Sentences with phrase «against upstarts»

And to hold its position against upstarts such as the Acura TL SH - AWD, Lexus added the option of all - wheel drive.

Peltz has said P&G was not quick enough to compete against upstarts like Dollar Shave Club.

That's probably more a reflection that Woolies and Coles — along with Metcash Limited (ASX: MTS)-- the supplier to independent IGA stores have finally acknowledged Aldi as a serious threat, and are now actively pushing back against the upstart retailer.

Coming off a heart - breaking, last second loss to the hated Ravens on SNF, the 6 - 3 Steelers invade Paul Brown Stadium as three point favorites against the upstart Bengals, who have now won five games in a row.

The 8 - 0 Cardinal jumped up to the # 4 overall ranking and kept their national titles hopes alive thanks to their thrilling triple OT win against upstart USC last week.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - N.Y.) engaged in a nasty, lone radio debate in her Democratic primary against upstart Reshma Saujani on Tuesday morning, in which the two traded barbs — but managed to up the ante after the event, as the incumbent literally fled from reporters and the challenger said she might not vote in the general election if she loses.

In upper Manhattan's 13th Congressional district, one of the country's most competitive and closely watched Democratic primaries pits four - decade incumbent Rep. Charlie Rangel against upstart state Sen. Adriano Espaillat in a district that was recently redrawn to include a majority Latino population.

As WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne reports, the governor only recently began campaigning against his upstart opponent.

Scientific American Previews the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) The venerable PC will try for a comeback against upstart tablet technology; automobile makers will demonstrate even more ways to transform their vehicles into gadgets on wheels; and content providers will talk up ways to further wed social media and television

The Lusty Men pits homeward - looking, aging rodeo star Jeff McCloud (Robert Mitchum) against upstart wannabe Wes Merritt (Arthur Kennedy), positioning Wes's wife Louise (Susan Hayward) as the upright angle in this acute triangle.

Agents think it's one way for Publishers to compete effectively against upstart digital publishers.

Not exact matches

Ma Bell herself — the prebreakup AT&T — fought tooth and nail against the feisty little upstart.

But in 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis, we started noticing that young people were doing some awfully significant things, whether in the financial world (Meredith Whitney had just made her bold call against Citigroup), in the tech world (Facebook was beginning to crank into high gear), or in other industries (Kevin Plank's apparel upstart Under Armour was giving Nike a real run for its money).

This allows you (and other small like - minded upstart companies) to collectively compete against much larger brands, despite having much lower advertising or distribution resources.

Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentralized software offers an unstoppable and globally - accessible hard money alternative to modern central banks.

After Ping - Ponging 1,435 miles between the Twin Cities and the west coast of Canada, Minnesota was playing its fourth game in six days, this time against the equally surprising Anaheim Mighty Ducks in a Western Conference finals between start - ups and upstarts.

Upset bids against Auburn and Clemson came up just short, and in between, an upstart Houston was able to pull a 34 - 31 upset of its own.

Since 2002, when the upstart Angels beat the Yankees in the ALDS on their way to a world championship, teams that had not played in the previous postseason are 23 — 13 against teams that had.

Scolari's successor, Dunga, had no hesitation in calling up the young Brazilian upstarts who've lit up leagues across Europe in recent seasons, and Firmino made his debut for Nike's yellow marketing machine in their friendly against...

He was an upstart, running in the Republican primary against two sitting congressmen, but he was making a serious go of it and people were talking about him.

At a rooftop fund - raiser on Fourteenth Street on Monday evening, Zephyr Teachout stood on a low wooden table and talked about the «open - source principles» of her upstart Democratic campaign against Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Those included unsuccessful races by Democrat Bill Curry for governor in 1994 and 2002, Westport First Selectman Diane Farrell for Congress against incumbent Republican Chris Shays, and U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman in his loss to Greenwich upstart Ned Lamont in the August 2006 Senate primary.

They endorsed charismatic upstart Zephyr Teachout against Andrew Cuomo in the September Democratic primary.

The winner of the Sept. 14 Republican primary will face off against either Rep. Carolyn Maloney or Democratic upstart Reshma Saujani.

but when it comes down to ingenuity, precision and sheer genius, the Mario games have stood head and shoulders above the upstarts that have failed in their disparate attempts at staging coup d'etats against them.

Of course that was then and now would be measured against many younger and cheaper upstarts.

In April 2008, upstart electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors filed a lawsuit against Fisker Automotive, claiming the company stole designs for the upcoming Tesla electric - powered sedan.

There may be more strikes against the Kindle Fire, too: Amazon hasn't explicitly denied that it will block access to competing content - delivery apps like Hulu, Netflix, or any upstart e-bookstores that might want to be on the Fire, but I'd be surprised if you ever find them there.

Addressing gaps in the global market is a great strategy for a relative upstart like Kobo when going against someone with the U.S. e-reader market dominance that Amazon enjoys.

And then the complaint against Dr. Jefferson was filed and the eyes of the Vet Board settled squarely on her, the leader of this upstart little non-profit that has been consistently rocking the status quo.

Salon in Hamburg at the end of last year (both artists are represented, outside of Germany, by Hauser & Wirth)-- registered that distance as a Western - style «showdown», with the elder American big - hitter pitted against the young German upstart.

The aim of Against Nature is to pair historical works of geometric abstraction alongside new works by recent upstarts.

It is a measure of how much cultural prejudice there still is against the vulgar upstarts of the new world and how snobbishly we revere European art that it is still widely assumed that Mondrian, Kandinsky and other early 20th century abstract artists are somehow more serious, genuine and pure than Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman.

He also spoke of the importance, whether riding a balloon in the jet stream or going up against British Airways as an aviation upstart 25 years ago, of «protecting the downside» and mused on why humans seemed to have a hard time with that kind of risk management when it was on the planetary scale.

More potent in the long run is the combination of consumers rising up en masse against the high price of legal services and upstarts like J & M seeking to make money by challenging the satus quo.

Is this a true flagship phone that's ready to take on the likes of the iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S9 and Huawei P20, or is it, rather, going up against young upstarts such as Honor and OnePlus?

With the personal assistance category swinging to the Google Home, the six - month - old upstart now holds the upper hand in the battle against the 2 - year old device it was designed to emulate.

Sure, HTC made some progress on svelting up its line over the past few years, but the One A9 represents the first significant slim / light / small device that can go up against not just the iPhone but also the Samsung Galaxy / LG lineup and other new upstarts from China.