Sentences with phrase «under siege as»

Our constitutionally protected right to due process is again under siege as certain immigrants may not have the opportunity to have their bond case heard by a judge, despite having deeply rooted community ties.

Staffing was under siege as well: 42 % reported a drop in building - level staffing, 33 % saw a drop in district - level staffing, and 34 % had a smaller candidate pool, as opposed to 8 %, 5 %, and 16 %, respectively, who saw increases.

TEACHERS NYT: State and Local Jobs Under Siege as a Middle - Class Gateway Vox: Arizona teachers want more than a raise.

A statement from Force headquarters, signed by Acting ACP Olabisi Kolawole, confirming the arrests, noted that «Bandits numbering about 20 had on Thursday 19/11/2015 held the Estate under siege as they robbed about three banks before escaping through the waterways.

The Cuomo administration, for all its efforts, finds itself under siege as Bharara expands his corruption investigation.

Both Lewis and Pandit are under siege as we speak.

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None of the panelists suggested a fix for the problem other than that journalists must continue doing their jobs as if they were not under siege.

McDonald's: The golden arches have been under siege recently as sales, particularly in the U.S., continue to fall.

Experiencing the kindness of strangers offered relief to Mormons who had been feeling «a little under siege,» said Bennett, who first got to know Romney through church in 1978 and worked with him for five years at Bain & Company, a global consulting firm that Romney eventually led as CEO.

And that's exactly how Christians act these days - as though they are under siege every moment of every day by the secular nonbelievers.

Both saw themselves as living under siege.

Traditional institutions were under siege by idealistic youth rejecting what they viewed as mass - marketed delusions.

I will say this... Hodges» book, The Gospel Under Siege was at one time in my life hugely influential as was The Reign of the Servant Kings.

The consolation addressed to Hezekiah certainly relates to the end of the siege but only as a kind of accessory conclusion, the real point being the renewing of the covenant between the Lord and his people under the rubric of «the remnant.»

In light of the denial of «the gospel» as a technical term for this message by GES advocates and the insistance that «Jesus guarantees eternal life to whoever believes in Him» by itself, without any substantiating truth such as His crosswork or Deity, constitutes the message by which sinners are saved, for consistency, Hodge's book should be retitled to «The Promise of Eternal Life Under Siege».

During the final three years of Zedekiah's reign, Jerusalem remains under Babylonian siege and Jeremiah remains the outspoken prophet of the impending tragedy as Yahweh's act of judgment.

Joan was then allowed by the king to lead the French army against the English as the city of Grisans held by the French was under heavy siege, on the point of losing the battle.

Spagnuolo went to the Giants as defensive coordinator in 2007 and used the Double A as a foundation for the pressure defense that sacked Tom Brady five times and kept him under siege all night in New York's 17 — 14 upset win in Super Bowl XLII.

Meanwhile, the Big 12 was under siege, and it looked as if Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State might become free agents.

They invoked Sarajevo, the Yugoslavian city that had hosted the Winter Games a decade earlier and, as a result of the war in the Balkans, remained under what would be the longest siege in modern history.

Bologna withstood Sampdoria's siege in the second half and added a third on the counterattack in the 73rd as Godfred Donsah ran from inside his own half before rolling the ball across for substitute Orji Okwonkwo, who had been on the pitch for under four minutes.

Home defender Benjamin Henrichs, still to open his account for his boyhood club, drove an effort straight at Dortmund's under - siege Swiss goalkeeper as the half - hour mark loomed.

As an attorney, he defended access to reproductive clinics when they were under siege by Operation Rescue and other anti-choice extremist groups.»

The statement said while Ogun «was under the siege of violence and politically - motivated killings» during OGD's reign as governor, Kashamu «fights his political battles in the court of law and public opinion using his God - given resources.»

Dasuki asserted that the siege on his house ought to be immediately removed and that as a result of the aggression of the Federal Government, his life has been under constant threat.

As the Arctic warms, retreating sea ice is revealing winners and losers in ecosystems under siege.

Nor do I cook or buy in bulk, as I'm not anticipating living under siege conditions any time soon.

After making her film debut in That Night (1992), Heigl balanced movie work with high school, playing a small role in Steven Soderbergh's Depression - era drama King of the Hill (1993), starring as Gérard Depardieu's difficult daughter in My Father the Hero (1994), and Steven Seagal's niece in the action sequel Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995).

Walter Baltzer's thriller Family Under Siege stars Mel Harris as Fay Baxter, a mother who must defend her family after they are taken hostage by three bad guys.

Critics Consensus: Plunging viewers into the nightmarish hellscape of an apartment complex under siege, [Rec] proves that found footage can still be used as an effective delivery mechanism for sparse, economic horror.

Critic Consensus: Plunging viewers into the nightmarish hellscape of an apartment complex under siege, [Rec] proves that found footage can still be used as an effective delivery mechanism for sparse, economic horror.

Within this logic he positions his desiring quartet as bodies under siege.

As the virus centralises in the town's elementary school, the infected students soon have the teaching staff under siege.

«Under Siege 2» is billed as «A Geoff Murphy Film.»

The main plotline focuses on Rowan and Lianna, a Prince and Princess from the Aytolis Kingdom, as their homeland comes under siege from an evil dragon

The main plotline focuses on Rowan and Lianna, a Prince and Princess from the Aytolis Kingdom, as their homeland comes under siege from an evil dragon Velezark and evil enemy kingdom.

In the thirties, society was changing and westernizing at a familiar pace, but in the postwar world, as Ozu suggests in his inimitably respectful way, the old - fashioned lifestyle was under siege by commercialism, permissiveness, antimasculinism, and independent wives and daughters.

Once simply known as Jadotville, the film is set in 1961 and follows the real - life events around the siege of an Irish UN battalion by 3,000 Congolese troops under the command of French and Belgian mercenaries paid by big mining companies.

Whether you're in it for the ride, or the story of loved ones under siege, it's safe to say nobody could have expected Krasinski (after two unassuming features, including the dysfunctional - clan dramedy «The Hollars») to have this in him as a director.

«The Magnificent Seven» Director: Antoine Fuqua Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke Release Date: Sept. 23 What it's about: A remake of the classic Western about seven outlaws as they help a town under siege by an industrialist villain.

It's action filmmaking as controlled demolition — and the best train potboiler since Steven Seagal's Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.

In a piece I wrote over a decade ago, I ridiculed Hollywood's obsession with remaking Die Hard, as in «Die Hard on a cruise ship» (Under Siege).

Gambon is memorable as the aging Dumbledore under siege.

Slate talked to more than 50 actors, directors, playwrights, and critics to tell the story of Angels» turbulent ascension into the pantheon of great American storytelling — and to discuss the legacy of a play that feels, in an era in which gay Americans have the right to marry but still in many ways live under siege, as crucial as ever.»

Three quarters of the diversion comes from eternally appealing Pierce Brosnan as the airplane tycoon under siege.

In a profession that already feels under siege, the decision in most states — encouraged by the U.S. Department of Education — to press ahead with using student test scores as a significant component of a teacher's evaluation «just fuels the perception that we care more about weeding out weak teachers than giving the vast majority of teachers the time and support they need to make a successful transition to Common Core,» says Schwartz.

As we reported last week however, despite that success, the reality is charters are «Opportunities Under Siege.»

The book, which has glowing endorsements from Joel Klein and Michelle Rhee, comes as teachers and other public employees are under siege from Republican governors in Wisconsin, Indiana, and elsewhere.

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And as the plates pull apart, the pressures of ruling a kingdom under siege are weighing on Aquaman and Mera as well!