Sentences with phrase «battling their time in»

Some veterans are still battling their time in service.

Not exact matches

At the time, groups of producers were mired in court and regulatory battles with the federation.

But at a time when the U.S. and Europe is fighting costly political battles in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, poking a country like Greece — which sits at the crossroads of these regions — could be far more expensive in the long run.

Having taught at West Point, she told me that she researched and found that in America's times of bloodiest battles, enrollment at the Academy never reduced.

Hart was on the investigative Senate committee that looked into CIA abuses in the 1970s, and became an outspoken critic of the excesses of the spy establishment — just as Richard Nixon was secretly battling the CIA, the Pentagon, and corporate interests at the time that the Watergate scandal began to undo his presidency.

Find out how much of an attorney's time is spent battling it out in court and how much is devoted to mediating disputes.

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This comes at a time when Alphabet and Uber are entangled in a seemingly never - ending legal battle over trade secrets and patent infringement.

This spring, he spent two weeks running the numbers and battling insomnia before making a dramatic announcement to his 120 - member staff on April 13, inviting NBC News and The New York Times to cover it: Over the next three years, he will phase in a minimum wage of $ 70,000 at Gravity and immediately cut his own salary from $ 1.1 million to $ 70,000 to help fund it.

The vote followed a long day of drama and discord on Capitol Hill that highlighted fraying Democratic unity and featured an uneasy alliance between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, enemies in past budget battles but on the same side this time in pushing for passage.

A Russian oil billionaire has been ordered by the U.K.'s High Court to transfer a luxury superyacht worth nearly $ 500,000 to his ex-wife in one of Britain's biggest divorce battles, the Financial Times reports.

I truly do appreciate that investment of your time in an era when we're all battling the overload in our inboxes.

That is aimed at addressing a long time irritant — lengthy waits in line — but perhaps just as importantly, to give shoppers more reason to use the Walmart app, a key tool in the discounter's battle with Amazon.com (amzn).

«For the first time in recent memory, VW is properly equipped to do battle in the most competitive segment of US auto market.

The discount retailer, locked in a fierce battle with Amazon.com (amzn) to shorten the time it takes to get customers» packages to their homes, last week acquired Parcel for an undisclosed amount «smaller than previous acquisitions» Walmart has made this year (which include Bonobos, Moosejaw, and Modcloth), the company said in a blog.

One of the most trying times of my life happened six years ago when my mother lost her courageous battle with Stage IV colon and liver cancer six years ago in November.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who famously battled Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook's origins, are big investors in the digital currency and say it's worth 100 times its current value.

The logic: In a battle of big and slow against small and fast, give me the speedsters and let me see that beautiful turnover chain a few more times before 2017 comes to an end.

Analysts believe legal precedent and case law «heavily favor» AT&T in its battle versus the DOJ over the company's deal to acquire Time Warner.

Exclusive: For the first time, the woman who famously shined a light on gender discrimination nearly 25 years ago weighs in on the Pao - Kleiner Perkins court battle.

But when her 2014 cash crisis hit, Carson, who stands just 5 foot 3 inches, was literally ready for battle, thanks to a lesson she learned from her time competing in kung fu.

«Our source said [«Call of Duty's»] Battle Royale mode may not hit the magic 100 player mark seen in other Battle Royale games at the time «Black Ops 4» comes out, but developers are working towards that number,» the Eurogamer report states.

I'm battling with that answer just like you are, but in my experience there are three time management tips that actually work in real life and will help you improve your health and productivity.

Instead of battling it, show time you are in control.

This time, he's pitted venture capitalists (the «sharks») against entrepreneurs (let's call them the «chum»), in a battle to get business funding.

In the winner - take - all battle today for attention, where the truly big stories and viral time wasters crowd out everything else, your announcement is pretty far down the list.

Finally, non-executive chairman was our tightest race, with Jim Skinner, Jim Sinegal, and Sam Palmisano in a battle for first the entire time.

I'll explain in more detail what they said another time, but the basic theme is that they are not winning this battle.

Sodexo's acquisition of Morris Corporation has pushed it up the ranking of big facilities management companies in Western Australia at a time when its competitors have been battling with the slowdown in large projects in the Pilbara.

