Sentences with phrase «under siege in»

It's particularly under siege in the District of Columbia, but the product of black families — of these so oftentimes single black families, broken families — are black males — black females, but particularly the black males, as we've now come to know them as endangered species.

Kosinski asserted in an interview with Quartz that regardless of the methods of his paper, his research was in service of gay and lesbian people that he sees under siege in modern society.

SRL's who are under siege in their own matter — working in a hostile system that they are ill - prepared to participate in — seeking answers to help them work through their matter and which answers, often, just do not exist.

Among the main female protagonists that inspired this research are Balkis Sharara, Rifat Chadirji's wife who in 1979 carried copies of his works into and out of Abu Ghraib allowing him to author three of his seminal books while in the prison; artist Nuha al - Radi whose diaries of 1990/91 describe the dynamics in the lives of Baghdad's people beyond the news coverage; an unknown young woman who stands out in the festivities of the gymnasium's 1990 new year concert; Fahrelnissa Zeid who was herself an artist (most recently the subject of a major exhibition at Tate Modern) and the wife of the Iraqi Ambassador in London when Le Corbusier received a telegram confirming the approval of his first design proposal for Baghdad; poet Iman Mersal who paid a solidarity visit to Baghdad under siege in 1993; Zaha Hadid whose architectural drawings influenced the imagination of architectural students in the 1990s; and others.

Her latest series of works covers the big issues today — ice caps melt and Aleppo is under siege in her typical explosive painting style where everything is recognisable yet with an air of the intangible.

As for 403 (b) and 457 plans, employer - sponsored retirement plans offered by tax - exempt organizations such as charities, public schools, and universities may be under siege in an effort by the current administration to simplify retirement savings options.

It continues 2005's early obsession with home invasion and falling under siege in broken sanctuaries, and it uses mirrors, paths into the woods, and dark hollows with what at first appears to be an admirable level of Yeatsian «Stolen Child» smarts.

Director Peter Berg licks the story along at an efficient pace, imparts a powerful sense of a city under siege in the overhead camerawork, and wrings tears in a final reveal involving the actual participants.

You are an exploding cigar,» laments a confidante of the clones under siege in BBC America's thrillingly entertaining Orphan Black.

But the idea that natural selection can operate on groups, and can produce group - level adaptations, has been under siege in a philosophical and semantic war among biologists since the 1960s.

Facebook has been under siege in recent days from lawmakers, regulators, users, shareholders, and even its own employees.

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Restaurant owners who spoke to Fortune stood in solidarity with their immigrant employees who participated in the nationwide «Day Without Immigrants» strike, which organizers hoped would highlight their importance to the American economy and daily life at a time when they feel under siege following the election of President Donald Trump.

It's a radical experiment in peace - making through inclusion and understanding, now under siege yet again.

Musk should look at the team Trump has put in charge of the country's climate - and - energy future and draw the obvious conclusions: Valid climate science is now officially under siege, and sustainable or renewable energy sources are about to lose out big - time to Big Oil.

The retail and grocery sectors in Canada have been under siege from Target and Walmart, and yet retailers and grocers typically enjoyed double - digit increases in their fortunes.

A union - driven protectionist bent against foreign carmakers made Detroit in the 1970s and 1980s feel like a keep under siege.

Civilians under siege by Assad regime forces and its supporter foreign terrorist groups, wait for their evacuation in Aleppo, Syria, on Dec. 20, 2016.

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The e-commerce giant is plowing money in with its blockbuster Echo home automation device portfolio, its Prime streaming video and music service, and its industry - leading Amazon Web Services cloud computing platform, which is under siege from rivals including Microsoft and Google.

7 million: Americans who, in 2017, qualified for the cost - sharing subsidies currently under siege.

EMC is the leader in storage systems but has seen that power base under siege by more nimble players that got into flash storage faster than EMC did and don't have to protect an aging base of disk storage the way EMC does.

Whole Foods itself was «under siege» from activist investor Jana which had built up a 9 % stake in the company.

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

Cicero might legitimately be cited in a «conservative» context because he lived in a moment when everything was «going to hell» and he was trying to preserve traditions under siege at the crashing of his own civilization.

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.

In an interview with CNN, former GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich, who is Catholic, said that Ryan would shore up support in a Catholic community that feels it is «under siege.&raquIn an interview with CNN, former GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich, who is Catholic, said that Ryan would shore up support in a Catholic community that feels it is «under siege.&raquin a Catholic community that feels it is «under siege.»

In Europe the policies that have guaranteed all citizens a share in the national prosperity are under siegIn Europe the policies that have guaranteed all citizens a share in the national prosperity are under siegin the national prosperity are under siege.

In the following year, all Syria came under their control and in 638, after a two - year siege, Jerusalem was captured by Omar (634 - 44), who treated the Christians honorablIn the following year, all Syria came under their control and in 638, after a two - year siege, Jerusalem was captured by Omar (634 - 44), who treated the Christians honorablin 638, after a two - year siege, Jerusalem was captured by Omar (634 - 44), who treated the Christians honorably.

In the week following, Maxwell's social media pages were under siege from people who took offense to the idea that men should be taught not to rape.

Pyramid - type organizations of all types are under siege to a large degree because people communicate easily in new and interactive ways.

Holloway argued that when the objects of are experience are «plumbed to [their] depths by empirical science the last bastion of Greek... philosophy was and is under siege» (Perspectives in Philosophy, Vol.

In communities under siege from plague, wars and malnutrition, the Virgin's breast was a symbol of God's loving provision of life, the nourishment and care that sustain life, and the salvation that promises eternal life.

First since the citizens of Washington were under siege by the British military including the firing from the British Navy on fortified positions around the city with troops on the ground burning the city to the ground it would more appear that the citizens had already taken cover in the city.

Under siege by a hostile and intolerant host culture, the immigrants clung all the more tenaciously to one another and to the church, an institution that offered security in a strange and forbidding new world.

When Ahaz refused, they lay siege to Jerusalem in the obvious hope of deposing him and, with Judah under a ruler of their own choice, forming an allied army to meet Assyria.

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.

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»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»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».

Even the title of Zane Hodges book, «The Gospel Under Siege» refers to this very thing — not NT revelation in general — but to the specific message that must be given to the lost and received by the lost for salvation.

moment in the early afternoon, those hours when everything seems to stop under the siege of the sun and surrender to the fierce peak of its beaming light.

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.

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.

In 2015, Ramos» name seemed under siege again.

United's five game winning run also includes narrow wins over Stoke and Crystal Palace in which their goal was under siege for large periods and their winning goal over Stoke was offside.

Expect Tyrod Taylor to be under siege early and often with the Bills» 31st - ranked O - line in adjusted sack rate facing the Jags» No. 1 pass - rush.

He lives on Dickson Street in North St. Louis, a neighborhood under siege: vacant, crumbling houses, bars where you could get your throat cut if you even walked in the wrong way, packs of sky - high dudes looking for a score.

He succeeded in the trenches at Super Bowls and bargaining tables, but NFL union boss Gene Upshaw is under siege again — only this time he's butting heads with angry, hurting vets from his generation

On the club level, his place in the first team is under siege.

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.

We read the medal citations in the papers, but this is the unsanitised version - the reality of crouching in a slit trench under mortar attack, the agonising wait for helicopter support, the heat, the thirst, the dirt, the monotony of ration packs, the fear, the chilling sounds and smell of war.The theme of the book is set by Fergusson's intricate account of the Siege of Now Zad.

Parts of the Ashanti region, particularly Kumasi, have come under siege from gangs suspected to be armed robbers in recent time.