Sentences with phrase «to thwart the effort»

Although none of these two guys has personally met me in person or collaborated with me on anything, they have been using my name in their diabolical agenda of thwarting the efforts of Nana Akufo - Addo to unseat the most incompetent leader of our time at the presidency.

She demonstrates, for example, how progressive policies thwarted efforts by black parents to place their children in academically oriented programs and instead aided efforts (many of which were explicitly racist) to steer black students into vocational and general track courses that led directly to subservient social and economic roles.

All told, even with extensive experience, the best possible preparation and ideal conditions, America's Mountain is still capable of thwarting any effort at conquering its summit.

I feel Wenger has not made other signings because if he did, Maureen will see our threatening quality and ensure thwarting our efforts for Cech.

Alcohol is one of the simplest forms of sugar and can certainly thwart any efforts on shedding pounds, even if you've already cut out sugar and starch.

Republicans thwarted the effort in a loud, disruptive exchange by refusing to officially «recognize» the Democrats» proposal.

Thereafter the patched - up Blues — with Gavin Peacock injured and off after a quarter - of - an - hour — dominated, but Ludek Miklosko performed magnificently to thwart efforts from Erland Johnsen, Neil Shipperley and, twice, Dennis Wise.

Chelsea were mostly on the edge of the United box, with United thwarting their efforts with some good defending.

On these theological grounds, hyper «Calvinists thwarted efforts to promote missions, evangelism, Sunday Schools, theological seminaries, and other humanly contrived devices that seemed to them unwarranted intrusions into the sovereign work of the Spirit.

I was completely convinced I was going to go buy one today but my husband thwarted my efforts.

Jackie Stewart almost won the 1966 race on his debut before dropping to 9th with a car issue, and in 1967 was running third until a car issue again thwarted his efforts.

It is God who thwarts these efforts.

Former Energy Minister, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah says the NPP in opposition nearly thwarted efforts for the commercial production of oil from the Sankofa Gye Nyame oil fields.

For example, when WROTB viewed a Seneca Nation proposal for a Rochester area casino as a competitive threat, Wojtaszek said Aronow's work helped thwart the effort.

Only last month, Skelos» new appointee to the Board of Elections thwarted efforts to eliminate the same loophole.

The rapidly mutating strains of flu virus have so far thwarted efforts to develop a vaccine that could knock out all varieties with a single injection, but recent advances suggest a synthetic solution.

Onions contain sulfides that lower blood lipids and blood pressure and will only thwart your efforts to have a heart attack.

It tells a simple story of a man who washes up on a desert island trying to escape, but every time he tries to a red turtle thwarts his efforts.

Repeated attempts to revive this consensus — at Johannesburg in 2002, Bali in 2007, Copenhagen in 2009, and now Rio de Janeiro in 2012 — have come up empty handed, thus thwarting efforts to build upon it.

It doesn't support online, but if you are playing alone it can be quite enjoyable as the AI does put up a decent challenge, but any title like this will always benefit from cries of frustration from your friend who was so close to killing the boss, but you just thwarted their efforts.

The Warsaw meetings ended with India and China thwarting efforts by the United States, Europe, and others to commit all countries to measures to address greenhouse gas pollution.

Before an ISP can take advantage of any of the four safe harbors, it must meet two conditions: first it must refrain from inhibiting Standard Technical Measures — the means by which copyright owners may identify or protect copyrighted works — meaning that ISPs can't thwart efforts to police copyrights.

For instance, the Army Press Release of September 8, 2015 disclosed that it had «uncovered plans to thwarts efforts on War on Terror» by some organizations to create situations for human right abuse.

As I broken - heartedly read reports of three teachers in Rhode Island display mindsets that undermined trust within the school community, deflated students» self - esteem, and thwarted efforts of dedicated colleagues, I thought of their students» all - too - forgiving responses.

He also alleged that the way the men of the Anti-Vice team, who perpetrated the heinous act that led to the death of Innocent were thwarting all efforts in getting justice for the bereaved family spoke volume of their involvement in the matter.

Now, the atheist community tried to enact some kind of legislation that either prevented a Christian candidate from being eligible for election, or tried to thwart efforts by Christians to publicly campaign for Christian candidates... then I'd have a problem with it.

«We see this as a subtle attempt by this intolerant Akufo - Addo administration to frustrate and thwart our efforts at organising this demonstration.

«I am heartened to see so many neighbors and members of our community come out to honor his memory, and stand together ready to push back against those who wish to divide us and thwart our efforts for a more just society.»

While this challenge poses a serious damping effect to Spotify's revenue, it stands as a facility to thwart efforts from experts to forecast the company's performance according to its operational cost, if not quickly taken care of.

Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa conceded that unanimity would have been preferable, but added that it was the search for perfection that had thwarted efforts to create a national regulator for 50 years.

The letter continued: «Our ad reminds viewers that Kim Jong - un and his army of hackers have been stealing billions of dollars of Bitcoin and other digital currencies for the past few years, funding their rogue nuclear weapons programs and thwarting efforts by the rest of the world to sanction this behavior.»

He said the company was reasonably confident it would be able to thwart the efforts of «state actors and fake news trolls» to interfere in the upcoming U.S. elections — in part because it has had success fending off interventions in recent French and German elections, as well as last year's special Senate election in Alabama.

Milone claimed that the Vatican's «old guard» had thwarted his efforts to tell the pope and Cardinal Parolin exactly what was going on in the Vatican's books.

By all accounts City are preparing to thwart efforts by Juventus to poach the Liverpool boss and will offer the Spaniard a huge transfer kitty and long term contract to leave Anfield for Eastlands.

Ryan has thwarted my efforts to be a proper hippie here.

We all hear so much about the bad guys and in fact so much medication is there to thwart the efforts on the bad bacteria that people forget to focus on getting the good bacteria stronger.

So if you're the only one tending to baby all day, all night, when you finally do get a moment to rest your head on a pillow, that adrenaline will thwart your efforts.

And in Illinois, parents and midwives feel that the ability to arrange an at - home birth has been made still more difficult as physicians» groups have used their political clout to guard their turf and thwart efforts to expand midwifery in the state.

He said the number was «against the odds and all predictions — and in spite of some who tried to thwart the effort.»

It observed as shocking attempts by some unseen hands in government to thwart efforts by the company to engage in what is lawful which will directly and indirectly open up job avenues for the youth in the area.

«Against the odds and all predictions — and in light of some who tried to thwart the effort — I am pleased to announce that we have collected more than 27,000 signatures in four days,» he said in a statement.

Our sources at the radio station indicate that this is a clear witch - hunting move by the ruling New Patriotic Party to thwart efforts of the main opposition National Democratic Congress to expose their corrupt acts and faults since the management and staff of Muntie FM are believed to be sympathetic towards the NDC.

Hein worked behind the scenes to thwart an effort to put the best friend of his worst enemy, Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, in a position to render his own life less pleasant.

The change in position of county Republicans came as a surprise to some Democratic lawmakers who for years complained the GOP had thwarted their efforts to raise the age.

«Against the odds and all predictions — and in light of some who tried to thwart the effort — I am pleased to announce that we have collected more than 27,000 signatures in four days,» Spitzer said in a statement.

New York officials, for their part, continue to thwart efforts to open the SolarCity project to public scrutiny.

The SUNY Research Foundation and the Fort Schuyler Management Corp. went to great lengths to thwart my efforts to obtain records under the state Freedom of Information Law, as I documented in December.