Sentences with phrase «work against the system»

Then and there I vowed to use whatever power that I had for good and against evil, to promote what is best in people, to work to free people from their self - imposed prisons, and to work against systems that pervert the promise of human happiness and justice (p. 179).

«I love stories of improbable heroes working against the system,» explains Liman, «and Barry Seal took the government, and our country, for an unbelievable ride.»

Simone and Rev Easter worked against the system but did it quietly.

Viewed in ensemble, these works provide models for reflecting upon and working against a system that seems doomed to failure.

Featuring work by Tomm El - Saieh, KERNEL, Claudia Martínez Garay, Lydia Ourahmane, Wong Ping, among others, the show provides models for reflecting upon and working against a system that seems doomed to failure.

Not exact matches

Because all of Tesla's cars are equipped with the software and hardware necessary to collect data that can be used to improve its ML system, the electric - car company could have a huge edge against other automakers and tech companies working on autonomous vehicles.

Friday marks World AIDS Day, an occasion for recognizing the myriad struggles, successes, and work left undone — societal, political, and medical alike — in the battle against HIV infection and the immune system - compromising disease it causes, AIDS.

You can work within the system, you can fight against the system, you can try to employ all these different tactics, but at the end of the day, having a group of comrades who are going to be your army in this battle is going to help immensely.»

It later resulted in lawsuits against Wettlaufer, and the nursing homes she worked for, and a sweeping provincial inquiry into flaws in Ontario's long - term care system.

Their stories will provide surprising insights, startling observations and wisdom from facing off against the system, every day of their working lives, and still succeeding.

Dear I am not working or aware of the laws of legal or sharia systems but as a Muslim know that cursing all that is considered holy can bring a whole lot of trouble for Muslim or not Muslim specially if there were many witnesses against you, said tobe not less than two men or four women.

I commute to work on the NYC subway system every day, a routine no longer subject to the provisions enumerated in the UN Convention Against Torture owing to a jurisdiction dispute.

g) In this sense, it is right to speak of a struggle against an economic system, if the latter is understood as a method of upholding the absolute predominance of capital, the possession of the means of production and of the land, in contrast to the free and personal nature of human work.

In the struggle against such a system, what is being proposed as an alternative is not the socialist system, which in fact turns out to be state capitalism, but rather a society of free work, of enterprise and of participation.

Although Buddhism did produce impressive systems, the emphasis on the emptiness of concepts works against this process.

This is in contrast with a system that inherently generates a race to the bottom and leads toward massive ecological catastrophes while working against efforts to solve the problems it generates.

This system may increase the amount of goods and services consumed, but it certainly works against traditional communities and against the formation of new ones.

Kierkegaard's work is a sustained and passionate protest against the Hegelian system, and against what Hegel made out of human history, and out of Christianity.

Conservatives can be the party that reduces the tax system's bias against working parents, that uses markets to increase the productivity of our enormous health care system, and that transforms our welfare state to make work and family formation a better deal.

Sure there is irony in the Guy Fawkes mask use as of late HOWEVER it seems fairly clear to me as well that the historical relevance of this symbolism is nowhere near as important as the shear numbers using it to represent their collective frustration against what they believe is a system not working for but instead against them.

Dr. Smith preaches a gospel that takes the church beyond its own wall — to wage war against drugs in the street, to form coalitions of Hispanics, Asians, and Caucasians to work for changes in social systems and structures.

Even though resistance takes many different forms (against the MAI, towards a jubilee year in 2000, for the Tobin tax, seeking alternatives, etc.), and even if the struggles are specific in their aims (farmers, workers, indigenous or coloured people, citizens, ecologists or women, the urban poor, etc.) and though the various co-ordination groups are numerous (Peoples Power for the XXI Century in Asia, São Paulo Forum in Latin America, etc.), all of these have a common thread: they all work to highlight the unacceptable nature of the current economic system.

QA is responsible for RA's third - party accreditations as well as quality monitoring of work performed against our accredited systems for auditing.

Michael Croft, President of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) will argue at a St James Ethic Centre debate on 4 March 2014 that foreign investment in agricultural land and infrastructure works against Australia's national and best interests unless the regulatory system and current model are changed.

