Sentences with phrase «who ruffled your feathers»

«They are given a position of authority,» said City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone), who ruffled some feathers earlier this year when he said it should be easier to replace members with poor attendance records.

Jeez who ruffled YOUR feathers.

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«Ruffling the feathers of high - profile folks ranging from executives at Pepsi to Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Scarlett Johansson's titillating performance, and her role as an advocate who seems to be flip - flopping, just fuels the fire,» Gibbs says.

Those statistics make it plain why AMC's CEO had the right idea, even if the announcement ruffled the feathers of the moviegoers who wish the film - going experience would stay they way it was when they were kids.

As scholars who study gender and humor have pointed out, women's humor ruffles feathers, with «gender stereotypes» hindering «the development and recognition of women's humor.»

It has been excessively soft toward «acceptable» candidates like Mitt Romney and rough on those who would ruffle feathers.

There's no excuse for a preacher who is afraid to ruffle some feathers.

And though Biden has ruffled the feathers of church authorities on the abortion question, he is an observant Catholic who attends church regularly and met with Pope John Paul II four times.

They are on a mission to challenge how people think about God and Jesus — even if it ruffles some theological feathers along the way — so they can truly experience who He is.

But ruffling feathers is not so easy for teens in today's religious climate, says Elizabeth Corrie, who directs a program called the Youth Theological Initiative at Emory University in Georgia.

In it, writer Sarah Kliff attempts to calm the ruffled feathers of school food reform advocates like myself who are outraged by Congress's watering down of school nutrition standards last week under pressure from food industry lobbyists.

Moms who are pro-immunizations may be downright offended by those who choose not to immunize their children, so crunchy moms who feel the need to preach about the negative effects of vaccinating really need to zip their lips before they seriously ruffle feathers.

It wasn't only Moore's feathers which were ruffled by his ruthless despatch; so too were those of Sir Menzies Campbell, who looked on the now ex-Scottish secretary as his protégé.

Basile, who's ruffled some feathers during his tenure as ED (and before), is known for his deep loyalty to Cox - which is why his potential departure from his job raised eyebrows among several Republican insiders about what it means for the future of the state committee.

A highly - placed member of the party's NWC, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to «ruffle feathers», explained that the issue at hand went beyond the person of the party's National Chairman.

Director David Yates clearly has his sights set on franchise country again — since rounding off the POTTER cinematic saga he ruffled the BBC's feathers by putting a new Doctor Who film in development, with TARZAN perhaps forming another opening gambit until that can be finalized.

The story takes one too many bland turns with its coverage of a heist that ruffles the feathers of one particularly dull bad guy (James Purefoy, «John Carter») who will stop at nothing to stop Kurylenko's embattled super-thief.

Before Wes Craven hit box - office oil with A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream, he ruffled censors» feathers with his deeply upsetting 1972 feature debut, a exploitation film about an abducted and slain teenage girl — and the demolished parents who exact revenge on the criminals who unwittingly crash for the night in their home.

It's based on a film that's just obscure enough that a remake wouldn't ruffle too many feathers, yet is well - regarded by those who have seen it.

Killer Women, an adaptation of the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas, follows the only woman in the Texas Rangers, a ballsy, beautiful badass who knows how to get to the truth and isn't afraid to ruffle a few feathers on her way there.

There was a controversial proposal to allow academy chains to operate without any elected parent governors, which ruffled the feathers of many people who had given up their time to help local schools.

Mike Miles was a polarizing figure in Colorado, but Dallas board members see him an innovator who's not afraid to ruffle some feathers.

A leader who is not afraid to ruffle feathers and create a culture of success and accountability.

This might just see BlackBerry's web browsing capability being completely blocked, where it will surely ruffle the feathers of those who have been frequently accessing the Internet with their BlackBerrys.

It also runs the risk of ruffling the feathers of consumers who took to a device such as the Galaxy S III or Note II only to have it possibly superseded by the next version within the space of 6 months.

Along with Earth and Legends he also goes into Ruffled: Feathers Rising, Ossian's upcoming RPG for Android called The Shadow Sun, TeamSpeak for Android for all you people out there who just can't stop talking to guild members and MineBuilder in case you need that fix of mobile Minecraft right now and can't wait for the official version to come out.

Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 by John A. Rice, a South Carolina - born Rhodes Scholar and educator, who ruffled many feathers in conservative southern colleges.

He ruffled some feathers among faculty members who thought Weiss lacked sufficient academic credentials to lead the law school, coming as he did from a law practice environment rather than a law education environment.

The LSB's proposal to encourage comparison websites will be certain to ruffle feathers but Matthew Briggs, founder of The Law Superstore told Legal IT Insider: «By the year 2020, it is estimated that 50 % of the global workforce will be millennials — digital natives who will know no other way of operating — so the LSB report needs to examine ways in which the profession can respond appropriately to these changing demands.

I'm not sure who ruffled Vitalik's feathers but it seems this is far from over — who will he call out next?

As she writes in her book, «Anyone who has learned how to comfort a troublesome toddler, soothe the feelings of a sullen teenager, or manage the complex challenges of a fractious household can just as readily smooth the boss's ruffled feathers, handle crises, juggle several urgent matters at once, motivate the team, and survive the most Byzantine office intrigues.»