Sentences with phrase «work against the mainstream»

I think this is because we are constantly having to work against the mainstream.

It has worked against mainstream well - heeled Republicans in primaries.

Not exact matches

Greg Easterbrook's brief, masterful tribute to Charles Hartshorne in U.S. News and World Report (23 February 1998) similarly credits Hartshorne's ability to achieve his great philosophical work while standing outside the mainstream of philosophical thought, and swimming against the tide of intellectual fashion.

It seems to go against what the Prime Minister said in her very first words from Number Ten; fighting for ordinary families (or the «mainstream» as she called them today), who work around the clock but worry about the cost of living.

COLONIE — Speaking in a video message and by phone, Governor Andrew Cuomo told delegates of the Working Families Party on Saturday that he wants Democrats to take control of the state Senate, and he threatened to support primaries against members of the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference if they did not re-join with mainstream colleagues.

Members of the Working Families Party, which sits to the left of most mainstream Democrats and has a tense relationship with Mr. Cuomo, have entertained the idea of a third - party run against the governor next year, either in a primary or general election.

Although Buscemi has done his best work outside of the mainstream, turning in other sterling performances in Alexandre Rockwell's In the Soup (1992) and Tom Di Cillo's Living in Oblivion (1995), he has occasionally appeared in such Hollywood megaplex fare as Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), Big Daddy (1999), and 28 Days (2000), the last of which cast him against type as Sandra Bullock's rehab counselor.

The caustic comedic filmmaker's work can feel a bit nasty when held up against the tripe that often qualifies as mainstream comedy.

Just how well Just Wright works formula tropes is highlighted by the other chick flick of the week (and, seriously, Fox Searchlight — way to preordain the underachievement a so - deemed «urban» romance with genuine, potential cross-demo appeal by scheduling against a film that on the surface looks more broadly mainstream), Letters to Juliet.

He states, «Be encouraged to take the chance and learn something new today, do not be afraid to go against the mainstream and actually be prepared to work, embrace different cultures, people and encourage diversity, do something for other people, do not just think of yourself, be proud of what you could possibly achieve, have a goal and strive to achieve it, be kind to others, you do not know what baggage they are carrying...»

Self - publishing is being brought into the mainstream against the belief that this segment generally caters to those whose works have been rejected by the traditional publishers.

In 1867, Claude Monet saw that the French fine art business was tilted against artists who were doing original, innovative work — so he got together with a group of then - unknown artists (like Degas and Manet) and they put on their own art show, outside the French mainstream.

In accordance with their choice of minimal venue, the galleries have worked against the various mainstreams to bring us the forgotten, the overlooked, the marginalized, and the just emerging.

Her premature end, along with biases against female artists and those from outside the western mainstream, allowed her work to fade.

The two previous reports have expressed concerns at the lack of progress in «harnessing the mainstream» and the existence of structural problems within the new arrangements that work against this objective (such as the absence of processes for systemic engagement with Indigenous peoples locally, regionally and nationally; the absence of appropriate monitoring and evaluation mechanisms; and the under - performance of Shared Responsibility Agreements and the new whole of government machinery in «unlocking» mainstream accessibility).

This reporting mechanism establishes benchmarks against which to measure progress towards closing the social and economic gaps; to «assist government and mainstream agencies to maintain a focus on the status of Maori in their work and decision - making»; [16] and to assist in setting priorities for policy development.