Sentences with phrase «while under assault»

Trying to juggle four characters (Rocket, Gamora, Drax and Old West Captain America) while under assault from a never - ending horde of enemies is a pain.

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Under federal law, long guns like the semiautomatic AR -15-style assault rifle used by the Florida gunman can be bought from licensed dealers by people as young as 18, while the minimum age for handgun purchases is 21.

Parker was acquitted in the rape case more than a decade ago and Celestin had his sexual assault conviction overturned on appeal (a higher court deemed his trial attorney ineffective), but the two men have come under fire once again as the media reports troubling details from the case, which included accusations that Parker and Celestin, then both 19, had sex with a Penn State freshman while she was unconscious after a night of heavy drinking.

Under federal law, the shooter shouldn't have been able to buy a gun because he'd been convicted in military court of assaulting his spouse and their child while in the Air Force.

A lawsuit filed by a former Taft Police Officer claims Taft City Manager Denise Hitt and former Police Chief Klaus Mansion worked to keep an assault investigation under wraps while threatening the officer's career.

Third, while management were running around the UK drumming up interest in GetBusy, Reckon's Australian business has been under assault.

Under federal law, Kelley shouldn't have been able to buy a gun because he'd been convicted in military court of assaulting his spouse and their child while in the Air Force.

While we do not celebrate the criminal prosecution of Terry James, we laud District Attorney David Soares for investigating every assault at CDPC to ensure patients and staff are treated equally under the law.

In London, Labour is in the grip of the far left and further from power than for a generation, while across the rest of Europe the centre - left is in tatters, assailed by populist anti-immigrant politics on the right or under assault from leftists who channel popular anger but offer little by way of concrete solutions.

For those who need reminding, Silver swept sexual harassment, alleged assault and even alleged rape under the rug while using taxpayer money to gag women with nondisclosure agreements so they couldn't fight back when their assailants called them liars in the press.

While acknowledging that he faces an uphill struggle, Hawkins listed a number of things that will impact on his viability: one, that he be included in a series of debates (a critical factor for Ventura); second, that the public employee unions whose members have been under assault by Cuomo provide him with support; and third, that the media give him equal coverage and status in the narrative of the campaign.

A teenager is facing charges of vehicular assault, reckless driving, and driving while under the influence after crashing a car into an Albany County tavern Friday night, according to police.

One area of low - hanging fruit — or at least fruit that could be reached by a long extension pole, perhaps while teetering at the top of a rickety three - meter wooden ladder, the base of which has long been under assault by termites — is monsoon depressions.

The joy of the film is the solidarity the women share with each other despite their differences, while the tragedy of the film are the ways patriarchal oppression under the guise of religion and tradition continues to assault them.

It's humanity under a microscope, with pitch - perfect star Jennifer Lawrence as the earthy figurehead whose only seeming care is to maintain the environment that surrounds her beloved companion (a terrifyingly divine Javier Bardem) while it is under direct assault from a variety of pesky intruders, including a squabbling married couple (Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer), the latter of whom would love to get a bite of their host's inspirational apple.

And while the battles wage on the screen, it soon feels like it is the audience's intelligence that is under assault in This Means War.

If you switch from an assault rifle to a handgun the assault rifle doesn't just disappear or get put into some kind of holster on Max's back it is held in his left hand while you use your right to hold the handgun, then when reloading he puts the larger weapon under his arm as he changes the ammo cartridge, it truly shows just how much effort Rockstar have put into making even the smallest of details perfect.

The Winter Olympics might be a while off yet but Mario and Sonic have got an early assault planned for space under Christmas trees again after the massive success of their first Olympic Games title on the Wii.

While she linked some examples to the era's chaotic break from antique notions of unification and permanence, Nochlin argued that others gestured to literal experiences of violence by communities under assault.

And while perpetrators may look to bankruptcy as a way to escape the financial obligations of a civil judgment against them, Grace points out that the federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act exempts civil damages arising out of sexual assaults from the debts released by a discharge under the Act.

-- Drug Offences, including Possession and Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking; — Firearm and Weapons Offences; — Property - related Offences, including Theft, Break and Enter, and Mischief; — Assaults, including Domestic Assaults; — Impaired Driving Offences, including Drive while Impaired, Drive Over 80, Refusal of a Demand, and Impaired Care or Control; — charges against young persons under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

An assault on a person in custody while handcuffed to a bench to try to persuade him to do something that he has no obligation to do is indeed a grievous breach of the person's rights under s. 7 of the Charter.

The complainant during the course of a bitter divorce alleged that at an exchange of their child under the interim custody arrangement, A.G. assaulted her while she was holding the child.

Spousal or partner assault, while not a separate offence under the Criminal Code, receives distinctly harsh treatment by the criminal justice system.

Compensation claim under the Human Rights Act on behalf a 90 year old woman with advanced dementia who suffered a serious sexual assault while resident in supported accommodation.

Hijacking, sexual assault or kidnapping (5) Irrespective of whether a murder is planned and deliberate on the part of any person, murder is first degree murder in respect of a person when the death is caused by that person while committing or attempting to commit an offence under one of the following sections:

The High Court decision follows hard on the heals of the House of Lords» decision [2008] UKHL 6; [2008] 2 WLR 311, [2008] 2 All ER 1, of 30 January 2008, where the law lords effectively changed the law, (reversing a previous House of Lords» ruling in Stubbings v Webb [1993] AC 498, 1993] 1 All ER 322, which held that claims arising from intentional assaults were governed by s 2 of LA 1980), and held that an intentional assault fell within LA 1980, s 11, and was therefore subject to a three - year limitation period, which could be extended by reference to knowledge (s 14), or at the court's discretion (s 33), rather than under LA 1980, s 2, which while providing for a more generous six - year limitation period, was nevertheless not extendable in any circumstances by the court.

The intended age group for the room is three to 12, as half of the sexual assault victims it helps are under the age of 18, while many more of its adult clients were also sexually abused as a child.