Sentences with phrase «under his thumb for»

it's a shame that something that should be so good for people and make them better people has been used to manipulate people into supporting reactionary and intolerant groups who seek to keep people ignorant and under their thumb for money and power.

Leaders of the Kings County Democratic Party — the organization former Assemblyman Vito Lopez kept under his thumb for seven years until deposed by scandal — today lamented the once - powerful politician's death this morning.

Whitey Bulger has had the FBI under his thumb for too long, and now people are starting to notice.

These two, which are placed equidistant from the top and bottom edge of the device, are designed to sit right under your thumb for left or right handed reading (the screen has an accelerometer so it will orient itself properly if you switch hands).

Super Mutant Alien Assault has had me under its thumb for quite some time now.

Not exact matches

Pat Falotico, CEO of the Robert K Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, and Cheryl Bachelder, CEO of Popeyes ® Louisiana Kitchen Inc., were asked the question: «Is it possible to be an effective servant leader under the thumb of oppressive, command - and - control leaders?

It can't possibly get worse that what the western world lived under when it was under the thumb of the one and only, most holy Catholic church for 1500 years.

Satan is a creature of God who exists only because of God's creative activity, and yet, now that Satan exists, he is not simply under the divine thumb but is engaged in mortal combat with the creator for the devotion of human beings.

Vast stores of hidden wealth, gained by committing every crime in the book, and millions of fear - driven, deluded «slaves» who have been trained to give their very souls if need be... all under the thumbs of mere humans who use their power for every vice imaginable.

And no one can prove that you don't get anything for letting them keep you under their thumb, because your imaginary reward is only handed out after you're dead.

look at it this way America is priming itself for a race war so 1 of the problems will be back under thumb where they belong.

YEAST: Rule of thumb for Yeast Water Temp: Run water temp at sink until you can only hold your hand under water for 15 seconds - that is temp you want for soaking yeast.

My personal rule of thumb for a weeknight dinner is, among other things, something that can be made in under half an hour.

It killed one in 30 Spanish men, sent 400,000 into exile, and left Spain under Franco's heavy thumb for another 35 years.

I share in your opinion and I believe he's average and massively overrated like Welbeck.People will bring up the stats but it's a good thing I've watched him to know how bad he is.We have a lot of under achievers in our club.It's one thing fighting a battle you can win and another fighting a battle you've already lost.Giroud will hardly start over Lacazette and what makes it worse for him is that Laca's French and Wenger loves French players a lot.Let me give him thumbs up for giving his all and not going down without a fight.I wish more players in the team had his mentality.

i will get thumbed down for this but Wack adds zero to the team, apart from running at walls of defenders, falling over, getting disposed and clutching his ankle, oh yes and he is a card magnet and a liability when we are under pressure.

Filed Under: ALL KID - FRIENDLY RECIPES, CHICKEN & TURKEY, DINNER Tagged With: 3 Thumbs Up, easy ethnic food for kids, Indian, make ahead dinner, make - ahead, make - ahead meal, one - pot, slow - cooker

Thanks for the down under thumbs up Customized cooler bags is not something we're able to offer at this time (unless a group wants a super huge quantity) but we have a grommet from which you can hang a name tag or school message on each bag.

These supports and reserves are massed in close order, they can not be greatly extended, for the commanding general must have them under his thumb in order to quickly reinforce weak or threatened parts of his firing line at any time.

Very low carbohydrates are the third reason for muscle loss.To burn fat you have to lower carbohydrates, but lowering them drastically is a mistake.A good rule of a thumb is to keep the protein intake constant and lower the calories by 300 - 500 under maintenance by lowering the carbohydrates.That's cutting about 80g - 120g carbs a day.

My mother had it too, so I mistakenly considered it genetic Half of my right thumb has had a huge under - skin (all layers) blister for two + years.

Not only does it comes in 9 total colors and under $ 70, but it has this wide neckline that can also be worn off the shoulder and I love how it has peep holes for your thumbs so it always stays right where it should be.

+ The shape of the # 107 brush (almost like the size of a thumb) is perfect for the under - eye area.

Additionally, being micromanaged and working under someone's thumb was for the birds!

Seriously, wear her under anything, and she even has little holes for your thumbs, that I sometimes show off.

