Sentences with phrase «as tug of war»

The TIGSource developers plan to support battles for up to eight players in teams or as individuals, and several different modes, such as Tug of War, Team Frag, and Time Modes.

Have toys available for your puppy to play with, and do not allow any games that have the puppy biting a person (such as tug of war or wrestling).

The many indoor exercises you can partake in such as tug of war, running up and down the stairs, playing hide and seek, setting up obstacle courses and playing fetch, will allow you to keep your pup fit even if the weather makes outdoor exercise impossible.

Not exact matches

Short sellers have been at the losing end of a tug - of - war with Tesla investors in 2017, with some surrendering in recent weeks following nearly $ 2 billion in losses as shares of the electric car maker approach record highs.

Richard Gelfond described the current situation as a «high level tug - of - war happening between Silicon Valley and Hollywood.»

An internal tug of war is raging between Republican luminaries and grassroots conservatives who decry immigration reform as «amnesty.»

Overall, recent weeks can be summarized as a tug - of - war between the bull bears, with neither team showing convincing dominance.

Fundamentals: There is a tug - of - war from the bulls and bears this morning as trade war tensions cool, but risks remain due to the FBI raiding the office of President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, and as we await a response to the chemical attack in Syria.

From my view of being on the operation sides of companies as well as the innovative sides of companies I believe the methods help overcome the tug of war between the innovation engine and the operating engine.

One way to interpret The Controversy of recent years is to see it as a «preachers» fight,» a tug «of «war among competing clerics, a theological brouhaha that most laypeople would just as soon go away.

The majority of mankind has always comfortably sat in the hump of the bell curve, carried along by the extremes as they have their tug - of - war.

«The owners and Rafa seem to be involved in a tug of war,» Alonso told Spanish paper AS: «Even if they are trying to resolve it for the better of the club, there is no question in my mind when you have the right man for the job, securing his continuity is important.

The phrase lent an august tone to this fiscal tug - of - war, as if Socrates and Saint Augustine had been in a secret location debating the acquisition of knowledge (the Greek favors inquiry, Saint Augustine faith; no word on salary caps) instead of owners and players arguing over which economic system should define a $ 2 billion business.

These were the battle cries heard at Michigan's Hope College last week as its brawny sophomores once again doused the freshmen in the Black River by pulling to victory in the annual tug - of - war

Crystal Palace highly rated 16 year old Joseph Oluwagbemiga Hungbo has provoked a tug of war between Nigeria and England over his international future as both nations have made contact with his minders.

Our host, Naperville Yard, will have sports games, including soccer, dodgeball and tug - of - war, as well as bounce houses.

Avoid getting involved in a tug of war as a way to «win.»

The simple, brief text captures much of the subtle and unconscious tug of war that adopted kids feel as they strive to integrate their birth and adoptive heritages.

For the younger adoptee, it is easy to internalize the anguish of knowing that two mothers (or two sets of parents) have a claim on you and to feel some emotional tug - of - war as a result, but this is common among children of divorce as well, and nobody would force a child to live with one parent while denying the existence of the other.

There's a tug - of - war that often occurs between 13 - year - olds and their parents as well.

He wasn't much gentler in public: For most of the campaign, Ryan made it seem he felt honor - bound to denounce the candidate's latest incendiary remark or antic, as though the two were personally engaged in a tug - of - war for the GOP's soul.

By Sean Ryan Public money is fueling the tug of war for private development in cities such as Waukesha, where two manufacturers are requesting city support for expansions.

Top advisors to President Donald Trump are in a tug of war over whether to sign an accord that would address climate change as he publicly delayed during his trip to Europe whether he would sign it.

A budget tug of war between Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and the County Legislature is leaving a program to combat lead poisoning in limbo, for now, even as federal data shows young children in Western New York suffer from lead poisoning rates three times higher than those in Flint, Mich..

As the researchers understand incompatibilities between butterflies on a molecular level, they plan to track how these creatures evolve and develop certain enzymes and proteins to solve this tug of war.

You can play tug - of - war or fetch as well!

This toy is a fun one for games of fetch and tug - of - war as well as entertaining your dog on its own.

These forcings can be visualized as a tug - of - war, with positive forcings pulling the earth to a warmer climate and negative ones pulling it to a cooler state.

