Sentences with phrase «zeal against»

There are the oil billionaire Koch brothers — Charles and David — and their ideological zeal against government regulations that drove them to pour vast amounts into groups spreading doubt on the realities of human - caused global warming.

... for a Christian to hate or to despise or to wish to treat degradingly the race from which sprung his God and the Immaculate Mother of his God [is self - destructive... and] the bitter zeal of anti-Semitism always turns in the end into a bitter zeal against Christianity itself.

It can impel a self - sacrificial dedication to justice, but it may also ignite a crusading zeal against those who do not see things our way.

This helped motivate his revolutionary zeal against Britain, which strove to eradicate smuggling and restrict trading policies.

Not exact matches

«We've seen a few cycles of this,» he says, pointing to the EU's $ 794 million fine against Microsoft (msft), in 2004, for bundling its media player with Windows, and the 2001 decision to block a merger between GE (ge) and Honeywell (hon), as other high - water marks of regulatory zeal.

To check the loss of zeal in the churches and to assure a common point of view over against growing opposition, an attempt was made to furnish a careful check on the pastors and congregations.

While this system has broken down, it has decayed not simply because the animal spirits of Wall Street did not temper their zeal with a respect for greater community, but because American citizens embraced the pact that was offered them: an endless supply of baubles from citizens in chains so long as they refused to speak out in the pulpit against the notion that greed is good, that profit maximization is the chief end of man.

«In an age when religious zeal turned brother against brother,» says Greer, «the drama sought to reunite the people and raise public morale.

While John Locke's admonition against the «blind precipitancy» of passion should always guide the serious philosopher, an excess of zeal may well be forgiven when it involves the kind of innocent fallout that inevitably accompanies genius — as is the case with Karl Popper.

But again one must guard against the wrong inference: they do not disappear because they are regarded as worthless or because ascetic zeal renounces them.

Let's keep up the good fight with real zeal as we demonstrated against liecester city, and we'll win the title.

They don't have zeal, no charisma, they are always naive against a big team.

Uh, Nelson against bayern's of the world, joke, he «s still very young Ah, gutted, why are we no more talking about Thomas lemar, we need his creative and zeal to move the ball forward ability in this arsenal team.

From «race» he moved to «running», asking Senator Clinton why she thought «Republicans are looking forward to running against you with so much zeal».

He said while they admire the President's bold statements against corruption and his zeal to end the canker, it is imperative for him to walk the talk by attaching «seriousness» to their call for him to form the board for the SEC.

The statement reads in part, «Given that President Buhari was initially acclaimed, hailed and idolised by the people as an uncompromising spear - head of a crusade against corruption — taking crusade to mean, not just a war, but a war fought with great passion and zeal — it is significant that, in less than two years, the acclaim is giving way to cynicism about the President's sincerity in the prosecution of the war.

«In its zeal to stanch bad publicity in 2009 and 2010, Toyota misled regulators, misled customers, and even misstated the facts to Congress,» Bharara said while announcing the settlement, which is the largest ever against an auto company.

More than anything else, Room 514 plays like a stripped - down, if not downright impoverished, version of A Few Good Men, in which an army newcomer's zeal is pitted against the unwritten, near - atavistic code of old timers and their ruthlessly programmed minions.

Such Catholic rigor was part missionary zeal — to spread «the word» — and part defense against the encroachments of an increasingly secular world.

In your zeal to protect yourself against setbacks, however, you don't want to end up with a mix that's so wimpy that you run a high risk of running through your nest egg too soon.

Don't expect the backlash against Star Wars Battlefront II's ham - fisted monetization to have much effect on EA's zeal for microtransactions and live services.

Wood and Harrison's show may also be thrown into sharper relief against the curatorial zeal for various testosterone - filled collectives around town.

Yet even while dead, the cypress can stay in place for up two 2 centuries, thus still representing a strong defense against hurricanes; when combined with the loggers» zeal, the increased salinity of the swamp has all but eliminated the cypress» chances to make a full, let alone partial, recovery.

Whether our drug attorneys and DUI / DWI lawyers are defending our clients against harsh drug charges or DWI offenses, we approach each case with equal parts zeal and compassion.

Damaging Justice The case against awarding punitive damages based on the sway of emotions or messianic zeal.

«Governor Brown's commitment to protecting California families and supporting policies that defend against the Trump Administration's anti-immigrant zeal is needed now more than ever.