Powered by billions of earthworms working rapidly in concert with beneficial microbes, the BIDA ® System will begin processing Fetzer Vineyards» wastewater during the 2016 harvest season, accruing energy savings up to 85 % over current wastewater treatment technologies and optimizing water conservation measures in support of the fight against climate change.

It is not like this system doesn't work against teams like Leicester.

The copied 3 — 4 — 2 — 1 system is not working especially against teams who will for 80 % of the game sit back, wait for us to make an error in midfield and punish us.

He shakes his head when he thinks of Marichal: «When he's at the prime of his game he throws a good fastball, a good screwball, a good changeup, a good slider, a good you - have - it... and obviously the elimination system can't work; you can't just throw out five or six different pitches in the hope of seeing the one you want; the odds of seeing it would be too much against the batter.»

His system, his team selection and his substitution are basically what we can see and none of them worked against Liverpool, against Bayern, against Chelsea and the list goes on.

Both Gerrard and Lampard commanded places without really fitting a system that could work, or indeed without being used as they were so successfully for their clubs; what England have now in their Carrick - Henderson - Delph midfield three is a far more solid, less flashy combination to allow the attacking players like Raheem Sterling, Danny Welbeck and Wayne Rooney (as it was against Lithuania) to do the rest.

This is not a coincidence, our system does not work against pressing opponents.

If they continue this path, they would be competing against an entrenched system of baseball delivery that already seems to work quite well.

ram and xhaka will work well against team that rely on physical play and aggressive man - marking e.g stoke, burnley and big teams like chelsea or man city depending on what system they are using.

One person against a system they perceive as «broken» makes for a nice literary conceit, but in reality it never works.

Admin, an AKB just called someone idiot, is your moderation system not working against these types of people?

Back in the team in recent weeks, Egyptian wing back Ahmed El Mohamedy understands the Tigers» system and makes it work — he was excellent and popped up to give his side the lead against Everton.

As Arsenal took on Manchester City in the semi-finals of the FA Cup at Wembley, the thought on everyone's mind was whether the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger would stick to the back - three system that worked against Middlesbrough or revert to his usual 4 -2-3-1 formation.

Perhaps Arsene Wenger has let the recent success of a change in the usual Arsenal formation go to his head, because at first glance it is pretty hard to work out what system the Gunners will be using tonight in our must win OPremier League home game against Leicester City.

However, whatever system the team runs likely won't work against a superior opponent.

This system works a treat against a dynamic opposition looking to snatch possession.

Yet a system and passion that worked well against elite clubs often failed to deliver, at least on a consistent basis, against the lesser teams where the team lacked shape, pace and penetration.

For me he is still the most naturally gifted winger at United, which I suppose has worked against him given the rigid system Van Gaal plays.

Heskey was snapped up by Leicester at the age of nine and worked his way through their youth system before making his full debut for the club on the 8th of March 1995 against QPR aged 17.

This system worked well in wins against Atletico Madrid at the Calderon, and against Sporting Gijon and Celta Vigo at home.

* While there are, as of yet, no clinical studies to confirm the results, a laboratory study conducted at the College of Pharmacy at Oregon State University (OSU) presented at a December 2007 meeting of the American Society of Health - System Pharmacists found that an ointment containing benzethonium chloride with tea tree and white thyme oil worked best against all four tested MRSA strains, while ointments containing neomycin, polymyxin, and gramicidin also had some antibacterial effectiveness.

You will be working against the established system.

But wouldn't even a relatively closed primary system work against this?

However, the fact that there is much more wriggle room in the state aid measures than he suggests gives him the opportunity to present a more proactive industrial policy as a victory against EU restrictions when in fact it is just an example of a member state working the system.

«I have consistently fought against cuts to our health care system that would diminish the quality of care and burden the elderly, the disabled and working families of New York State because I know how important an accessible and adequately funded healthcare system is.»

Not only does the electoral system work against us, making the whole election contingent on a handful of swing voters in marginal constituencies, but the rightwing media get to call all the shots.