"If the parties fail to hold talks in this process, they will be in a worse situation next year since time does not
militate in favor of a solution.
Militate means to have an effect or influence on, to operate as a force for or against, as in 'His parole record militated in his favor' or 'His lack of polish militated against his advancement.' Mitigate means to soften, to assuage, to make more endurable, as in 'Her reputation for compassion mitigated the vehemence of her criticism.'"
In this way, patriotism seems to
militate against seeing the other guy's point of view--a particularly dangerous approach for Americans blindsided by the hatred and resentment our country now confronts overseas.
Krugman, in his introduction, explains that "this book offers me an opportunity for a longer form of discussion that can't be squeezed into 735-word columns in The New York Times." Yes, for all its soap-box-derby freedoms, the constricted length of a newspaper column does indeed
militate against complex analysis.
There are no doubt many forces in American society that
militate against the practice of the Asian values that form the fabric of Vietnamese life.
Large, established firms sometimes applaud as groups they fund
militate for red tape that may suffocate smaller, poorer competitors.
The prosecution stressed that "our existing laws and jurisprudence
militate against the grant of the furlough prayed for."
She said: "I would strongly urge SMEs to review and potentially tighten their absence and sickness procedures to
militate against the end of the relief scheme,.
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But their legal challenge was rejected by Justice Haddon-Cave, sitting at London's High Court, who said: "The law and the facts
militate against the claim for judicial review".
"For the club to so aggressively
militate against what looks to most people a considered judgment from the FA leads to a potential for anarchy."
In other words, while there are structural obstacles to the Brotherhood's gaining outsize influence"the two institutions most devoted to preserving Egyptian national intereststhe military and state bureaucracynot to mention most Egyptians themselves," Fromer notes, "are far too devoted to Egypt to compromise its national security and welfare for the sake of anyone else"the deeper motivations of the Egyptian people also
militate against any strand of nationalism in which Islam is anything beyond a religious faith.
give your and Letters and are editor's Ostensibly the plan to minimise landfill may seem sensible but there are stumbling blocks which
militate against poorer families.
Pakistanis are already subjected to discriminatory treatment at American Airports and that enhanced security screenings would
militate against cultural values of Pakistanis," he maintained.
The first section argues that psychology has been and remains mired in conceptual problems that
militate against its full development as a science.