Sentences with phrase «against the giants on»

Embattled linebacker Aldon Smith returned from his nine - game suspension just in time to help the 49ers compensate for a sluggish offense against the Giants on Sunday.
The Dallas Cowboys almost executed a remarkable 23 point comeback against the Giants on Sunday.
Well, against the Giants on Sunday, Icounted only five.
Safe to say that Colt McCoy could not do what RG3 just did against the Giants on Sunday.
If we look ahead to next week, the Eagles were 9 - point road favorites against the Giants on the Westgate early line.
Shohei Ohtani went 2 - 4 against the Giants on Friday where he picked up his first hits against a National League team.

Not exact matches

On this week's episode of Balancing The Ledger, Fortune's new show covering the future of finance, my colleague Jen Wieczner and I chatted with David Pakman, a partner at the venture capital firm Venrock, about the hardline approach tech giants are taking against the nascent cryptocurrency industry.
Starboard Value, the activist firm waging a proxy fight against consumer giant Newell Brands, on Monday put forward the names of the 10 executives with whom it wants to replace the Newell board.
The rising trend for taxes on sweetened drinks has prompted beverage industry giants like PepsiCo and Coca - Cola to spend billions of dollars on advertising and lobbying campaigns against the measures.
Simon Property Group Inc. filed a lawsuit against Starbucks on Aug. 21, claiming the coffee giant had not fulfilled its lease obligations and «put its stock price above its contractual obligations, the viability of Simon and its Shopping Centers, other retailers and consumers who count on the Teavana stores,» USA Today reports.
This follows on from EU proposals to remove barriers in online services to improve European companies» chances of competing against U.S. tech giants like Google, Apple, and Facebook.
«It virtually eliminated all tariffs on my imports and made it easier for my small business to stay competitive against giant retailers on pricing.»
Sewing also confronts a decision on scaling back the investment bank — both Deutsche Bank's biggest source of revenue and a perennial laggard against U.S. giants — and winning over long - suffering shareholders.
The conflict: Detroit moviegoer Joshua Thompson filed a class - action lawsuit against theatre giant AMC last month, accusing the chain of price - gouging customers on popcorn and other snacks.
Nick Foles proved he could still play with a steady performance against the Giants in his first start for the Eagles this year after Carson Wentz went down with a season - ending injury, and the Philadelphia defense proved they're still fearsome when they essentially won Eagles» Christmas game against the Raiders on their own.
The president has lashed out publicly against the giant company and its chief executive, Jeff Bezos, on Twitter more than a dozen times since 2015.
For smaller retailers to have a better chance against these giant brands, SMBs are recommended to leverage their marketing efforts early, focusing on social media, email and loyalty programs.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart's newest tactic in its fight against online giant Amazon: enlisting its employees to deliver online orders on their way home from work.
It has had to address allegations of sexism in the workplace; it's grappled with the missteps of its chief executive, Travis Kalanick, who on Tuesday revealed he would take a leave of absence from the company; and it finds itself locked in a legal war against Google amid accusations that one of Uber's former top engineers stole self - driving car technology from the search giant.
The Internet giants warned against patent trolling, which refers to instances when companies that had no involvement in the creation or invention of a patent demand licences or other payments from legitimate companies by relying on dubious patents.
A federal judge denied Hobby Lobby's request for an injunction against the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraceptive mandate on Monday, ruling that the arts - and - crafts giant must cover emergency contraceptives in its insurance policies even though it believes the pills cause abortions.
``... very strong politically correct and left - wing revisionist history attitude or tone that's also Anti-American (especially a vague charge against «U.S. foreign policy»), and strong anti-capitalist elements... blasphemy, implied urinating, vomiting, scatological humor, and comments on breast feeding and sexual parts of people's bodies; light brief violence includes beating on car window and trying to damage car, man comically shoves people off a stage, man burns books; sexual content includes homosexual references, implied adultery with a pregnancy out of wedlock, talk about a priest raping boy in the past, a giant condom balloon placed on church steeple, references to real condoms, implied fornication; upper male nudity, man wears a dress; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking and marijuana use depicted, including eating marijuana brownies; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes lying, stealing, revenge, rebellion, dysfunctional family portrayed, father is a pothead and a drinker and lives in a trailer»
On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil WaOn March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil Waon behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil Waon the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.
In summary, the virtues of organized religions include but are by no means limited to the following: they give their adherents something solid against which to rebel; they allow one to see farther by standing on the shoulders of giants; they insist on the primacy of lived experience; they work against illusion and historical insularity; they point to the power of the collective and the merits of deep diversity; and they are capable of the kind of mobilization that can transform the world.