Krasnow and Mehr believe the tug of war between an infant seeking as much attention as possible and the caregiver dividing attention among other offspring and tasks crucial for survival may have set the stage for an evolutionary arms race.

High in the Cederberg Mountains of South Africa grows a bristly shrub that embodies the tug - of - war taking place between industrialized and developing nations over the value of genetic resources — the genes found in plant, animal or microbial cells used for research as well as in commercial products, such as enhanced seeds and naturally derived cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

That's because the cell uses its feet to pull itself in opposite directions, as if playing tug of war with itself.

In the tug of war, aerosols don't necessarily counter the impacts of climate change on sea ice (or the planet as a whole for that matter).

He further explained that it's tug - of - war between evaporation from hotter weather and the supply of moisture through precipitation, as noted by Popular Mechanics.

The increased cortisol also plays off the pancreas, creating a constant tug - of - war between the two organs (the pancreas and the adrenals) as they try to keep blood sugar levels from swinging out of control all day long as you work, exercise, and sleep.

As Taylor recognizes in some of his closing remarks, their operatic dispute is a kind of tug of war for Taylor's impressionable soul and those of his fellow men.

From then on it's an emotional tug - of - war between the parents (albeit one hidden behind a façade of reason) as they attempt to win over their children in clumsy ways.

Kathy has a moral right to her family home, needlessly taken away through governmental negligence, while the Berhani family has the legal right, and caught in the tug - of - war is the would - be boyfriend, Lester, who sides with the moral rights as a man, but neglects his authority and responsibility to uphold the legal rights.

You can play Standard matches, Deathmatch battles, Keep Away bouts where you hold a flag as long as possible, Tug of War contests, and Reinforcement matches that grant you troops in waves.

Director Tony Scott, many years later, said that he thought the script was better than the movie he made of it — citing the creative tug - of - war between producer Joel Silver and Bruce Willis as the chief reason the movie didn't perform like it should have.

As Abner's son, Walton Goggins («The Shield») subtly and aptly conveys the vexation created by a tug of war between rational behavior and complicated family loyalty.

Taking over control points in the adversarial modes ends up as aggressive games of tug - of - war that any shooter vet is more than familiar with.

In «Ghost Bird» (2009), director Scott Crocker crafts a surprisingly suspenseful tale as he follows the battle of experts on each side as well as the more fundamental tug of war between faith and empiricism.

Meanwhile, as articulate as Slade and Nelson are, the underlying tug - of - war between their visceral and cerebral sensibilities, respectively, makes for curiously compulsive listening.

Dimension's boozy teen horror flick All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, starring 21 - year - old looker Amber Heard (Alpha Dog) as a virginal object of affection who gets caught up in a greater, downward - spiraling tug - of - war, releases in a little over a week, on July 20.

It's a tug - of - war battle between Yates» introspection and Kloves» literalism seen best perhaps when the emotional potential of Harry's visit to his hometown, where the ruins of his home stand as a memorial and reminder to the sacrifice of parents, is diverted into a Gothic horror sequence in a musty house where one minor revelation occurs.

In addition to its exquisitely crafted spectacle (artfully punctuated by Giancchino's heart - string - tugging score) and hefty themes (War for the Planet of the Apes deals in humanity's worst milestones, with allusions to the Holocaust and Slavery), War functions as a powerful vehicle for Andy Serkis, who redraws the lines of motion - capture performance's potential once again.

Ocean's Eleven could be seen as a romantic heist movie centering on the tug - of - war between Danny Ocean and Terry Benedict for the heart of Tess (Julia Roberts, Closer), but with Danny and Tess now married, that angle is out.

Featuring a rich assortment of peripheral characters, including a mystically upbeat party animal (Zac Efron), a brooding young depressive (John Magaro), and a feisty Romantics professor (Allison Janney), LIBERAL ARTS explores the emotional tug - of - war between youth and adulthood, as played out on a leafy Midwest campus that is both Eden - like and tumultuous — and entirely unforgettable.

This tug - of - war over opposing political agendas is leaving behind teachers, students, and their families as collateral damage.

The Legislature has been in a tug of war over how the administration adjusts the aid formula under the School Funding Reform Act, as permitted under the law.