So in other words, if clear hierarchies keep teams from wasting time negotiating roles and battling for turf than they can actually help them get more done more quickly.

Trying to stand out in the midst of that noise is a losing battle, and you probably don't have time to send a bunch of cold emails anyway.

The Times expects a 60 percent bump in Manhattan listings from the move, which comes amid the residential world's battle with StreetEasy over a $ 3 daily fee to post rental listings.

Kalanick's at times frat - like behavior over the company's eight - year history has come into focus in the past months, as Uber battles a public relations disaster that has led some customers to delete the app.

The revelation sparked a growing debate over Facebook's privacy standards at a time when the company was battling a noticeable decline in usage.

As the last witness for the defense in the Justice Department's legal battle against AT&T's $ 85.4 billion deal to buy Time Warner, Mr. Stephenson portrayed the 140 - year - old phone giant as being in an existential crisis and in need of the deal with Time Warner to compete against tech companies.

Over in the news business, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson declared that, for his company and its competitors, «the battle will be won on the smartphone.»

In addition to reinventing himself multiple times, from the long - forgotten battles with the FCC in the 90s to giving Charlie Rose a run for his money over the past decade as «greatest interviewer alive,» Howard's savviest role is behind the scenes as a platform rainmakeIn addition to reinventing himself multiple times, from the long - forgotten battles with the FCC in the 90s to giving Charlie Rose a run for his money over the past decade as «greatest interviewer alive,» Howard's savviest role is behind the scenes as a platform rainmakein the 90s to giving Charlie Rose a run for his money over the past decade as «greatest interviewer alive,» Howard's savviest role is behind the scenes as a platform rainmaker.

Tencent's mobile version of the hit PC and Xbox One «battle royale» game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) debuted outside China around the same time as Epic Games» Fortnite in mid-March — however, unlike its rival, it only began offering in - app purchases a week ago.

While more than half the states in the U.S. have passed time limits on opioid prescription as a way to battle the epidemic, the AMA says that should be left up to the doctor and patient.

The Post's Brian Fung and Sari Horwitz: «Justice Department officials told AT&T that its $ 85 billion bid to acquire Time Warner is unlikely to be approved without major changes, a move that is driving the two sides toward a high - stakes legal battle over one of the biggest media deals in history.

With all the drama surrounding Wesfarmers in recent times — its battling British hardware business, its $ 18 billion Coles demerger, its struggles with Target and even its non-investment in Kiwi building companies — it's easy to forget that the conglomerate is home to some super businesses.

You need to laser focus your efforts on getting the right message in front of the right people at exactly the right time — an uphill battle on the best of days, to say nothing of how tricky things can become if you're on a budget.

As we look back at 2013 — and forward to 2014 — we see that The Wall Street Journal, an innovative leader in the digital news business, seems to have lost momentum in its titanic battle with The New York Times.

But she's also entirely unlike Trump in that she knows how to pick her battles — and knows which weapons to deploy at the right time.

Earlier figures covering January marked an important milestone in the region's battle against deflation, showing all of the monetary bloc's individual member states had recorded price rises for the first time since February 2013.

The soft trading update comes at a sensitive time for Godfreys, which is in a complex situation, because John Johnston's financing arm, 1918 Finance Pty Ltd, is the major lender to the battling vacuum cleaner retailer.

In my ongoing Jesus vs. Netflix battle, it seems like Netflix is winning my time and attention.

(Can't expect decent people to fight next to coloreds, can't trust colored men in a battle, don't use the army for liberal politics, the soldiers are against it, the civilians don't know what they're doing, there's a war on and this isn't the right time, etc.) It was wrong then and it is wrong now.

The term «humanist» was a bad word at that time among evangelicals, and the antagonism would soon intensify with the appearance, in 1980, of Tim LaHaye's bestseller, The Battle for the Mind, which called for an all - out evangelical campaign against «secular humanism.»

Problem is if you didn't trust that person i the back in the rear with the beer and the gear then you will never fully trust them on the battle field because that trust and that comraderie is earned and built up over time and if there is a major reason why those men do not trust each other back on base then they will never get it together in the field which endangers lives.