On Sunday, October 7, as the United States began at last its air strikes against the Taliban, I was on an airplane, more than twenty thousand feet above the Midwestern plains» that height from which the square - edged farms and checkerboarded fields seem not quite real: a toy land, a counterpane spread across a giant's bed, a fantasOn Sunday, October 7, as the United States began at last its air strikes against the Taliban, I was on an airplane, more than twenty thousand feet above the Midwestern plains» that height from which the square - edged farms and checkerboarded fields seem not quite real: a toy land, a counterpane spread across a giant's bed, a fantason an airplane, more than twenty thousand feet above the Midwestern plains» that height from which the square - edged farms and checkerboarded fields seem not quite real: a toy land, a counterpane spread across a giant's bed, a fantasy.
Arguments from Treasury Wine Estates proponents such as Willibald Hajszan («Treasury Wines class action unrepresentative», AFR Letters, July 7), fail to acknowledge several issues in trying to discredit the current securities class action on foot against the global wine giant.
The Conversation has just published an item by Caron Beaton - Wells and David Byrne on the ACCC's latest action against the petrol giants - see Caron Beaton - Wells, David Byrne, «Fixing the fixers of petrol prices is no easy task» (The Conversation, 27 August 2014)
See, for example, Lucille Keen, «ACCC sues petrol retailers, Informed Sources» (Financial Review, 20 August 2014), Ben Butler, «ACCC takes action on petrol pricing» (Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August 2014), Annabel Hepworth, «Petrol giants face legal test on prices» (The Australian, 21 August 2014) ACCC takes BP, Caltex, Woolworths, Coles Express, 7 - Eleven and Informed Sources to Federal Court» (news.com.au, 20 August 2014), Michael Janda, «ACCC launches legal action against Informed Sources and retailers over alleged petrol price sharing» (ABC News, 21 August 2014) and Simon Thomsen, «Competition Watchdog Takes Fuel Big Boys To Court Over Alleged Price Fixing» (20 August 2014).
The farmers and truckers interviewed said they had seen their produce rejected on flimsy grounds, but decided against challenging the ruling with the US department of agriculture's dispute mechanism for fear of being boycotted by powerful supermarket giants.
Spurs host the Spanish giants at Wembley on Wednesday evening and will be looking to maintain their strong start to this season's competition, which has seen them beat Borussia Dortmund and Apoel Nicosia before earning a hard - fought draw against Real at the Bernabeu.
Despite his lack of starts, Pedro was still able to weigh in with six goals and assists including a stunning effort in against Real Sociedad which left the Catalan giants on the brink of clinching the La Liga title.
A seventh - placed finish in Serie A coupled with defeat in the Coppa Italia final against Juventus on May 21 would see the Italian giants miss out on a place in the Europa League next season.
MLS All - Stars will be looking to prove themselves against English and European giants Arsenal on Friday.
New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is active against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
We came second in the group, lets wait and see the draw before we all start going ape s ** t. I'm thinking we should all hope to get Barcelona and any other giant club which claws it's way back on top, hoping against it has hardly ever worked, so bring on Barca and we'll show them a thing or two about the new and improved A-Team.
Arsenal, however, avoided a clash against giants such as Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, and were drawn against Arsene Wenger's old side AS Monaco in one of the more favourable - looking ties on paper.
Should the Catalan giants avoid defeat against Valencia on Saturday, they will set a new record of 39 consecutive games unbeaten in La Liga, surpassing Real Sociedad's feat in 1980.
The England Under - 21 international joined the west London giants» academy aged 7 and earned his first competitive debut in a Champions League clash against MSK Zilina in 2010 — with high expectations placed on his shoulders.
The NFC East did quite well against the spread last year, while the Cowboys and Giants did especially well on the moneyline.
DFS edge: As mentioned on the Week 13 Daily Fantasy Flex pod, Raiders TE Jared Cook is a potential chalk lock against the Giants, who have allowed the most fantasy points to tight ends with 17.1 DraftKings and 14.0 FanDuel PPG.
This was the one week that Cleveland was actually favored on the lookahead line, but they are now a touchdown underdog against the Giants.
The San Francisco Giants captured the 2012 World Series in a sweep against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday night.
The French teenager, who joined the Red Devils from Ligue 1 giants AS Monaco on transfer deadline day earlier this month, enjoyed a dream debut against bitter rivals Liverpool last Saturday as he netted within 20 minutes after coming on a substitute against Old Trafford as he weaved past a number of challenges and found the back of the net with a composed finish.
Shouldn't have left that turd on the field week 17 against the Giants.
Some of the people crowding against the railing above the west end zone at Giants Stadium on Sunday hoped to catch the gloves and chin straps the players tossed up to them.
The 19 - year - old started in Chelsea's first game of pre-season against New York Red Bulls and in Wednesday's night defeat to Fiorentina — on both occasions in midfield — and could be set for increased involvement in the west London giants» title - defending campaign.
Valdes signed for the Red Devils on a free transfer in January [via club's official website] following his release from La Liga giants Barcelona and was made to wait until the penultimate game of the season against Arsenal to make his long awaited debut for the club.
The England international, who joined Manchester City for a fee believed to be in the region of # 49million earlier in the summer, has scored just once since his move and spurned a number of golden opportunities against Serie A giants Juventus in their Champions League opener on Tuesday night.
Musa made his second appearance for the Foxes since his unofficial derby last week and put on yet another impressive display finding the back of the net twice against the European giants.
We're just a giant hamster running endlessly on a wheel, hoping against hope that we're eventually going to arrive somewhere.
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