The hopes of so many in the face of very challenging, inimical times, and profound problems we should have solved a long time ago but didn't.
On the face of things, Iran in recent years has achieved something remarkable, the gradual advance of democracy within an Islamic system that, as defended by the conservatives, is inimical to the very idea of popular sovereignty.
However, the recent fracas makes it likely that while some individual parliamentarians are indeed great parliamentarians, who come prepared with research, clear points of view and advanced public policy goals, the system as a whole is inimical to that very independence.
Torn between conflicting roles — the sweetheart-Hausfrau-mother and "the life of the poet," neither very real to her — Esther finds life itself inimical.
Understanding the ethnic values and practices inimical to child survival can be very helpful in reducing under-five mortality in an ethnically diverse setting like Nigeria.
It would be very wrong to assume that Middle Eastern culture – and Islam – are inimical to urban life at its best.
The fact she decided this is what she was going to explore is very impressive, especially in the Anglo writing world, which is inimical to the shorter form," agreed Smiley's fellow judge, the novelist and critic Amit Chaudhuri.
Bolshevism was seen in the West as a wholly corrosive influence, inimical to social and political stability.Ransome was one of the very few British journalists who actively defended the regime.
In fact, the very idea of "nature" — implying something exterior to humanity and human culture — may be inimical to true ecological thinking, which presupposes the interconnectedness of all things.
The French and Russians were responsible for much of the bad blood, while the department largely responsible for American diplomacy in that unhappy hour was the very un-neo-con State.The one area where neo-conservative influence may really prove inimical to the interests of others is Israel.
