Sentence examples for attacks on the industry from inspiring English sources

Over the past several weeks, anytime my colleagues or I have sought comment about attacks on the industry, private equity's kingpins have declined.

Your criticism of sugar farmers ("America's Sugar Daddies," editorial, "Harvesting Poverty" series, Nov. 29) was a recitation of the conventional attacks on the industry and on us.

It's the latest salvo in a public relations campaign by the lobbying group, coming amid political attacks on the industry that have centered on Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital.

Mr. James's comments came on the same day that the Private Equity Growth Capital Council, the buyout industry's lobbying group, started a multimillion-dollar public relations campaign to rebut attacks on the industry.

The Universal Leaf Tobacco Company said yesterday that it was shutting five plants and laying off 175 full-time employees and a further 1,400 seasonal workers because of expectations for a smaller crop, problems caused by Hurricane Floyd as well as "unprecedented political and legal attacks" on the industry.

It may even be what led President Clinton to forgo anticipated attacks on the industry's pricing practices in his State of the Union address.

What prevented the strike from halting the attack on the industry was none of these things.

Douglas McGeorge, president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, launched a stinging attack on the industry.

Alice Schroeder, an analyst at Morgan Stanley, took time last week to talk about the effect of the attack on the industry.

Mr. Rasmussen, the governor's spokesman, said the commission was created in response to the scandal, but not as an attack on the industry.

Alleged profiteering became a political issue when Miliband launched a ferocious attack on the industry at the Labour party conference in the autumn of 2013.