one of the problems that often hinders dialogue with radical atheists (not sure you are one, but you did answer a question I posed to people who believe God is a fantasy)-- rather than offer a defense they will attack in such a way as to obfuscate the purpose of the original discussion.

We have to admit that more than one of today's conservatives who worry about national defense have spoken well of TR and even Woodrow Wilson, as contrasts to BO.

Giving or taking access to items doesn't matter (so long as the item itself isn't evil) but a firearm is nothing but a tool... no different than a hammer or a saw... using it for self defense is openly condoned by the Bible.

Man and Woman: A Defense by Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert P. George Encounter, 168 pages, $ 15.99 No argument is more effective in promoting gay marriage than the insistence that its rejection offends our sense of justice and equality, especially as concern for the....

Of course the woman in Georgia sheltering her two children in a closet and shooting the intruder attempting to get at them probably has a different take on home defense than you do... as does the one in Oklahoma and Alabama, and Kentucky... etc..

Yglesias was writing in defense of a candidate whose favorability rating had gone underwater (more people rated her unfavorably than favorably) largely as a result of an email scandal in which her explanations of her email policies as Secretary of State had repeatedly collapsed.

People such as Hitler used that claim to come to power and justify building his military, claiming it a defense against the «decadent West» (which turned out to be much stronger than him).

As they fall in defense of their holy place, for all the poor form of their devotion, there is this element of sublimity: they do believe that something in life is so sacred that a man would better die than have it violated.

Democrats, it is widely thought, are instinctive doves who are entirely comfortable only with those exercises of American power (as in Kosovo) where humanitarian impulses, rather than defense of the national interest, are the primary imperative.

So long as the right tries to defend them without offering a broader ecology of a deeply integrated and formative community — something broader, for example, than the long - standing defense of «family values» that denigrates the idea that there is a relationship between the family and the village — it can offer no real alternative to liberalism.

As a young conservative who remains hopeful that conservatism offers something deeper than tax cuts or strong defense, I found....

Even wars for self - defense, legally justifiable and pulse - stirring as they are, seem in most cases to retard rather than to advance the labored struggle of mankind toward humane living.

This book presented a non-violent reading of Scripture in light of Girard's mimetic theory, but more than anything, this book was a defense of how the Catholic Mass could still be practiced and not be viewed as a perpetual sacrifice.

When confusion and disagreement is the weapon the defense is to stop the name calling and bitterness and the counterattack is to approach the tough scriptures together one at a time and work through them meticulously with truth as your goal rather than an arrogant confirmation of your views (regardless of whether or not you are right).

Finally, the credibility of science itself has been shown — once again, and as if we needed a reminder — to be subject to such ordinary human failings as ego defense, the willingness to bend the truth rather than admit error, and the temptation to disparage and insult one's opponents.

Thus the G.I. Bill, the Public Facilities Act, the National Defense Education Act, and the various forms of student aid initiated in the 1960s — BEOGs, SEOGs, Work - Study, Pell grants, etc. — have subsidized the survival of many colleges and universities, but inexorably they have served as well to make the grantee institutions more anxious to observe the laws and regulations of the State than the strictures of the Church whose sponsorship is, by comparison, so intangible.

That Avatar «s melodramatic attacks on corporate interests and its defense of simple, natural living come packaged as one of the most expensive, and probably the most technically advanced, corporate films in history would seem to indicate that only quality bigger than the movie's stupidity is its head - in - the - clouds hypocrisy.

Of course, this line of defense seemed more plausible in Baudelaire's day than in our own: Moral aberration is not nearly so despised now as it was then.

In the use of preservatives and means of defense, in flight from the most insignificant occasions, from every possibility of peril, just as in the mortification of his flesh, he went farther than the majority of saints.

We serve proudly in the Israel Defense Forces — as do those soldiers who choose, out of conscience, to sit in a military prison rather than serve in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip today.

To sum things up I see it as insanity to devote more money towards the defense of something than we do towards that something itself.

Even the concept of natural law, which probably lends itself to rational definition and defense more readily than any other theological version of morality, makes little sense without God as its ultimate premise.

As regards our defense i won't blame the players too much for last night result, the manager is to be blamed for not fully prepared and playing players out of position, i think if the manager had called the players in a week earlier than he did, Mustafi at least would have been fit to play, but the result wasn't that bad as most fans make it seemsAs regards our defense i won't blame the players too much for last night result, the manager is to be blamed for not fully prepared and playing players out of position, i think if the manager had called the players in a week earlier than he did, Mustafi at least would have been fit to play, but the result wasn't that bad as most fans make it seemsas most fans make it seems..

@well they havent been as successful as under pep but did win treble season before this.hope the two madrids can stop them winning for nxt few season.but in reality, teams havent devised a formula to counter possession play other than defensing deep which risks teams like barca having chance to keep attacking.so until teams understand how to overcome posesion, they wil probably keep getting success...

The defense began to play more as individuals than a collective and got burned.

And if the defense struggles, we've seen down the stretch that the offense is more than capable of scoring as many points as it needs to win.

Despite an incredible résumé as a defensive assistant, in seven years as head man he has only twice fielded a defense that ranks better than 39th in Def.

The defense and hustle are always on display as they are anchored by the Greater Than guys Jon Sider and Craig Samsky (thanks again for keeping everyone hydrated on Sunday — literally couldn't do it without you and GT!)..

It was honestly their Defense that has them back on top of the Power Rankings as they held team Kozin to 16 points less than their season average.

Luckily despite still facing a lot of shots his job was much easier this time than the last night, as the team defense was much more better organised and responsible.

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)

They've also been ranked as a top - 10 defense by S&P + on four occasions this decade, never lower than 35th (2011) until this season, when they dropped to 55th amidst program turmoil.

No defense is stronger up the middle than the 49ers», so it should come as no surprise that opponents are completing a league - low 48.8 % of their passes.