Sentences with phrase «battles over the nation»

After very public battles over the nation's debt limit and a government shutdown that shouldn't be a problem.

Now, he will take office as one of the most controversial battles over the nation's energy and environmental future is raging in his backyard — whether to make the Pacific Northwest a hub for exporting coal to Asia.

Not exact matches

There is a fascinating battle under way over states» rights and taxation, with federal Treasurer Peter Costello wielding his new - found power as chieftain of the biggest pot of gold the nation has ever seen — the GST.

Next up is a battle over terms for raising the nation's borrowing limit, which the Treasury says must be approved by mid-October.

As both church history and the history of nations demonstrate, combatants frequently have little control over the issue around which the definitive battle is joined.

Alone among Western nations, the United States has shown itself capable of joining Christian piety with economic prosperity, modern political freedoms, and a civic culture of tolerance (the limits rather than existence of which define our current political battles over social issues).

Ghanaians have battled severe power cuts over the last three years with the nation's power distributors sometimes shedding as much 650 megawatts during peak times.

Trump claimed credit for the nation's safe skies this week, and that prompted the Families of Continental Flight 3407 to ask him to commit to their side in an evolving battle over how much experience the nation's beginning pilots ought to have.

On Monday, Cuomo raised the rhetoric in his battle with the Seneca Nation of Indians over casino revenue sharing payments by saying he would conditionally allow a non-Indian casino in Western New York.

The controversial mosque proposed near Ground Zero is becoming a factor in races all over New York and even the nation, popping up repeatedly not only in the governor's race here at home, but also in a South Carolina congressional contest and the battle for the governor's office in Florida.

The wide - ranging settlement ends decades of legal battles over land and taxes between the Oneida nation and Madison and Oneida counties.

Mulgrew and other speakers denounced the mounting disparity in income between rich and poor in the nation that has angered many middle - class voters as the battles over state budgets and the attack on union benefits have unfolded across the country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter joined a broad coalition of civil rights leaders and members of Congress on Tuesday who said they will take the battle over the Washington Redskins name to every owner in the National Football League.

It's the latest twist in a bitter battle over a 4 - year study that the government once praised for its «highly participatory approach» and that outside experts see as a model for other nations.

The battle over genetically modified food crops in a nation haunted by malnutrition is on a knife - edge after over-hype and lack of transparency, says TV Padma

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Colorful combatants in Washington and across the nation — like jaunty roosters embroiled in a cockfight — remain locked in battle over school choice and whether to further de-center public institutions.

Ever since the landmark 1983 «Nation at Risk» report declared that America's educational performance, if imposed by an unfriendly power, could have been considered an act of war, education advocates of all stripes have battled over how best to promote learning.

School and union leaders in the nation's largest school districts who are waging epic battles over teacher evaluation, compensation and the future of the teaching profession could learn a lesson from their colleagues in Newark, New Jersey.

At stake were four seats on the seven - member Board of Education — and the direction of the school system, whose leaders have been in a pitched battle over the growth and oversight of charters in the nation's second - largest district.

The debate in Nashville echoes themes the nation has heard from New York City and Los Angeles where students, teachers and parents have engaged in prolonged battles over decisions to co-locate charter schools in public school buildings.

Michelle Rhee Group Donates $ 250,000 to Candidates in LAUSD Races A group led by former District of Columbia schools chancellor Michelle Rhee donated $ 250,000 Wednesday to contests for seats on the Los Angeles Board of Education, adding further political fuel to a battle over the direction of reform efforts in the nation's second - largest school system...

In time you can recruit nation specific units that will change your battle tactics and help you gain an edge over other players.

Advance Wars 2 is the sequel and follows the four helpfully colour - coded nations of the first game in doing battle with the villainous Black Hole, a dictatorial empire intent on taking over the world.

The CPUs of each of the four nations are locked in heated battle against one another for dominion over this world.

From the legal debate over bathrooms, to the battle over renaming a Houston law school, to a billion - dollar - plus jury award, Texas was home to some of the nation's most intriguing legal news of 2016.

News From the legal debate over bathrooms, to the battle over renaming a Houston law school, to a billion - dollar - plus jury award, Texas was home to some of the nation's most intriguing legal news of 2016.

The conclusion of this battle could impact the digital fates of over 1.2 billion Indian citizens, and set a precedent for how other nations regulate Free Basics.

Even as nations battle over the «olive trees,» Friedman says, multinational corporations are making countries interdependent with the integration of capital, technology, and information across national borders.

The battle between Century 21 and RE / MAX involved a dispute over which organization had the right to call itself «the nation's largest»; it has ended with both companies agreeing to mutually acceptable terms without either company admitting liability, though Century 21 will reimburse RE / MAX for a portion of the legal costs.