This dress under 100 features a ribbed round neckline and extended long sleeves with thumb hole detailing for the height of fashion and comfort.

Dreaming of better times for them both, he cons his way into a bank loan and opens a wax museum, but when that threatens to go under he adds a collection of «unique individuals»: a bearded lady (the stunning Keala Settle), the diminutive Tom Thumb (Sam Humphrey) and more.

The town of Black Creek, named for the oil that contaminates the water supply, has made Mikkelsen and his brother welcome, but the men who supposedly run it are under the thumb of a ruthless villain named Delarue (Morgan).

Like curious cats dragging their kills back to the porches of their perplexed owners, the boys proudly parade the alien corpse to the apartment of Roy (Nick Frost), a jovial stoner who grows pot for Hi - Hatz (Jumayn Hunter), a vicious, paranoid drug dealer intent on keeping these kids under his thumb.

is set in the sleepy Victorian - era town of Cheesbridge, wherein the citizenry believes themselves to be under the terrible thumb of the eponymous boxtrolls, subterranean dwellers who appear to have an appetite for stealing children.

Cutting back and forth between Wilson at his prime during recording sessions for Pet Sounds and the nadir of his life in the 1980's, drugged up in a haze under the oppressive thumb of his doctor turned manager / caretaker and all around monster Eugene Landy, the film strikes an excellent balance between Wilson the genius and Wilson the broken man barely holding onto his life.

I appreciate any movie that makes room for a Stones tune, and «Under My Thumb» was particularly well chosen.

Not only has OCR thumbed its nose at the Supreme Court's interpretation of Title IX, but schools that have instituted new disciplinary procedures under pressure from OCR have been repeatedly castigated by lower - court judges for disregarding procedural fairness.

But the State Board — now under the thumb of a new education agency, the Center for Education and Career Innovation — may have different ideas.

Thrilled to be out from under Mercedes thumb for the transmission, Chrysler is building its own licensed versions of the ZF» high - power» 8 - cog shifter used by BMW and Jaguar, among others.

It'd be a way for them to put rogue Amazon under the thumb of law and they, more than anyone else, have the means to take advantage of that sales data.

And though a stroke of luck prevents him from becoming yet another casualty of the Great Terror, for decades to come he will be held fast under the thumb of despotism: made to represent Soviet values at a cultural conference in New York City, forced into joining the Party and compelled, constantly, to weigh appeasing those in power against the integrity of his music.

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Forrester Research analyst Sarah Rotman Epps, who believes the Xoom will be a tough sell, commented favorably about the camera, however: «When you use the camera, for example, it anticipates that you'll be holding it in landscape mode with your right thumb on the screen, and it simulates the radial control dial of a real camera under your thumb,» Epps wrote.

For example, the chrome dividing bar on the 9700 is solid, it doesn't move, whereas on the 9900 we managed to push it under the keys above with an errant thumb.

These proportions also put the side mounted power button cum screen lock switch directly under thumb or finger for easy one handed operation.

I'm responsible for my sister's unhappiness because I took her place as «the baby,» therefore, I need to placate to her (which means remaining under her thumb, dumbing myself down, and accepting verbal and emotional abuse).

It houses two buttons that fall comfortably under your thumb; one for erasing and one for selecting or highlighting text.

To have the publishing industry so under the thumb of big companies is not good for anyone, so we're doggedly doing our best to try to change the situation.

The general rule of thumb, says Marr, is to get enough insurance to cover 10 times your income if you have kids under 10 years old (five times your income for singles with kids over 10), plus the amount needed to pay your debt.

As a rule of thumb, for the best credit score possible you should keep your credit utilization under 30 %.

I am trying to evolve a simple formula or a thumb - rule (under assumptions) to answer the question» Am I saving enough for my retirement?»

Certainly words like this will cause even the most ruthless debt collectors to curl under their desk, shove a thumb in their mouth and cry for their mommies.

For larger objects, like small balls or chunks of rawhide, place both thumbs under your pet's jaw at the base of their throat and push firmly upwards.

From left to right: Thumbs up for Chong Pang cat programme and a cat owner registering himself under the programme (from Minister Shanmugam's facebook page)