Sentences with phrase «turned against the tide»

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The numbers underscore why major health industry trade groups like the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Psychiatric Association, and others have all endorsed legislative reforms they believe can help turn the tide against gun violence.

There is tremendous hope that the results obtained from these sites will help us turn the tide against antimalarial resistance in the coming years.

«The tide is very clearly turning on this issue, and it's thanks to the growing coalition of interns and young workers across the world who are standing against this worrying employment trend,» Hyde told Business Insider in an email.

«When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.»

The cyclical tide is turning once again, so trade in the 1.06 - 1.07 region looks very cheap against a long - term average of 1.22.

Vigilante groups initially took a decisive role in turning the tide against the Knights Templar in Michoacan State, which is only 200 miles west of Mexico City.

The Coca - Cola Co (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) may have to reinvent themselves soon if they are to survive and flourish, as the tide turns against soft drinks and toward hard soda.

As a matter of fact, a change of political status quo may result to change in economic policy and that might turn the tide against investors.

We keep reducing discrimination against the handicapped and we are turning the tide against the IGNORANCE of bigotry against gays.

The Grimms» two volumes — here collected in one — appeared in 1812, the year the tide began to turn against Napoleon, and 1814 (postdated to 1815), the year of his defeat.

It has worked so far but I see the tide turning against these tactics and the claims that they use to justify their position.

We seem to be going through a period of aversion against religion or theology that seems to influence or change society or the world, and from my desk I can see no sign that the tide will be turning.»

Some observers thought the United Methodist Church might go along with the proposal, but in the last few years the tide seems to have turned against it.

«Only global pressure on governments, employers and communities can begin to turn the tide against exploitative child labor.

Confessing with some agitation that he too found one gay advocate to be «kind, winsome, insightful and reasonable,» Anyabwile concludes that the best way to turn the tide back against gay marriage is to «return the discussion to sexual behavior in all its yuckiest gag - inducing truth.»

I had to quit the last community I oversaw when I realized the tide had turned against this.

We think 9:2 - 7 and 11:1 - 9 are authentic and indeed that the tide of critical judgment against the passages is turning.

For example, the Vietnamese War was the first to be a livingroom, TV affair, and it is not too much to believe that the tide of public opinion finally turned against the whole enterprise in large part because of TV viewers sickened by the continuous sequence of gruesome spectacles on the nightly news.

However, I do get the feeling that after all the bad luck that the Gunners have had this season with refs, injuries, hitting the woodwork, dodgy goals against us and all that, the tide might just be turning and things might just be starting to go our way.

But then Detroit botched a close - out game against a Bullsteam ripe for the picking, getting outrebounded 51 — 33 and outscored 27 — 13 ina tide - turning third quarter.

That complexity turned in on itself when Alabama tried to use it against up - tempo teams that rushed to run curl - flat or zone read before the Tide could get set.

However, the tide turned in Chelsea's favour on 35 minutes when Ander Herrera was sent off for picking up a second yellow card for a foul on Eden Hazard, seconds after referee Michael Oliver had warned his teammates against persistently fouling the lively Belgian.

and if we somehow grab 4th or secure a champions league spot at the season's end, many (mostly AKBs) will be like «Wenger have done his best despite the fact that he had lil at his disposal» and will remain satisfied with his mediocre effort...... then they will all fail to look back at this day and recall how Wenger's complacency turned the tides against our favour!

It is this increased enthusiasm against Wenger staying at Arsenal and the fact that he only has a few months left on his contract for why many think that the «tide is turning.»

U will be like «wenger has done his best despite the fact he had Lil at his disposal»...... u will remain satisfied with a mediocre effort...... then u will fail to Look back at this day and recall how Wenger's mistakes turn the tides against our favour!

However, against Bayley in her previous championship match, she let her ego get in the way just long enough for Bayley to turn the tide and retain her title.

A stream of penalties against the home side then helped to turn the tide and from a position of being 16 points behind, tries from Great Manchester Police's Chris and Police Service of Scotland's Russell McKeown, both converted by West Midlands Police's Chris Scott, made it a two point game at half - time.

Arsenal changing tactics and seeing that succeed in a big match is a positive step and hopefully this» plan b» can be reused to help turn the tide against other pressing teams.

For this incident and many more, Psycho has always been a player that England fans can identify with, though his time in management has turned the tide against him as far as opinions are concerned.

Arsenal's fans have never really warmed to the 29 - year - old France international since his arrival from Montpellier in 2012, and his current profligacy at a crucial time in the season has seen the tide of opinion turn even further against him.

So, clearly, McDonald's saw the handwriting on the wall and knew that the tide of public opinion was turning against a uniformly unhealthy Happy Meal.

Richard Clarke, a former counter-terrorism advisor to the White House and current ABC News consultant, said, «Since ISIS has used propaganda and its «winner» image to lure new adherents, when its propaganda figure is killed that makes it look more like a loser, more like the tide may be turning against it.»

As the political tide had not turned against Clinton, Republicans suffered backlash

While change will be incremental, he argues the tide is beginning to turn against the current consensus.

Those who want to fight new technology on the beaches will soon find that the tide is turning against them.

«The points of agreement we have were around the fact that the tide is turning against an austerity approach, that there needs to be a different way forward found,» Miliband said after the meeting.

Although tentative to start with, the upturn was strong enough in its final year for the chancellor to turn the electoral tide against his opposite number, who had predicted austerity would permanently «flatline» the economy.

Labour has lost nearly 26,000 members since last summer, according to leaked data that senior party figures believe shows the tide turning against the leadership.

In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, the Minister said all the trips have been anything but frivolous, and that they have started yielding fruits in terms of turning the tide in the fight against the insurgents who have been most active in the North - east, attracting investments in the range of billions of dollars, and securing global support for the administration's anti-corruption fight.

It's not just Iain Duncan Smith who is opposing George Osborne - the tide of public opinion seems to be turning against government austerity.

(CNN)-- The New York City showdown for mayor Wednesday night was Republican Joe Lhota's last chance to turn the tide against his Democrat opponent Bill de Blasio.

Washington, D.C. (WBEN / AP)- With both sides digging in, and the tide turning against a deal to end the government shutdown on Monday, Senator Susan Collins R - Maine, gathered a meeting about two dozen leaders from both parties in her office.

The tides have turned against Gillibrand over the last couple of months.

Chin added, «Today, I join Manhattan Borough President Brewer to renew our demand that our city provide the Two Bridges community a real opportunity to shape the future of their neighborhood... In order to turn the tide against out - of - control overdevelopment across our city, we need to act decisively and close loopholes that would allow for the construction of out - of - scale luxury towers without a robust and transparent public review.

De Blasio credited Dinkins with turning the tide against high crime by negotiating a deal with Albany to allow the city to vastly increase its police force.

The tide could turn against the dust, Okin says.

New infantry - style tactics of concealment and ambush by armed park rangers are credited with turning the tide in the war against poachers of the endangered rhino on one front, in South Africa's Madikwe Game Reserve.

The poignant moment when the tide of scientific history turned against the greatest physicist of the 20th century is marked by a long - forgotten paperthat Einstein delivered at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences on 7 May 1925.

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.

The discovery sounds scary but it raises the possibility of early detection, screening and maybe even turning the tide against the world's deadliest cancer.