Sentences with phrase «at combat with»

Not exact matches

«The trajectory that I've seen from footage of reported Syrian SAMs don't match up with what I'd expect to see for intercept attempts against low - flying cruise missiles,» Justin Bronk, an air - combat expert at the Royal United Services Institute, told Business Insider.

The new main weapon results in balletic, almost rhythmic combat: Throw the ax at the enemy charging at you, summon it back, and start charging a major swing to take out the next foe before dodging out of the way, adding in a few flourishes of the ax, and then finishing off the bad guys with another sturdy toss.

Gaining perspective is the most fundamental aspect of progression; and because I'm a huge nerd at heart, I believe reading full - fledged books (with sound arguments and universal wisdom) is one of the best ways to combat the wealth of digital misinformation we're faced with today.

This study, combined with two internal military reports on the mental health of troops and interviews with two former Guantanamo guards, show that the invisible wounds of war largely associated with combat - related deployments also affected troops who worked at the detention facility.

At the same time, Macy's luster started to fade with customers and vendors alike, and everyone from Amazon to Ulta Beauty (ultra) to T.J. Maxx (tjx) took market share, and the retailer found itself increasingly reliant on discounting and trying to combat store clutter.

Among her colleagues and competitors is a team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that also is working on an implantable device to deliver drugs directly to a tumor; a group at the University of Pennsylvania that is looking at using specialized antibodies to combat the disease; and a team of German researchers who are experimenting with specialized peptides.

The following slides are from a firefight with a U.S. Army unit at Combat Outpost Charkh in Afghanistan, and some infrared shots at an indoor range.

Medics with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, retrieve notionally wounded paratroopers from a Black Hawk medevac helicopter operated by the 101st Airborne Division's 159th Brigade, Jan. 23, 2012, at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La..

Officers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, complete a team obstacle course, Feb. 3, 2012, at Fort Bragg, N.C., during a Prop Blast, a traditional rite - of - passage for officers new to the division.

Spc. Geoffery Lovan, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, fires a M240L Medium Machine Gun, Sept. 19, 2012, at Pohakuloa Training Area, on Hawaii's Big Island.

Indeed, for all the discussion of the production rate for 737s or the combat range of the F / A -18 C Hornet, McNerney's 20 months at Boeing have been about leading an organization of more than 150,000 employees, with sales of more than $ 59 billion, out of a moral abyss.

Taken on Jan. 6, 2016, the following pictures show four AH - 64E Apache Guardians assigned to 16th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), based at Joint Base Lewis - McChord (JBLM), Washington, preparing for take off from Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam (JBPHH), Hawaii and then flying in formation and landing at Wheeler Army Airfield, to train with 2 - 6 Cavalry, 25th CAB.

At the end, you exhort your professional colleagues to come up with some new ideas to combat secular stagnation — an excess desire to save rather than invest, with consequent drag on the world economy.

The threat of inflation, along with the potential for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to combat it, has been at least part of the recent volatility in the stock market.

The Federal Reserve started raising rates in 1986 to combat inflation as equity markets had enjoyed a stellar run - up; tightened monetary policy at home was welcomed with a steep sell - off that became known as «Black Monday» and led to stock market crashes around the globe, starting in Hong Kong and spreading to Europe.

Below, we'll take a look at Amazon, the ecommerce giant that's found a way to combat this issue using a loyalty program with an upfront fee.

Take a look at how KLM combatted that with its «Live Replies» campaign, centered around highly personalized responses (fast forward to 1:54 for the meat of the video).

At the same time, politicians are growing frustrated with the apparent reluctance of social media firms to take action to combat fake news.

If in the long run we can accomplish this simple feat (which time has shown isn't simple at all), we'll end up with (a) above - market performance on average, (b) below - market volatility, (c) highly superior performance in the tough times, helping to combat people's natural tendency to «throw in the towel» at the bottom, and thus (d) happy clients.

Quotes Paul Argenti in an article about Monsanto's efforts to marshal scientists in defense of its product and combat research at odds with its own.

The awful moral choice forced on Senator Kerrey is a commonplace aspect of war, not understood at all by professors and editorial writers who imagine, with obscene hubris, that they could avoid the guilt feelings associated with combat.

«God's role is not the combat of productive force with productive force, of destructive force with destructive force; it lies in the patient operation of the over-powering rationality of his conceptual harmonization «16 Thus at times Whitehead appears to say, as Ely contends, that evil remains evil in the world of events («God can not unmake the past») but that in God's experience evil is transmuted into goodness.

So often, we see people in these discussions doing Scripture combat by throwing verses at those they disagree with, and if that was not your intent, then that is the point at which I misread you.

Harris - Shapiro suggests that the best way for Jews to «combat» Messianic Judaism is to strengthen the religious institution at the center of Jewish life: the home, with its weekly Shabbat worship and observance of other Jewish holidays.

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At the State Department Thursday, Desbois received recognition for his efforts with a certificate of appreciation, the first awarded by Hannah Rosenthal in her role as the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.

They keep me very regular, and combat any issues with having to push, which in turn keeps my piles issues at bay.

Back to Basics with Delightful Pastries Breakfast Breads Combat the gluten - free craze with these gluten - full and fantastic breakfast breads, made fresh at Delightful Pastries.

So David Mawhinney, the chef at NYC - based catering company and event space Haven's Kitchen, combats potential awkwardness with a pre-ceremony welcome drink.

Then, bang, you and she are done, and her eyes are flashing to her day planner, the one she keeps gorging with duties, 10:25 appointments crowbarred between 10:15 s and 10:30 s. All etched in perfect calligraphy, this hand - to - hand combat with Time, with neat arrows pointing to peripheral obligations that she can attend to simultaneously, without assigning them a minute of their own, with key meetings underlined and very important appointments blinking exclamation points!!!! Soon Michelle and all her teammates are carrying day planners, opening them together at Pat's command to fill up a stray half hour here, a vagrant hour there, even to transcribe her annual reminder in late October: Don't forget to turn back your clocks one hour!

The war began for the U.S. at the end of the year, and he enlisted in the Navy, played service football for a season or so, got his fighter pilot's wings, saw no combat, then signed to play pro football with a generally woebegone Green Bay Packer team in 1945.

According to the latest reports both these stars will have just two seasons left on their contracts at the end of the season, and to combat this Arsenal are close to finalizing a new extension for Alexis which will make him overtake Ozil as the highest earner at the club with a nice wage of # 155,000.

We worked with the Metropolitan Police to mount an operation to combat ticket touts at the game against Manchester United.

The terms «hero», «heroics» referred not to those who played football, but to those who sat at the stands, with their combat medals glistening.

Against Tottenham the Croatian selected a three man defence, with wing - backs, to combat the pressure that he expected Spurs to put on in midfield, and it worked a treat with Mauricio Pochettino's men unnaturally quiet in their 1 - 0 loss at Upton Park.

Koscielny was solid and confident at right - back against Norwich, however with his ability in one - on - ones against skilful players such as Gotze I believe he should start in the centre along with Vermaelen to combat the fluid attacking line of Dortmund, with Djourou starting out right.

The Blues boss tried to combat City with a five man midfield at the Bridge, which couldn't match up to the Citizens» technical skill.

The Park District will combat concerns of Atten neighbors — who had complained at a zoning hearing last month about the new lights and late - night noise at the park — by equipping the lights with a timer that will automatically extinguish them by 10 p.m..

In front of a packed audience in the State Dining Room at the White House on Tuesday, first lady Michelle Obama rolled out her national initiative to combat childhood obesity with a show of force that included medical, business and government leaders, grassroots activists, celebrity public service announcements, cartoon characters as nutrition experts, as well as those most directly affected — the kids themselves.

Family night starts at 3:30 p.m. with storytelling and stage combat demonstrations.

Efforts to combat heroin and opioid abuse over the last several years have totaled millions of dollars in new efforts as well as regulations placed on insurance companies to deal with the issue, marking one of the few bipartisan issues facing lawmakers at either the state or federal level.

It includes a multi-year plan to combat homelessness, together with the development of 10 anti-poverty tasks forces; these are productive ways to recognize that child poverty and homelessness are at record levels across the state.

With mosquito season starting, U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand pushed Congress to approve at least $ 1.1 billion to combat the Zika virus.

At 10 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul holds a Western New York Roundtable with students to combat sexual violence on college campuses, Daemen College, Rosary Hall Parlor, 4380 Main St., Amherst.

New York State is failing to keep up with at least two federal initiatives aimed at combatting lead poisoning in children, a particular problem in Buffalo.

At 11 a.m., Assemblymembers Nily Rozic, Phillip Goldfeder, Todd Kaminsky and Walter Mosley host a New York Stands with Israel conference to discuss Albany's role in combatting the BDS movement, Legislative Office Building, Room 840, Albany.

Also at 1:30 p.m., AG Eric Schneiderman, joined by Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster and other local officials, will discuss steps his office is taking with local officials to combat the use of designer drugs, Mount St. Mary's Neighborhood Health Center, 3101 9th St., Niagara Falls.

«On behalf of my 1,140 members employed at The Legal Aid Society, The Legal Aid Society of Nassau County, The Legal Aid Society of Orange County, and The Federal Defenders of the Eastern and Southern Districts, we are proud to partner with Assembly Member Hevesi to combat the homelessness crisis overwhelming New York State, and especially the City.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito assembled a coalition of female activists today to launch the Young Women's Initiative — a group she said would combat racial and gender inequality and be the first of its kind in a nation with many similar initiatives aimed at young men of color.

COMBAT heroin, opioid and substance abuse crisis with more funding at local and county level for proven prevention programs, education efforts for teens, parents and school and medical professionals.